State visit
The President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, and Mrs Brigitte Macron will visit Windsor, under invite from the King, from Tuesday 8 July to Thursday 10 July 2025. Find out more.
Details of commemorative plaques in and around the borough.
John Milton was an English poet, a man of letters and a civil servant during the time of Oliver Cromwell. He is known for his epic poem Paradise Lost and the famous line from L’Allegro: ‘Com, and trip it as ye go, on the light fantastic toe’. He lived in Horton after gaining a degree, and continued wide ranging study and poetry writing there before he travelling to France and Italy.
The plaque was unveiled 9 December 2008
Berkyn Manor Estate Gate
Stanwell Road
Horton
SL3 9PE