Guidebook for Winchester
Drinks & Nightlife
Good food, open fires, we tend to eat in the snug as less formal than the dining room.
14 locals recommend
The Kings Head
The StreetGood food, open fires, we tend to eat in the snug as less formal than the dining room.
St. James Tavern
3-5 Romsey RdGood Winchester pub - good food but still like a pub!
The White Horse Otterbourne
Main RoadGood pub, good food. Breakfast, lunch & dinner!
The Bugle Inn
4 Park LaneAnother good foodie pub!
The Oak Inn
Pinkney LaneA good New Forest pub - a mile from Lyndhurst.
The White Buck
Bisterne CloseGreat New Forest pub, close to Burley.
Essentials
Tesco Express
12 Ashdown RdTesco Express - what you'd expect!
Waitrose & Partners Winchester
Stockbridge RoadSells what you'd imagine!
Waitrose & Partners
32 Alma RdSells what you'd imagine!
Nearest food shop - two miles down the road. Sells pretty much everything you might need!
10 locals recommend
Nisa Local
Salisbury RoadNearest food shop - two miles down the road. Sells pretty much everything you might need!
Food Scene
Great for brunch, lunch, coffee etc. after a roam around Romsey.
7 locals recommend
Dish Deli and Kitchen
16 Latimer StGreat for brunch, lunch, coffee etc. after a roam around Romsey.
Bean Below
Hazeley RoadCafé - good breakfast and lunch. Twyford is about 4 miles away.
Great café in Brockenhurst, which is brilliant for walks/hiring bikes/seeing lots of New Forest ponies.
10 locals recommend
Rosie Lea's
76 Brookley RdGreat café in Brockenhurst, which is brilliant for walks/hiring bikes/seeing lots of New Forest ponies.
Great for a night out - if you can get a table! Book in advance.
12 locals recommend
River Cottage Kitchen
The BroadwayGreat for a night out - if you can get a table! Book in advance.
Good food, very central location overlooking the Cathedral grounds. Best to book!
21 locals recommend
The Old Vine
8 Great Minster StGood food, very central location overlooking the Cathedral grounds. Best to book!
On the beach! Breakfast, lunch, coffee & ice cream. Great spot.
23 locals recommend
The Beach Hut Cafe
7 Cliff DrOn the beach! Breakfast, lunch, coffee & ice cream. Great spot.
Breakfast, lunches, coffee!
Good to support an independent business rather than Starbucks!
20 locals recommend
Coffee Lab
18a Little Minster StBreakfast, lunches, coffee!
Good to support an independent business rather than Starbucks!
Forte Kitchen
78 Parchment StGreat place that you'd never find!
Josie's
6-8 High StSightseeing
Our favourite beach. Park at the castle and walk down the steps to the beach. Turn right and walk along the sea front to Avon Beach for a coffee/ice cream in The Beach Hut Café.
112 locals recommend
Highcliffe Castle
Rothesay DriveOur favourite beach. Park at the castle and walk down the steps to the beach. Turn right and walk along the sea front to Avon Beach for a coffee/ice cream in The Beach Hut Café.
Stockbridge
Pretty little town with a few good coffee shops and restaurants.
Gorgeous historic town with many cafés, restaurants and pubs. Winchester Cathedral is worth a stroll by. Usual shops and a few individual boutiques too.
237 locals recommend
Winchester
Gorgeous historic town with many cafés, restaurants and pubs. Winchester Cathedral is worth a stroll by. Usual shops and a few individual boutiques too.
New Alresford
Everything Else
Farley Mount monument
Mount RdGood walks at Farley Mount.
Paultons Park Home of Peppa Pig World
Arts & Culture
Cinema! The Everyman 'chain' is small and gives a very different cinema experience. Bar open before the film and you can take your drinks in!
47 locals recommend
Everyman Cinema - Winchester
Southgate StreetCinema! The Everyman 'chain' is small and gives a very different cinema experience. Bar open before the film and you can take your drinks in!
Vue Cinema Eastleigh
Wells PlaceOur nearest 'chain' cinema.
Theatre Royal Winchester
Jewry StreetA great, small theatre.