Best part of winchester (Winchester Cathedral)

Member Name: mizzy

Product:	Winchester Cathedral
Date:	28/09/09 (15 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Pretty, historical, nice area

Disadvantages: Pay to get in

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 here, as a donation but theres a ticket booth so I think you are expected to pay it. I have never paid as always been in here for concerts, but its worth it if you havent seen inside before.

Outside is called the cathedral grounds or 'cat' grounds as we locals call it. Its a lovely place to have lunch on a sunny day, and a lot of young people meet there to hang out. Its quite a large area and there are the usual resident drunks who hang out by the back railings so dont go too far back!

Theres a cafe and shop opposite the cathedral, and the cafe has some quite nice food. Behind the cathedral in winter theres an icerink, and a german market at various times. The pilgrims school is also situated here, and you can walk all the way through to the st cross water meadows on a hot day.

Summary: I enjoyed singing in here