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Oliver’s Battery Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Oliver’s Battery

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Oliver’s Battery history

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The name Oliver’s Battery refers to a prominent Iron Age earthwork. A fine Anglo-Saxon bowl from a burial within the Battery was on show for many years at the British Museum. The name dates back to the English Civil War and is specifically associated with Oliver Cromwell’s siege of Winchester in 1645.

You can visit Oliver’s Battery places with Walkfo Oliver’s Battery to hear history at Oliver’s Battery’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Oliver’s Battery has 74 places to visit in our interactive Oliver’s Battery map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Oliver’s Battery, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Oliver’s Battery places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Oliver’s Battery & the surrounding areas.

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74 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Oliver’s Battery tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Oliver’s Battery

  

Best Oliver’s Battery places to visit

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Oliver’s Battery has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Oliver’s Battery’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Oliver’s Battery’s information audio spots:

St Peter’s Church, Winchester St Peter’s Church is a Roman Catholic church in Winchester, England. It was built in 1924 and designed by Frederick Walters in the Gothic revival style. It is situated on Jewry Street, next to Milner Hall, in the centre of Winchester.

City of Winchester The City of Winchester is a local government district in Hampshire with a city status. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of Droxford Rural District and part of Winchester Rural District. The 2011 Census recorded the population of the district as 116,600, with a total area of 255.2 square miles.

The Rifles Museum The Rifles Museum is located in Winchester in Hampshire, England. It is part of Winchester’s Military Museums. The museum is the regimental museum of the Rifles.

Lower Barracks Lower Barracks was a military depot of the Royal Hampshire Regiment from its formation in 1881 until it moved out in 1959. It is one of several independent museums that comprise Winchester’s Military Museums.

Peninsula Barracks Peninsula Barracks are a group of military buildings in Winchester, Hampshire. They are located in the Peninsula area of the Peninsula Peninsula. They were built in the 1950s and 1960s.

Winchester Guildhall Winchester Guildhall is a Grade II listed building in Winchester, Hampshire. It is a municipal building in the High Street, Winchester, and is located in the town’s High Street.

Rout of Winchester In 1141, the army of imprisoned King Stephen of England faced the forces of Empress Matilda and her cousin. Her forces were commanded by her half-brother Robert of Gloucester. The Angevin army gave up the siege and was crushed as it began to retreat.

Wolvesey Castle Wolvesey Castle, also known as the “Old Bishop’s Palace”, is a ruined building in Winchester, Hampshire. It was briefly fortified during the later years of Henry of Blois, the Bishop of Winchester. The palace was the location of the wedding breakfast in 1554 of Queen Mary and Philip II of Spain.

Winchester Castle F.C. Winchester Castle F.C. are an English football team based in Winchester. The club currently plays in the Hampshire Premier League Senior Division. Winchester Castle are affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association.

Hospital of St Cross The Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty is a medieval almshouse in Winchester, Hampshire. It has been described as “England’s oldest and most perfect almshouses” Most of the buildings and grounds are open to the public at certain times.

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