Alexandra Gardens

Entrance from Goswell Road or Barry Avenue

Multimap link showing location of Alexandra Gardens

Size: 28,497 sq m/ 2.8 hectares. A walk around the perimeter of this park will contribute 1,200 steps to the advised 10,000 daily steps recommended to improve fitness.

Plans to create a riverside garden in this area date from 1893 though the possibilities must have been discussed for some years prior to this. Two years later, in 1895, land had been purchased, and by 1902 the gardens were sufficiently complete to permit the planting of a London Plane tree in August 1902 to celebrate the Coronation of Edward VII and his Queen, Alexandra. 

A bandstand was erected and the band of the Royal Horse Guards played there on Wednesdays from 3pm to 5pm. [Source: The Story of Windsor. Maurice Bond. Local Heritage Books.]

Facilities:

Sun Dial Feature - to tell the time stand on the present month in the middle of the sundial circle and your shadow will be cast on either GMT or British Summer Time.

Public toilets can be found in the adjacent Visitor Centre.

Some of the annual events that take place in the Gardens include:
Ice Skating
Royal Windsor Wheel - http://www.royalwindsorwheel.com/
Mid Summer Fayre
Windsor Bikeathon
Windsor Triathlon
Finish of charity bike ride
Extreme Motion - skate & cycle hire, mini golf, bungee trampoline