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Windsor Castle          visit

Runnymede             drive through

 

• Entrance is paid by voucher or is pre booked via agent.

• Check in advance for special events, closed areas of sites etc.

• Audio guides for groups can now be collected at Castle entrance.

• You are not allowed to guide within the castle precincts.

• St George’s Chapel is always closed on Sundays (and sometimes on other days)

• Check the website for closures at Windsor as it is a working Castle that hosts events regularly https://www.rct.uk/visit/windsor-castle

all opening times, entrances, tel numbers etc. are listed on the yellow pages.

8:30               Depart London.  Journey time to Windsor is roughly one hour, depending on the location of your hotel.  Windsor is just off the A4.  Before you exit the motorway, there is an impressive view of the castle on your left.  If staying in west London, you may consider covering Runnymede first so as not to arrive too early at the castle.

9:30               Arrive Windsor. The Castle opens at 10:00am. Be prepared for queues.

Windsor

As you enter Windsor from the M4, Eton College will be on the left.

Set down group in the coach park. Ensure pax are aware of meeting point, time for departure and that they know they will be returning on their own.  Restrooms are located in the corner by the shops in the coach park. If in doubt of Windsor layout then refer to the town map near staircase.

Walk group through coach park, up the spiral staircase (lift if needed), through the railway station to the High Street. The castle is straight ahead. Cross the road. The ticket office is on the right. Lead group into the ticket office (the group’s entrance is the door on the right). They wait in the Groups area while you give in voucher and receive wristbands. No tickets. There are airport style security checks at this point.  Admission includes audio guides and entrance to The State Apartments, Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House and St George’s Chapel. Good idea to visit the Dolls’ House first, as queues are often lengthy.  A Guard Change ceremony takes place on alternate days at 11am, weather permitting.  Toilets and gift shops within the Castle precincts, but no food.

If you choose to travel via Runnymede on way out of Windsor, there is a great view of the castle up The Long Walk on your left as you leave the town. 

Point out (all on the right):

John F Kennedy Memorial, through the trees and halfway up the hill, a white memorial stone. 

A White pavilion with a green roof – given by The American Bar Association in the 1950s. This is the site of the sealing of the Magna Carta (1215). 

Commonwealth Air Force Memorial (white building on the hill) – commemorates 20,000 pilots (Poles, French and American Eagle Squadron) who died during WW2. 

Join the M25 at Junction 13 and then the M4 East back to London.