A Thames walk - Windsor to Staines 12th August 2017 a 9 mile easy walk.


Magna Carta Libertatum (Medieval Latin for "the Great Charter of the Liberties"), commonly called Magna Carta (also Magna Charta; "(the) Great Charter"),[a] is a charter agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.[b] First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown, to be implemented through a council of 25 barons.
You will find 2 monuments opposite the road on the south west, one itself is the Magna Carta monument and the other is the John F Kennedy monument. You will also find a monument dedicated to Queen Elizabeth with a dated history of Democracy in the Uk on the floor.
Passing Ham island we head into the Village of Datchet , pass Windsor Castle and through Home Park and finally arriving in Windsor. There is loads to see and do here including the Castle and Eton, you will find some great little pubs but the place is very busy with thousands of Tourists lining the streets.