Eton Wick has a local football team, Eton Wick F.C., that plays at Hayward's Mead. 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
Eton College Britain's top three schools in getting its pupils into Oxford and Cambridge. From the 1980s to 2016 Eton admitted more very wealthy students from around the world and fewer legacy students (students from families of previous alumni) from the UK; due to a sharp rise in tuition fees, the dissolution in 1990 of the "Eton List" that allowed alumni to pre-register their sons for enrollment, and changes in the school culture, fewer legacy families (families of previous alumni) enrolled. In 1960, 60% of the students were sons of Eton alumni, while 20% in 2016 were sons of Eton alumni. Its