Road

Windsor is close to the M4 motorway, near it's junction with the M25, London 's orbital motorway. Leave the M4 at junction 6 onto the southbound A355 (just follow the signs!). You'll be in Windsor in minutes.

From the M40 leave at junction 2 and take the A355 going south through Slough to Windsor. The road passes under M4 junction 6 on the way.

You'll find maps of Windsor and the rest of the UK at Multimap.com.

Rail

Windsor Riverside is served by trains from London's Waterloo station - the most direct route from London but it's not a particularly interesting journey.

Train times and journey planning are available on the Railtrack website.

River

There are no public boat services other than sightseeing cruises but it's perfectly possible to arrive by boat if you have one of your own!

You can also hire a cabin cruiser for a week and spend a relaxing holiday messing about on the river. Mooring is available along the towpath upstream from the pedestrian-only Windsor Bridge.

Air

Windsor is close to Heathrow, London's major international Airport. As it is the busiest international airport in the world you can get there by scheduled airline from most places! Flights from Africa and charter flights mostly go to Gatwick, London's second airport. The London area is also served by Luton, Stanstead and London City airports.

Heathrow to Windsor

There are basically 3 options for getting to Windsor from Heathrow. Taxi, train and bus. Although convenient London's famous black cabs are an expensive option as Windsor is outside the Metropolitan area and the standard fixed rates don't apply. Expect to pay around £30 (GBP) for the journey. British taxi drivers are generally honest but do agree the fare before setting off!

An alternative is to ring a Windsor cab company from the airport arrivals lounge. It should cost around half the price, £18 (GBP) or so, but you may have to wait for the cab to arrive. London cab have a monopoly at Heathrow so cabs from elsewhere have to park in the adjacent car park to pick up customers! Some local cab companies, in no particular order: Windsor Radio Cars tel 01753 677677, 5 Star Radio Cars 01753 858888, Beaumont Taxis 01753 775075.

The Heathrow Express train service is a fast and frequent way of getting to London Paddington Station, from where you can catch a train coming back towards Windsor (see above). It's rather expensive and involves 3 train journeys.

The final option is to catch the 140 bus to Hayes & Harlington Station. You can then get a westbound train to Slough. At Slough change onto the branch line to Windsor Central.

Gatwick to Windsor

Train - take the Gatwick Express to Reading. Change at Reading onto any train going to Slough. Change again at Slough onto the Windsor branch line.

Taxi - possible, but if you need to know the cost you can't afford it!