The Royal Borough of Windsor is home to two of the UK's Top 20 Visitor Attractions (Windsor Castle and Legoland) but also boasts Eton College, The Changing of the Guard, the Savill Garden, Ascot Racecourse, Royal Windsor Course and more. Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world and the favourite weekend home of The Queen. Eton College, perhaps the most famous school in the world, was founded in 1440 and is the alma mater of eighteen prime ministers. Windsor Great Park, 1000 acres of woodland, lakes and gardens, is a much loved resource for visitors and locals alike. And every June, Ascot Racecourse is the setting for a spectacular pageant of horses and racegoers. Joanna Jackson captures this quintessentially English subject through the seasons.
Contents
Eaton and Windsor: Introduction
Winter:
Early Days
Eaton
Railways and Roads
The Great Park
Spring:
Windsor Horse Show
The Royal Landscape: Valley Garden
The Royal Landscape: Saville Gardens
All the Kings Horses and All the Kings Men
Summer:
Dorney Rowing Lake
Horse Racing
Polo
Windsor and Eton Street
Autumn:
Air Force Memorial
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
House of Windsor
Magna Carta
index
What has Eton mess got to do with George III?
Did you know that all thoroughbred horses originate from three stud stallions, 'the foundation sires'?
Did you know that Polo was first written about in 600BC in Persia?
Why is Windsor castle a days march from the Tower of London?
Why does America own an acre of land at Runnymeade?
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