Sunningdale
| Sunningdale | |
|---|---|
 Sunningdale Golf Club, a prominent Berkshire golf club with two eighteen-hole golf courses. | |
  Sunningdale Location within Berkshire | |
| Population | 4,875 (2001) 5,347 (2011 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SU955675 |
| Civil parish |
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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 | |
Sunningdale is a large village with a retail area and a
Wentworth Golf Club. Its northern peripheral estates adjoin Virginia Water Lake
.
Location
Sunningdale adjoins
Waterloo to Reading line. The A30, here bypassed by the M3 motorway a few miles distant, has one level crossing
which in the 19th century was built near to the middle of the settlement.
History
The present-day
Wentworth Golf Club.[2]
Mansions
Charters
Charters is a Grade II-
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
Now the Coworth Park
British Ambassador to France
.
Sunningdale Park
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
References
- ^ "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.
External links
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