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  River Thames - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the late 1990s, the 12-km-long Jubilee River was built, which acts as a flood channel for the Thames around Maidenhead and Windsor.
In terms of counties, the Thames rises in Gloucestershire, traditionally forming the county boundary, firstly between Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, between Berkshire on the south bank and Oxfordshire on the north, between Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, between Berkshire and Surrey, between Surrey and Middlesex, and between Essex and Kent.
Between Maidenhead and Windsor, the Thames supports an artificial secondary channel, known as the Jubilee River, for flood relief purposes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Thames   (2491 words)

  
 Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a unitary authority in Berkshire, South East England.
The borough was formed in 1974 from the Royal Borough of New Windsor, the borough of Maidenhead, Eton urban district, Cookham Rural District and Windsor Rural District, along with part of Eton Rural District.
Kortrijk, Belgium - established 1981 with Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Windsor_and_Maidenhead   (199 words)

  
 Windsor and Eton Travel Guide
Windsor and Eton are twin towns, in Berkshire, in the south of England, separated by the River Thames and joined together by Windsor Bridge.
Windsor and Eton Riverside is the terminus of a line from London Waterloo station, with through electric trains running every half hour and taking about 50 minutes.
Windsor and Eton Central is the terminus of a frequent shuttle to Slough station, which gives interchange to frequent local trains on the London Paddington to Reading line and to the few fast trains which stop at Slough.
www.imakoopedia.org /en/article/Windsor_and_Eton   (2147 words)

  
 Eton, Berkshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eton is a town in Berkshire, England, lying on the opposite bank of the River Thames to Windsor and connected to it by Windsor Bridge.
Since 1998 it has been part of the unitary authority of Windsor and Maidenhead.
The town is best known as the location of Eton College, an exclusive public school.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eton,_Berkshire   (104 words)

  
 Engineering Design for Sustainable Development
A good example of this integrated approach is the Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme which was constructed between 1996 and 2001, over 50 years after the infamous 1947 floods.
The Maidenhead area was identified as needing priority action because of its history of repeated flooding and where money spent would produce the greatest return in damage avoided, and in 1989 this was extended to include Windsor and Eton.
A major concern was that the removal of the floodplain in the urban areas of Maidenhead could have significant effects on the areas downstream of Eton.
www7.caret.cam.ac.uk /windsor_maid_intro.htm   (1919 words)

  
 Eton and Castle Ward Councillors | The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Eton and Castle is to the east of the Borough.
The A332 Windsor by-pass forms the western boundary and the River Thames dissects the Ward, with the Castle, its precincts and grounds to the West and Eton, including Eton College, to the East.
In Eton and Castle 91% of land is within the green belt, 62% of the land is in the flood plain.
www.rbwm.gov.uk /web/members_ward_eton_castle.htm   (152 words)

  
 Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
Parish Councils in the borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Windsor Castle suffered sadly in the civil wars of the seventeenth century, and Charles II found heavy work to his hand when Restoration brought the political wheel full circle again.
Windsor, as it is to-day, is one vast eating-house for tourists and visitors, and exists to provide innumerable points of view from which the noble pile of the castle (for it is noble, notwithstanding its unpleasant impression of cleanliness and newness) can be taken in at many angles.
www.british-towns.net /england/windsor_maidenhead.asp   (1803 words)

  
 Windsor & Eton
Windsor is dominated by the amazing view of Windsor Castle, which helps to provide the town with its main source of revenue “tourism”.
The Royal Borough of Windsor is mainly rural and contains 1,000 acres of land held by the National Trust in the north, and almost 5,000 acres of Crown land to the south.
A footbridge across the Thames connects Windsor with Eton and its famous school, and downstream is the meadow at Runnymede where King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215.
www.fatbadgers.co.uk /Focus/Windsor.htm   (1309 words)

  
 Windsor & Eton Vs Maidenhead United
A SERIOUSLY depleted Windsor and Eton side had no answer to Lawrence Yaku’s blistering pace on Tuesday night, as they were routed at Stag Meadow in the semi-final of the Berks and Bucks Cup.
And then came heart-break for Windsor, as play broke to the other end, Channell knocked the ball down to Yaku, who sprinted in on goal and steered his shot past the stranded keeper into the bottom corner.
Windsor and Eton: Bunting, McVey, Murphy, Rosier, Renner-Thomas, Dyke, Walsh, Adams, O’Connor, Carroll, Jones.
www.maidenheadunitedfc.co.uk /reports2002/08apr.html   (644 words)

  
 Maidenhead United vs Windsor & Eton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
Windsor hit back swiftly, with Peter Holsgrove heading the ball straight at Nick Hart from point blank range after quarter of an hour, and then hitting the post with a shot across the face of goal three minutes later.
Windsor’s cause was not helped when they were reduced to 10 men on 68 minutes when, following a goalmouth scramble, Justin Skinner appeared to kick O’Connor as he lay on the ground.
Windsor and Eton: Martini, Cook, Ball (52 Gomis), Skinner, Paul Holsgrove, Ekwalla, Kersey, Cook L (73 Tilbury), Peter Holsgrove, Scott, Carroll.
www.maidenheadunitedfc.co.uk /reports2004/16Oct.html   (646 words)

  
 Eton College
Most prestigious of English public schools (that is, private schools) for boys, in Eton.
Eton was founded in 1440 by Henry VI as a grammar school and, after a stormy history which included a rebellion by pupils in 1783, became dominated by the sons of the aristocracy and the wealthy middle classes.
Prince William became a student at Eton in 1995.
www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0031547.html   (284 words)

  
 Windsor property guide by channel4.com/4homes
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, with its blend of rich history and successful modern business development, covers 76 square miles, just 12 miles to the west of London.
In property terms Windsor's growth is limited as on the north is the river, to the east is the Castle, and to the south and the west lie the Great Park and Green Belt land respectively.
Maidenhead is now the largest town in the Royal Borough and has a population of around 60,000.
www.channel4.com /4homes/buyingandselling/where2buy/windsor.html   (774 words)

  
 Eton
3,559), Windsor and Maidenhead, central England, on the Thames River.
Eton is unlike other English public schools in that it does not have a prefect system.
At Eton senior students have a larger voice in the selection of student leaders.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0817798.html   (235 words)

  
 Windsor, Slough & Maidenhead Jewish Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
Windsor (also known as New Windsor) and Maidenhead are both towns on the the river Thames in southeast England, just to the west of London.
This was formed in 1974, initially as a local government district of the county of Berkshire, on the merger of a number of local authorities including the Royal Borough of New Windsor, the municipal borough of Maidenhead and parts of the urban district of Eton (which had been in Buckinghamshire).
In 1998, the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead became a unitary authority, when Berkshire lost its administrative status becoming purely a ceremonial county.
www.jewishgen.org /jcr-uk/Community/windsor-maid.htm   (199 words)

  
 Familia: Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Maidenhead and Cookham: 1959-62 incl., 1963-4, 1965-6, 1975-1994.
Windsor and Maidenhead Observer 1991- (was the Windsor and Eton Observer to 1997, then Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead Observer for 1998)
At both Maidenhead & Windsor, all items are housed in the Local Studies section of the Reference Library, except when stated otherwise.
www.familia.org.uk /services/england/windsor.html   (850 words)

  
 The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (Electoral Changes) Order 2002
(2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Eton and Eton Wick; the Eton Wick parish ward shall comprise the area of the borough ward bearing the same name and the Eton parish ward shall consist of the rest of the parish.
The council of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead shall make a print of the map marked "Map referred to in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (Electoral Changes) Order 2002" available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.
The Electoral Registration Officer[8] for the borough shall make such rearrangement of, or adaptation of, the register of local government electors as may be necessary for the purposes of, and in consequence of, this Order.
www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si2002/20022372.htm   (1632 words)

  
 Windsor and Eton travel guide - Wikitravel
Windsor and Eton [1] are twin towns, in Berkshire, in the south of England, separated by the River Thames and joined together by Windsor Bridge.
Runnymede, Windsor Road, Old Windsor (6 miles east of Windsor on the A308; grid reference TQ007720), telephone 01784-432891 from within the UK or +4401784-432891 outside.
Windsor Great Park is a huge parkland area behind the castle and which includes The Long Walk, which runs from Windsor Castle past Old Windsor's western perimeter to the Copper Horse statue, Virginia Water lake and Savill Gardens (above).
wikitravel.org /en/Windsor_and_Eton   (2337 words)

  
 Eton Hôtels - Hôtel Logement à Eton | England Royaume-Uni
Eton Hôtels - Hôtel Logement à Eton
Voisines: Slough (1 milles) Windsor (1 milles) Burnham (2 milles) Maidenhead (4 milles)
Situated in Royal Berkshire, just minutes from Windsor and the M4 Motorway Whether visiting, on business or pleasure, the Copthorne Hotel Slough-Windsor is ideal for all of your needs (Hotel is 0.9 miles from Eton - in the town of Slough) (4 Étoile)
www.simplehotels.com /fr/gb/eton   (324 words)

  
 Windsor & Eton Self Guided Walk - Victoria Bridge to Jubilee River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
The main bridge out of Windsor for hundreds of years was Windsor Bridge.
The bridge had a chequered history until the 1840's when the Windsor Improvement act divided the area between private and public land as it now stands.
The Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme is a new 11.6km man made channel (now known as Jubilee River), plus some five kilometres of flood banks, designed to help protect people, property, roads and vital services from flooding.
www.londontoolkit.com /whattodo/windsor_walk_4.htm   (544 words)

  
 Eton College - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
Eton College - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Eton College, large English public school (independent secondary school), located in Eton, Windsor and Maidenhead.
- public school in Eton: a public school in the town of Eton, in southeastern England.
au.encarta.msn.com /Eton_College.html   (56 words)

  
 Homes and Property - Windsor England UK
A one bedroom apartment in a popular location in the village of Eton Wick with views to communal gardens from both bedroom and living room.
A three bedroom mid terrace house situated on the popular Laing estate, which is located to the west of Windsor, close to the River Thames, local shops, schools and a short drive to Windsor town centre.
WINDSOR, Clarendon Court, Clarence RoadA recently built ground floor two bedroom flat on the fringe of the town centre.
www.homesandproperty.co.uk /area.aspx?areaid=0399&opt=prop&salerent=0&sp=0   (620 words)

  
 The Windsor & Eton Express Reports
G.G begs to invite the notice of Gentlemen of Windsor, Eton, and their vicinities, to his incomparable stain eradicating and odoriferous.
Monsieur Venua (from the Opera), Professor of dancing at Eton College, respectfully informs the Nobility, and Gentry, that the second quarter of his Ladies Assemblee for dancing will Commence on Wednesday, the 11th of October, at half-past one o'clock, at his house, Albion-place, London-road.
M.P cannot enter on the present avocation without returning his sincere acknowledgements of gratitude to the inhabitants of Windsor and its vircinity, for the kind favours he has so many years experienced, and at the same time ventures to hope for a continuance of that support which will ever be his study to deserve.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~dutillieul/ZWindsorEtonExpress/30thSeptember1826B.html   (1470 words)

  
 Windsor & Eton Choral Society
Founded by the then Organist of St. George’s Chapel Windsor, it has always had a close connection with both St. George’s and Eton College, the conductors having been drawn in almost equal numbers from the two royal foundations.
Eton College Chapel Choir, which he directs, tours abroad every year and have released six recordings.
He is an advisor for Novello and Co and for the Voices Foundation, and a judge for the Sainsbury's Choir of the Year Competition and the Llangollen International Eisteddfod.
www.w-ecs.fsnet.co.uk   (420 words)

  
 ThamesWeb News - The River Thames Flood Relief Scheme
The towns of Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton and nearby villages have a very long history of flooding from the river Thames.
The Maidenhead area was identified as needing priority action because of its history of repeated flooding and where money spent would produce the greatest return in damage avoided.
The Maidenhead Ditch was enlarged as a flood relief channel for central Maidenhead following localised flooding in the 1950s.
www.thamesweb.co.uk /floodrelief/relief_bckgrnd.html   (3570 words)

  
 Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme [MWEFAS] | Geotechnics | Arup
Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme [MWEFAS]
Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme [MWEFAS], UK The MWEFAS scheme incorporates an 11.6km man-made flood relief channel designed to provide improved protection against flooding to the areas of Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton.
Called the Jubilee River, this channel is a major infrastructure project representing a substantial investment of approximately £110M by the Environment Agency for England and Wales.
www.arup.com /geotechnics/project.cfm?pageid=706   (175 words)

  
 Downstream Flooding - Residents remain angry - www.ezboard.com
Michael Trend, MP was able to attend, the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead were able to put forward a representative, along with our elected local Councillors but the empty chair set aside for the Environment Agency spoke most eloquently on their behalf.
Neither the Environment Agency nor the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead have much more than the faintest idea of the flood flows and levels at the time of worst flooding because many of the ultrasonic monitoring stations and level gauges were overwhelmed by the floods they were supposed to measure!
It also states: "The Jubilee River, part of the Maidenhead, Eton and Windsor flood alleviation scheme, is the largest river diversion scheme of its kind in the country.
p088.ezboard.com /ftheroyalwindsorforumfrm9.showMessage?topicID=4.topic   (6776 words)

  
 About the Windsor and Maidenhead Symphony Orchestra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
The WMSO brings the symphonic orchestral repertoire to concert-goers in Windsor and Maidenhead (and further afield), playing at least three concerts a year at local venues.
The Windsor and Maidenhead Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1972 as a group of local musicians ready to support the many amateur productions of light opera and musicals, but also to give concerts in its own right.
Grants are gratefully received from the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Southern Arts and the Prince Philip Trust.
www.wmso.org.uk /aboutus.php3   (271 words)

  
 Travelling with a Disability   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
Both Windsor and Maidenhead town centres are proud to have shopmobility schemes.
They cost £4 for the day and can be booked in advance by calling Maidenhead 01628 543038 or Windsor 01753 622330 or email shopmobility@rbwm.gov.uk for Maidenhead and w.shopmobility@rbwm.gov.uk for Windsor.
Annual and six-monthly Shopmobility Membership entitles visitors to use the vehicles in both Maidenhead and Windsor, with no further charges payable.
www.windsor.gov.uk /disability/disability.htm   (918 words)

  
 The M4 Motorway (Maidenhead Windsor And Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme) (Temporary Diversion) Scheme 1996
The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument which is published by the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made.
A print version is also available and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The M4 Motorway (Maidenhead Windsor And Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme) (Temporary Diversion) Scheme 1996, ISBN 0110611560.
This Scheme may be cited as the M4 Motorway (Maidenhead Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme) (Temporary Diversion) Scheme 1996 and shall come into force on 30th October 1996.
www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si1996/Uksi_19962639_en_1.htm   (446 words)

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