There are a variety of ways you can get here to Windsor and. You can travel by car, bus, or train and there are simple routes for travel if you are coming from London.
If you are driving from London, you can take the M4 motorway that spans Bristol and South Wales. The entire drive takes around one hour via the J6 junction. There are park and ride facilities available to limit the number of cars in the town and many parts of the town are pedestrianised or have traffic calming measures. As a result there is ample public transport in town.
If you are travelling by bus, you can catch a convenient coach from one of two locations in London. The first service, by Greenline takes around one hour and leaves from Buckingham Palace Road at Victoria. The second leaves from Heathrow Airport and takes about forty minutes. This is popular with international visitors.
Two train stations are located in Windsor and both are well within walking distance to the castle and the nearby town. If you’re travelling from London, you can board one of the many trains to Windsor and Eton Riverside from London Waterloo. This journey takes about one hour in total and trains are regular, leaving twice every hour. The second way from London is to leave from London Paddington or Reading and catch a train going to Slough. From Slough you can change trains to Windsor and Eton Central. For international visitors travelling by plane there are several options. Heathrow Airport is around eight miles from Windsor and you can catch a bus as above. You can also take the first bus route 77 and 71 from Heathrow T5, which takes around fifty minutes. From Gatwick airport, Windsor is about one hour away by car, however it’s recommended to head for London via train and then choose a connecting train as above. From Stansted Airport, you can take the M11, the M25 or the M4 motorway, which takes approximately ninety minutes. Again, since there aren’t any trains or buses direct to Windsor, getting the train from London is highly recommended.
Travel Within Windsor
Most the city can be explored on foot and many of the areas are pedestrianised. It takes just fifteen minutes to travel from Eton College to Windsor castle. If you are looking to explore more places outside the town and its surrounding area, its worth purchasing an Ordinance Survey map to navigate the various walking routes. If you are looking to travel around more extensively, you can travel by car, although weekends and holidays can become very busy on the nearby roads. A better means of travel can be the buses, which are run by First Berkshire and Traveline. The buses are convenient, however they can be low in frequency, especially in the late evening and on Sundays.
If you are more of a traditional tourist there are several open top bus tours that can be caught from the High Street and even a few boat tours from the banks of the River Thames.