Museums · South East England
HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars
HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars — military museum in Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Winchester · 0.5 km
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars is a museum in the United Kingdom. Address: SO23 8TS. Wikidata describes it as: "military museum in Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 51.0624°, -1.3204°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Test SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Itchen - 2000227 SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars is a military museum in Winchester, Hampshire, that is dedicated to documenting the King's Royal Hussars, a cavalry regiment of the British Army. The museum is one of the founding members of Winchester's Military Museums, a partnership of six museums located in the Peninsula Barracks, Winchester. The museum contains exhibits spanning three centuries of two of the Royal Hussar regiments; the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's own) and the 11th Royal Hussars (Prince Albert's own), as well as the Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's own), which became The King's Royal Hussars in 1992.
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- Coordinates
- 51.0624, -1.3204
- County
- Hampshire
- District
- Winchester
- Parish
- Winchester, unparished area
- Postcode
- SO23 8TS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Winchester
- Nearest railway station
- Winchester — 0.5 km
- Opening
- 10:00-17:00
- Official site
- horsepowermuseum.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q23302045 (CC0)
- wikipedia: HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The Gurkha Museum - geograph.org.uk - 721093.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars?
- HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars is in Hampshire, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SO23 8TS), in the parish of Winchester, unparished area.
- Who owns HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars?
- HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars is owned by | publictransit =.
- Is HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars a protected site?
- Yes — HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars is part of the River Test SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the River Itchen - 2000227 SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars?
- The nearest railway station is Winchester, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SO23 8TS.