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The Crown Estate
£304.1 million Net revenue profit
£12.9 billion Capital value
An independent
commercial business,
created by Act of
Parliament
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…
The garden team look after
more than 20,000 taxa in
the collection
Many are nationally
significant and rare
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
Windsor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o
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