A post event ‘post’ but nevertheless I thought you would be interested to hear about it.

Today I went to Windor Castle. Despite it being only a few miles away I haven’t been since I was a child. What a fantastic place, well worth a visit.

3 things of particular interest for me:

 1. Waterloo Chamber. Constructed as a celebration of the famous victory. The room houses some incredible portraits  of all the individuals involved in the campaign - military, political and religious.

2. The Grand Staircase & Grand Vestibule. An amazing collection of arms and military clothing from around the world. 

3. The Garter Throne Room. Anyone interested in the Order of The Garter - or other Chivalric Orders will be fascinated.

It was £8 to park for 5 hours in the town below and entrance cost £38.10 for a family ticket and another £4.95 for a guide book. Included in the price was an audio tour gadget each and entrance to all exhibits in the castle as well as several things put on for children (such as cutting, sticking and colouring in pictures of castles etc). The interesting part of the deal is if you get your ticket stamped you can return during the next 12 months for as many times as you want. This is handy as there was too much to see in a day (if you take children) so we can return as ‘grown ups’ plus on the military side I will return again on my own so I can spend as much time as I want on the exhibits.

There are of course other family and non military things to see such as the Queen Mary’s Dolls House Exhibition and St.George’s Chapel etc.

Try this LINK  to the Castle’s website.