Which Windsor station should I book a taxi to or from?

Check your ticket first — Windsor & Eton Central serves the Great Western branch line via Slough, while Windsor & Eton Riverside serves South Western trains to London Waterloo. They're a short walk apart but not the same building.

Do Castle events affect taxi journey times in Windsor?

Yes. Road closures around the Castle on state visits, processions and busy tourist days can add significant time to journeys through the town centre, so it helps to tell us the pickup time and location in advance so we can route around it.

Is it easy to get a taxi from Windsor to Eton?

Yes, it's a short journey by road across Windsor Bridge, and useful if you've got luggage or don't fancy the pedestrian bridge walk, particularly around college events when the town gets busy.

Can I book a return pickup from an evening in Windsor?

Yes, we run 24 hours, so a pre-booked return after dinner or an evening event is straightforward — just give us the pickup point and rough time when you book.

Local guide · 2026-07-25 · You Want Taxi

Taxi in Windsor: local guide to the Castle, both stations and the Eton side

Windsor is one of the busiest small towns we cover, and most of that comes down to one building. Castle days change the traffic pattern completely, and a driver who doesn't know that will quote a normal journey time and then sit in it. Here's what actually matters when you're booking a taxi in Windsor.

Castle days change everything

When the Castle has a state visit, a Garter Day procession or just a heavy tourist morning, the roads around it get closed or filtered without much warning. Thames Street, Castle Hill and the approach from the Windsor roundabout can all be affected, and coaches parked up waiting for groups make the narrow streets around the town centre worse than they look on a map. If you're booking a pickup near the Castle on a day like this, tell us the postcode and rough time and we'll route round it rather than into it. A journey that's normally ten minutes can become twenty-five if you're stuck behind a closure with nowhere to turn.

Two stations, not one

Windsor has two railway stations and they're not interchangeable, which catches out a fair number of visitors. Windsor & Eton Central sits right by the Castle and the Great Western Railway branch line to Slough, useful if you're coming in via Paddington and changing. Windsor & Eton Riverside is the South Western Railway station down near the river, with a direct run to London Waterloo. They're a short walk apart through the town centre, but with luggage, in the rain, or at night, that walk is exactly the kind of thing a taxi solves. Always check which station your ticket actually says before you book a pickup, because giving a driver the wrong one means a longer wait than you needed.

Parking pressure in town

Windsor town centre has very little parking relative to how many people want to be there, and what exists fills early and gets expensive fast. That's the practical case for a taxi over driving yourself in: no circling for a space, no multi-storey fees stacking up while you're at the Castle or Home Park, and no walk back to a car park on the edge of town after dinner. If you're coming in for an evening out, a pre-booked return pickup means you're not trying to find a car, or a taxi, on a Saturday night when everything else in town is trying to do the same thing.

Home Park and the Long Walk

Home Park, the Long Walk running south from the Castle towards Windsor Great Park, and the river paths are popular for events, race days and just a walk, and none of them are close to a main road rank. If you've parked yourself at one end of the Long Walk for a few hours and want a lift back rather than the walk, give us a pickup point along the road edge nearest to where you are — most of the Long Walk has vehicle access at the northern end near the Castle and at the Great Park end further south.

Across the bridge to Eton

Eton sits directly across the Thames from Windsor, linked by a pedestrian bridge that's an easy walk in good weather but not what you want with bags, in the rain, or with kids who've had enough. The town is small — Eton High Street and the college dominate it — but bookings there are common around college events and open days when the town fills with visiting families. A taxi from Windsor town centre round to Eton by road takes a few minutes longer than the direct walking route across the bridge, since vehicles have to use Windsor Bridge itself, but it's still a short hop.

Evenings and events beyond the Castle

Windsor isn't only a daytime tourist town. The Theatre Royal, riverside restaurants along the Thames, and regular events at the Racecourse a few miles out all bring an evening crowd that needs getting home afterwards, often later than buses and trains are running. A pre-booked return from a show or a dinner reservation means you're not standing on Thames Street at 11pm hoping something passes, and it's a booking pattern we see constantly through the week, not just at weekends. If you're staying overnight rather than heading straight home, the same applies for an early pickup the next morning — Windsor's hotels are spread through the town rather than clustered near one obvious rank, so giving us the exact address rather than just "the hotel in Windsor" saves confusion.

Getting further afield

Windsor connects well beyond the town. Windsor to Heathrow is one of the shortest airport runs we run, and fares to Gatwick, Luton and Stansted are all fixed at booking rather than metered. If you're without a car for the day and want to see how far that stretches, Windsor without a car covers the practical options.

Booking in Windsor

We run 24 hours, which matters in a town where evening trade — restaurants, theatre, the Racecourse a few miles out — often finishes later than public transport wants to run. Book online or by phone, tell us the pickup point and destination, and we'll agree a fixed price before the car sets off.