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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

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 – 1936 – 1952 King George VI 1917 – 1936 King George V 1841 – 1861 Prince Albert The Prince Consort 1837 – 1841 Queen Victoria 1791 – 1815 King George III William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland 1746 – 1766 1559 – 1607 Sir Henry Neville 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 13 th 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

“Queens Wood” a Windsor hybrid The Gardens 8 National plant collections Almost 50 champion trees

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 90 th

Windsor Great Park English sparkling wine

Carp Fishing High quality venison Roe and Muntjac

Windsor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o sUY_gvUNtA

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