Drink

The Eclipse Inn

Opposite Winchester Museum, a small cozy pub with colourful characters and a spooky history of hangings and gibbets. Very good value pub food and good quality real ales always available.

Address: 25 The Square, SO23 9EX
Website: the-eclipse-winchester.co.uk (opens in a new tab)

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Listing from Wikivoyage: Winchester (England), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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