Featuring the Band of the Household Cavalry, one of Windsor’s oldest Christmas traditions returns to Castle Hill on the doorstep of Windsor’s most iconic landmark: Windsor Castle.

The precedent for present-day Carols on the Hill stretches back to December 1949 when a Christmas tree was erected and illuminated for the first time near Queen Victoria’s Statue, providing a charming focal point for Windsor and Eton Rotary Club’s efforts to gather and distribute hundreds of gifts for children in various hospitals.

Shortly before Christmas, a group of Rotary Club carol singers gathered around the tree to sign hymns and carols along with a large audience which included The Mayor, thus laying foundations of a tradition which has continued largely unbroken throughout the intervening seven decades.