City of Winchester

Winchester
Winchester
City, borough and non-metropolitan district
	Winchester skyline
	Coat of arms
	Winchester shown within Hampshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Hampshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district, Borough, City time immemorial
Admin HQ	Winchester
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Winchester City Council
• MPs	Steve Brine; Flick Drummond
Area
• Total	255.20 sq mi (660.97 km2)
• Rank	51st (of 296)
Population (2021)
• Total	127,916
• Rank	184th (of 296)
• Density	500/sq mi (190/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 93.6% White ; 3.1% Asian ; 2% Mixed ; 0.7% other ; 0.6% Black ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 48.6% Christianity ; 42.2% no religion ; 6.3% not stated ; 0.7% Hinduism ; 0.7% Islam ; 0.6% Buddhism ; 0.5% other ; 0.2% Judaism ; 0.1% Sikhism ;
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	24UP (ONS); E07000094 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SU485295

Winchester (/ˈwɪntʃɪstər/), or the City of Winchester, is a local government district with city status in Hampshire, England.

The district is named after its main settlement of Winchester, which is where the council is based and is also the county town of Hampshire. The city boundaries also encompass a large surrounding rural area, including the towns of New Alresford and Whiteley and numerous villages.

Parts of the district lie within the South Downs National Park. The neighbouring districts are Basingstoke and Deane, East Hampshire, Havant, Portsmouth, Fareham, Eastleigh and Test Valley.

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