64 Nature protected 
ash and oak. The system of manage- 
ment now being followed aims at the 
gradual conversion of 2,286 acres into 
high forest, and the regular treatment 
of 999 acres as coppice and standards. 
Windsor Forest contains two parks, 
the Great and the Home Park. Wind- 
sor Castle itself is nearly surrounded 
by the latter, which, with the exception 
of about 70 acres open to the public, 
forms the private pleasure grounds of 
the castle. The Great Park forms a 
portion of the Royal Domain attached 
to the castle, but the public are allowed 
access to the greater part of it. In 
addition to the parks, there are also 
belonging to the crown large areas of 
woodland in the vicinity (formerly in- 
cluded in Windsor Forest, now known 
as the Oak Forest, and adjoining 
the Great Park), and the woods at 
Swinley, Easthampstead, Bagshot, and 
Ascot. The Great Park and the wood- 
