Sunningdale is a village and a civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. It takes up the extreme south-east corner of Berkshire, England and is adjoined by green buffers including Sunningdale Golf Club and Wentworth Golf Club. Its northern peripheral estates adjoin Virginia Water Lake.
| Sunningdale | |
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 Shops on London Road | |
  Sunningdale Location within Berkshire | |
| Population | 4,875 (2001) 5,347 (2011 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SU955675 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Ascot |
| Postcode district | SL5 |
| Dialling code | 01344 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Royal Berkshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Location
editSunningdale adjoins Surrey, and is east of Sunninghill from which it takes its name. It is south of Virginia Water Lake. It is centred 23.2 miles (37.3 km) west south-west of Charing Cross, London. The nearest major towns are Bracknell, Camberley, Staines upon Thames and Woking. It is connected to two of these by the A30 old trunk road. Sunningdale railway station is on the Waterloo to Reading line.
History
editThe present-day civil parish of Sunningdale came into existence in 1894 under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1894; the village had previously been part of Old Windsor.[2] It was, until 1995, partly in Berkshire and partly in Surrey. The Surrey area of the village, known as Broomhall, was also split between the boroughs of Surrey Heath and Runnymede. This original arrangement caused problems and was resolved after much consultation locally between the two county councils, three borough councils and four parish councils. As a result, its former Surrey neighbourhoods merged with the rest in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, in the Royal County of Berkshire (which became a non-administrative county in 1995). The area is popular with professional golfers due to its adjoining green buffers including Sunningdale Golf Club and Wentworth Golf Club.[2]
Mansions
editCharters
editCharters is a Grade II-listed art deco mansion, built in 1938 for the industrialist Frank Parkinson by the architects Adie, Button and Partners. It was built on the site of an earlier country house built in the late 1860s by William Terrick Hamilton. Parkinson's guests included Winston Churchill and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. In 1949, the house was bought by Sir Montague Burton. It later became a corporate headquarters and has since been redeveloped as an apartment complex and spa.
Coworth House
editNow the Coworth Park Hotel, this is a late 18th-century country house which was the home of Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, the early 20th-century Secretary of State for War and British Ambassador to France.
Sunningdale Park
editThe Sunningdale Agreement was signed at Sunningdale Park, at the Civil Service Staff College (now the National School of Government) on 9 December 1973, a precursor of the Northern Ireland peace process.[3]
Notable residents
editReferences
edit- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Sunningdale". Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "On This Day 1973: Sunningdale Agreement signed". BBC.
- ^ "5 minutes with Le Mans winner Phil Hanson". www.berksandbuckslife.co.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Sir Cliff Richard's Berkshire property searched by police". Radio Sandwell News. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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