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Lightwater is a village in the Surrey Heath district of Surrey. Immediately surrounding towns and villages include Bagshot, Deepcut, Windlesham and West End. The village is bounded to the north west by the M3, to the north east by the Lightwater bypass. To the south east, it is bounded by the Red Road whilst to the south west there are the vehicle testing tracks owned by the Ministry of Defence.
Prior to development, the natural vegetation was part of the Surrey heathland as seen in Bagshot and Chobham Common. The region has been inhabited since pre-historic times with tumuli in the heathland of Grayshott to the south of the village.
In modern times, Lightwater grew as a place with holiday homes in a chalet-style for people living in London. Since 1960 it has grown rapidly with housing estates growing in the area just north of Red Road and the military ranges around Grayshott.
The village has full medical facilities and veterinary surgery, its own library, pubs, post office and bank, a range of shops and petrol station.
At present, there are delays in obtaining planning permission in the area due to the issue over ground nesting birds.
Lightwater Country Park
Lightwater has its own country park, with some one hundred acres of heathland, complete with "nature trail", together with a leisure centre and visitors centre.
The park has a view point, called Curley Hill, which gives views of about 250 degrees. From this point Bracknell, Ascot Racecourse, Bagshot Park can be seen to the west of the M3. Towards the north east, planes landing at Heathrow can be spotted, together with the high rise buildings of the City of London and Canary Wharf.
Prior to development, the natural vegetation was part of the Surrey heathland as seen in Bagshot and Chobham Common. The region has been inhabited since pre-historic times with tumuli in the heathland of Grayshott to the south of the village.
In modern times, Lightwater grew as a place with holiday homes in a chalet-style for people living in London. Since 1960 it has grown rapidly with housing estates growing in the area just north of Red Road and the military ranges around Grayshott.
The village has full medical facilities and veterinary surgery, its own library, pubs, post office and bank, a range of shops and petrol station.
At present, there are delays in obtaining planning permission in the area due to the issue over ground nesting birds.
Lightwater Country Park
Lightwater has its own country park, with some one hundred acres of heathland, complete with "nature trail", together with a leisure centre and visitors centre.
The park has a view point, called Curley Hill, which gives views of about 250 degrees. From this point Bracknell, Ascot Racecourse, Bagshot Park can be seen to the west of the M3. Towards the north east, planes landing at Heathrow can be spotted, together with the high rise buildings of the City of London and Canary Wharf.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightwater
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Coordinates: 51°20'53"N -0°40'24"E
- Sunningdale 6.4 km
- Virginia Water 8.6 km
- Ascot 10 km
- West Horsley 16 km
- Wraysbury 16 km
- Cobham 17 km
- Hersham 17 km
- Stoke Poges 23 km
- Ashtead 24 km
- Chalfont St. Peter 32 km
- MOD off-road test track 1.7 km
- Windlesham Golf Club 2.2 km
- Swinley Forest Golf Club 4.1 km
- Sunningdale Golf Club - Old Course 4.6 km
- Sunningdale Golf Club - New Course 4.7 km
- South Ascot 4.9 km
- The Berkshire Golf Club 5 km
- Sunninghill 6.1 km
- The West Course - Wentworth 7.2 km
- Windsor Great Park 10 km
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