Windsor Information

At last the Queen has had the panning approved for a new eco-friendly turbine to be built on the Thames. This will be an Archimedes screw hydroelectric scheme based at Romney Weir on the Thames just north of the town.

Although a few local residents were concerned about the potential noise from this, the plans were eventually given the go ahead as the local council considered the advantages to far out-way any disadvantages.

The project will generate clean power for up to 300 local houses and help to power the Castle.

Personally I think this a great move to improve the environment and hope that this is just the first of many such projects.

Again the wheel is back in town. A little late perhaps, but now up and running, this great attraction is visible from miles away and now dominates the Windsor skyline.

I went up in this a couple of years ago and really enjoyed the view. Getting a few pictures from a very different perspective is always a good thing. Not so sure its the sort of thing us locals would do every year, but if you are visiting for the day, you really should think about it.

Welcome to the Windsor Blog. Over the coming months I will be writing a few interesting things on Windsor