Windsor And Eton Riverside Tapestries

The riverside at Eton with its restaurants and apartments seen from the Windsor Town Bridge. Eton in Berkshire, just acroiss the river from Windsor is most famous as the home of Eton College,. founded in 1440 by King Henry VI for 70 poor boys who would then go on to King's College, Cambridge which he also founded! 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

Standing on the banks of the River Thames at Eton and looking across to the town of Windsor with its historic royal castle dominating the skyline. There has been a castle here since the time of William I and it started its life as a royal residence in the early 1100s uder Henry 1. The river has always played an important part in Windsor's life, having been the main route to London until roads eventually improved. Queen Victoria was the first monarch to travel to her castle by train. Nikon D7100 Nikkor 18-200