Chapels · South East England
Eton College Chapel
In or near Eton Wick.
Eton College Chapel — chapel of Eton College in the UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 20 min–45 min
- Nearest railway station
- Windsor and Eton Riverside · 0.6 km
- Free entry
Getting there & planning your visit
Eton College Chapel is located at postcode SL4 6DQ and is accessible via Windsor and Eton Riverside railway station, which is 0.6 km away. Entry to the chapel is free.
About
Eton College Chapel is a chapel in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Part of Eton College. Wikidata describes it as: "chapel of Eton College in the UK". Coordinates: 51.4916°, -0.6087°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Chilterns
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Eton College Chapel is the main chapel of Eton College, a public school in England. The chapel was planned to be a little over double its actual length, but this plan was never completed owing to the downfall of the founder Henry VI. A plaque on a building opposite the west end marks the point to which it should have reached. The chapel is built in the late Gothic or Perpendicular style. The fan vaulting was installed in the 1950s after the wooden roof became infested with deathwatch beetles. It was completed in three years and is made of concrete, faced with stone, and supported by steel trusses with hand-carved Clipsham stone for the stone ribs supporting each bay.
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Background
Description
The chapel choir is made up of boys from the school. The Precentor and Director of Music is Tim Johnson. Up to 75% of the choir are former members of various cathedral and collegiate choirs and many have been admitted under the school's Music Scholarship scheme. Many continue their singing careers as choral scholars at Oxford or Cambridge. Formerly there was a "professional" choir whose trebles attended the Choir School. The choir sings at three or four compulsory services a week: recent cuts in the services mean that the choir only sings on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. There are a number of other services that are optional.
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- Coordinates
- 51.4916, -0.6087
- District
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Parish
- Eton
- Postcode
- SL4 6DQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Windsor
- Nearest railway station
- Windsor and Eton Riverside — 0.6 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q5404788 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Eton College Chapel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Eton Chapel 20040214.png (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Eton College Chapel?
- Eton College Chapel is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SL4 6DQ), in the parish of Eton.
- What is Eton College Chapel?
- Eton College Chapel — chapel of Eton College in the UK.
- How do I get to Eton College Chapel?
- The nearest railway station is Windsor and Eton Riverside, about 0.6 km away. Drivers can use postcode SL4 6DQ.
- Is Eton College Chapel a listed building?
- Eton College Chapel is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.
- Is Eton College Chapel a protected site?
- Yes — Eton College Chapel is part of the Chilterns National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Eton College Chapel free to visit?
- Yes, Eton College Chapel is free to enter.
- How do I get to Eton College Chapel?
- The nearest railway station is Windsor and Eton Riverside, about 0.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SL4 6DQ.