Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 37 min4:45 am – 9:22 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 51 min8:04 am – 3:55 pm
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People6,334 residentsin the Virginia Water census areaMedian age 46.62,486 households74% of homes owner-occupied39% owned outright4% social rented, 20% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.1% unemployment rate59% of adults are economically active, 2,952 in work, 24% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 12%, information and communication 11%, professional and scientific services 11%Getting to work: 57% work from home, 35% go by car, 3% take public transport, 4% walk or cycle54% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages52% of adults hold a degree or higher11% have no qualifications, 3% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 89%1% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C653 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October41 days of air frost, 21 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksVirginia Waterlake · under a mileBroom Hillhill · under a mileBotany Bay Pointheadland · under a mileLongside Lakelake · 2.0 miKnowle Hillhill · under a mileChina Islandisland · 1.9 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesWindsor Great Parkpark · 1.3 mi · 1,171 haWentworthgolf course · under a mile · 265 haCabrera Avenue Open Spacepark · 1.0 miVirginia Parkpark · 1.2 miKing George V Playing Fieldplaying field · under a mile · 6 haCoronation Playing Fieldplaying field · 1.0 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes31 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 202036 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202543 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterAlso medium, low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 10 · PM2.5 7.1 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband92% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,787 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation32 m105 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 22 to 69 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWalton Hospital3.2 miGP surgeryVirginia Water Medical Practice3 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyJays Pharmacy Virginia Water3 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistLangley's Dental Centreunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi7 schools5 primary, 1 independent, 1 otherPrimaryTrumps Green Infant Schoolages 5-7, 125 pupilsunder a mileIndependentACS Egham International Schoolages 3-18, 426 pupils1.1 miSecondaryCharters Schoolages 11-18, 1,707 pupils2.8 miCollegeBrooklands College6.0 miUniversityRoyal Holloway and Bedford New College1.9 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Heathrow Airport LHR7.3 miRailway stationVirginia Water1.2 miBus stationElmsleigh Bus StationStaines4.0 miFerryShepperton Ferry Landing5.9 miBus stops8 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the GU25 postcode district.
