Virginia Water
Virginia Water is a commuter community or town in northern Surrey, home to the Wentworth Estate as well as the Wentworth Club. The place inhabits a big minority of the Borough of Runnymede. Its name is shown the lake on its western limit: Windsor Great Park. Virginia Water is close to the M25, M4 and also M3 freeways. Heathrow Airport is 7 miles to the north-east. A report from October 2015 noted Virginia Water as the most costly town (excepting specific London districts) for residential or commercial property in the UK, having an average residence cost exceeding £1m. The 2011 Census showed the population of Virginia Water to be 5,940. Much of the houses are positioned on the Wentworth Estate, the home of the Wentworth Club which has four golf courses. The Ryder Cup was first played there. It is also residence to the headquarters of the PGA European Tour, the specialist golf scenic tour. The estate reached the headings in 1998 when General Augusto Pinochet was kept under house arrest in among its residences prior to his extradition. The community has a junction train station within the estate. Frequent South Western Railway trains run to London Waterloo, Weybridge, Twickenham, Richmond, Staines, Feltham, Clapham Junction, Vauxhall and Analysis.
