Our team are working constantly to ensure that we keep the highest standards here at Windsor Great Park, to preserve this special place for future generations.
We will always do our best to let you know if essential work is taking place that may affect your visit.
Please check the information below for general information and to see what’s happening around Windsor Great Park.
If this is your first visit or even if you are a regular visitor or Member, we always recommend that you check these pages before you visit.
To help you make the most of your visit to the Great Park, a 'Visitor Information leaflet is now available from The Savill Building and Virginia Water Pavilion. You can view and download it here.
Here are some quick links within this site that may help you too:
Rules of the road:
Cycling is only allowed during daylight hours. When cycling in the Great Park, please observe all signs and give way to:
Please take special care near children or dogs, and if necessary, dismount to pass by safely.
Do not ride in groups of more than six people, two abreast and cycle as if you were on a public road.
If you break the rules or are disruptive towards other Park users, our staff have the right to ask you to leave.
Fishing
Please observe the signs around Virginia Water Lake and Obelisk Pond to allow our anglers the privacy to fish.
Warden and Visitor Service Team assistance
Visitor Services: 07825 430192
For emergencies, call Duty Warden on: 07833 543025 or 999
We wish you a pleasant and safe visit to Windsor Great Park.
All forms of barbecue and camp fire are prohibited in Windsor Great Park. As a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest by Natural England, Windsor Great Park is incredibly valuable for conservation, and is potentially vulnerable. Uncontrolled fires pose a significant risk to the park, its wildlife, and the many visitors that enjoy this beautiful landscape, and are therefore not allowed.
The Windsor Great Park regulations prohibit:
(26) Lighting any fire or dropping or leaving lying any light or other article including glass in such place or manner likely to set fire to any tree, bush, shrub, plant or other vegetation in the Park
Warm weather warning - There can be the temptation to enter the areas of open water in Windsor Great Park but please do not enter or attempt to swim at any of the ponds or lakes in the Great Park.
Here are just some of the potential risks of entering the water:
The next Windsor Park Equestrian Carriage Driving competition will be held on 18 August 2019 ... a map of the event can be found here.
Dates for the remainder of the year are:
As soon as we have maps we will update you.
Fishing Members are asked to note that Obelisk Pond swims OP7/8 have a new 'snag' off to the side of the swims. If you don your waders and look up the RH margin from 7 towards OP8, or left from 8 towards OP7, you will see a small coloured ball floating close to the rhododendron margin. This ball is a marker float for a line of sunken sponges attached to a brick sitting on the bottom some 5 yds out into the lake. It is a sampling tool for checking for the presence of zebra mussels, and will be in place for the next couple of months. Anglers are asked not to fish a margin rod to the right of OP7 or to the left of OP8 unless you have accurately measured how far up the margin you need to be placing your baits in order to be clear of the ball and sponge line.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused by these activities.
While exploring Windsor Great Park during the spring, summer and autumn months it is important to be aware of the risk of ticks. Ticks can inhabit areas of woodland and heathland, and some tick bites can be dangerous, so we recommend thoroughly checking for bites at the end of your visit.
The following tips will also help you to avoid being bitten:
For more information, please see the Public Health England website.
Windsor Great Park and Forest is an international site of conservation, and some of the UK’s most important locations for fungi are found here. As such, the collection of fungi is strictly prohibited in Windsor Great Park. The ancient trees and acid grasslands are left as undisturbed as possible to create a unique habitat for fungal growth, resulting in an impressive collection of rare and interesting varieties. The collection of fruit bodies (mushrooms and toadstools), however, threatens the future of these species, and the other species they help to grow.
We ask all visitors to comply with the following measures:
Please find below a selection of information relating to specific regulations and policies.
Useful information to help make your visit informative and enjoyable.
