Windsor's Great Park is a 2020-hectare (2,0,000-acre) Royal Park, including a deer park, south of Windsor on the Berkshire and Surrey border in England. This park, for centuries, the personal hunting ground of Windsor Castle and mainly dates from the mid-13th century. Historically, this park covers an area often referred to as the Windsor Forest , Windsor Royal Park or its current name. The park is managed and funded by Crown Estate. Most of the park is open to the public, free of charge, from dawn to dusk, although there is a fee to enter the Savill Garden.
This Grade I Park is listed in the List of Historic Parks and Gardens.
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Geography
The Great Park is a choppy area with varied views. It has grass deer, small forest, cover and covered area by a huge ecological oak tree. There is a small river north of the park called the Bourne Battle that runs into the River Thames near Datchet. The Bourne River flows through the pools to the south. Heads include Great Meadow Pond and Obelisk Pond, near the great lake Virginia Water. The most prominent hill is Snow Hill and the tree path known as the Long Walk goes between here and Windsor Castle. The area is accessed by a number of gates: Queen Anne Gate, Ranger Gate, Cranbourne Gate, Forest Gate, Sand Gate, Prince Consort Gate, Blacknest Gate, Bishop Gate and Bear Gate Gate and the original medieval park still visible on the premises. Road Sheet The main road (A332) to Windsor flows through the northeast of the park. On the west side of the park is The Village, built in the 1930s for the home of the Royal Real Workers. It has a village shop. Other buildings include Royal Lodge, Cumberland Lodge, Cranbourne Tower and Norfolk Farm. The park is mostly located in the Old Windsor civil parish, though the eastern region is in the Borough of Runnymede and there is a small area in Winkfield and Sunninghill parishes. Related areas or attached to Taman Raya, but not officially within its borders include Home Park, Mote Park, Flemish Farm, Chase Cranbourne, Forest Lodge and South Forest.
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Features
The modern enclosed deer park is located at the northern end of Great Park. It is home to a large wild half-deer herd, reflecting the original medieval purpose of the park.
Copper Horse
The Long Walk stretches south from Windsor Castle to the 1829 Copper Horse King George III statue above Snow Hill where there is an impressive castle view. It is 2.65 miles (4.26 km) from George IV Gateway at Windsor Castle to The Copper Horse. Other equestrian statues in the park include one of the Consort Princes, to the west of the polo field, and one of the Queen Elizabeth II near the Village.
The Royal Lodge
The Royal Lodge is built in the middle of the park as the home of the Vice Ranger. It was made a retreat for Prince Regent of 1812, but was largely withdrawn after his death. The remains were renovated, in the 1930s, as home to the Duke and Duchess of York before their accession as George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Now the official residence of Prince Andrew, Duke of York and not accessible to the public.
Royal Chapel of All Saints
The Royal Chapel of All Saints was built after the Royal and Cumberland Lodges chapels proved too small for an ever-growing number of household staff. The chapel was built in 1825 by Jeffry Wyattville and is regularly used by George IV during the renovation of Windsor Castle. It was then rebuilt in Gothic Revival style by Samuel Sanders Teulon and Anthony Salvin. Queen Victoria often attends the chapel as did Duke and Duchess of York before their accession as George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
Cumberland Lodge
Other notable buildings in the park include the Cumberland Lodge, which was built in 1652 during the Commonwealth. After the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, the Lodge quickly became the home of the Ranger of Great Park, an office in the provision of sovereignty. Each Ranger makes - or in one case, that Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, marks herself on the features of the house and its surroundings.
Throughout his life, Queen Victoria often visited. Her daughter, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, lived in the Lodge for over fifty years, leading an elaborate redevelopment after a bad fire in 1869 and extensive change in 1912. Lord FitzAlan, the last British monarch of Ireland, is an individual most recently entrusted with the Lodge. At that time, in 1936, Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin discussed the crisis at King Edward VIII's wish to marry Wallis Simpson, the negotiations that led to his resignation of the crown a few weeks later. In 1947, the King made the Cottage available to the St. The newly established Catharine, later known as King George VI and the Queen Elizabeth Foundation of St. Catharine. Today the organization is known simply as Cumberland Lodge. Cumberland Lodge is now an educational foundation dedicated to starting a new debate on the burning questions facing the community. The reason is generally not open to the public, but the house continues to hold conferences, open days and lectures.
Cranbourne Tower
The private Cranbourne Tower is easily seen from the surrounding lanes. It was all the survivors of Cranbourne Lodge, the Guard's residence of Cranbourne Chase. Expected dates back to the 16th century.
Savill Garden
In the southeast of the park, near Englefield Green, is the well-endowed Savill Garden and Valley Gardens designed and built by Eric Savill in the 1930s and 1940s. They include a variety of flowers and extraordinary trees from around the world. Smith's Lawn and Polo Grounds are also nearby. The park is open to visitors between 10:00 and 16:30 in winter and 10:00 and 18:00 in the summer.
Virginia Water Lake
Virginia Water Lake, south of the park, is an artificial lake made about 1 km 2 (0.4 m²) dating from the 1740s. Among the features of the lake is the 30-meter (100 feet) Canadian totem pole, carved by Mungo Martin, Henry Hunt, and Tony Hunt Sr., commemorating the centenary of British Columbia and a collection of ornamental Roman ruins, transported from the Leptis Magna site (modern Al- Khums) in 1816 and installed at Virginia Water in 1826.
In addition to the smaller lake, known as Obelisk Pond, is an Obelisk warning to the Duke of Cumberland. It's written
Originally inscribed "Culloden" but it was removed on Queen Victoria's order and replaced with "Cumberland": "Cumberland" written in inset in masonry, the original surface has "Culloden".
History
Windsor Castle began in the 11th century by William the Conqueror for providing a good defense point on the Thames River. The vast area of ​​ Windsor Forest to the south of the castle belongs to the King for private hunting and also to supply castles with wood, deer, wild pigs and fish. It was only then that it became necessary to formally define this area. In 1129, the first parker was appointed, and in 1240, King Henry III formally defined the boundaries of "Garden", a region many times greater than the current Park. The castle is a mere fortress today and, when hunting, King Henry will live in the more comfortable Old Windsor manor house (which became known as the Manor Lodge). The title "Parker" exists today as "Ranger of the Park", the current title holder is Prince Philip. Kings Edward I and Edward III used the park for a game of horses and tournaments and the latter had a Royal stud on there to supply horses for the Hundred Years War. The moat in Bear's Rails contains the home of the Wychamere nobleman, the home of William of Wykeham as he built the castle. It was then used to bear-bait.
Except for a brief period of privatization by Oliver Cromwell which implies a subdivision to pay for civil war, the area remained a private property of the king until George III's reign when control over all Crown lands was handed over to Parliament. Today Park is owned and managed by Crown Estate, a public body established by the Act of Parliament in which kings and family members associated with certain passages have non-executive advisory roles.
18th century
In the 18th century, the value of food from the park to Windsor has declined in importance and the new Hanoverian kings prefer to build and garden the land rather than hunt in it. The Long Walk was laid out by King Charles II and his tree planting was completed by William of Orange in the 1680s, with two lines of elms that lasted until World War II, but Georges expanded and built many features and monuments, such as the Copper Horse (depicting George III) and Obelisk (in honor of William, Duke of Cumberland). George III has a set of 2,000 year old Roman ruins imported from Libya and placed in the park.
Virginia Water began in 1746 by William, Duke of Cumberland who was then the Ranger of the Park. Some details are noted about the construction of lakes; but it has been suggested that prisoners of war from the recent fall of Jacobit, who meditate on the nearby hillside of Breakheart, are engaged. The original lake was much smaller than the current form, and was destroyed in a flood in 1768. In 1780, Paul and Thomas Sandby embarked on a much larger lake on the site, and then added an artificial waterfall, Meadow Pond and Obelisk Pond. The lake replaces a small stream of the same name that might be named Queen Elizabeth I, known as the "Virgin Queen".
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Queen Victoria is probably Park's biggest patron. After the death of Albert he loved, he largely withdrew from public life, retreating partly into the Park. Next to Frogmore he built the Royal Mausoleum for Albert. He was then buried there after his own death, along with a number of members of the next royal family.
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, one of the major events for farmers near and far was the sale of Christmas stock from Royal Windsor Estates. Held on the same week as the Smithfield Show, buyers come from all over the country to buy something from the king. The sale in 1850 was held on December 17th by Messrs Buckland & amp; Windsor kids, and including Superior Fat Heifers each cost £ 20; 10 fat sheep, fed by Prince Albert for 33/10; Fine Old Wether Sheep is fed by His Grace, Duke of Buccleuch for 40/6. Sales totaled Ã, Â £ 226. On December 12, 1894, Messrs Buckland & amp; The children proudly announce:
During World War, the area of ​​ Smith's Lawn in the Park was used for housing troops. During the 1940s, most deer parks were plowed and planted with food, involving the felling of hundreds of ancient trees. More than 200 large bombs fell on land, including some V-2 rockets. During the Summer Olympics in 1948, the park was used as a road cycling spot. In the 1950s, the Park gradually transformed into a recreational area open to the public as it is today. This involved the replanting of Savill Gardens (which had been allowed to run wild during the war) and the new Valley Gardens. In 1951, a large wall for creeping plants was built in Savill using bricks from bombed London buildings. In 1958, a Totem pole was installed nearby, a gift from British Columbia to the Queen.
In 1972, Ubi Dwyer organized the "People's Free Festival", the first of the Windsor Celebration Festival in the Park, attended by 700 people. A co-organizer of Sid Rawle claims that Windsor Great Park has been a common ground until the 18th century, and closed (made private) by George III. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is reported to be "angry". Sweet potatoes and allies repeated the festival in 1973 with at least 1,400 attendees. In 1973, Windsor Great Park regulations were introduced. In 1974, 7,000 people appeared but were cruelly fired by police, who carried 220 arrests and the festival was banned. Dwyer was jailed the following year for distributing leaflets to promote other festivals and Rawle was given three months to reproduce parts of the Ubi flyers in the International Times newspaper .
The new visitor center designed by Glenn Howells Architects and Buro Happold opened in June 2006, and was nominated for the 2007 Stirling Prize.
Access to park
If traveling by road with satellite navigation, use the address: Windsor Great Park, Windsor, SL4 2HT to enter via the Rangers Gate, but remember that access is only for official vehicles only. There are other roads, walks and horses that may have different zip codes, especially the Long Walk entrance of A308, SL4 2HH, about 1.05 mi (1.7 km) south of Windsor.
If walking from Windsor, follow the A332 road to the south from Windsor by 1.86 mi (3 km).
Access to some large "private" areas of Great Park is available, on app, for an annual "key rental" fee of Ã, Â £ 20 (2011 price) plus deposit. Contact Crown Estate Office, The Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 2HT.
Access to the park is governed by Windsor Great Park Regulations 1973 S.I. 1973/1113, shown on a board at most entrances. However, in March 2016, Prince Andrew ignored this rule and tried to gain access to the park by crashing a gate in his car.
Events
Every five or six years since 1993 Windsor Great Park has become home to the WINGS Scout and Wetterers' camp ( W nter n ational G uide and grave camp S ), last held in August 2014.
Media location
Windsor Great Park is featured on the cover and the inner booklet of Elton John's 1978 album A Single Man . The Crown Estate has permitted the use of Park as a filming location and the Great Garden has been used on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ( Part 1 and 2 ), Caribbean Pirates , Sir Ridley Scott Robin Hood , and Snow White and the Huntsman . In 2014, Park is used as a location for Into the Woods . The King's Speech makes use of Cumberland Lodge extensively. King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword is in a location in the South Forest in early 2015; The Huntsman used multiple locations during May and June 2015; Bridget Jones's Baby was filming on location at Duke's Lane in October 2015, "Flowers" from Channel 4 was filming in December 2015 in South Forest & amp; Penslade Bottom, and Windsor Great Park "Friends and Members of the News" The 2015 summer edition refers to the filming of Tarzan and Cinderella . It has been duplicated as Scottish protected forest, the Thames River (Robin Hood , 2010, Virginia Water ), and the slopes of Mount Fuji. The Great Park has also been visible in Countryfile and Midsomer Murders . In April 2016, scenes from the Annihilation film were captured in the South Forest, and in June 2018 The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle was also on set, and filming Disney with a large lighting crane at Temple Hill.
Nearby places
- Ascot
- Egham and Royal Holloway, University of London
- Eton and Eton College
- Fucker
- Old Windsor and Datchet
- Slough
- Virginia Water, Englefield Green and Runnymede, adjacent to the River Thames and with the Air Forces Memorial and John F. Kennedy memorial.
- Windsor and Windsor Castle
- Iver Heath returns to Pinewood Film Studios
See also
- Herne the Hunter
- List of Ancient Forests in England
- List of Special Scientific Interest Sites in Berkshire
- The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
- Purple click beetle
- Windsor Free Festival
References
Further reading
- R. J. Elliott. The Story of Windsor Great Park . ISBNÃ, 0-85933-158-X
- Andrew Fielder, 2010, "Windsor Great Park, Visitor Guide", 144pages. ISBN 978-0-9564703-0-0
- Anderson Geographics Ltd. Essential Maps of Windsor Great Park and Central Windsor & amp; Eton . ISBN 978-0-9548428-2-6
- Charles Lyte. The Royal Gardens at Windsor Great Park . ISBNÃ, 0-85628-261-8
External links
- Official website
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