Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, about 25 miles west of central London. It is strongly associated with the English and succeeding British royal family, and embodies almost a millennium of architectural history.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours:
November 1st—February 29th: Thursday—Monday 10:00 AM—3:00 PM
March 1st—October 31st: Thursday—Monday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM - Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: royal residence at Windsor in Berkshire, England, UK
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint George’s Chapel and equestrian statue of Charles II.
Saint George’s Chapel
Church
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St George's Chapel, formally titled The King's Free Chapel of the College of St George, Windsor Castle, at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. Saint George’s Chapel is situated 610 feet west of Windsor Castle.
equestrian statue of Charles II
Work of art
Photo: Giogo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
A bronze equestrian statue of King Charles II on horseback sits in the Upper Ward of Windsor Castle beneath the castle's Round Tower. It was inspired by Hubert Le Sueur's statue of Charles I in London, the statue was cast by Josias Ibach in 1679, with the marble plinth featuring carvings by Grinling Gibbons.
Theatre Royal
Theater building
Photo: MrPanyGoff, CC BY 2.0.
The Theatre Royal is an Edwardian theatre on Thames Street in Windsor in Berkshire. The present building is the second theatre to stand on this site and opened on 13 December 1910. Theatre Royal is situated 910 feet west of Windsor Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eton and Windsor and Eton.
Eton
Town
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eton is a town in Berkshire, England. It is located on the River Thames opposite the town of Windsor, to which it is connected by Windsor Bridge. The civil parish of Eton, which also includes the village of Eton Wick two miles west of the town, had a population of 4,692 at the 2011 census.
Windsor and Eton
Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Windsor and Eton are twin towns, in Berkshire, in the South East of England, separated by the River Thames and joined by Windsor Bridge. Windsor is an ancient town most famous for its castle, construction of which began in 1075, and which is the largest and oldest occupied castle in the world.
Windsor
Town
Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Windsor is a historic town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is the site of Windsor Castle, one of the official residences of the British monarch.
Windsor Castle
Latitude
51.4838° or 51° 29′ 2″ northLongitude
-0.60414° or 0° 36′ 15″ westElevation
180 feet (55 metres)Open location code
9C3XF9MW+G8OpenStreetMap ID
way 23580556OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Windsor Castle” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Windsor-kasteel”
- Arabic: “قصر وندسور”
- Arabic: “قصر ونزر”
- Arabic: “قلعة وندسور”
- Aragonese: “Castiello de Windsor”
- Armenian: “Վինձոր ամրոց”
- Asturian: “Castiellu de Windsor”
- Azerbaijani: “Vindzor sarayı”
- Basque: “Windsor gaztelua”
- Basque: “Windsorko gaztelua”
- Basque: “Windsorreko gaztelua”
- Belarusian: “Віндзорскі замак”
- Belarusian: “Ўіндзарскі замак”
- Bengali: “উইন্ডসর দুর্গ”
- Bosnian: “Zamak Windsor”
- Breton: “Kastell Windsor”
- Bulgarian: “Уиндзорски замък”
- Burmese: “ဝင်ဆာ ရဲတိုက်”
- Catalan: “castell de Windsor”
- Catalan: “Castell de Windsor”
- Cebuano: “Windsor Castle (kastilyo)”
- Cebuano: “Windsor Castle”
- Central Kurdish: “قەڵای ویندسۆڕ”
- Chavacano: “Castillo de Windsor”
- Chinese: “Windsor Siâⁿ-pó”
- Chinese: “溫莎城堡”
- Chinese: “溫莎堡”
- Croatian: “Dvorac Windsor”
- Czech: “Hrad Windsor”
- Czech: “Windsor Castle”
- Czech: “Windsor”
- Czech: “Zámek Windsor”
- Danish: “Windsor Castle”
- Dutch: “Windsor Castle”
- Esperanto: “Kastelo Windsor”
- Esperanto: “Palaco Windsor”
- Esperanto: “Windsor Kastelo”
- Estonian: “Windsori loss”
- Finnish: “Windsorin linna”
- French: “château de Windsor”
- French: “Château de Windsor”
- French: “Palais de Windsor”
- French: “Windsor Castle”
- Galician: “Castelo de Windsor”
- German: “Schloss Windsor”
- German: “Schloß Windsor”
- German: “Windsor Castle”
- German: “Windsor Great Park”
- Greek: “Κάστρο Γουίντσορ”
- Greek: “Κάστρο του Ουίνδσορ”
- Greek: “Κάστρο του Ουίντσορ”
- Hakka Chinese: “Windsor Sàng-páu”
- Hebrew: “טירת וינדזור”
- Hindi: “विंडसर कासल”
- Hungarian: “windsori kastély”
- Hungarian: “Windsori kastély”
- Icelandic: “Windsor-kastali”
- Ido: “Kastelo di Windsor”
- Ido: “Windsor-kastelo”
- Indonesian: “Istana Windsor”
- Indonesian: “Kastel Windsor”
- Indonesian: “Kastil Windsor”
- Irish: “Caisleán Windsor”
- Italian: “castello di Windsor”
- Italian: “Castello di Windsor”
- Italian: “Windsor Castle”
- Japanese: “ウィンザー城”
- Javanese: “Istana Windsor”
- Javanese: “Kadhaton Windsor”
- Karachay-Balkar: “Виндзор къала”
- Korean: “윈저 성”
- Korean: “윈저성”
- Latin: “Arx Windesoriensis”
- Latvian: “Vindzoras pils”
- Latvian: “Vindzoru pils”
- Latvian: “Vinzoras pils”
- Latvian: “Windsor Castle”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Castel de Windsor”
- Lithuanian: “Vindzoro pilis”
- Low German: “Windsor Castle”
- Luxembourgish: “Windsor Castle”
- Luxembourgish: “Windsor Schlass”
- Macedonian: “Виндзорски замок”
- Malay: “Istana kota Windsor”
- Malay: “Istana Windsor”
- Maltese: “Kastell ta‘ Windsor”
- Manx: “Cashtal Windsor”
- Maori: “Pā Hirahira Windsor”
- Maori: “Winiha Kāhere”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Windsor Siâⁿ-pó”
- Mongolian: “Виндзор цайз”
- Narom: “Câtel de Vindesoure”
- Narom: “Câtel de Windesoure”
- Nepali: “विन्डसर कासल”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Windsor Castle”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Windsor slott”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Windsor Castle”
- Norwegian: “Windsor Castle”
- Persian: “دژ ویندزور”
- Persian: “دژ ویندسور”
- Persian: “قلعه ویندزور”
- Persian: “قلعه ویندسور”
- Persian: “قلعهٔ ویندسور”
- Persian: “قلعه وینزر”
- Polish: “Zamek w Windsorze”
- Polish: “Zamek Windsor”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Windsor”
- Portuguese: “Palácio de windsor”
- Portuguese: “Palácio de Windsor”
- Portuguese: “Windsor Castle”
- Romanian: “Castelul Windsor”
- Romanian: “Palatul Windsor”
- Russian: “Виндзорский дворец”
- Russian: “Виндзорский замок”
- Scots: “Windsor Castle”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Windsor”
- Serbian: “Замак Виндзор”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Windsor”
- Slovak: “Hrad Windsor”
- Slovak: “Windsor Castle”
- Slovak: “Zámok Windsor”
- Slovenian: “grad Windsor”
- Slovenian: “Grad Windsor”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Windsor”
- Swedish: “Windsor Castle”
- Swedish: “Windsor Palace”
- Tamil: “வின்சர் அரண்மனை”
- Tamil: “வின்ட்சர் கோட்டை”
- Thai: “Windsor Castle”
- Thai: “ปราสาทวินด์เซอร์”
- Thai: “พระราชวังวินด์เซอร์”
- Turkish: “Windsor Kalesi”
- Turkish: “Windsor Sarayı”
- Ukrainian: “Віндзорський замок”
- Urdu: “قلعہ ونڈسر”
- Uzbek: “Windsor qalʼasi”
- Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Windsor”
- Vietnamese: “Windsor Castle”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kastilyo han Windsor”
- Waray (Philippines): “Windsor Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell Windsor”
- Western Armenian: “Ուինտսըր Ամրոցը”
- Western Frisian: “Kastiel fan Windsor”
- Western Panjabi: “قلعہ ونڈسر”
- Wu Chinese: “温莎堡”
- Yiddish: “ווינדזאר שלאס”
- Yue Chinese: “溫莎堡”
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