Eton Wick Eton Wick Eton Wick is a village currently in the English ceremonial county of Berkshire, but traditionally in Buckinghamshire, on the River Thames. According to the Grid Ref at the 2011 Census the population was included in the civil parish of Eton. It is very close to both the historic towns of Windsor and Eton, as well as Slough and Dorney Lake, the rowing venue for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The village has grown rapidly between the 1880s and the 2000s. After the construction of Eton College in the 15th century, a small group of houses were built immediately west
Eton College Robert Birley and Anthony Chenevix-Trench. M. R. James was a provost. In 1959, the College constructed a nuclear bunker to house the College's Provost and Fellows. The facility is now used for storage. In 2005, the School was one of fifty of the country's leading independent schools found to have breached the Competition Act 1998 (see below under "Controversy"). In 2011, plans to attack Eton were found on the body of a senior al-Qaeda leader shot dead in Somalia. The school is headed by a Provost and Fellows (Board of Governors), who appoint the Head Master. It contains 25 boys'