The experience

  • Discover an immersive experience in two parts: an interactive attraction with stunning video projection and live performance, and an augmented reality adventure in Winchester
  • Lose yourself in early medieval Wessex, recreated in majestic detail by Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
  • Complete the app 878 AD: Winchester Revealed to unlock rare Assassin’s Creed Valhalla in-game content
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Live performance, real objects

  • From the thief to the reeve, the soldier to the slave, live performance brings the everyday stories of the people of Anglo-Saxon Winchester to life
  • Be amazed by real Anglo-Saxon objects including the exquisite Winchester Reliquary, the only known Anglo-Saxon reliquary to have been found in England
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  • Try your hand at Anglo-Saxon games, and take on the quest to reveal the hiding places of precious objects with our children’s trail and Side Quests
  • Find out more about the Anglo-Saxons and their Viking foes with our Discovery Tour: Viking Age interactive podiums
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878 AD: Winchester Revealed

  • Step into the streets of Winchester to continue your journey of discovery with 878 AD: Winchester Revealed, our augmented reality app, available for download during your visit to the attraction
  • Tour the city streets like never before with augmented reality buildings, interactive games and more
  • Complete 878 AD: Winchester Revealed to unlock rare Assassin’s Creed Valhalla in-game content!
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  • Explore the lost buildings of Winchester’s past and on your way, collect map fragments that reveal Alfred’s lasting legacy
  • Become an Anglo-Saxon artisan - create your own shield design or make a pot, building, carving and smoothing the clay
  • Learn how to defend the city walls by practising augmented reality archery - using the real-world medieval Westgate as your target
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Brilliant interactive museum. Learned so much about the medieval history of Winchester and King Alfred!

Sarah B, Google Reviews