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Your chance to help shape physical activity in the Royal Borough
The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead is inviting residents to share their views on the borough’s current leisure services, and facilities, to see if they are giving people what they want and need.

An online survey launched today (16…
Consultation: Improving road safety Royal Borough seeks powers to tackle illegal driving, improving road safety and cutting congestion
The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead is applying for powers to enforce existing moving traffic restrictions in problem locations, in order to improve road safety and reduce congestion. 

The Government is inviting councils to apply to use…
Artisan Christmas Fair. It will run from 11am until 5pm this Thursday (17 November), and from midday until 8pm on Friday (18 November). Entry is free on both days. Artisan Christmas Fair at The Windsor Guildhall
Start your Christmas shopping in style at an Artisan Christmas market at The Windsor Guildhall. 

There will be a selection of Windsor’s finest local businesses in the elegant council chamber offering plenty of gift ideas for Christmas presents. …
Councillor Gurpreet Bhangra, Cabinet Member for Environmental Services, Parks & Countryside, officially opens the trails by cutting an ivy vine in front of one of the new signs created by artist and illustrator Stu McLellan, also pictured. New waymarked trails officially opened at Braywick Nature Reserve
Three new trails showcasing Braywick Nature Reserve’s woodland, grassland and waterway habitats have been officially opened by the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead.

The waymarked Kingfisher, Butterfly and Woodpecker routes have…
Christmas lights switch-on events Celebrate the start of the festive season with our magical lights switch-on events
Magical lights switch-on events in Eton, Windsor and Maidenhead this month will kick-off the start of the festive season in the Royal Borough.

You can see the spectacle of Eton’s lights switch-on in the High Street on Thursday 17 November, with…
Gun salute Children invited to join 21-gun salute outside Windsor Castle for King’s birthday 
Children of the Royal Borough are invited to help wish His Majesty The King a happy birthday, by taking part in the traditional 21-gun salute outside Windsor Castle, on Monday 14 November at noon. 

The council will be celebrating His Majesty’s 74th…
Armistice Day 2022 Observing Remembrance in the Royal Borough
This year, people are invited to attend the Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday services taking place in the Royal Borough.

On Remembrance Day (Friday 11 November) the council is holding a short Act of Remembrance from 10.50am at the War…
Royal Borough promotes safe, warm spaces for those in need this winter
The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead is promoting an emerging network of safe, warm spaces where people in need can go this winter, as part of helping those struggling with the rising cost of living. 

While the area is overall a relatively…
This image shows Windsor Library. Vision for Windsor. Come to the Vision for Windsor Workshop. Creating a sustainable borough of opportunity and innovation. Get involved in next stage of shaping Vision for Windsor
The community is invited to get involved in the next stage of shaping a compelling vision for how they’d like Windsor town centre to evolve over the next 20-plus years.

The Royal Borough is working with The Prince’s Foundation charity to engage…
Consultation: Neighbourhood planning proposals for Maidenhead Community invited to comment on neighbourhood planning proposals for Maidenhead
People are invited to comment on a community group’s proposals which if approved would allow the group to start preparing a draft Neighbourhood Plan covering the whole of Maidenhead’s unparished areas. 

Neighbourhood plans allow communities to put…
Changes to subsidised bus services from Sunday 30 October. Interim changes to help steer bus companies on a smoother post-Covid journey
Interim changes to subsidised bus services in the borough, designed to support operators on a smoother post-Covid journey, will come into effect from Sunday 30 October.

The changes to certain sections of some routes, to the timetables of some buses…
This image shows an artist's impression of part of the St Cloud Way redevelopment. Demolition set to begin as 434-home regeneration scheme in Maidenhead gets underway
Developer Countryside and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, are set to begin redevelopment works at their St Cloud Way regeneration scheme, marking another milestone in the regeneration of Maidenhead town centre.

The St Cloud Way…
This image shows illustrations of a pie chart and survey form. Residents' Survey Results. Creating a sustainable borough of opportunity and innovation. Royal Borough thanks residents as analysis of independent survey results gets underway
The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead is thanking everyone who took part in an independent survey of residents’ views, attitudes and priorities, as analysis of the results gets underway.  

During the summer, Lake Market Research surveyed 1,…
Jobs fair Royal Borough works with JobCentre Plus to support local job seekers and employers at Maidenhead Library
A jobs fair will take place at Maidenhead Library on Wednesday 12 October between 10.30am and 2pm.

The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead is working with the JobCentre Plus to promote local job vacancies to our residents via an in-person…
Consultation: Council Tax Reduction scheme. Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead. Royal Borough consults on Council Tax Reduction scheme
The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead is consulting until Friday 2 December on its Council Tax Reduction scheme for working-age applicants in 2023/24.

Council Tax Reduction is a means-tested benefit that helps people on low incomes by…
Council Tax and Business rates
Royal Hearts on display at the Windsor & Royal Borough Museum Children’s tributes to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on display at Windsor & Royal Borough Museum
Nearly 800 paper hearts featuring tributes from schoolchildren to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II are now on display at the Windsor & Royal Borough Museum.

To commemorate her life, BBC Radio Berkshire helped children at schools in the county…
This image shows the procession along the Long Walk prior to the Committal Service for Her Majesty The Queen. Thank you. Her Majesty The Queen Windsor is honoured to have welcomed more than 100,000 people for the Procession and Committal Service of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
More than 100,000 people visited Windsor as the town hosted the Procession and Committal Service for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Following the State Funeral in Westminster Abbey, the Procession took in Albert Road and The Long Walk and included…
Windsor arrangements for the Procession of Her Majesty’s Coffin to St George’s Chapel for the Committal Service 
Last updated 19 September 2022

Where to watch on the day

The Long Walk 

The Procession will take in Albert Road and The Long Walk. There will be no ceremonial move through Windsor town centre.

There will be public viewing areas on The Long Walk…
Council statement on the Procession of Her Majesty’s Coffin to St George’s Chapel for the Committal Service
Plans are underway for the Procession of Her Majesty’s Coffin in Windsor and the Committal Service at St George’s Chapel on Monday 19 September 2022. 

The Procession to Windsor Castle along The Long Walk will start at 3.10pm and will include…
Committal Service in Windsor Committal Service in Windsor
Councillor Andrew Johnson, the leader of the council, said: “We are honoured and humbled that the committal service for Her Majesty The Queen will be taking place in our borough at Windsor Castle on Monday 19 September, following the State Funeral…