If you are planning to do any visiting or exploring beyond central Windsor and Eton, you will probably want to obtain a decent map of the area. You should ensure that any map you buy clearly shows the national grid reference lines, and explains how to use them, as grid references are frequently used to indicate out of town locations. For driving or cycling, Ordnance Survey Landranger 175 scale 1:50000 covers Windsor and to the west, including all the places mentioned below except Runnymede and Ordnance Survey Landranger 176 scale 1:50000 covers the area to the east, including Runnymede. For walking, Ordnance Survey Explorer 160 scale 1:25000.
On foot
Neither Windsor nor Eton is desperately large and walking is a good way around the central area. For example it will take you no more than 15 minutes to walk from Eton College Chapel to Windsor Castle. Several streets, including Windsor Bridge and Peascod Street the main shopping street are pedestrianised. Short walk in central Windsor using map with pop-up images (http://www.wyrdlight.com/...)
By car
Neither Windsor nor Eton is big enough to get really congested, although traffic delays can be severe on summer weekend mornings and evenings, when Legoland is popular, and on evenings when there is horse-racing at Windsor racecourse. One issue that you may find in driving around Windsor and Eton is that Windsor Bridge is for pedestrians only. To get between Windsor and Eton requires you to drive out to the Windsor by-pass, cross the river on that, then go most of the way into Slough before taking the old Windsor Road from that town back into Eton; it is easily quicker to walk.
By bus
Windsor has a reasonable bus service, both within the town and to the surrounding area, although frequencies can be quite low with little service in the evenings or on Sunday.
First Berkshire
(http://www.firstgroup.com...), telephone +44 1753 524144, provides most bus services in the area.Traveline
(http://www.travelinesouth...), telephone 0870 608 2608 from within the UK, provide an impartial online travel planner and telephone query service for all local bus services.