Beside the River Itchen, our atmospheric and historic buildings inspire original thinking. None more so than the school’s medieval covered cloister. The stone benches still serve as a cool place for study in the summer, and generations of pupils have carved their names here.
Several older buildings have been repurposed to new uses: the medieval brewery is now the school’s library, the sanatorium is the Art School, and the medieval stables house our museum of art and archaeology, known as the Treasury.
Winchester College maintains eighteen Grade I, six Grade II* and over seventy Grade II listed buildings. Many of these are of national importance and all are in current use.
The collection of buildings that form the school today represents over six centuries of continuous development.
From our new state-of-the-art Sports Centre, the popular boat club on the banks of the River Itchen, our observatory atop Science School, or our speaker and performance venue of New Hall, our facilities provide the stage for physical, artistic and intellectual excellence.
Winchester is hugely fortunate to have extensive grounds of approximately 250 acres, including 52 acres of playing fields, 100 acres of ancient water meadows, and 11 acres of formal gardens where pupils can regularly be found having lessons in the summer term.
We also maintain many areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty including St Catherine’s Hill, Twyford Down and the Fallodon Nature Reserve.
The heart of the medieval school, where the whole community ate, slept, worked and worshipped. Now predominately used by Scholars who live in the school’s original boarding house.
Opened in 2024, the Sports Centre includes a state-of-the-art gym, squash and fives courts, a dance studio and martial arts Dojo. The eight-court Sports Hall accommodates basketball, badminton, volleyball, netball, indoor tennis, indoor cricket nets, futsal, and more.
The dining hall for Scholars where they continue to eat each meal and where many school functions are held.
Opened in 2019, the Cameron Bespolka Outdoor Classroom overlooks the river that inspired Keats’ Ode To Autumn. The amphitheatre seating and a pontoon encourage exploration and connection with the natural world.
A medieval covered cloister. The stone benches allow it to serve as a cool place of study in the summer, and generations of pupils have carved their names here.
New Hall is one of the College’s largest performance, lecture and assembly spaces with excellent acoustics and backstage facilities.
The Science School is situated in a part of the campus overlooking the playing fields and water meadows. It houses extensive science laboratories and an observatory.
A building in the style of Sir Christopher Wren. Pupils have been taught here for nearly 200 years; it continues to be used by pupils as a study and events space.
