Newbury/Oxford (A34) Coach Park Basingstoke (A33) K C ING A R LFRED PLACE A E N N Hyde AD P W O W P A OSE LD R L R A Abbey Hyde IRFIE R Gate FA O Y NE C Abbey N H T Alfred’s Final Journey RT T 33 Garden P Long stay parking R P T ATE H O H E YD YDE G W E C E H R L A O SE R P King Alfred O Short stay parking N P T 34 A S D D D O E R KIN G A D V LFRED Park and ride CITY WALK (Approximately 1 mile of level walking, generally suitable for In 1863, John Mellor excavated the site A T E I Y E River Park S R R T H R bus stop the Great 33 O Salisbury/Stockbridge (B3049) C Leisure Centre R KB R O R T A wheelchairs, allow about 1 hour). of Hyde Abbey and claimed to have ID O VICTORI SIL A C C G H C A E P E RD I STER PL Coach drop-off/ E A tour of King Alfred’s Winchester RO D V found King Alfred’s bones. Few records A EN pick-up Winchester D A H RLINGTO C Railway Station ION N PLACE Skatepark T King Alfred ruled Wessex From St Maurice’s Covert, cross Market Lane towards the H G I T ILL R A O E T IV Toilets were kept and considerable doubts R S R T S D from 871 until his death Cathedral Green. T E . S O W E PA Hampshire AN over the find have concluded they are U Archives LA R M N N T A Information Totem D A rare silver penny displaying King L and Local E ’ T S R R in 899. At the time of his S R E Studies S O H E T E O The open space ahead is the site of N I D N A not Alfred’s. The bones were reburied R G University of Southampton Alfred during an excavation on L C Baptist O A 31 I Y D D L T H I T Church Y – Winchester Campus Winnall Moors enthronement the Vikings A S Y T D T R H E O O E A Nature Reserve R A B New Minster founded by Alfred P X AD B Cathedral Green in the 1960’s. 33 T in St Bartholomew’s E churchyard, N E S O S Y A had taken control of half T S IF L U R L OLD CITY WALLS Produced by the moneyer Lulla for the Great and completed by his son, D C S marked by a stone slab with a simple I D S R O of the country and were N E N O Alfred between 875-885, this coin N R University of Southampton Edward the Elder. Alfred was buried Y Theatre TH U A O Newburgh W incised cross. W I A P N – Winchester Campus A TO Royal LLS T House W E threatening Wessex. After 34 L ER is on display at the Winchester city A ST V I T S T here soon after his death in 899 until OW A O S ER 35 K N R BE D LGA initial setbacks, Alfred’s Museum. Return to King Alfred Place with RUM R PL W N A 1110 when the New Minster moved to T Y EW Christian P A A S W BU Hyde Gate to the right 34. ON Y R P Science armies won a great battle at ALIS H GH Church St. Peter’s T S Winchester S Hyde Abbey. In solemn procession the G T RC Church M N R O T Discovery Centre K RT E H I U Hampshire Edington in 878, resulting O W D E T E B A T County P L P E O T L D C E R S S E remains of Alfred, his queen Ealhswith and son Edward, together Information panels in the main archway W E Council T R E R L A N Oram’s E S E B T E R E R Elizabeth II N S in the conversion of the Viking King Guthrum to Christianity. T R R R Court D R S R Arbour S T E T E E R E S D with a fabulous gold cross donated by Canute, were carried explain the layout of the abbey. O L E U T X P A R A W A E T N U E P K GAT G S E E W E Alfred developed a sophisticated military strategy involving the R P N O U D S L P TT U O S T T O E Moorside A N O P E N R C through the city to the new Abbey Church in the northern suburb S G R O U L D A T E T N E E S T R F S P T T L R Y E S U I T B E E The United E establishment of fortified centres. His capital at Winchester E A R E S L N H R T E T ’ T T R E E S A C Church R I I S S W Winchester N L N R of Hyde. To follow the route: OS T T O G CR G E Milner S E D S A A Royal Hotel N N Continue to the end of King Alfred Place. H J L Post D R G was the largest. He gradually won back some of the lands L Hall S M K L ’ I S I S Police U R H Office H O G T R T D E N Station C M R E E The Middle O O T T R R E B 31 F T Brook Centre Turn right in front of Morley College , founded in the I 32 A L COS B E taken by the Vikings and his diplomacy led eventually to the E A SA C The P (Winchester CK T T P T L C P W Pause in Hyde Abbey Garden which reflects the abbey church and A R E Petersfield (A272) (A31) Alresford/Guildford S Family Church) N L . E E I Westgate E F T R T K 17th century for widows of the clergy, and right again into O S F T N RI W S formation of the English nation. The fifth son of the King of R H O AR BLUE marks the site of Alfred the Great’s medieval tomb. O AD I S O N B A RO G O G D SEY H AT P L A M 20 S R P E W L Romsey (A3090) RO TR A L Market Street. Reaching the High Street turn left, along the E S B H ET T. L IL Wessex, Alfred was not expected to rule and so developed G C L E T O R E RG H 21 E T E’ E S The Brooks R E Turn right along the footpath with the brick boundary wall E S S T P T R S Pentice. E Shopping Centre S C E Great Hall & R T P T a love of learning in his early years. Despite ever pressing K E A A U O Round Table R O R G Post ST R F St. John R R on your right. Turn right again at the next street. L . T R G B IA E RSGATE H S O The Baptist E A IG Office O E military duties, he found time to translate Latin texts into H R L F S G T 19 TR A Church Military E E D R Alfred refounded Winchester in the 9th century using the Roman 22 ET ’S A N S D E D T I R S E Museums R T RE . E M N C T E T LE 18 T H English to encourage wider literacy, developed a philosophy M N E The stone bridge upstream provided the monks with access to the D E C Buttercross W N T E A E town defences as his framework. Retaining only the Roman High T I C Hotel ST T St. Clements W R S A A Law ILV Surgery R R 23 T du Vin E O E R T R S H V of kingship, reformed Saxon law and was a patron of the E R I E abbey’s outer courtyard. Courts IL T L Bus Station T R R Street, he created an entirely new street pattern which survives to C ’ H E T IG S H E S T E S ME 16 TR L E W T E M E A S A L R T R A S N A Church. This remarkable combination of soldier, statesman E T L J E H G T E King Alfred N R L this day and through which you are now walking. T T T S S Q T I S Turn right along the streamside path to Hyde Gate and walk E S E U The Great E S A Footpath to St. Giles Hill 24 17 S H E T R Royal Hampshire N E ’ I R S A and scholar earned him the title ‘the Great’ - an honour N N 25 E T N M Regiment Museum M I S A 15 H E City Museum R to Hyde Street.