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You are here: Ideas & Inspiration > Top Ideas > Top Tips for Spring
Welcome to spring in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
We’ve broken the back of winter and the longer days are very much welcome!
Thoughts can turn to filling the lighter days by visiting attractions or attending events in the Windsor area, planning some cosy short breaks, celebrating Mothers’ Day and breathing a sign of relief as those clocks go forward to mark the beginning of British Summertime!
If you are coming to the Windsor area during March, April or May, here are our top tips to enjoy spring in Windsor and the Royal Borough.
Spring sees our glorious parks and gardens coming alive with colour.
At National Trust Cliveden, discover the amazing spring displays throughout the estate but particularly in the Long Garden where the National Trust gardeners and volunteers plant thousands of spring bulbs which fill the gardens with glorious colour.
There’s nothing prettier than bobbing daffodils on a spring day and few sights can compare with the stunning displays carpeting Daffodil Valley in Windsor Great Park’s Valley Gardens.
The display of multi-coloured azaleas in the Valley Garden’s Punch Bowl is breathtaking in the springtime, as too are the award-winning rhododendrons in the Savill Garden.
Find out more about Windsor Great Park’s seasonal highlights and keep an eye on each garden’s progress so you time your visit to perfection.
Looking for a gorgeous gift for your mother on Mothers’ Day?
Browse our shopping pages and be inspired by some of the great shops in the Windsor and Maidenhead area – including many superb independent stores – and bag that perfect present.
Peruse our food and drink pages for the best place to treat her to lunch or dinner, or perhaps an elegant Afternoon Tea is the way to her heart?
And of course there are plenty of great things to do, however she likes to relax with family.
In March the gates of LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort are flung open for the new season.
Take to the road, soar through the skies and sail the seas in complete safety.
Prepare yourself for over 55 interactive rides, attractions, live shows, building workshops and driving schools, not to mention a staggering 80 million LEGO® bricks, set in 150 acres of beautiful parkland.
In the tiny former Methodist Chapel in the pretty riverside town of Cookham, discover the wonderful art of the characterful Stanley Spencer.
The Stanley Spencer Gallery has two exhibitions a year and the summer exhibition launches in March.
Why not visit this hidden gem for yourself?
It’s good to be prepared for when you get asked ‘What are we going to do TODAY?’
Whatever the weather we have some great ideas for indoor and outdoor activities.
Will it be splashing down into the River Thames on the Windsor Duck or cycling through Windsor Great Park?
Driving a racing car simulator at Motion Simulation Room or getting lost in the Cliveden Maze?
Check out our Ideas and Inspiration section and get planning!
Flat racing returns to Royal Windsor Racecourse with the season opener in April.
Windsor’s course is unique – it’s on an island in the Thames and is shaped like a figure of eight!
It’s famed for Monday evening meetings April to October as well as themed racedays with plenty of family entertainment.
Ascot Racecourse’s racing calendar includes flat and jumps racing year round. May sees Ascot’s only evening meeting as part of the May Racing Weekend Meeting.
Garden lovers will be hotfooting it down to Ascot Racecourse in April for the inaugural Ascot Spring Garden Show.
This high-quality boutique event showcasing Britain’s finest established and emerging horticultural talent has been created with the gardening enthusiast in mind.
Guests can look forward to visiting six inspiring show gardens, peruse a fine array of horticultural trade exhibitors, purchase plants from a range of specialist plant nurseries, enjoy a daily programme of free talks and receive personal gardening advice from horticultural experts.
Come down to the Long Walk to watch a 21-gun salute with a difference – 21 mini cannons fired under the expert eye of the borough bombardier! Some lucky children will get chosen from the crowd to fire a cannon.
May sees Royal Windsor Horse Show, the UK’s largest premier outdoor horse show at Windsor, set in the private grounds of Windsor Castle.
Enjoy international show jumping, dressage and carriage driving and a whole host of national classes too.
There are numerous exciting displays such as the Shetland Pony Grand National and the skill of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery.
Peruse the retailers’ stalls in the shopping village for that perfect purchase.
Will it be Spring Leap Youth and Community Festival or celebrating the 80s at Let’s Rock the Moor? Visit our Festivals page for inspiration.
The eyes of the world will be on Windsor when HRH Prince Henry of Wales marries Ms Meghan Markle in St George's Chapel on Saturday 19 May.
It will be a wedding of global reach with a view audience likely to top a billion people.
Thinking of coming to Windsor and being a part of it? Find out more about Windsor and the Royal Wedding!
One of our ‘hidden gems', fascinating and historic Dorney Court opens its doors to the public for four days in May.
It’s widely regarded as one of England’s finest Tudor manor houses and has been lived in by the Palmer Family for almost 500 years.
Enjoy the house and the garden then pop to nearby Dorney Court Kitchen Garden for refreshments.
Dorney Lake (venue for London 2012 rowing and canoeing) is a stone’s throw away with beautiful grounds in which you can enjoy a walk or a picnic.
There’s so much to see and do in the area, why not stay a few nights?
Visit our accommodation pages to discover a huge range of accommodation options to suit all budgets, from five star spa retreats to cosy and comfortable bed and breakfasts and self-catering apartments.
Search What’s On for all the latest event information.
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