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| | ~ Visiting a Real castle when traveling with kids is a highlight on any educational travel trip, making history come alive
~ Combine a castle vacation with your family vacation and you can create interesting travel times for both adults and kids alike. Complememt educational travel tours with castle lessonplans, unit studies and general learning about english castles and foreign equivalents | What's
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|  Windsor Castle | 
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Windsor Castle, England, Windsor
Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1NJ, South East England
Tel: 0044 (0)20 7766 7304
Fax: 0044 (0)20 7930 9625
24-hour information line tel: 0044 (0)1753 831118
email: windsorcastle@royalcollection.org.uk
| | Castle First Impressions | | ~ out of the english castles Windsor Castle Englands Royal Residence is magnificent
~ on a beautiful summer day the sunshine sparkles of the majestic exterior
~ as an officual residence of the queen, the queens royal home, if an English Royal is at Home then the Flag will be raised to announce their occupancy
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~ Windsor Castle is the jewel in the crown of the british monarchy.
~ It is the largest occupied castle in the world and dates back over 900 years.
~ The site for castle london windsor was chosen by William the Conqueror, as a good defensive position for the western approach to London.
~ The Tower of London being a mere day's march away from Windsor Castle
~ the current resident of HRH Elizabeth II, who spent much of her childhood at the castle inside windsor .
~ Sadly after the castle fire windsor and some of the work that she oversaw was much needed restoration after the Windsor Castle fire in 1992.
~ An upsetting time which she touched on in her famous Annus Horriblus Christmas speech.
~The restoration work after the windsor castle fire was completed in 1997 and the castle has once again been returned to it's pre fire glory. | | Castle Insider Tips | | ~ Reduced admission charges apply when the State Apartments are closed. | | Castle Must Sees - What we liked best | | ~St. George's Chapel
~Queen Mary's Dolls' House
~burial place of Kings and Queens
~ Windsor Castle Exhibition
| | Castle Horror - What we did not like | ~ The Castle is a working castle so at times things that you may have been looking forward to are closed (there are several dates during the year)
~ Best to check if the Queen has entertainment plans as the State apartments will be closed to the public if she has. | | Castle Characters: | ~ Windsor castle has got the Royal castle guard windsor guards
~ Changing of the Guard is on alternate days at 11:00, weather permitting (with the exception of Sundays),
~ there is a 24 hour phone 0044 (0)1753 831118 to find out exact times | | Castle Pictures | | 
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| | Castle Visits | Opening Hours March - October:
9.45am - 5.15pm daily November - February:
9.45am - 4.15pm daily
there are several dates when windsor castle is closed so double check before you travel
Castle Entry Costs
~There are lots of different entry prices including family tickets and if you are visiting more than one attraction in the area it would be worth phoning the information line to find out if there are any concessions
~ Adult standard tickes are usually around £12 and kids tickets around £6, under 5's are free Castle Facilities:
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~ the grounds are not suitable for picnics
~ most areas are accessible by wheelchair, Wheelchairs can be borrowed, free of charge, from the Visitor Centre
~ there are no cafe's or food and drink facilities at Windor castle itself, so make sure you bring some provisions, however there are plenty of cafes and restaurants just outside Windsor Castle
~ there are lots of castle hotel windsor and Bed and Breakfast facilities nearby
~ You will need to allow 2 - 3 hours for your visit to Windsor Castle.
| | Castle Kids: | ~ there is a baby care room
~ there are several brilliant audio guides available, so grab a pair of headphones and enjoy commentary of your windsor castle tour
~ there is a beautiful Girls Dolls house to be seen - this is no ordinary doll's house though! It belonged to Queen Mary and is simply stunning,exquisitely perfect to the tiniest detail, she probably needed a step ladder to play with the top rooms it's so big! You'd certainly need a royal home to be able to fit something like this in.
~ Be inspired by a Windsor Castle Model
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~ We hope you enjoyed our castle explore guide and may have to chance to visit for yourself | | Educational Travel Tours | It is easy to see how a castle tour can be turned into an educational travel trip
It pays to check beforehand whether any castles are on your route
~ contact the relevant castles and check their websites and see whehter they have kids activities or castle coloring pages to print
~ Maya nd I love getting to know the castles before we travel and our homeschooling life lets us really get into exploring the castle topic from all angles
~ an educational field trip to a castle makes it a hands on learning opportunity especailly if we can combine it with our family vacations | | Castles for Rent | Rent a Castle - what a fun idea,
~ you cant rent Scottish Castles Urquhart Castle because its a ruin ;-) but there are lots of castles that can actually be rented for special occassions, imagine that , a whole castle for yourself, brilliant for an educational field trip with groups of kids
and if renting is not enough how about Castles for Sale ! Giggle now wouldn't that be something | | Travel games | ~ when planning a castle vacation get kids to research the family or indeed families that lived in the castle
| | Castle Kids Activities | ~ many a toy castle has provided hours of entertainment for children and adults alike
~ traveling with kids provides the unique opportunity to let them see hands-on what real castles are like, from exploring castle ruins to visiting castles that have been immacualtely restored so you can even see how the castle inhabitants might have lived
~ educational travel trips that make history come alive can also be supplemented with kids castle activities to do at home or whilst travelling
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Castle Coloring Pages
~ Learn about English Royalty
~ Parts of a Castle Terminology
~ Make a Medieval Castle
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~ Castle Clipart
~ Castle Poems
~ Castle Quotes for lapbooks and castle travel journals
| Castle Vacation
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Castle Vacations are brilliant for girls and boys alike, from damsels in distress waiting to be rescued by a dashing knight, to fierce dragons protecting the stronghold. Mayal oves visiting castles and when we are traveling with kids we always check our map whether any interesting castle tours can be fitted into our travel plans. The Scottish Castles Urquhart Castle was on our way to Loch Ness were went "hunting" for the legendary monster and had a brilliant time at the castle ovelooking the Loch Ness
~ Have you ever visited an english castle ?
~ What is your favourite castle, and english castle or a scottish castle ?
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