Lightwater is a town in the Surrey Heath district of Surrey, England, regarding 27 miles (43 km) south-west of Central London. Quickly surrounding communities as well as villages consist of Bagshot, Deepcut, Windlesham, Camberley, and West End, Woking. It is bounded to the north-west by the M3 motorway and also to the north-east by the "Lightwater Bypass" (A322). To the south-east it is bounded by the "Red Roadway" (B311), while to the south-west there are vehicle-testing tracks owned by the Ministry of Defence. Prior to development, the all-natural plant life belonged to the Surrey heathland as seen in Bagshot and Chobham Common. The region has actually been inhabited since pre-historic times with tumuli in the heathland to the south of the town. In modern-day times, Lightwater expanded as an area with vacation homes in a hut style for people living in London. Since 1960 it has proliferated, with real estate estates multiplying in the area simply north of Red Road and also the army arrays around Greyspot.