Windsor Castle

Beyond London · about an hour by train

Windsor: Our Favourites

Windsor Castle and St George’s Chapel, the town and Eton across the river, about an hour from London by train.

The back story

  1. The back story

    Windsor: the back story

    Windsor·In depth: beyond London

    A thousand years of royal history on a hill above the Thames, with Eton across the bridge and the Great Park beyond.

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What to see

  1. A working royal castle

    Windsor Castle

    Windsor·Royal castle·£££

    The vast royal castle above the Thames at Windsor, with the State Apartments, St George’s Chapel and Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House.

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Getting there

  1. About an hour by train

    Getting to Windsor

    Windsor·Getting there

    Trains from Paddington (changing at Slough) to Windsor & Eton Central, or direct from Waterloo to Windsor & Eton Riverside.

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