As an operational Estate, we will always try to keep you updated with essential work and/or events that are taking place that may affect your visit. Please check here before you travel.
Before you visit download a map to your smartphone as well as familiarise yourself with the Park code. Take a look here.
Oak Processionary Moth (OPM) caterpillars are now present in areas of Windsor Great Park. The hairs on these caterpillars can cause irritation and rashes on both humans and animals.
Please avoid contact with any caterpillars that you may see. The Estate is actively managing the situation.
To find out more about OPM visit The Woodland Trust or The Forestry Commission.
Please be aware that there are no toilet facilities at Valley Gardens while we carry out construction work.
Due to several events scheduled for the summer, we have been unable to retain our current temporary facilities.
The new toilet block will be completed by Friday 29 July.
The nearest facilities for the Valley Gardens are located at The Savill Garden (1.1miles/1.8km).
Thank you for your cooperation.
Please excuse our appearance at The Savill Garden Visitor Centre this summer while we carry out repair works to the roof
Please follow any directional signage in place when visiting.
The team are working hard on the repairs and further information will be available here as we near a completion date.
Ground levelling and drainage work is taking place on Smith's Lawn and there is no public access across the polo fields at this time. The road across Smith's Lawn will remain open.
Work will last to at least the end of summer 2022.
Please observe the signs and barriers, which are in place for your safety.
If you have, any questions please email: [email protected]
We are preparing the Totem Pole for restoration work which has been delayed as a result of the pandemic.
Working with Canadian specialist restorers and direct descendants of Chief Mungo Martin, the original carver, the Totem Pole will be lowered later this year before a lengthy period of drying, repair and restoration. Although still fundamentally sound, an exclusion zone has been placed around the pole to guarantee the safety of all.
This important landmark in the Great Park needs careful restoration so that it can be enjoyed by future generations in complete safety. The restoration work will follow the complex operation of lowering the Pole.
Crown Estate representatives were present in Vancouver in November 2018, when an identical pole - see pictures, carved by Chief Mungo Martin at the same time as the Windsor Pole, was lowered from its position outside the Vancouver Maritime Museum. The lessons learnt from this will allow us to safely lower the Windsor Pole, whilst at the same time ensuring that all necessary First Nation customs, are observed, as preserving heritage and tradition is as important as preserving the fabric of the pole.
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:
Windsor Great Park is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest by Natural England, and is incredibly valuable for conservation. The Park is potentially vulnerable and uncontrolled fires pose a significant risk to the park, its wildlife, and the many visitors that enjoy this beautiful landscape.
All forms of barbecue and camp fire are prohibited.
