Visitor attractions and information - Slough
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 Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 1NJ.
Windsor Castle dates back to the time of William the Conqueror.
The castle is still used by royalty, in fact it is one of the
British monarchs principal English residences. The towers and
battlements of the Castle dominate the skyline of Windsor. Depending
on opening times, visitors can see the State Apartments, St George’s
Chapel, Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House, the Castle Exhibition
the exhibition in the Drawings Gallery and the semi-state rooms.
Location: About 3 miles
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Royal
Windsor Racecourse, Maidenhead Road, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4
5JJ. Tel: 01753 498400. The course is laid out in the form of
a figure eight slightly more than a mile and a half in extent,
the final five furlongs of which is virtually straight. Royal
Windsor Racecourse has excellent access to most major motorway
networks and rail services. Take advantage of our unique setting
by taking a riverboat from the centre of Windsor straight to
the racecourse jetty. www.windsor-racecourse.co.uk.
Location: About 2 miles
south of Slough. |
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Dorneywood Garden, Dorneywood, Burnham, Buckinghamshire
SL1 8PY. Tel: 01494 528051. 1930s-style cottage and kitchen garden.
Garden open by written appointment only on four days a year.
Write or email
for tickets, giving at least two weeks notice, to the Secretary,
Dorneywood Trust to the address above. (It is an official residence
for a Secretary of State or Minister of the Crown). Fine herbaceous
borders and rose displays. Elegant conservatory and lily pond.
National Trust. Charges apply. Location:
About 2 miles north of Slough. |
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Pinewood
Studios Ltd, Pinewood Road, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, SL0
0NH. Tel: +44 (0)1753 651700. Pinewood Shepperton’s facilities
are used for major national and international film production,
filmed television, studio television recording, the filming of
commercials and post production sound services.
www.pinewoodshepperton.com. About
2 miles north of Slough. |
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The Colne Valley. Visitor centre Denham Country
Park, Denham Court Drive, Uxbridge, UB9 5PG. Tel: 01895 833375.
The Colne Valley provides the first significant area of countryside
to the west of London. Farmland, woodland and water, with fifty
miles of river and canal and over forty lakes. It provides employment
and homes for many people. It is also regionally important for
recreation and internationally important for wildlife. Much of
the land is privately owned, however, large areas are open to
the public or accessible through a network of paths. colnevalleypark.org.uk.
To the north east of Slough |
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| Snakes and Ladders, Syon Park,
Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 8JF. Abingdon Tel: 01235 522 227. Brentford
Tel: 020 8847 0946. Dunstable Tel: 01582 660 111. Slough Tel:
01753 694 090. |
Play on the massive three-tier playframe,
enjoy the slides, rope climbs, tunnels and ball ponds –
all designed for lively kids to let off steam. Big fun for tiny
tots too in our special safe play area. Comfortable seating,
coffee and snacks are available in the café area overlooking
the playframe. Birthday Parties and Group Bookings welcome. Open
7 days a week. Snakes and Ladders can be found at Abingdon,
Brentford, Dunstable and Slough.
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Grand Union Canal. The Grand Union Canal main
line covers the 137 miles from London and Birmingham. Branches
take it to places such as Slough, Leicester, Wendover, Aylesbury
and Northampton. One end of the Canal is at Brentford on the
River Thames, the other end at Bordesley Junction in the centre
of Birmingham. At Bordesley it divides to join up with other
canals. Branch terminates
at Slough. |
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Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 6DW.
Tel: 01753 671177. During the course of your free sightseeing
tour of the school you can visit the Cloisters, the oldest classroom
in the College and the College Chapel and experience how the
first students would have lived and worked here. On the outskirts, north of Slough.
Gain free entry to Eton College – and dozens of other London
Attractions - with
the London Pass. |
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