Bagshot

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Bagshot is a village located in the North West corner of both the county of Surrey and the diocese of Guildford. The M3 motorway forms Bagshot's southern boundary and the village is immediately adjacent to junction 3. Bagshot is on the outer edge of the 'green belt'. The village is separated from its neighbours by open land, most of it heath. Much of this surrounding land is owned by the Ministry of Defence, and some is Royal Estate. Bagshot is of Saxon origin, originally in a parish with Windlesham. Coaching inns were the major reason for Bagshot's original prosperity (the village is on the main road from London to the West Country), together with a Royal hunting lodge favoured by the Stuart kings (now known as Bagshot Park and which is again a Royal residence with its occupation by Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex).