HAMPSHIRE Cultural Trust has announced its programme of events for the May half-term holiday.

There will be an array of activities available across the county, with options suitable for all ages.

In Winchester, the 878AD experience is open in the Brooks Centre. Experience the sights and sounds of Anglo-Saxon Winchester and discover the stories of the people who lived there, brought to life with the spectacular world of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Discovery Tour: Viking Age.

The experience offers attendees both an interactive attraction with live performance element, as well as an 'augmented reality', self-led app tour of Winchester. Tickets for adults cost £10, children aged five to 15 cost £7.50, concessions cost £8 and family tickets covering up to five people, including two adults will cost £32.50.

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Pre-booking via the 878AD website is advised.

Elsewhere in Winchester, The Gallery at Winchester Arc on Jewry Street will host a new exhibition of the work of English landscape painter John Constable.

Running from May 26 to August 16, the exhibition, Constable: The Dark Side, has been specially curated by art historian Nicola Moorby. It will feature examples of Constable’s work across a range of mediums, including oil, watercolour, pencil and ink, as well as an in-depth look at mezzotint, a technique reliant on the emergence of light from dark.

Entry to the exhibition will cost £8.50 for adults, £6.50 for concessions and £4.50 for children under 16.

The Arc will also be housing the exhibition In Flow in the City Space.

The first solo exhibition from James Murray, it is a response to Constable’s work in the main gallery. The exhibition, running from May 20 to June 25, will feature a new series of abstract works which celebrate painting as a medium.

The exhibition will be free.

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Meanwhile, Winchester City Museum will be taken over by Norman invaders for a special day event.

Ever wondered whether you'd be strong enough to fight in full armour? Or which weapon would cause the most damage? How about what would happen if you committed a crime in Norman times? Find out all this and more as the museum is taken over by noble Normans.

Visitors will be able to try on a knight’s armour, watch medieval weapon demonstrations, attend a shire court trial and more.

The event will take place on Monday, May 29, and will be included in the price of admission to the museum.

For more information about upcoming events, visit the Hampshire Cultural Trust website: hampshireculture.org.uk/.