This tourist map of Windsor marks 8 top sights, 6 hidden gems and a 2.4 km walking route from the Long Walk to Eton College, across Windsor Bridge. It is free to view, print and download.
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A longer description of each sight is in the guide to the tourist attractions in Windsor.
The numbers below match the pins on the map, the PDF and the video. The first 7 sights sit on the walking route, from the gates of the Long Walk through the castle and across Windsor Bridge to Eton; the last one, Oakley Court, is a bus ride west of the town.
Marked in orange: 6 smaller sights worth a detour. The first 4 are in the centre and on the map; the last 2, at Runnymede, fall outside its frame and appear only in the PDF, which lists all 6 with their addresses.
The PDF is the same map on three A4 pages. Page 1 holds the map with the numbered legend, how to get around and the licence. Page 2 describes the first six sights with a photo, the full address and access, and page 3 adds Eton College and Oakley Court, the 6 hidden gems with their addresses and six neighbourhoods. In English, 1.3 MB. Edition: October 2026.
Start of a 2.4 km (1.5 miles) route, about 30 min on foot without the visits, at the gates where Park Street meets the Long Walk. The route only looks down the avenue, which runs on for about 4 km to the Copper Horse and is closed to cycling. Walk back along Park Street to the High Street.
On the High Street, a Grade I listed hall with an open ground floor behind Portland stone columns and statues of Queen Anne and Prince George of Denmark on its fronts. Windsor Guildhall Museum is inside. From here Castle Hill climbs, 0.4 km, to the castle's visitor entrance.
The visitor entrance is at the top of Castle Hill on the right-hand side; the gateway on the left is the exit. The visit takes in the State Apartments, Queen Mary's Dolls' House and the precincts, and Royal Collection Trust suggests an hour and a half to two hours. The castle is closed to visitors on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
In the Lower Ward, on the way down through the castle. Sightseeing is part of the castle visit and stops on Sundays; services are free and need no ticket, and evensong is normally at 17:15. Leave by the Henry VIII Gate and follow Thames Street downhill, 0.6 km, to the river.
A cast iron bridge on granite piers, opened in 1824 and closed to motor traffic since 1970, so it is free to cross on foot or by bike at any hour. The promenade on the Windsor bank looks back at the castle walls, and Eton's High Street starts at the far end.
Eton's High Street runs north from the bridge past brick houses, antique shops and old inns. Next to the Cock Pit stands a listed pillar box of the 1850s with a vertical posting slot. Follow the street north, 0.3 km over Barnes Pool Bridge, to the college.
The route ends by School Yard and the College Chapel of the school Henry VI founded in 1440. Its museums and gallery, run by College Collections, are usually open free on Sunday afternoons. Walk back over the bridge for the two Windsor stations.
Windsor and Eton are walkable: the 7 stops on the route cover 2.4 km, about 30 min without the visits, and the longest leg is the 0.6 km from St George's Chapel down Thames Street to Windsor Bridge. Castle Hill is steep, and the bridge is open only to people on foot and cyclists.
There is no metro. Both railway stations are a few minutes' walk from the castle: Windsor & Eton Central, on Thames Street, has a Great Western Railway branch line shuttle from Slough, where trains from London Paddington connect, and Windsor & Eton Riverside has direct South Western Railway trains from London Waterloo. Local buses stop in the town centre.
Sights outside the walking route:
Bus routes and network map of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead >
The map, the PDF, the walking route and the texts are © 2026 World Tourist Office and free to copy, share, print and adapt, also commercially, under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. The only condition is a credit to World Tourist Office with a link to this page.
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Two photos in the PDF and the video carry their own credit: Windsor Guildhall, "Guildhall, Windsor, England" by Diego Delso, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; Eton High Street, "High Street in Eton" by Steve Daniels, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
Credit to copy: Windsor Tourist Map by World Tourist Office, touristoffice.org/windsor-tourist-map/, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
