Windsor Town Bridge Pins and Buttons

The Windsor Town Bridge crossing the River Thames, linking Windsor and Eton in Berkshire, England. River transport was always important here particularly with the royal palace at Windsor. There has been a bridge on this site since at least the C12th when records show tolls of the equivalent of £4.33 being paid to a landowner, Osbert de Bray, for boats passing beneath the bridge. The present bridge with cast iron arches was opened in 1824. In 1970 it was made pedestrian only as it was now too weak for heavy traffic. Even pedesrian traffic took its toll on the structure so it was refurbished and reopened by the Queen in June 2002. Nikon D7100 Nikkor 18-200

The Windsor Town Bridge crossing the River Thames, linking Windsor and Eton in Berkshire. River transport was always important here particularly with the royal palace at Windsor. There has been a bridge on this site since at least the 12thC when records show tolls of the equivalent of £4.33 being paid to a landowner, Osbert de Bray, for boats passing beneath the bridge. The present bridge with cast iron arches was opened in 1824. It is now pedestrian only being too weak for heavy traffic. Nikon D7100 Nikkor 18-200

The view from Windsor Town Bridge which links Eton with Windsor in Berkshire, England, looking downstream towards the weir and lock. River transport was always important here particularly with the royal palace at Windsor. There has been a bridge on this site since at least the C12th when records show tolls of the equivalent of £4.33 being paid to a landowner, Osbert de Bray, for boats passing beneath the bridge. The present bridge with cast iron arches was opened in 1824. It is now for pedestrians only. Nikon D7100 Nikkor 18-200

Boats waiting to be hired on the River Thames at Windsor in Berkshire. This view is from the Windsor side of the river looking over toward the Eton side and the Eton College boathouses. In the background is the Windsor Town Bridge which carries pedestrians and cyclists between the two towns and is a Grade 2 listed structure. Windsor is most famous for its historic castle, the out-of-town residence of the Royal Family. Nikon D7100 Nikkor 18-200

Bridge on river Thames in Windsor, UK