Welcome to Windsor

Windsor is one of England's premier tourist and weekend break destinations. It has many attractions, shops, pubs, restaurants nightclubs and historic buildings. Windsor Castle in the autumn

Over the previous years Windsor has become more interesting to a more diverse group of people, whether tourist, leisure or business visitor, with attractions from Legoland to the Castle, there is much for everyone - and now more than ever it is a wonderful and exciting town to visit.

We will try to give you all the information you require to fully enjoy a short or long, leisure or business trip to Windsor.

Windsor has a population of over 31,000 people and is situated beside the river Thames in Berkshire and is arguably one of Berkshire's prettiest towns. Home to the Queen of England, Windsor has the largest permanently lived in castle in the world. With Eton just a short walk over the river Thames it has more than enough to justify a few days sightseeing, especially if you want to use Windsor as a base for visiting London. Check out the many easy ways of getting to and from Windsor transport

Use Windsor as a base to visit London and the surrounding famous sites and towns. With its two railway stations and easy access to the motorways it is ideally located.

Recent Local News

Windsor's new Mayor
Since beating the Liberal Democrats into the Castle Without ward in May 2007, Catherine Bursnall has risen quickly risen up the ranks and is set to become the youngest ever Mayor when she replaces the current Mayor on May 25. We wish her all the very best in her new role.

The Windsor Globe 2010 summer festival of theatre and comedy
Set in the beautiful grounds of Alexandra Gardens by the side of the River Thames, with views of Windsor Castle. This season the festival builds upon the success of last year by presenting a mix of classic Shakespeare, community children’s theatre and stand-up comedy. www.windsorglobe.co.uk

Windsor Brewery
The new ale, Guardsman Best Bitter, recently went on sale. Well worth looking out for. www.webrew.co.uk

Legoland Hotel gets the green light
The new 150 bed hotel has been given the go ahead and work will start on the 18 month project to have it ready for the 2012 Olympic games.

Bray Studios to be re-developed
There appears to be the prospect of a major re-development of the film studio site into housing as the film business has taken a bashing in the recent recession. With the added competition from Pinewood studios which is only 10 miles away, Bray studios has had a torrid time. The main building on the estate is Down Place which is a Grade II listed building in need of extensive repairs that would it seem be un feasible at this time.

Windsor Museum gets the go ahead
After a 30 year wait the Windsor museum has at last been given the go-ahead. The museum will open sometime in 2011 and will be based in the Windsor Guildhall.

Windsor is in a fight with the local Fire Authority which wants to reduce the cover of the local fire station from 24 hour cover to 8am to 8pm covered only. This is a continuing campaign and the local Fire Brigade Union representative, Mick Rowley, has vowed to continue the pressure to keep the fire station open 24 hours. Visit the campaign web site www.windsorfirestation.co.uk and show your support.

All enclosed public places and workplaces became smoke free from 1st July 2007. To some this was a nightmare, but to most people this was a wonderful event. At last the non smokers can enjoy a trip down the pub without eyes watering and clothes smelling of a dirty ashtray. Guess which side of the fence I'm on! If the news from Ireland (which banned smoking some time ago) is anything to go by, we can expect an immediate withdrawal of the smokers from pubs, but a steady inflow over time of non smokers as they slowly realise the changes. Overall I think we can expect a gain in business for all pubs.

Old news stories

Windsor Castle from the Long Walk

The view of the Castle from the Long Walk