[1] From Windsor & Eton Riverside Station walk along Datchet Road towards the town. On the left at the road junction there is a memorial to George V. 1910-36. He changed the family name from Saxe-Coburg to Windsor during World War I. Turn left here into Thames Street. On the left beyond Old Bank House is a memorial statue to Christian Victor, a grandson of Queen Victoria. Follow the road as it curves right with the Castle on your left. At the top of the hill it becomes High Street. Turn left up Castle Hill to the entrance to Windsor Castle. There is an entrance fee.
[2] Retrace steps to the High Street, the first street on the left is said to be the shortest street in Britain. Turn left along the High Street and continue past St John's Church to the junction with Park Street and Sheet Street. Turn right into Sheet Street and then after the barracks on the right bear left into Kings Road. When you reach Edinburgh Gardens (4th turning on the right), turn left round the corner of the railings into Windsor Great Park.(A) The Royal Mausoleum, with green roof is where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are buried Turn left on to the Long walk. A good view of Windsor Castle ahead. At the end of the Long Walk turn left into Park Street.
[3]Turn right up St Alban's Street, Half way along is the Royal Mews. (B) The Royal Mews where royal coaches and some of the presents the Queen received on her Silver Jubliee are displayed. At the back of St John's Church turn left into Church Lane. Take first turning on the right into Church Street, where Charles II's mistress Nell Gwyn is said to have lived, and then turn left along Castle Hill and walk back to Queen Victoria's statue.
Cross the road and turn right into Thames Street and left into Windsor & Eton Central Station, built in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Follow the main route through the buildings as it curves gently right, then go left down broad steps towards the Waitrose Store. At the bottom of the steps, immediately turn right then down a staircase on the right to Goswell Hill. Walk along this road past shops until you reach the main road. Turn right under the viaduct. You can either follow the road ahead to the riverside or go left across the corner of Alexandra Gardens. Turn right along the river bank.
[4]Cross the bridge into Eton and turn left along Brocas Street. Turn left along Brocas Street behind the boathouses. Keep to left of pub and go through the barrier into Brocas meadow for another riverside walk. Half way along this meadow look back for another fine view of the castle. When you get to the railway viaduct go underneath and in a few yards turn right. At the gate leading onto another track turn right under the viaduct and then left. Walk 100 yards and take the path to the right cutting though the corner of a hedge into the corner of a playing field. Go along the left edge of the playing field then in the corner turn right along a tarmac path towards the white pavilion in the next corner. Turn left into South Meadow Lane which leads into Keats lane and Eton College.
(C) Eton College was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI to provide free education for 70 poor scholars who would then go on to further their education at King’s College, Cambridge. Life in the early days was harsh: the boys had to wash outside using only cold water. From these 70 scholars, the school has expanded to about 1,311 boys aged from 13 to 18 who are admitted by competitive examination, and has become one of the most well known schools in the world. Eton has educated 19 former British Prime Ministers including the Duke of Wellington, Walpole, Pitt the Elder, MacMillan and Douglas-Home. The School Dress, which dates from the 1850s, still consists of a black tailcoat and waistcoat and pin-striped trousers.
[5] At Eton Wick Road turn left past telephone box. Cross over and turn left. Turn right down the footpath between Westbury and Cotton Hall. Continue to Common Lane. Turn left and immediately right to soon reach a courtyard with the drawing school at the end. Go through archway about two thirds the way along on the right hand side and turn left beside the Eton fives courts.
Eton boys invented the game of "fives" by hitting a ball against the chapel wall while waiting for roll call. All Eton fives courts now reproduce the features of the original court, including the ledge and buttress in the chapel wall and the low step in the old quadrangle floor.
At the end of the buildings, just before a small footbridge turn right to follow a path beside the stream. Continue to Fifteen Arch Bridge. Pass under the bridge and turn left to the pavilion. (Upper Lodge Club) . Pass to the right of the pavilion and just beyond it turn left on a footpath to reach the main road. Turn left into Windsor Road and over the bridge back towards Eton.
The High Wall on the left is the main feature of the Eton wall game, one of the oldest forms of football in existence. Played only at Eton, it dates from 18th century and involves this wall, a door, an old elm tree and a lot of scrummage in the mud by two 10 aside teams. Main game of season played on nearest Saturday to St Andrews Day, 30 November.
Walk along High Street towards the river and cross the bridge back into Windsor. Turn left into Datchet Road to return to Riverside station, or keep ahead to go back to the castle and town centre.
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