Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
- Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a Royal Borough of Berkshire, in South East England. It became a unitary authority on April 1, 1998.
It is home to Windsor Castle and Legoland.
The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 as a non-metropolitan district of Berkshire, under the Local Government Act 1972, from parts of the former administrative counties of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. From Berkshire came the boroughs of Maidenhead and New Windsor, and the rural districts of Cookham and Windsor, and from Buckinghamshire came the Eton urban district, and the parishes of Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury from the rural district of Eton. [The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972. SO 1972/2039.] It inherited royal borough status from Windsor, the site of Windsor Castle.
It gained unitary authority status in 1998 with the abolition of Berkshire County Council. [ [http://www.england-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19961879_en_1.htm The Berkshire (Structural Change) Order 1996. SI 1996/1879] ]
Towns and villages
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead contains the following towns and villages
*Ascot
*Bray
*Clewer
*Cookham
*Datchet
*Eton
*Eton Wick
*Horton
*Maidenhead
*North Ascot (part)
*Old Windsor
*South Ascot
*Sunningdale
*Waltham St. Lawrence
*White Waltham
*Windsor
*Wraysbury
Twin Towns
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is twinned with the following Towns:
* Neuilly-sur-Seine, France - established 1955 with Royal Borough of New Windsor.
* Saint-Cloud, France - established 1957 with Maidenhead.
* Bad Godesberg, Germany - established 1960 with Maidenhead.
* Goslar, Germany - established 1969 with Royal Borough of New Windsor.
* Frascati, Italy - established 1972 with Maidenhead.
* Kortrijk, Belgium - established 1981 with Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
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