A Day Trip to Windsor - Windsor & Eton - Best things to do in Windsor + History
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- A Day Trip to Windsor is a fantastic day out, we'll take you on a walking tour of Windsor & Eton showing you the best things to do in Windsor with some history along the way. Windsor Castle is now home to Queen Elizabeth II known as Royal Windsor. Windsor Castle has been around for 1000 years and 39 Monarchs have lived there. Elton College across the River Thames is equally famous.
In this video we take a boat down the River Thames from Windsor to Boveney Lock, walk the historic streets and look at some of the fine buildings. We trek to Windsor Great Park for views of the Long Walk and then cross into beautiful Eton to tour the High St and Eton College. Hope you enjoy our route, and have a wonderful day trip to Windsor should you go.
00:00 Introduction
00:39 River Thames Walk
02:21 River Boat Trip
07:20 Windsor Town Walk
08:49 Windsor Royal Station
10:50 Peascod Street
11:43 Windsor Castle
13:17 Tiny Side Streets
14:29 Guild Hall
15:18 Crooked House
15:44 Long Walk
18:13 Theatre & Duck Stop
19:19 Windsor Bridge
20:12 Eton
21:18 Eton College
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We hope you enjoy our tour of Windsor and Eton. **Note a correction* On the river we mentioned Ascot Racecourse. This should have been Windsor Racecourse.** Also look at our socials for more photos instagram.com/memoryseekers/ facebook.com/memoryseekersuk Our website also has more information and places to visit. www.memoryseekers.net For something to watch next why not try another location close to London. Hampton Court Palace and walk in the footsteps of King Henry VIII th-cam.com/video/ZKenNspFQ4E/w-d-xo.html
Was born and raised in the US but my ancestors came from all over Great Britain. I would give ANYTHING to live there someday. The beauty of your country is indescribable and it's history is my Obsession in life. If I never get over there to visit or live, your videos are the next best thing! They fill me with tremendous happiness and peace, thank you ❤ I am so very grateful.
So glad you like the videos, we do hope one day you can experience some of it first hand. 😊
If you have a profession we need, then why not come over?
Hi seasaw.you will get there 1 day.i just moved to england a month ago.and im off to windsor today.its incredible .ive seen so much.so if its a dream.make it a reality.i did .and im not super young lol.
@@MemorySeekers hello memory seekers.thank you for your videos.ive recently moved to england.and ive been visiting many places.london is so busy right now .because of the queen.but its a wonderful dream come true for me.so many thanks.your videos.have made me smile.have a fabulous day🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🌸🌸😄😄👌👌👌👌
There is so much to see in Britain that it’s a good idea to do plenty of research and plan what you have time to see. Good luck. I live in Oz and I miss the history.
I love these cities that you can stroll around feeling the history. The most amazing thing is some of the buildings are so old but still standing firm. Probably they will outlast many modern buildings. Thanks again, you two are so amazing taking us along on your journey. =-)
Yes I am sure the building will outlive the lifeless structures we tend to build today. I cannot image people wanting to visit buildings built in the 21st century in a few hundred years 😊😂
I can't stop watching your channel a single day ! Can't wait to our 2nd UK trip with family. Thanks for sharing your beautiful country.
Thanks so much!! Hope the videos help you plan.
Windsor was the first place my cousin took us after we arrived in England. It's lovely to see the river, charming shopping areas, and green open space so close to a city as large as London. I've read before that all of the swans belong to Her Majesty, but it was fun to see them. So beautiful!
Nice place to start a tour of England, your cousin did well!
Big Thanks , from Sydney .Thanks for all your tours . As we probably will not be returning to the UK i like to sit back and watch on the big tv and reminisce .
Thank you for watching glad it can give you some joy.
Thanks! Brought back a heap of memories for this Aussie girl!
Ah glad we stirred the memories 😊
Me and my husband took a vacation to England 4 years ago, and we visited Windsor and Buckingham Palace, what a beautiful place, I love Europe but England is my favorite place in the world.
So nice to hear that you have been and seen it first hand. Equally that you think England was your favourite! 😊
That Long Walk looks absolutely peaceful and atmospheric. Walking down that road would give me a good sense of being "in the country".
I absolutely love watching your videos of small towns/ villages.
They all so beautiful. I'm watching from South Africa. Born and bred here but love everything British and I'm a royalist.
Thank you for watching June. Glad you enjoy the videos 😊
Always enjoy your videos but this was a special one
Wieder ein tolles Erlebnis mit Euch diese wunderschöne Landschaft zu erkunden Lieben Dank und Greetings from Germany 🙋♀️🇩🇪
Vielen Dank, ich freue mich, dass es Ihnen gefallen hat.
Thanks for the detailed tour! Like others before me, I've only seen Windsor Castle and the Great Windsor Park, but it's nice to see that the city itself is beautiful and full of things to explore. Greetings from Hungary!
Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed the stroll.
Happy Platinum Jubilee to Her Majesty The Queen. 70 Years on the Throne. 1952-2022.
I have always wanted to see the town of Windsor, and its very own Windsor Castle and also Eton College. What a delightful and interesting area to explore, and also live in. The Thames River has a character all of it's own. Fancy Queen Victoria having her own waiting room at the local railway station! 😁. Thank you again for your wonderful work. It gives me a chance to vicariously get me around England for free! 🤣
Дякую вам за українські субтитри. Я змогла пройтися разом з вами і побачити стільки цікавого! 😍😍😍😍
WOW! I think this may be my favorite video (all of them are great)! A beautiful town. I could easily see myself spending the day there. Thank you so much. I always look forward to your videos! God bless🥰
Ah really, so glad you liked it 😊
I love the way Simon mixed history with actual views and walks. He invites us to be there. Beautiful video as usual. Cheers.
Many thanks!
I use to love traveling.Don't do it anymore since I cannot walk much.So,thanks for taking me around a lovely part of the UK.Lovely areas you always find!
Thank you from Trinidad&Tobago
You are welcome 😊
Wife and I spent a few days in London before flying home in September 2019. We did the Windsor Castle, Bath & Stonehenge day trip. Until I saw this video I had no idea what was just a stone’s throw away from us…what a shame 🙁 love the video 👏👍
Yes, I don’t think people really explore and just focus on the castle. There is a lot more to see. I guess if are on a tour not much you can but keep to schedule. At least you experienced the castle which is amazing.
Just delightful! Thank you again for a wonderful tour!
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Windsor Central Station was built just fir the convenience of Queen Victoria. She would travel by train to Slough,from London, and then take a carriage to Windsor.
Thank you gentlemen for another professional travelogue on your beautiful country with so much fantastic history. It is a shame it's taken for granted by some. Thank you once again for your efforts in putting this together.
Thank you Stuart.
That was fantastic, thank you so much. Such a beautiful place. Just loving your videos. Please stay safe and take care
Thank you Linda
Truly lovely. So enjoyable tbat I watched it twice
Your videos are superb! I have visited the majority of these places but I get never tired of watching these wonderful areas. I envie you so much
Glad you like them! Thank you. 😊
Windsor has become my go to place for last night before flying home to US. Only 15 drive through the parkland where Magna Carta was signed to get to Heathrow and as you show, lots of things to see and do in Windsor.
I’m sorry to see the slanted house looks empty now. About 10 years ago, it was a tea room. My mom and I had lunch on the first floor. Funny it didn’t look as slanted from inside
I enjoy traveling with you to all these places I’ve already been. You always add in something I missed plus stories about things I saw but didn’t know.
Thank you for this series
How lovely that you managed to have tea in the crooked house. It would have been nice to see inside. It is a shame it closed probably a casualty of the pandemic. Hopefully it will be something interesting soon.
It's now a Gin bar!@@MemorySeekers
Very nice. So interesting to see places i wont ever be able to venture to myself. Looks like you got a good walking workout 😁 on that day. The swans were beautiful. Thanks for doing what you do. Stay well.
Yes we did a lot of walking, I think doing the Long Walk as much as we would have liked to share the iconic shot back to the castle would have been a step to far for the feet! 😂😊
What a great surprise seeing where this video was made, really enjoyed it. Great advice on how to avoid the crowds, and the river looked so calm and relaxing. Thank you, goodnight 🦘🐨🦘🐨😷👍👍
I've seen a very small part of Windsor and the castle from news crews filming Harry and Meghans wedding
and other things. What a beautiful place it is. The whole tour was glorious.
So pleased we could expand on what you have seen, is a lovely day out and easy to get to from central London.
The summer after their wedding, everyone was taking selfies on the steps of the church.
I’d been the summer before so I really noticed the difference 😂
God Save The Queen. Long Live The Queen.
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Thank you
The Thames boat ride was beautiful! Thank you for this wonderful walk around Windsor! I really appreciate your telling us about the significance of what we were seeing. Love from Windsor,Vermont
Glad you enjoyed it!
You are wondering🤔💭 about your v logs..... Very👍 nice
Once again a lovely tour. You always have such interesting snippets of information. Thank you 🙂
Thank you we try and find those in our research 🧐 😊
Love your film. keep up the amazing work. By the way,
it's bedtime here in Borneo.
cheers!
Ah sleep well! Thanks for watching.
Another lovely informative walking tour.I love the way you video your tours as you feel as if you are actually walking with you Simon & Wil. Always a joy to watch-thank you.
Thank you so much!
Been to the farm shop in Windsor grounds lovely
Loved this enthusiastic presentation ! Have been there and have seen some of these things, but will certainly look for all these points of interest later this year !! Thank you !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you it was nice to see in and around Windsor It been many years since i was there its a very pretty place but always busy .
Yes is can be very busy. Popular and so close to London make it crowded on sunny days.
I visited Windsor and London way back in 1977 during the Queen's Silver Jubilee, I think I was 12 at the time so I can't say it appears at all what I saw back then but vaguely the same. We even got a glimpse of Elizabeth in her golden carriage. Not sure if the picture we took still exists. I am grateful to see that there is so much more to the UK than London where you can't even see all the numerous sights, so many museums and interesting places, and that so many of the towns and villages are being preserved and visited. And not being left to crumble away like they are in so many parts of the world. Thank you for sharing your time with us out here in TH-camland!
What a great memory to have of seeing the Queen in her carriage. Amazing. So glad you are enjoying our travels. Thanks so much for watching 😊
Professionally presented!
Thank you!
I really enjoyed this video. So educational. Windsor and Eton look so beautiful and clean! ❤ 👍
It was our first time in Eton which like many we have always missed. In some ways i found it even nicer than Windsor maybe because it was less crowded. A lovely day out.
@@MemorySeekers How nice! Yes, Eton is so beautiful! Thanks for the response. ❤❤
Thank you both for another really enjoyable and interesting video. 😊
Why am I watching a tour of the town I live in 😂 💕 I’ve always said I’m like a tourist in my on town, always wanting to take photos and you never really run out of places/people to photograph
Hope you enjoyed it.
Me too omg
Thanks! Just found your series of videos and enjoyed a lot
Welcome glad you found us. Lots to catch up on. 😊
Another stellar walking tour! I really felt like I was there . 👍
Thank you Stephanie
Windsor my home town where I was born. Lovely touristic interesting town, plenty to do and see.
Another lovely presentation 🌟🌟🌟
Thank you! Cheers!
I worked in Windsor for a brief time thirty years ago. Your tour brought back many wonderful memories of beautiful Windsor. Thank you.
So glad we stirred the memories ☺
There is a cannon in the Castle bell tower which was placed tbere djring the Civil War. It is aimed right at Windsor Bridge. So, pedestrians walking across the bridge are blissfully unaware that they have a 17th century cannon aimed directly at them!
Thank you for sharing had no idea!
Thank you for sharing another wonderful video! I really enjoyed all the sights. There is so much to do and see there. I am sure I would love to visit one day. All the best from Massachusetts!!🥰
It’s a lovely place to relax and stroll particularly on the Eton side or by the river.
Fabulous! I look forward to your videos. Thank you for providing us couch potato travellers much happiness every week. 🙏
Our pleasure!
Delightful & Informative! Thank you!
😊 thank you
So interesting as usual. You two are the best. Thanks for the wonderful tour. Blessings
❤️😊thank you
That was a wonderful tour. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for this lovely video of Windsor….will be visiting soon, very helpful! 😊
Another fine and informative video! Thank you 😊
Thank you!
Truly enjoyable. Thank you for sharing. Ann from Va. USA 🇺🇸
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Hi! New to your channel 😊
Thank you so much for showing us around. In facts, I’m about to MOVE to Windsor in two weeks! So excited, especially because I’m fond of traditional English cities (I also lived in Oxford for a while, and I deeply love this town). One of my dreams comes true! (I’m French 🇫🇷 haha)
Good luck with the move, I am sure you will love the town. 😊
@@MemorySeekers Thanks, I’m so excited!
This is excellent, thank you so much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
تعرفنا على جمال ويندسور واماكن غايه في الجمال شكرا لك ❤⚘👍
Excellent video i am looking very forward to the next video cotswords is my favourite place in uk which i visit some years ago greetings from malta
Yes we spend a weekend there recently, the next one is a quick look at the source of the River Thames that starts in Kemble in the Cotswolds ( just a bonus short video) and then next week we are in Painswick Cotswolds. We have also already been to Snowshill th-cam.com/video/LxclcCAKDo0/w-d-xo.html if you to see that one from last week.
Loved this Thank You
Our pleasure
Hermosos lugares , tranquilos y apasibles . Saludos
Tan contenta de que te haya gustado.
I thoroughly enjoyed this walk. I have been to Windsor/Eton so this brought back lovely travel memories!🥰
Glad you enjoyed it
Absolutely love these beautiful, enchanting places, hope to visit soon
Hi Simon and Will. Thank you for yet another wonderful video. Beautifully shot, very informative and just a treat to watch. You guys do an amazing job, please keep going I love watching your vids. Sending much love from South Africa.
Three cheers for Her Majesty.
Really enjoyed this as always, Thank you! 💕🇦🇺
Thank you for watching.
good morning bro, it was a nice video, i watched it with love♥️
Thanks for the visit ☺
I used to live near Windsor & went to school there in the late 50s early 60s, it sure has changed however one of my lasting memories was travelling to Windsor by bus when the bus driver tapped on the window & pointed, there was the Queen & Prince Philip on horse back, NO SECURITY, they were just waiting for a gap in the traffic so that they could cross the road & carry on towards the copper horse monument.
Wow what a memory. Thank you for sharing.
I love, love, love your videos! Well narrated and stunning locations! Thank you!
Thank you so kind 😊
Great video. Plan to be filming in Windsor soon. As usual this video is great inspiration and so informative. 👍
Glad it was helpful!
Great video!
Thank you
Thank you so much for this video. We are traveling in June. Your video has been of much help.
So glad we helped.
Thank you Simon and Will for yet another brilliant video. You take the viewer to so many interesting places and give an insight into the history of each place you visit. As with any popular place I am sure Windsor is full of the usual tourist shops. I really enjoyed the river trip at the beginning and totally agree with you when you suggest to arrive early to avoid the crowds. Looking forward to the next video. p.s. I am still working my way gradually throught your past videos and yet to find one which I have not enjoyed. Thank you.
Beautiful! Thank you, Simon and Will😊
Been to Windsor ,been round the castle,and eton lovely place
It really is!
Prachtige video, hartelijk dank!
Heel graag gedaan.
Daughter lives in Reading. My next trip (hopefully this year) is to visit Windsor. Excellent episode and good to see you both in the opening!
Ah hope you make the trip, you will know what to go and see now!
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What fun to visit Windsor again albeit vicariously. Took our two oldest granddaughters to Europe in 2019 and spent the day at the castle and environs, but you showed parts we missed - very nice job, as usual. ❤
Glad you have seen it for real and we were able to share something new for you as well. 😊
Cudowna wycieczka! Tyle interesujących miejsc, marzenie zobaczyć na żywo. Serdecznie dziękuję za wideo. Pozdrawiam 👍😍🥰
Tak było i dwa miasta w jednym! Myślę, że pod pewnymi względami bardziej podobało mi się Eton, było mniej turystyczne.
Fantastic!
Many thanks!
Great place to visit 😊❤
It really is!
SUPER !
Many thanks!!
谢谢博主
thx show around windsor
Ilove uk
What beautiful content you make, a lovely speaking voice and very interesting information too, l came across your channel on recommendation when l was watching other videos about the Cotswolds, places so stunning across the water from me, you certainly make a person want to hop on a ferry and visit. Yours are by far my favourite on the old TH-cam. Thank you for this upload. Loved it.
Welcome aboard!, Thank you for your kind words. Lots of videos to catch up and we have just been back to the Cotswolds filming more for the coming weeks. Enjoy.
Loved this. To bad Eton college is not open to the public. I wanted to visit...
Yes it was a shame, would have liked to have a look around.
R.I.P H M Q E the II. 70 Years Regin on The Throne of The UK and The Commonwealth 1952-2022.
Elizabeth 1926-2022.
Final resting place at Windsor Castle, down in the Valut of St George's Chapel.
Thank you
You're welcome
A great presentation and very well filmed. I liked the boat trip at the start. That kind of drew us into the rest of the story .
I visited once quite a long time ago and can remember the old railway station. I imagine one needs a fair sum of money to go on a cruise or an open top bus. As for that river side eatery. I doubt if you would get in there without booking.
The open top bus is £14 for a day card, and the cruise we did was £11 for the hour. Booking ahead is always good if possible but you never know, just depends on the day, time and numbers of other people that have decided to head to Windsor. There are a few riverside places to choose from.
An excellent video guys, I now live in Canada and it's great to see my old home, where I grew up. I would like to take this opportunity to point out that on your river cruise you point to Ascot racecourse which is in fact Windsor racecourse. Nevertheless a brilliant video, thank you, btw I have subscribed to your channel because of the excellent standard of presentation.
Hi Robert yes we did make the mistake on the racecourse, don’t know why I had ascot in my head. We put a note in the first comment a while back about it. So glad you enjoyed the tour 😊
Thanks for getting back to me. Looking forward to more videos!
Hermoso el recorrido saludos espero se encuentren bien
Gracias me alegro de que te haya gustado. Si, estamos muy bien gracias. Saludos desde Londres.
I'm really enjoying your videos! Thanks so much for all the work you put into them! The mapping of your routes is particularly unique and as a map lover, really help me visualize where you are. Much appreciated. Thanks again.
Glad you like them!