The Crown Estate

£304.1 million Net revenue profit

£12.9 billion Capital value

An independent

commercial business,

created by Act of

Parliament

Urban

Rural and Coastal

(including Windsor)

Energy and

Infrastructure

The Crown Estate Act

1961

Treasury Target 5%

Section 5

“Maintain as a Royal

Park and Forest”

W.G.P Regulations

Freedom of

Information Act

History

1066

Following the Norman

Conquest – All land

belonged to William “in

right of the Crown”

1760

King George III – The

Crown Estate Act

Deputy Ranger role

Ranger of the Park

The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 1952 –

King George VI 1936 – 1952

King George V 1917 – 1936

Prince Albert The Prince Consort 1841 – 1861

Queen Victoria 1837 – 1841

King George III 1791 – 1815

William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland 1746 – 1766

Sir Henry Neville 1559 – 1607

A total of 20 Rangers to date

Managing the estate

Increasing demand for

more public access

One of the more important

wildlife and conservation

sites in the South of

England.

The Windsor Estate

6,400 hectares, 180 staff

• The Parks

• Forests

• Property

• The Gardens

• Buildings

• Visitors

80% of land is subject to

environmental, ecological

and land use designations

The Great Park and

Home Park

1,600 hectares of parkland

1,200 hectares of

agricultural land

Enclosed for the hunting of

deer in the 13th Century

Wildlife & Countryside Act

1981, Section 28

“consent” & “assent”

Conservation value

Over 1,000 years of

uninterrupted management

Oak Trees:

3,000 older than 300 years

500 between 400 - 600

years old

100 between 600 - 1,000

years old

Home to important fungi

and micro flora

Forestry

2,000 hectares of SSSI,

SPA and SAC

High levels of conservation

7,000 veteran and ancient

trees

Over 1 million visitors a

year to Swinley Forest

3,100 hectares of forest

Produce 12,000 tonnes of

timber annually

Biomass plant in The

Village delivering heat and

hot water to 65 properties.

Christmas trees

Property

Approx 1,000 properties

700+ residential

150 commercial

150 miscellaneous

Residential

Home to over 1,500 people

Commercial

A workplace for more than

5,000 people

A diverse range of

commercial tenants…

Planning

Leasehold Reform

Act

The Gardens

8 National plant collections

Almost 50 champion trees

“Queens Wood”

a Windsor hybrid

The garden team look after

more than 20,000 taxa in

the collection

Many are nationally

significant and rare

Visitors

Approximately

5 million

people visit WGP every

year

Top 5 visitor attractions in

the UK

Leisure, education

and filming

Lapland UK

School Open Day

Bridget Jones’ Diary

Snow White and the

Huntsman

Cinderella

Midsummer Murders

The Teletubbies

James Corden – The

Wrong Mans

Volunteering

Local Projects

The Great Estate Tidy

Financials

Recent Projects

Savill Building

Phase 1

The Queen’s 90th

Windsor Great Park

English sparkling

wine

Carp Fishing

High quality venison

Roe and Muntjac

Windsor

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