Winchester Cathedral

This cathedral is the main reason many people come to winchester. Its a beautiful building, and its huge! Theres a lot of history to this cathedral, it once nearly sank! I have sung in this cathedral in various school and college xmas carol services, and although the acoustics arent the best at the back, its a magical place to be singing in. If you get a chance to hear the organ here its fantastic and is so loud if you go down the left hand side of the pipes. At the end is a massive stained glass window, however its not of anything as it got smashed, and someone painstakingly pub it back together. I think it costs around £6 to get in to ...  Read the complete review

Yeah, yeah, yeah...you've heard the pop song from some years ago, it's the same place... Phew! Glad we got that out of the way... There are, in any person's life, no matter how short, buildings that become indelibly imprinted on your psyche, the sort of place that you spend so much time in that you could walk around it blindfolded and still appreciate it. At age 8, a building this size is surely the equivalent of Mount Everest for a budding rock climber, in its sense of immense importance. The cathedral in Winchester is such a place for me. "8?" I hear you say..."uhh?". Let me enlighten you! It's not that I ...  Read the complete review