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The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a unitary authority area with royal borough status in Berkshire, England. The borough is named after its two largest towns of Maidenhead (where the council is based) and Windsor. The borough also includes the towns of Ascot and Eton, plus numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.
Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council is the local authority for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, a local government district in Berkshire, England.Since 1998, the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council.
The town hall was extensively refurbished, to a design by McBains Cooper, at a cost of £1.6 million, in 2014, [12] and proposals for the refurbishment of the Desborough Suite, a cost of £2 million, were approved in 2019. [13]
Schools in the area include Lowbrook School and Wessex Primary School, both catering for ages up to eleven Year 6 and Cox Green School, for children aged 11–18.Cox Green School shares a site with the adjacent Community Centre on Highfield Lane, [5] providing such local facilities as a library and both indoor and outdoor sports facilities.
Windsor is a historic town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is the site of Windsor Castle , one of the official residences of the British monarch . The town is situated 21.8 miles (35.1 km) west of Charing Cross , central London , 5.8 miles (9.3 km) southeast of Maidenhead , and 15.8 miles (25.4 km) east ...
Old Windsor lies on the south bank of the River Thames, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southeast of the town of Windsor and 20 miles (32 km) west-southwest of London. It is near to the villages of Englefield Green and Datchet , and is connected by a towpath to Old Windsor Lock .
Sunninghill and Ascot is a civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and takes up most of the south-east corner of the English county of Berkshire. It covers the town of Ascot, and the village of Sunninghill including the neighbourhoods Cheapside and South Ascot. As well as part of the village of North Ascot.
The oldest town hall, which was built as a chapel for pilgrims, is Dover Town Hall, thought to have been completed in around 1203, [2] while the oldest purpose-built town hall is Bury St Edmunds Guildhall, which dates back to around 1220. [3] The tallest town hall is Manchester Town Hall with a clock tower which rises to 280 feet (85 m). [4]