ARCHIVED: [24/07/24] University of Winchester | Self-Guided Campus Tour

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Winchester audio tour: ARCHIVED: [24/07/24] University of Winchester | Self-Guided Campus Tour

This is a 0.9mi walking tour

It takes an average of 45 mins to complete.

Winchester

The United Kingdom

Archived

This tour isn’t available for download. We’ve preserved the script and audio as a record of its moment in time, but we don’t recommend doing the tour. It was published in May 2017.

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About the Tour

Visit the University of Winchester at your convenience and immerse yourself in this self-guided tour that lets you explore at your own pace. Our official Campus Tour days are available on weekends throughout Autumn, Winter, and Spring, providing an ideal opportunity for visitors to experience our campus as part of an official visit event.

Please note that the content of the tour was accurate at the time of recording.

Tour Producer

University of Winchester

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Located in Hampshire in the United Kingdom, we are the University for Sustainability and Social Justice. Join one of our undergraduate, postgraduate, research or distance courses and be the difference. Find out more at www.winchester.ac.uk or follow us on social media.

Preview Location

Location 1

King Alfred Car Park & Welcome

Welcome to our wonderful city and to the main King Alfred Campus of University of Winchester. For over 180 years we’ve been educating people from all over the world currently have around 8000 students studying with us across the arts & humanities, business and law, education ... Welcome to our wonderful city and to the main King Alfred Campus of University of Winchester. For over 180 years we’ve been educating people from all over the world currently have around 8000 students studying with us across the arts & humanities, business and law, education and the social sciences, health and wellbeing, the digital disciplines and sustainability and social justice.

The University is built on the values of Compassion, Spirituality and that Individuals Matter and because of our scale and closely knit campus community, it doesn’t take long to get to know our campus, move from halls to lectures and for everyone to get to know each other and become part of the Winchester family.

Over the next 40 minutes, we’ll guide you around the King Alfred’s and West Downs Quarters to give you a taste of the environment that our students love so much.

Please note, this walk includes augmented reality at a number of locations. Unfortunately it’ll only work if you’re using a device which is compatible with Apple’s ARKit or Google’s ARCore.

You should be starting the tour in the University car park.

If you are visiting as part of a planned Campus Tour day, make sure you’ve registered at the Stripe building adjacent to the Stripe Plaza at point 2 on the route and then we can begin your tour!

So, let's get going.

With the playing field on your left, start following the path to the left, walking around the edge of the field.

While you walk, I'll briefly explain how VoiceMap works.

VoiceMap uses your location to play audio automatically at the right moment. This means you can put your phone away. There may be occasional periods of silence in between talking and this is normal. There's an onscreen map if you feel lost and if you go way off track, VoiceMap will let you know.  

Continue walking, with the field on your left, and the brick building on your right. That's the Stripe Building, and you'll be registering at the front of the building. You'll hear from me when you get closer. Read More

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How VoiceMap Works

Focus on your surroundings, not the screen

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Follow a route with turn-by-turn-directions

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Major Landmarks

University of Winchester King Alfred Quarter
West Downs Quarter
University of Winchester West Downs Centre

Getting There

Route Overview

VoiceMap tours follow a route from a set starting point. It’s how we give turn-by-turn directions and tell a story greater than the sum of its parts.

Start location
Milnthorpe Ln, Winchester SO21, UK
Total distance

1km
Final location
The University of, Romsey Rd, Winchester SO22 5FT, UK
Distance back to start location

488.74m

Directions to Starting Point

If you are taking this tour as part of an official Campus Tour event, you will be able to park on campus in our Sparkford Road Car Park. Details on how to travel to the University can be found here. https://winchester.ac.uk/contact-us/

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Tips

Places to stop along the way

The City of Winchester, its University and the world-famous cathedral are surrounded by areas of outstanding natural beauty. Visitors are advised to take a trip into the historic city to see why our students love living and studying here during their time at University.

Best time of day

The campus is best visited between 10am - 2:30pm

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“This app has become my go-to app for audio tours. I pretty much use it for every trip and it works wonderfully. I highly recommend VoiceMap for travelers to truly experience cities.”

App Store Review

“Great app. walk around at your own pace, stop where you want, move on or speed up when you want. Read the script before you go or during the commentary, speed it up or replay it. Repeat the tour whenever you like.”

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