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UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO LEGOLAND WINDSOR

Miniland

How can you see The Tower of London, Loch Ness, the Sacre Coeur and a Space Shuttle in the space of a few minutes? At Legoland Windsor of course. Miniland is an amazing spectacle of 35 million Lego bricks and is a fascinating place to spend part of your day. We have heard kids ask "Dad how do they do that?" and Dad replying "I honestly don't know..." It's intriguing for kids and adults alike.

There are moving trains which stop at stations and go over bridges. There are trucks and cars that seem to travel along roads by magic. There are soldiers marching, crowds singing at (the old) Wembley Stadium and helicopters rescuing stranded mountaineers. The layouts and displays are sometimes of real buildings or areas and sometimes of general areas, and are from different countries too - with displays of Holland, France etc.

Trafalgar Square and Nelson's Column at Legoland Windsor

One of the most impressive areas of Legoland's Miniland is the representation of London. This includes: City Hall, the Lloyd's Building, the three Canary Wharf towers, 30 St. Mary Axe (better known as the Gherkin), Tower Bridge, Tower of London, St. Paul's Cathedral, Oxford Street, Millennium Bridge, Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, the BT Tower, Docklands Light Railway, Piccadilly Circus and Waterloo Station. All are impressively detailed and some are huge.

The largest Miniland London model is One Canada Square (in Canary Wharf), standing at 5.2 m in height at 1:50 scale.

A slight oddity (though actually a necessity) is that the models in Miniland are built are different scales, e.g. 1:20 or 1:50.

A family has a picnic overlooking Miniland at Legoland Windsor

Well worth a look, Miniland is a great place to meander through on your way home after a busy day because it's near The Beginning.