Duchess of Cambridge

You'll find yourself on one of Windsor's most characterful stretches when you push through the Duchess's doors—this is the sort of place where locals actually drink, not just tourists hunting for the postcard version of England. It's housed in a genuinely old building with low ceilings and that particular creaky-floorboard charm that comes from centuries of feet wandering through. The menu doesn't try to reinvent the wheel: think proper pies, fish and chips that know what they're doing, and the kind of Sunday roast that justifies the trip alone. Real ales rotate through (it's a McMullen's house, after all), and there's a genuine sense of neighbourhood here—the sort of pub where the staff remember your order.