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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.
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.
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]
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 ...
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.
Since the formation of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in 1974, the guildhall has been used by the borough council for ceremonies and committee meetings. On 9 April 2005, the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles took place there [ 7 ] and, on 21 December 2005, it hosted one of the first same sex civil partnership ...
This is a list of city and town halls in the United Kingdom. for town halls in England see List of city and town halls in England; for town halls in Scotland see List of city chambers and town halls in Scotland; for town halls in Northern Ireland see List of city and town halls in Northern Ireland