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City & Village Tours: 0845 812 5000 info@cityandvillagetours.com
We’ve been offering this day for a few years now -
the morning tour is a visit to the Olympic rowing lake
plus either a walking tour of Eton or a Thames
Villages coach tour in the Queen’s neck of the woods
with a stop at the Windsor Farm Shop. The cruise is
just under two hours of beautiful Thames scenes from
Windsor, past the island racecourse, through Boveney
& Bray Locks and past the homes of the rich and
famous on the Maidenhead Millionaires Row to
Boulter’s Lock. The day is available to the end of
September 2013 and then again from April 2014.
By the time of the Domesday Survey Dorney, a little
village perched on a little hill above the Thames, was
already known for its honey: the name is Saxon for
Island of Bees. Our day begins here at 10.30am with
time to buy morning refreshments in the old walled
kitchen garden of Dorney Court Manor.
The village lies alongside Dorney Lake built by Eton
College and still used as the school rowing lake but
now, of course, world famous as a venue for the Lon-
don 2012 Olympics. On occasion it is booked out for
a corporate or school event but otherwise we will
drive alongside the lake to show you where our boys
and girls shone for Great Britain. If we can’t do this
on the day you come we’ll take you instead to see a
little gem of a church which is still mostly lit by
candles and has list of incumbents that goes right
back to the 1200s. Kate Middleton’s parents tied the
knot in this tiny church and it remains a popular
wedding choice with the
Country Set.
For the next part of the morning you can choose a
walking tour from Eton College to the riverside which
is an interesting flat walk of about 1000 yards - look
out for the boarding houses for the Eton boys, signs
for
Dames,
the very traditional outfitters where boys
are kitted out in
Eton dress
and, of course, the boys
themselves. If you would prefer a lot less walking
choose our Thames Villages coach tour which will
take in Eton, Old Windsor (Elton John’s house is
here) and Datchet as well as stopping at the Windsor
Farm Shop where you can enjoy browsing or treat
yourself to a little something with the Royal Crest on!
This is where the Queen, still a tenant farmer in the
area, sells her produce and you can also buy or just
enjoy looking at the tip-top nursery stock from Savill
Garden. Whichever you choose, walking or coach
tour we will end up by the Windsor & Eton Riverside
to buy lunch ready for the afternoon cruise.
The Royal River Explorer
A Day Out For Groups
That Your Folk Will
Talk About For A Long
Time To Come