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   Winchester Cathedral

   Winchester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity and of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and of Saint Swithun in Winchester, is the cathedral of the city of Winchester, England, and is among the largest of its kind in Northern Europe.

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   Osborne House

   Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a summer home and rural retreat.

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   New Forest

   The New Forest is one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire.

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   Winchester Castle

   Winchester Castle was a royal residence in Winchester, Hampshire, England, founded in 1067 by William the Conqueror. It served as a seat of royal power in the medieval period.

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   Romsey Abbey

   Romsey Abbey is the name currently given to a parish church of the Church of England in Romsey, a market town in Hampshire, England. Until the Dissolution of the Monasteries it was the church of a Benedictine nunnery.

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   Venta Belgarum

   Venta Belgarum, or Venta Bulgarum, was a town in the Roman province of Britannia Superior, the civitas capital of the local tribe, the Belgae, and which later became the city of Winchester.

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   Wolvesey Castle

   Wolvesey Castle, in Winchester, Hampshire, England, was the main residence of the Bishop of Winchester in the Middle Ages.

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   National Motor Museum

   The National Motor Museum (originally the Montagu Motor Museum) is a museum in the village of Beaulieu, set in the heart of the New Forest, in the English county of Hampshire.

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   Netley Abbey

   Netley Abbey is a ruined late medieval monastery in the village of Netley near Southampton in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1239 as a house for monks of the austere Cistercian order.

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    Southampton Castle

    Southampton Castle was located in the town of Southampton in Hampshire, England.

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   Hyde Abbey

   Hyde Abbey was a medieval Benedictine monastery just outside the walls of Winchester, Hampshire, England.

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   Paultons Park

   Paultons Park is an amusement park located in the New Forest National Park, near the village Ower, in Hampshire, England, with over 70 rides and attractions.

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   Beaulieu Palace House

   Beaulieu Palace House ( BEW-lee) is a 13th-century house in Beaulieu, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

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   Exbury Gardens

   Exbury Gardens is a 200-acre (81 ha) informal woodland garden in Hampshire, England, with large collections of rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias, and is often considered the finest garden of its type in the United Kingdom.

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   Beaulieu Abbey

   Beaulieu Abbey ( BEW-lee) was a Cistercian abbey in Hampshire, England.

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   Bargate

   The Bargate is a Grade I listed medieval gatehouse in the city centre of Southampton, England. Constructed in Norman times as part of the Southampton town walls, it was the main gateway to the city.

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   Mottisfont Abbey

   Mottisfont Abbey is a historical priory and country estate in Hampshire, England. Sheltered in the valley of the River Test, the property is now operated by the National Trust.

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   Marwell Zoo

   Marwell Zoo is a 140-acre (57 ha) zoo situated in Colden Common near Winchester, in the English county of Hampshire. It is owned and run by the registered charity Marwell Wildlife.

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   Southampton town walls

   Southampton's town walls are a sequence of defensive structures built around the town in southern England.

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    Southampton Tudor House and Garden

    Tudor House and Garden is a historic building, museum, tourist attraction, and Grade I listed building in Southampton, England.

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