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Home Park (Public)

Awarded to Home Park in July 2009 in recognition of achieving the national standard for parks and green spaces in England & Wales.

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Home Park is located on Romney Lock Road, Off King Edward VII Avenue in Windsor. For details please follow link: Romney Lock

Home Park Public forms part of the Crown Estate, lying in the setting of Windsor Castle. The Park formed part of the private grounds of Windsor Castle until 1851, when Queen Victoria authorised and commanded that the land should be used for the recreation of the inhabitants of Windsor.

Today the 31 hectacre Park is managed by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and is used for sport, events and casual recreation. The Park is the main sports venue in Windsor, providing a base for clubs, including angling, archery, cricket, tennis and rugby. The Royal Windsor Horse Show and the Royal Windsor Dog Show both use the Park for their annual events and the Park is used for occasional ceremonial events such as state visits, royal weddings and other civil/military occasions.

The Park also provides an attractive setting for casual users, for children's play, dog walking or a stroll along the Thames Path which runs through the site.

Facilities and Activities

Car park - pay and display. Park and Ride service to Windsor town centre.
Play area for 3 - 12 year olds
Cricket - Windsor Cricket Club web site and Cranbourne Cricket Club web site
Rugby Windsor Rugby Club web site
Grass tennis courts - Home Park Tennis Club web site
Archery - Windsor Forest Bowmen web site
Angling - Old Windsor Angling Club - 01628 602537
Athletics - Datchet Dashers web site
Royal Windsor Horse Show (which takes place in the private area of the grounds) Windsor Horse Show web site
Royal Windsor Dog Show
Walking - The Thames Path National Trail runs through the Park web site
A walk around the perimeter of the Park will contribute 5,000 steps to the advised 10,000 daily steps recommended to improve fitness.

Improvements to the Park

The Royal Borough and the Clubs based in the Park are always striving to make improvements to the park for its users. The main improvements which took place in 2008 or which will be undertaken in 2009 include:

Children's play area replacement
Tree and copse planting
Cranbourne Cricket Club pavilion replacement (Autumn 2009)
Grounds maintenance depot improvements (Spring 2009)
New entrance sign
New pedestrian access at main entrance

If you have any suggestions for improvements, or are interested in joining the Home Park User Group, please get in touch at Outdoor.facilities@rbwm.gov.uk

Home Park Management Plan 2007 - 2017

If you would like a copy of the Appendices for Home Park, please email: outdoor.facilities@rbwm.gov.uk

Home Park Management Plan 2007-2017 (updated) (pdf 499KB)