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Visit Winchester College, England's Oldest Public Boys' School

One of the many tourist attractions in thecolleges were on a scale hitherto undreamed
city of Winchester is Winchester College. Itof in English education and became the model
is the oldest, continuously run boys' schoolsfor Eton, King's College and Cambridge later
in England and its passed pupils have gone onin  the  fifteenth  century.
to be many of Britain's great politicians,
artists and writers. Although a privateThe original college began with 70 scholars,
school, members of the public can gain an2 schoolmasters and a warden and ten fellows.
insight into the school by simply turning upToday there are over 600 pupils and over 80
and  going  on  a  guided  walk.full-time teachers. The facilities of the
school are unsurpassed by most other schools
The city of Winchester in Hampshire is quitein England. Today, these include a concert
rightly renowned throughout the world for itshall, music school, theatre, science school,
many treasures. It can arguably boast to haveart school and physical education centre. The
the most beautiful cathedral in all ofschool's  academic  record speaks for itself.
England. It was also once the ancient capital
of England. It was made the capital by one ofAlthough the school is private, the tourist
England's greatest kings; King Alfred thecan avail himself of guided tours. No prior
Great - the only king in England to be givenappointment is needed for individuals, though
the title 'the Great'. Winchester also wasgroups will need to book in advance. The tour
his finally resting place, as indeed it wasbegins at the Porter's Gate, which is located
for one of English literature's greateston College Street, just through Kingsgate.
novelists, Jane Austen. You can visit both ofTour times can vary but are typically every 2
their resting places in the great city. Thehours. Times can be found on the chalk board
city has remained an unspoilt, beautiful andoutside  the  Porter's  Gate.
compact  city.
The visitor can also choose to walk along the
Another of its gems is Winchester College.river Itchen where one can see the playing
The college was granted its charter in 1382fields of the college. The walk along the
to Bishop William of Wykeham. Building of theriver is idyllic and will eventually lead you
college began in 1387 and the first scholarsto St Cross Hospital -another ancient place
entered the college in 1394. William ofof worship, founded to relieve the poor of
Wykeham, as well as being one of the richestthe  parish.
men of his day, was one of the greatest
architectural and artistic patrons of his dayIf you have the time, a tour of Winchester
and his medieval buildings at the College areCollege is well worth while. You'll enter a
still in use, mostly for their originalworld that very few of us rarely have the
purposes. As well as Winchester College, hechance to experience.
also founded New College, Oxford. These



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