swan upping at boathouse19

Swan Upping at boathouse19

SWAN UPPING

The ancient art of Swan Upping, with unique film footage of the Queens Swan Uppers boat's arriving in Eton Windsor.



Filmed on location at boathouse19 Eton.

HISTORY of  SWAN UPPING
Swan Upping is the annual census of the swan population on stretches of the river Thames in the home counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.

Swan Upping begins on the third Monday of July, departing from Sunbury Lock, in Surrey, and ending at the end of the week in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. On the first night, the Swan Uppers moor their chartered Thames Skiffs, on Eton College School rafts, next door to boathouse19 in Eton. 
An early morning start follows, for their onward Journey to Cookham, in Buckinghampshire. Their entire route passes through Staines, Windsor and Eton, Maidenhead, past Cliveden House, Cookham, Bourne end, Henley on Thames, Marow, Wargrave, Sonning, Hambledon and past Reading on to Abingdon.

This historic ceremony dates back nearly eight hundred years from the 12th century, when the Crown claimed ownership of all the mute swans.

At that time swans were regarded as a delicious dish for dinner at Royal banquets and feasts, and were again used recently, in a special wedding banquet by Prince William and Kate Middleton's Royal wedding in 2011. It is against the law in England to eat Swans if you are only a commoner.

For more information on the annual Swan Upping census visit the official Royal Channel and watch Swan Upping http://youtu.be/KUFB_mH0to0

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Swan upping is performed outside in our waterfront garden on the river Thames.
You may enjoy Swan upping in our unique back yard. Our snippet contains, the Queens swan uppers, performing the ancient art of swan upping, including a little bit about living a boathouse19 's life on the river Thames.

boathouse 19 Eton, was originally an old Eton College School boathouse, but now it has been sympathetically transformed into your very own, luxury self catering cottage holiday home on the River Thames. Nestling just across the water from one of the Queen of England's favourite family and countryside, and typically English garden homes, Windsor Castle.

Boathouse 19 provides up to 7 persons with exclusive self catering accommodation, in the heart of Eton, located opposite Windsor Castle in Royal Berkshire, England. Near legoland, and only 30 minutes downstream from London, England UK.

Live life like a local when you stay at boathouse 19 & book with  us early to get out on the boats with the Queen's Swan Uppers in July.  You may also wish to bring your own boat and moor up, alongside the Queen's swan upping boats. Stay for a few days and witness the annual swan count and census from under the walls of Windsor Castle on the River Thames, Windsor & Eton.

boathouse19 provides luxury self catering accommodation for the Swan Uppers annual tradition,  and always looks forward to Swan Upping, especially after it was cancelled for the very first time due to a fast flowing river Thames in 2012. This was the first time in over 800 years, of the unique history of Swan Upping, that this typical English tradition was cancelled.

Swan Upping