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 Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 1NJ.
Windsor Castle ates back to the time of William the Conqueror.
The castle is still used by royalty, in fact it is one of the
British monarchs principal English residences. The towers and
battlements of the Castle dominate the skyline of Windsor. Depending
on opening times, visitors can see the State Apartments, St George’s
Chapel, Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House, the Castle Exhibition
the exhibition in the Drawings Gallery and the semi-state rooms.
Location: About 5 miles
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Royal
Windsor Racecourse, Maidenhead Road, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4
5JJ. Tel: 01753 498400. The course is laid out in the form of
a figure eight slightly more than a mile and a half in extent,
the final five furlongs of which is virtually straight. Royal
Windsor Racecourse has excellent access to most major motorway
networks and rail services. Take advantage of our unique setting
by taking a riverboat from the centre of Windsor straight to
the racecourse jetty. Location: About 4 miles south of Burnham. |
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Dorneywood Garden, Dorneywood, Burnham, Buckinghamshire
SL1 8PY. Tel: 01494 528051. 1930s-style cottage and kitchen garden.
Garden open by written appointment only on four days a year.
Write or email
for tickets, giving at least two weeks notice, to the Secretary,
Dorneywood Trust to the address above. (It is an official residence
for a Secretary of State or Minister of the Crown). Fine herbaceous
borders and rose displays. Elegant conservatory and lily pond.
National Trust. Charges apply. Location:
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Burnham
is about 25 miles from Charing Cross, Westminster, generally
accepted as the place for measuring the distance to and from
London. Burnham Beeches is an area of 500 acres of woodland and
common land, famous for its ancient, pollarded beech trees, that
has been owned and managed by the Corporation of London since
1880. If you are flying to/from London, Heathrow airport is about
14 miles from Burnham, Gatwick airport is about 50 miles from
Burnham and London city airport is about 40 miles from Burnham.
Your nearest mainline rail link to Burnham is Slough station
and Burnham station.
