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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

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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

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Urban Rural and Coastal (including Windsor) Energy and Infrastructure

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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

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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

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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

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Managing the estate

Increasing demand for more public access One of the more important wildlife and conservation sites in the South of England.

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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

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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”

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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

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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

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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

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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…

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Planning

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Leasehold Reform Act

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The Gardens

8 National plant collections Almost 50 champion trees

“Queens Wood” a Windsor hybrid

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The garden team look after more than 20,000 taxa in the collection Many are nationally significant and rare

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Visitors

Approximately

5 million

people visit WGP every year Top 5 visitor attractions in the UK

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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

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Volunteering Local Projects The Great Estate Tidy

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Financials

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Recent Projects Savill Building Phase 1

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The Queen’s 90th

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Windsor Great Park English sparkling wine

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Carp Fishing High quality venison Roe and Muntjac

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Windsor

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

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