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  • The Summer Walks programme

  • Lectures and talks

  • A report on last year’s AGM

  • Volunteering with the Trust

Summer walks programme

The Summer Walks around Winchester are held from May to August every year.  Enthusiastic experts such as architects, historians, City guides and Council Conservation Officers take a small group around places of interest in the City.

If you have an idea for a summer walk or would like to volunteer as a guide, please contact Emma at secretary@cityofwinchestertrust.co.uk

summer walks for members may-july 2026

This year we organised nine walks, featuring some wide-ranging and fascinating subjects.

  • A walk through the private part of Winnall Moors

  • The History of Winchester Barracks

  • The Winchester Union Workhouse

  • From Priors Barton Farm to St Cross Hospital

  • The Geoarchaeology of Winchester: a Sub-Surface Tour

  • The Medieval Undercroft of a house in St Thomas’s Street

  • The Chesil Theatre

  • The Handlebar Café - conception and realisation

  • The Inner Close of the Cathedral

spring talks programme 2026

Four talks were organised this spring. Talks are open to all, members and non-members.

  • Transforming Winchester’s Historic Buildings: The Journey from Corn Exchange to Public Library to the Arc

  • The Wildlife of the Winchester College Water Meadows

  • Winchester - Heroes and Villains

  • Two Cities - Contrasting Prague and Vienna

agm 2026

The Trust was very pleased to welcome members to St Peter’s Pastoral Centre in Jewry Street on 6th October. After the formal business the guest speaker was John Nordon, Creative Director, igloo, who gave a fascinating talk on “People, Place and Planet”. Members can read a report of his talk in the December 2026 newsletter.

volunteering with the trust

We are always on the lookout for volunteers who can help the Trust with its work. Do you have a valuable skill or interest? Would you like to contribute to the Trust’s views on housing, Winchester’s economy or transport? Would you like to join one of our Planning Appraisal Group panels? Maybe you have an idea for a Summer Walk topic, or could even lead a walk or help organise the walks programme. Recently, members have played a crucial role helping the Trust and Winchester City Council Conservation Officers to survey buildings in the City’s Conservation Area for the Council’s Future 50 project.

Please do email or phone our secretary, Emma Talbot-Williams, if you would like to help in any way.