Virginia Water is a commuter town or town in northern Surrey, residence to the Wentworth Estate and also the Wentworth Club. The area occupies a huge minority of the District of Runnymede. Its name is shown the lake on its western border: Windsor Great Park. Virginia Water is close to the M25, M4 as well as M3 freeways. Heathrow Airport is seven miles to the north-east. A record from October 2015 provided Virginia Water as one of the most expensive town (excepting specific London districts) for residential property in the UK, having an ordinary house price going beyond £1m. The 2011 Census showed the population of Virginia Water to be 5,940. Much of the homes are located on the Wentworth Estate, the house of the Wentworth Club which has four golf courses. The Ryder Cup was first played there. It is likewise residence to the headquarters of the PGA European Tour, the professional golf tour. The estate reached the headlines in 1998 when General Augusto Pinochet was kept under house arrest in among its residences prior to his extradition. The town has a junction railway station within the estate. Frequent South Western Railway trains go to London Waterloo, Weybridge, Twickenham, Richmond, Staines, Feltham, Clapham Junction, Vauxhall and Analysis.