free things to see and do in London
Getting to Windsor by Train
Trains depart from London Waterloo to Windsor and Eton Riverside
every half hour (on the hour and half past).
Journey time is around one hour
Related things to see in London
Buckingham Palace
The home of the Queen, Buckingham Palace was built in 1703. The present building is the third on the site.
Regents Park
The park was designed by John Nash in 1818 as part of a wider plan for the area, and was opened to the general public in 1845.
You may be visiting London to see its many tourist attractions but if you have a spare day while here, why not do some sightseeing in England.
From the seaside to the countryside, lots of England is easy to visit on a day tour from London.
This section includes some free self-guided sightseeing tours of England that can be easily done in a day from London. All you need is your train fare.
Things to See in Windsor
To many people, Windsor is synonymous with Windsor Castle, the home of the Queen.
However, there's more to Windsor than the castle: across the Thames, you can visit Eton College and you can also tour the river to see the grand homes of the rich and famous.
There are also several parks and gardens, including Windsor Great Park.
Windsor Castle is an official residence of The Queen and the largest occupied castle in the world. A Royal home and fortress for over 900 years, the Castle remains a working palace today.
Visitors can walk around the State Apartments, extensive suites of rooms at the heart of the working palace. For part of the year visitors can also see the Semi State rooms, which are some of the most splendid interiors in the castle. They are furnished with treasures from the Royal Collection including paintings by Holbein, Rubens, Van Dyck and Lawrence, fine tapestries and porcelain, sculpture and armour.
Within the Castle complex there are many additional attractions, including
the Drawings Gallery, Queen Mary's dolls' house, and the fourteenth-century
St. George's Chapel, the burial place of ten sovereigns and setting for
many Royal weddings.
place map and aerial view
Eton College was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. The College originally had 70 King’s Scholars or ‘Collegers’ who lived in the College and were educated free, and a small number of ‘Oppidans’ who lived in the town of Eton and paid for their education.
Today it is a secondary school for approximately 1,290 boys between the ages of 13 and 18, all of whom are boarders. Famous recent Etonians include Princes William and Harry.
place map and aerial view
Windsor Great Park (locally referred to simply as the Great Park) is a large deer park of 5,000 acres, to the south of the town of Windsor on the border of Berkshire and Surrey in England.
The park was, for many centuries, the private hunting ground of Windsor Castle and dates primarily from the mid-13th century.
Now largely open to the public, the parkland is a popular recreation area.
place map and aerial view