On the far nothern border of Surrey, in the local Borough of Runnymede, sits Virginia Water. A commuter community, the area has excellent transport links into London Waterloo via the Virginia Water rail station in just under 50 minutes! The area is largely associated with the vast Wentworth Estate and the nearby Virginia Water lake, attached to the Windsor Great Park. Virginia Water is an extremely affluent area, filled with grand mansions selling sometimes in excess of £15 million!

The Devil’s Highway, the Roman Road leading from London to Silchester is thought to have passed through Virginia Water. This is backed by historical and archaeological evidence uncovered by Nicholas Fuentes. Fuentes argues that the defeat of Boudicca’s insurrection, following her ransacking of Colchester in defiance of the Roman Empire, actually occurred in Virginia Water around 60 AD, presumably around the site where the rail station lies! However much of it’s know well known affluence dates to the early twentieth century, with the construction of the Wentworth Estate. Built in a varied design palette from Arts and Crafts wooden appliques, to Neo-Georgian and colonial revialism, the area became dubbed as a ‘royal pleasure ground’, due to the adjoining Wentworth Golf Club nearby. It is now most well known for being the grounds for the PGA European Tour!

In 2015, the Land Registry noted that the single postcode district of Virginia Water as the most expensive housing area in the whole of the United Kingdom!

As shown, Virginia Water is a very affluent area, and house prices reflect this affluence, with grand manors and mansions being on the market for several millions. As such, developments to the area are afforded to large-scale property investments and investors looking to purchase or renovate at a high-value. There are no current plans for suburban development within the area.