Bagshot is a large village in the southeast of England. It is positioned in the northwest corner of Surrey within the area's Surrey Heath council district, near to the boundary with Berkshire, and is also in the diocese of Guildford. In the past, Bagshot acted as an essential staging message between London, Southampton and the West Country. Proof of this can be seen in several of the original coaching inns that are still there today. The town is positioned 43 kilometres (27 mi) southwest of London, beside joint 3 of the M3 motorway and is split in half by the A30 roadway, midway in between Camberley as well as Sunningdale. Much of the surrounding land is possessed by the Ministry of Defence. The location remains in the Green Belt that borders London. It is offered by Bagshot train station. Pennyhill Park Hotel located at the much western edge of Bagshot is where the England rugby group train. Bagshot Park, home of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex is found on the north edge of the community. The A30 leaving Bagshot to the southwest for Camberley has a huge roundabout on it called the Jolly Farmer after a pub that made use of to stand in its centre, now used as a Golf Store. The neighborhood borough, Surrey Health, is generally a Conventional area and it has actually held a Conservative council for the past 50 years. Bagshot itself is, however, represented by 2 Liberal Democrat and also one Conservative borough councillors. Bagshot is functioning (2009/2010) on a Town Plan. The Bagshot Village Strategy intends to pull together the people of Bagshot's gathered hopes and also issues for the neighborhood and also to lay out a prepare for making Bagshot an also better place to live and work.