Eton Wick
Eton Wick is a village in the civil parish of Eton, in the Windsor and Maidenhead district, in Berkshire, England.
Eton Wick is a village in the civil parish of Eton, in the Windsor and Maidenhead district, in Berkshire, England. Historically it was part of Buckinghamshire. Between the River Thames and the Jubilee River, the village is close to the towns of Windsor, Eton and Slough.
The village has a long history, with evidence of habitation dating back over 5,500 years, including a Neolithic causewayed enclosure and a variety of later historical periods marked by significant agricultural and social development.
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Worth seeing in and around Eton Wick
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Windsor 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.
2.7 km · historic castle, royal residence at Windsor in Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St George's Chapel, Windsor
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. It is a royal peculiar, and the Chapel of the Order of the Garter.
2.6 km · place of worship at Windsor Castle in England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Dorney Lake
Dorney Lake is a purpose-built rowing lake and Meetings & Events Venue in England. It is near the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and is around 3 km west of Windsor and Eton, close to the River Thames.
2 km · reservoir near Eton and Windsor, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Leonardo's horse
Leonardo's Horse ) is a project for a bronze sculpture that was commissioned from Leonardo da Vinci in 1482 by the Duke of Milan Ludovico il Moro, but never completed. It was intended to be the largest equestrian statue in the world, a monument to the duke's father Francesco Sforza.
2.7 km · unexecuted sculpture by Leonardo da Vinci · Wikipedia - 05Frogmore House
Frogmore House is a 17th-century English country house owned by the Crown Estate. It is a historic Grade I listed building.
3.9 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Windsor, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Legoland Windsor
Legoland Windsor Resort, styled and also known as Legoland Windsor, is a theme park and resort in Windsor, Berkshire in England, themed around the Lego brand. The park opened on 17 March 1996 and is currently operated by Merlin Entertainments.
3.8 km · Lego theme park in Windsor, Berkshire, England · Wikipedia - 07Frogmore Cottage
Frogmore Cottage is a historic Grade II listed home on the Frogmore estate, which is part of Home Park in Windsor, England. The cottage was described as a 5,089 sq ft, five bedroom and nursery, four bathroom single-residence house in 2020.
3.6 km · building in Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 0840-foot telescope
William Herschel's 40-foot telescope, also known as the Great Forty-Foot telescope, was a reflecting telescope constructed between 1785 and 1789 at Observatory House in Slough, England. It used a 48-inch diameter primary mirror with a 40-foot-long focal length.
3.2 km · reflecting telescope constructed between 1785 and 1789 at Observatory House in Slough, England · Wikipedia - 09Royal Burial Ground
The Royal Burial Ground is a cemetery used by the British royal family. Consecrated on 23 October 1928 by the Bishop of Oxford, it is adjacent to the Royal Mausoleum, which was built in 1862 to house the tomb of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
3.7 km · cemetery used by the British Royal Family, surrounds the Royal Mausoleum on the Frogmore Estate · Wikipedia - 10The Royal Mausoleum
The Royal Mausoleum is a mausoleum for Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert. It is located on the Frogmore estate within the Home Park at Windsor in Berkshire, England.
3.8 km · Grade I listed building in Windsor and Maidenhead, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Eton Wick
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 13 km · London Luton (LTN), 46 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 50 km
- Stations
- Slough railway station, 3.6 km · Burnham railway station, 3.1 km · Windsor & Eton Central railway station, 2.5 km · Windsor & Eton Riverside railway station, 2.5 km · Slough bus station, 3.5 km
- London → Eton Wick35 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · £3.5–4.5
- Luton, Luton → Eton Wick45 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £5–7
- London, Essex → Eton Wick35 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · £3.5–4.5
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No local-transport research exists yet for Eton Wick
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Eton Wick. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Eton Wick
Eton Wick is 24 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Windsortown in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England3 km
- Sloughtown in Berkshire, England, UK3.4 km
- Etontown in Berkshire, England2.2 km
- Windsor and Maidenheaddistrict of Berkshire, England3.9 km
- Burnhamvillage and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England4 km
- Dorneyvillage and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, UK2.7 km