The makers of a new Winchester Monopoly board game have announced that three local charities will also appear on the board.

The games makers Winning Moves UK have already asked the public for suggestion on what Winchester landmarks and locations would appear on the board now it is doing the same with local charities.

The Mayor of Winchester Cllr Jane Rutter said: “I am delighted, but not surprised, that there has been a great response from local people offering suggestions for the spaces to fill the Winchester Monopoly game. It has really captured local imagination, and I am particularly pleased that there have been lots of suggestions which highlight the range and number of wonderful local charities in the Winchester District. “

Cllr Rutter added: “Appearing in the new Monopoly game on their very own spaces will be a great boost to three local charities, and I will be suggesting the ones which I have been supporting this year through the Mayor’s Charity fundraising: Street Reach, Winchester Youth Counselling and Home-Start.”

Benjamin Thompson, custom games executive at Winning Moves UK said: "Three Winchester based charities will now appear on their very own exclusive spaces in the game. The response to our initial invitation last month for nominations for one charity to feature on the board has been phenomenal. We have been very pleasantly overwhelmed with suggestions, so we are now offering three charities the opportunity.”

The announcement that Winchester is getting an official game for this year was made last month. The game is being launched to mark the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death and as well as being all things Winchester, it will have many references to Britain’s greatest authoress, who died in the city in 1817.

The following retailers have just confirmed they will be stocking the new Winchester edition; Amazon, WH Smiths,Waterstones and Argos.

Suggestions of Winchester charities to appear on the game should be made to: winchester@winningmoves.co.uk or by post to: Monopoly: Winchester Edition, Winning Moves UK, 7 Praed Street, London W2 1NJ. Polls close on May 31.