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Virginia Water is a village in north-west Surrey, perhaps best defined by its namesake lake and the surrounding sprawl of Windsor Great Park. Once part of the historic royal hunting grounds, the area was significantly reshaped in the 18th century when the lake was created - at the time the largest man-made body of water in Britain. Today, the village feels well-connected but intentionally quiet, centered around a small parade of shops and a railway station that offers a direct link to London Waterloo in under an hour. Geographically, it sits in a convenient pocket where the M25 and M3 meet, making it a practical base for reaching Heathrow or the West Country. While it's home to the renowned Wentworth Club and its three championship golf courses, the daily rhythm of the place is dictated more by the wooded trails and the cascades at the edge of the park, which draw walkers and runners year-round. It is a landscape of ancient oaks and Roman ruins - specifically the Leptis Magna columns brought from Libya in the 1800s - offering a sense of permanence that is hard to find so close to the capital.