Horsepower, The Museum Of The King's Royal Hussars

A great small museum with an interesting story to tell

Great museum.

I decided to make a trip to Winchester on the 4th September 2018. Winchester is a city and the county town of Hampshire, England. It is situated about 61 miles south west of London and around 13 from Southampton which is its closest city. Winchester developed from the Roman town of Venta Belgarum. The city is, home to the University of Winchester and Winchester College, the oldest public school in the United Kingdom still using its original buildings. There is so much to see here in this fine city and spending a day here you would find it difficult to cover all the famous sites. I then walked up to the Winchester’s Military Quarter which is situated in the impressive preserved Victorian barracks next to the Great Hall. There are six museums to explore, each one with stunning collections of medals, beautiful paintings, uniforms, fascinating archive film and personal souvenirs. Together they tell the story of British soldiers in peace and in war, at home and abroad, in the last 300 years. There is something to interest all ages, and all members of the family: you can hear the stories of the Battle of Waterloo and of the Charge of the Light Brigade, experience the culture of Nepal, and discover when women first joined the Army. You can also find out how the Hampshire Tigers got their name, and what it takes to be a modern Rifleman.
Winchester’s Military Museums is a grouping of six military museums situated within yards of each other on an historic site close to the city centre of Winchester and adjacent to the Great Hall. The six museums are:
Horse Power, the Regimental Museum of The King’s Royal Hussars
The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum
The Royal Green Jackets Museum
The Rifles Museum
The Gurkha Museum
The Guardroom Museum, the Museum of the Adjutant-General’s Corps
Each museum is separately run and well worth a visit in its own right. A visit to Winchester’s Military Museums, however, provides an opportunity to visit all of them and enjoy an interesting day out.
Additionally, there is a Visitor’s Centre with refreshments available at the on-site cafe Copper Joe’s.
Museum – Entry price
The Royal Green Jackets:
Adult – £5
Senior Citizens: £4.50
Students: £4.00
Children 16 years and under are free.
The Rifles Museums, Adult – £4
The Gurkha Museum, Adult – £4
Horse Power, Adult – £3
Entry to the Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum, Adjutant General’s Museum and The Rifles Collection is free.

Closed, no notification of closure and travelled from Manchester as part of a family trip. Regimental old comrade, very disappointed.

A fantastic regimental museum in the heart of the old Peninsula Barracks. Some great artefacts from Waterloo, the charge of the light brigade all the way through to the present.

One of Winchester's hidden gems, this little museum was friendly and welcoming with lots of amazing items and stories.

For those who have no knowledge of what a cavalry regiment was or does now this museum has an atmospheric walk through the ages. Located in Penninsular Barracks of the Romsey Road the staff are knowledgeable and helpful for your visit. The gardens and architecture are most interesting, with walkways off and historical placks secreted. There are also other regimental museums inside the barracks so we'll worth a day out.

This is a little gem of a museum, full to the brim of historical artefacts and information. It forms part of a military history museum centre, sharing a building with the Gurkhas museum. If you are ever in the vicinity I highly recommend a visit, you won't be disappointed.