{"id":"69847963533dbb4b73118aa8","title":"Walk 135 Windsor And Runnymede","path":"walks/scrapbook/by-year/2014/volume-10-oct-to-dec-2014/walk-135-windsor-and-runnymede","contentMarkdown":"# 🥾 Walk 135 - Windsor and Runnymede\n\nOn Sunday 7th December, seven of us gathered in Windsor for an eleven mile walk led by Greg, who has lived in the town for most of his life and knows plenty of good walking routes in the area.\n\nWe started from the public car park at the end of Alma Road and headed north-east into the park on Goswell Road. There was a fun-fair in the park but it wasn't open yet. From there we took an alley way that emerged onto the High Street, just on the corner of Windsor Castle, which we followed as far as Park Street and joined The Long Walk in Windsor Great Park.\n\nThis is the 2½ mile straight road that leads from Windsor Castle to the statue of King George II at the top of Snow Hill. This road is not open to public vehicles and so we mostly came across joggers and other walkers. However we were passed at one point by a car - being driven by Her Majesty the Queen!\n\n![Starting the Long Walk from Windsor Castle to the statue of King George II (The Copper Horse) ](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume10/images/windsor_castle.jpg)\n\nAt the foot of Snow Hill we turned eastward, heading towards Bishopsgate where we left the park and followed public roads taking us towards Runnymede.\n\nTaking a footpath that descended Cooper's Hill to the River Thames, we stopped to look at the British memorial for U.S. President John F. Kennedy - a hefty Portland stone tablet erected in 1965.\n\nJoining the Thames Path near Magna Carta Island, we followed the Thames heading north-west. Just after passing Runnymede House, we stopped along the Thames Path where there were some benches to sit on while we had our packed lunches.\n\n![Looking at the Memorial for John F. Kennedy at Runnymede.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume10/images/jfk_memorial.jpg)\n\nAfter lunch we popped in to the Bells of Ouzeley pub for a drink. After getting our drinks from the bar, we saw Father Christmas sitting all by himself. One of us decided to sit with him and put a smile on his face.\n\nDrinks drunk, we set off on the second half of our walk. Re-joining the Thames Path we followed it as it meandered north and west back to Windsor. Along the way, the path changed from one side of the Thames to the other, at the Albert Bridge and back again at the King Edward VII Bridge.\n\nWe finally left the Thames Path when we reached Eton Bridge. (The path crossed the bridge, but we didn't.) Making our way back through the park on Goswell Road, the fun-fair was now quite busy, and we finished the walk back at the car park on Alma Road. See our route on Bing Maps.\n\n![We met Father Christmas when we got to the pub.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume10/images/father_christmas.jpg)\n\nThe walk finished quite close to where Greg lived, and he invited us in for a cup of tea and a mince pie, which was a very sociable way to finish a pleasant 11¼ mile walk.\n\n![Eton Bridge and a traffic jam of swans on the River Thames.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume10/images/eton_bridge_swans.jpg)\n\n## 📸 Back to Volume 10\n\nReturn to volume index","contentHtml":"

🥾 Walk 135 - Windsor and Runnymede

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On Sunday 7th December, seven of us gathered in Windsor for an eleven mile walk led by Greg, who has lived in the town for most of his life and knows plenty of good walking routes in the area.

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We started from the public car park at the end of Alma Road and headed north-east into the park on Goswell Road. There was a fun-fair in the park but it wasn't open yet. From there we took an alley way that emerged onto the High Street, just on the corner of Windsor Castle, which we followed as far as Park Street and joined The Long Walk in Windsor Great Park.

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This is the 2½ mile straight road that leads from Windsor Castle to the statue of King George II at the top of Snow Hill. This road is not open to public vehicles and so we mostly came across joggers and other walkers. However we were passed at one point by a car - being driven by Her Majesty the Queen!

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At the foot of Snow Hill we turned eastward, heading towards Bishopsgate where we left the park and followed public roads taking us towards Runnymede.

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Taking a footpath that descended Cooper's Hill to the River Thames, we stopped to look at the British memorial for U.S. President John F. Kennedy - a hefty Portland stone tablet erected in 1965.

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Joining the Thames Path near Magna Carta Island, we followed the Thames heading north-west. Just after passing Runnymede House, we stopped along the Thames Path where there were some benches to sit on while we had our packed lunches.

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After lunch we popped in to the Bells of Ouzeley pub for a drink. After getting our drinks from the bar, we saw Father Christmas sitting all by himself. One of us decided to sit with him and put a smile on his face.

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Drinks drunk, we set off on the second half of our walk. Re-joining the Thames Path we followed it as it meandered north and west back to Windsor. Along the way, the path changed from one side of the Thames to the other, at the Albert Bridge and back again at the King Edward VII Bridge.

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We finally left the Thames Path when we reached Eton Bridge. (The path crossed the bridge, but we didn't.) Making our way back through the park on Goswell Road, the fun-fair was now quite busy, and we finished the walk back at the car park on Alma Road. See our route on Bing Maps.

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The walk finished quite close to where Greg lived, and he invited us in for a cup of tea and a mince pie, which was a very sociable way to finish a pleasant 11¼ mile walk.

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