Sunningdale, Berkshire

Sunningdale is a large village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in the English county of Berkshire. It is very close to the present border with Surrey, and is not far from Ascot, Sunninghill and Virginia Water. The present-day civil parish of Sunningdale came into existence in 1894 under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1894; it had previously been part of Old Windsor. It was, until 1995, partly in Berkshire and partly in Surrey. The Surrey area of the village, known as Broomhall, and including the World-famous Sunningdale Golf Club, was also split between the boroughs of Surrey Heath and Runnymede.

Famous residents have included John Lennon and Yoko Ono (however Tittenhurst Park lies officially under nearby Ascot), Richard Beckinsale, British pop group Five Star who resided at the Stone Court estate, London Road, between 1987 and 1990, Chesney Hawkes, Agatha Christie, Billy Ocean, Ellie Librie, and Gary Lineker.

The area is also popular with professional golfers, and home to many large, expensive dwellings, example being Coworth House and Fort Belvedere.

SEE AND DO:

• Sunningdale Golf Club, Sunningdale
  "All that one would hope to find in the ideal golf club is in abundance at Sunningdale. Two magnificently conditioned courses of superb design and so pleasing to the eye, a clubhouse which provides members and visitors with an unforgettable experience of pampered comfort, accompanied by exceptional food and wine, a staff that anticipates and provides for the members’ wishes, no matter how eccentric they may be, a first class professional’s shop and competent instruction on hand, the most knowledgeable caddies in the game and the finest halfway house I know."

  
  

  Sir Michael Bonallack