Windsor Parks and Forests

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The parks and forests immediately surrounding Windsor Castle are thousands of acres in extent, and include the Home Park, four miles in circumference, containing the royal residence of Frogmore, in the grounds of which stands the Prince Consort's Mausoleum, a magnificent tomb designed by A. J. Humbert, and consisting of a central compartment, covered in by a copper roof, surmounted by a gilt cross and with four transepts branching off. The coffin, occupying the centre of the building, is of granite, resting on a slab of black marble, and on it reposes a white marble effigy of the Prince, by Marochetti.

The Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum, about 100 yards from that of the Prince, is also very beautiful, and consists of a circular structure covered in by a dome, supported on sixteen granite Ionic columns. A statue of the Duchess, by Theed, occupies the centre, and her body lies in a blue granite sarcophagus in a lower chamber.

Other objects of interest in the Home Park are Adelaide Lodge, a rural retreat, built by the late Queen Dowager for her own use, and Herne's Oak.

The Great Park, 5000 acres in extent, is stocked with fallow deer, and contains the beautiful avenue, nearly three miles long, known as the Long Walk, with its celebrated saline spring, and, at its termination on Snow Hill, Westmacott's bronze equestrian statue of George III.; the original private chapel of the Royal Family, subsequently enlarged and thrown open to the public; Cumberland Lodge, the Rhododendron Walk, with the obelisk commemorating the victory of Culloden; and Virginia Water, an artificial lake seven miles in circumference which was recently used as a location for the Harry Potter films.