Dates and times the Windsor Castle Guard is scheduled to change with details of the Regiments and Bands taking part in May 2025.
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Dates, times and details of the Regiments and Bands scheduled to change the Windsor Castle Guard in May 2025.
The Windsor Castle Change normally takes place on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 11:00
Captain's Inspection, is scheduled to take place Mondays and Wednesdays at 15:00
(This parade takes place on eithr the Quadrangle Lawn or the Lower Ward, where the Windsor Castle Guard will be drawn up for the Captain's Inspection).
Please Note: This schedule can and may change.
Changes to the Regiments and Bands scheduled to take part, since first published, are shown in red.
Windsor Castle Guard Change:
Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
Musical Support:
Band and Bugles of The Rifles
Remarks
-
Captain's Inspection
Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
Musical Support:
Band and Bugles of The Rifles
Remarks
Takes place in the Quadrangle
Captain's Inspection
Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
Musical Support:
Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas
Remarks
Takes place in the Quadrangle
Windsor Castle Guard Change:
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
Musical Support:
Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas
Remarks
-
Captain's Inspection
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
Musical Support:
No Music
Remarks
Takes place in the Lower Ward
Windsor Castle Guard Change:
Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
Musical Support:
Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas
Remarks
-
Captain's Inspection
CANCELLED
Musical Support:
-
Remarks
Takes place in the Quadrangle
Windsor Castle Guard Change:
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
Musical Support:
Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas
Remarks
-
Windsor Castle Guard Change:
Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
Musical Support:
Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas
Remarks
-
Captain's Inspection
Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
Musical Support:
No Music
Remarks
Takes place in the Lower Ward
Captain's Inspection
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
Musical Support:
No Music
Remarks
Takes place in the Quadrangle
Windsor Castle Guard Change:
Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
Musical Support:
Band and Bugles of The Rifles
Remarks
-
Captain's Inspection
Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
Musical Support:
Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas
Remarks
Takes place in the Quadrangle
Windsor Castle Guard Change:
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
Musical Support:
"Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas"
Remarks
-
Captain's Inspection
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
Musical Support:
No Music
Remarks
Takes place in the Lower Ward
Windsor Castle Guard Change:
Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
Musical Support:
Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas
Remarks
-
Captain's Inspection
Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
Musical Support:
Band and Bugles of The Rifles
Remarks
Takes place in the Quadrangle
Windsor Castle Guard Change:
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
Musical Support:
Band and Bugles of The Rifles
Remarks
-
Captain's Inspection
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
Musical Support:
Band of the Scots Guards
Remarks
Takes place in the Quadrangle
Windsor Castle Guard Change:
Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
Musical Support:
Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas
Remarks
Captain's Inspection
Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
Musical Support:
No Music
Remarks
Takes place in the Lower Ward
Windsor Castle Guard Change:
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
Musical Support:
Band and Bugles of The Rifles
Remarks
-
Captain's Inspection
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
Musical Support:
Band of the Coldstream Guards
Remarks
Takes place in the Quadrangle
Windsor Castle Guard Change:
Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
Musical Support:
Band and Bugles of The Rifles
Remarks
-
Changing the Windsor Castle Guard is one of the highlights of a visit to Windsor and whether you want to visit the Castle to watch the ceremony or see the Guards as they march up the High Street the pages below should help:
A guide to Windsor Castle and how to get tickets
Where to see the Guards and Band marching to and from the Windsor Castle Guard Mount.
10:45 - New Guard step off from Victoria Barracks on Sheet Street and march through the Town Centre to Windsor Castle.
11:00 - The Changing the Guard Ceremony then takes place inside Windsor Castle .
11:25 - The Old Guard step off for the march back to the barracks.
Schedules for the Changing the Windsor Castle Guard are normally confirmed around the 20th of the preceding month.
Dates and Times can change, sometimes at short notice,when the Guards are required for operational or other ceremonial duties, or as a result of Castle closures.
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Dates the Windsor Castle Guard are scheduled to change are normally confirmed, by the British Army, around the 20th of the preceding month.
Provisionally the Windsor Castle Guard are expected to change on Tuesday's, Thursday's, and Saturday's in 2023.
Normally there is no Windsor Castle Guard change ceremony on Sundays
The Windsor Castle Guard change can sometimes be cancelled in wet weather.
When a Wet Mount is called the Guards march to and from the Castle without musical support.
The decision to call a Wet Mount is not made until the last minute, which means we cannot update our website in time to help people en-route or already at the Castle.
Every reasonable effort has been made by changing-guard.com to compile accurate information about the Changing the Guard ceremony and to keep the schedule up to date.
However, schedules can and do change from time to time, sometimes without notice, meaning we cannot guarantee the Changing the Guard at Windsor Castle will take place on the dates stated or accept any responsibility for loss or inconvenience caused by using the information provided on this website.
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