Private Windsor Day Excursion (from London)

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Just 60 minutes from Central London into the wow-wonderland of Windsor-on-Thames. The Queen of England has made it her home…and yes, it’s worth all the fuss. We stop at Runnymede Field where King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215, the big daddy of constitutions worldwide
At Windsor, your day is pretty well chalked out. A guided walking tour, followed by a caffeine fix at an atmospheric English cafe, and jaw-dropping moments at the official residence of Her Majesty. There’s still St. George’s Chapel, tombs of many of English Kings and Queens, and the venue of the celeb-wedding of Harry and Meghan.
A lunch table at a relaxing riverside restaurant or maybe you prefer a traditional afternoon tearoom with chintzy china in the village?
Free time to visit Eton College, where 13 British Prime Ministers and Princes William and Harry studied, enjoy some shop browsing, or stroll along the River Thames.
Useful tip. Save the hassle of long lines by pre-ordering Castle tickets with us.

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Duration: 7 hours
Starts: London, United Kingdom
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours



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Just 60 minutes from Central London into the wow-wonderland of Windsor-on-Thames. The Queen of England has made it her home…and yes, it’s worth all the fuss. We stop at Runnymede Field where King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215, the big daddy of constitutions worldwide
At Windsor, your day is pretty well chalked out. A guided walking tour, followed by a caffeine fix at an atmospheric English cafe, and jaw-dropping moments at the official residence of Her Majesty. There’s still St. George’s Chapel, tombs of many of English Kings and Queens, and the venue of the celeb-wedding of Harry and Meghan.
A lunch table at a relaxing riverside restaurant or maybe you prefer a traditional afternoon tearoom with chintzy china in the village?
Free time to visit Eton College, where 13 British Prime Ministers and Princes William and Harry studied, enjoy some shop browsing, or stroll along the River Thames.
Useful tip. Save the hassle of long lines by pre-ordering Castle tickets with us.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Windsor Castle, Castle Hill, Windsor SL4 1PD England

Castle origins date back to the 11th-Century Norman Conquest – used by The Crown and is the occupied palace in Europe.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: St. George’s Chapel, Castle Hill, Windsor England

Where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were recently married in a special space of 15th-Century medieval Gothic splendour.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Windsor Great Park The Crown Estate Office, Windsor SL4 2HT England

Windsor Great Park is a Royal Park – its present area determined in the 1360s and was popular with Saxon kings as a hunting forest.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Windsor, Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England

Quaint riverside setting in the Royal County of Berkshire – and home to Her Majesty the Queen.

Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: Windsor Guildhall, Guildhall High Street, Windsor SL4 1LR England

Discover a hidden secret about this building’s architecture – and its the venue for the marriages of Charles and Camilla plus Elton John and David Furnish.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Theatre Royal Windsor, 32 Thames Street, Windsor SL4 1PS England

Edwardian theatre near the banks of the River Thames – your Guide will have some amusing anecdotes at this stop.

Duration: 5 minutes

Pass By: Old Windsor, Old Windsor, Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England

Tiny village bound by the River Thames to the east and Windsor Great Park to the west.

Stop At: Runnymede National Trust, Windsor Road, Egham TW20 0AG England

Site of the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215 – managed by the National Trust.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: John F Kennedy Memorial, Englefield Green, Egham TW20 0YU, UK

Emotive acre of English ground given to the USA by the British people in memory of President John F Kennedy.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Magna Carta Monument, Windsor Road, Egham TW20 0AG England

Memorial erected by the American Bar Association – nestled in a quiet spot near the meadows alongside the River Thames.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Air Forces Memorial Lodge Air Forces Memorial Lodge Coopers Hill Lane, Englefield Green TW20 0LB England

Moving memorial inscribed with the names of over 20,000 men and women of the Allied Air Forces who lost their lives in World War Two on missions and have no known grave.

Duration: 15 minutes

Pass By: Thames River, London England

One of England’s longest waterways which meanders through the Royal County of Berkshire and the Windsor neighbourhood.

Stop At: Eton College, Main entrance Brewhouse Yard, Eton, Windsor SL4 6DW England

Founded in the 15th-Century this world-renowned College has educated 20 British Prime Ministers and numerous members of the aristocracy including Prince William and Prince Harry.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Eton, Eton, Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England

Historic old town on the opposite bank of the River Thames to Windsor.

Duration: 30 minutes



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