Overview
- Residents and regular park users report continuing exclusion from parts of Windsor Great Park after security measures around Forest Lodge were installed.
- The cordon is reported to stretch for several kilometres—roughly 10 km—with fencing, CCTV and no‑entry signs that now segment popular routes.
- Access points including Cranbourne Gate and a paid car park were closed without public consultation, leaving some resident passes unusable in the affected area.
- Seasonal traffic was rerouted by about 1.6 km near a Christmas tree business, with locals reporting near‑miss incidents and on‑site security enforcing the new layout.
- The Palace says complaints have been minimal, and local MP Jack Rankin has defended the measures as proportionate, while the Wales family’s move to Forest Lodge is intended as a long‑term home.