Virginia Water Lake

For the lake, see Virginia Water Lake.

Virginia Water is a large village, a lake and, originally, a stream, the village being in the borough of Runnymede in Surrey and the bodies of water stretching over the borders of Runnymede, Old Windsor and Sunninghill and Ascot, all in England. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 2. ... Waterfall at eastern end of lake Virginia Water Lake lies on the southern edge of Windsor Great Park, in the borough of Runnymede in Surrey and the civil parishes of Old Windsor and Sunninghill and Ascot in Berkshire, in England. ... Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... For other uses, see Lake (disambiguation). ... Butchers Creek, Omeo, Victoria A stream, brook, beck, burn or creek, is a body of water with a detectable current, confined within a bed and banks. ... Look up Borough in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Runnymede is a local government district with borough status in the English county of Surrey. ... This article is about the English county. ... Map sources for Old Windsor at grid reference: SU 983 744 Old Windsor is a village in Berkshire, south of the large town of Windsor, Berkshire and near to the villages of Englefield Green and Datchet. ... Sunninghill and Ascot is a civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead on the eastern borders of the English county of Berkshire. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

The village takes its name from the lake which is in the nearby Windsor Great Park. The lake's name was transferred from a previous stream which was probably named after the 'Virgin Queen', Elizabeth I. Deer crossing the Long Walk to Windsor Castle Windsor Great Park (locally referred to simply as the Great Park) is a large deer park and Crown Estate of 5,000 acres, to the south of the town of Windsor on the border of Berkshire and Surrey in England. ... This article is about Elizabeth I of England. ...

The lake

Main article: Virginia Water Lake

Virginia Water Lake lies within Windsor Great Park. It was created from a body of water of the same name: originally little more than a stream, which existed from at least the 17th century and may well be named after Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen, although this is not certain. Waterfall at eastern end of lake Virginia Water Lake lies on the southern edge of Windsor Great Park, in the borough of Runnymede in Surrey and the civil parishes of Old Windsor and Sunninghill and Ascot in Berkshire, in England. ... Waterfall at eastern end of lake Virginia Water Lake lies on the southern edge of Windsor Great Park, in the borough of Runnymede in Surrey and the civil parishes of Old Windsor and Sunninghill and Ascot in Berkshire, in England. ... Deer crossing the Long Walk to Windsor Castle Windsor Great Park (locally referred to simply as the Great Park) is a large deer park and Crown Estate of 5,000 acres, to the south of the town of Windsor on the border of Berkshire and Surrey in England. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... This article is about Elizabeth I of England. ...

The lake is mostly in Surrey, though the western extremities are in the civil parishes of Old Windsor and Sunninghill and Ascot in Berkshire. This article is about the English county. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... Map sources for Old Windsor at grid reference: SU 983 744 Old Windsor is a village in Berkshire, south of the large town of Windsor, Berkshire and near to the villages of Englefield Green and Datchet. ... Sunninghill and Ascot is a civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead on the eastern borders of the English county of Berkshire. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Recently the shores of the lake have been used for lakeside scenes in the Harry Potter films. This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ...

The village

Virginia Water village has an adult population of 4,814. The village's residents are more elderly and substantially more wealthy, on average, than the nation as a whole, making it one of the wealthiest locations in England. Many of the village's houses are large detached homes situated on the private Wentworth Estate close to the famous Wentworth Club which has four golf courses. Wentworth is also home to the headquarters of the PGA European Tour, the world's second-richest professional golf tour (after the USA's PGA Tour). The estate hit the headlines in 1998 when General Augusto Pinochet was kept under house arrest in one of its houses prior to his extradition [1]. Edward VIII and Sarah Ferguson are former famous residents. Many well-known entertainment personalities also have/had homes on the Wentworth Estate - for example, Elton John (in a house called 'Hercules' after the horse in 'Steptoe and Son' TV series), Jake McGuire, Russ Abbott, Elizabeth Hurley,Cliff Richard and Bruce Forsyth. World-class golfers with homes on the Estate include Ernie Els and Thomas Bjørn. For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Wentworth Club is a privately owned golf club and health resort in Virginia Water, Surrey on the south western fringes of London, not far from Windsor Castle. ... // The PGA European Tour is an organisation which operates the three leading mens professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Seniors Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour. ... This article is about the sport. ... The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USAs main professional golf tours. ... Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte[1] (November 25, 1915 – December 10, 2006) was President of Chile as a military dictator [2] from 1974 to 1990, and head of the military junta from 1973 to 1974. ... Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; later The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India from the death of his father, George V (1910–36), on 20... Sarah, Duchess of York (born 15 October 1959) is the former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... Russ Abbott is a British comedian who was at his peak in the 1980s with television shows that attracted viewers in their millions. ... Elizabeth Jane Hurley (born 10 June 1965) is an English actress, fashion model, producer and designer. ... Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940) is an English singer, actor and businessman. ... Bruce Forsyth, CBE (born Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson on 22 February 1928) is a British showman and entertainer who achieved celebrity on the show Sunday Night at the London Palladium, and became a household name in the UK, going on to present the television shows The Generation Game, Play Your... Theodore Ernest Ernie Els (born October 17, 1969) is a South African golfer who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. ... Thomas Bjørn (born 18 February 1971) is a Danish golfer who plays on the European Tour. ...

Virginia Water is also home to many commuters. It is close to the M25 and M3 motorways. The village also has a 4 track railway station in the middle of the village on the line between London Waterloo, Weybridge and Reading. Heathrow Airport is located eight miles to the north-east. The village supports two rows of shops, although many inhabitants travel to the nearby towns of Staines, Ascot and Windsor for shopping. The towns of Egham, Englefield Green and Old Windsor are also nearby. The M25 motorway looking south between junctions 14 and 15, near Heathrow Airport. ... M3 is also the name of the motorway that connects the capitals of two largest states in Europe, Moscow and Kiev. ... Trains from Weybridge (left) and Reading (right) await departure for London Waterloo at Virginia Water Virginia Water railway station serving the village of Virginia Water, Surrey in the United Kingdom, is operated by South West Trains. ... For other uses, see Waterloo station (disambiguation). ... , Weybridge is a town in the Elmbridge district of Surrey in South East England. ... , Reading is a town, unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) and urban area in the English county of Berkshire. ... Heathrow redirects here. ... For the French commune, see Stains. ... Statistics Population: Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU925685 Administration District: Windsor and Maidenhead Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Berkshire Historic county: Berkshire Services Police force: Thames Valley Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: South Central Post office and telephone Post town: ASCOT... This article is about the English town. ... Statistics Population: 12,000 (inc. ... , Englefield Green is a village of 11,180 [1][2]people in northern Surrey, England. ... Map sources for Old Windsor at grid reference: SU 983 744 Old Windsor is a village in Berkshire, south of the large town of Windsor, Berkshire and near to the villages of Englefield Green and Datchet. ...

Virginia Water is noted by bird-watchers [2] as the best place in the country for viewing feral Mandarin Ducks. Birding or birdwatching is a hobby concerned with the observation and study of birds (the study proper is termed American origin; birdwatching is (or more correctly, was) the commonly-used word in Great Britain and Ireland and by non-birders in the United States. ... Binomial name Aix galericulata (Linnaeus, 1758) The Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata), or just Mandarin, is a medium-sized perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck. ...

External reference

• Home page of virginiawater.co.uk - the most substantive site about Virginia Water online

Coordinates: 51°24′N, 0°36′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...