Saint George's Hill

Saint George's Hill is a convert|964|acre|km2|1|sing=on private estate in Weybridge, Surrey in the United Kingdom.The estate features both a Golf and Tennis club as well as approx 420 houses. The estate is a popular residential location for celebrities and successful entrepreneurs. In a 2007 survey, most roads in the estate showed an average house sale price of over £3,000,000 in the previous 12 months.

History

The hill was occupied by the Diggers in April 1649 who begun to plant vegetables in common land. The Diggers occupied the hill for five months until they left following a court case. The hill has subsequently been occupied by the The Land is Ours group in 1995 and 1999. [Citation
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Residences

The local builder Walter George Tarrant [ [http://www.findaproperty.com/displaystory.aspx?edid=00&storyid=2290&salerent=0 An account of William George Tarrant's building achievement in Surrey on FindaProperty.com website] ] [ [http://elmbridgemuseum.org.uk/?Document=300.030.010x1 Elmbridge Museum's account of W.G.Tarrant] ] owned the land and created many of the houses on the estate.Each house is required by in local laws to have at least one acre of land, and houses are restricted to a maximum of convert|4000|sqft|m2|-2|abbr=on multiplied by the total area of the plot. Additionally, boundaries cannot be marked by fences or walls, only by hedges and bushes.

Golf Club

The prestigious golf club was designed in 1912 by Harry Colt with the Clubhouse being built in the early 1920s [ [http://www.stgeorgeshillgolfclub.co.uk/ St George's Hill Golf Club] ] .

Tennis Club

The tennis club has 15 artificial grass tennis courts (8 floodlit), 15 grass and 2 indoor tennis courts, 4 squash courts, gym, air-conditioned studio, 20 m swimming pool, steam and sauna, bar and restaurants, creche and beauty spa [ [http://www.stghltc.co.uk St George's Hill Lawn Tennis Club] ] .

Residents

Current residents include:
*Claude Makelele, footballer
*Oleg Deripaska, Russian-born businessman
*Theo Paphitis, Cyprus-born business multi-millionaire ans star of BBC2's Dragons Den
*Hannah Gordon, actress

Famous Past Residents

*Didier Drogba, footballer
*Bobby Davro, comedian
*John Lennon (at Kenwood, St. George's Hill)
*Ringo Starr at Sunny Heights
*Cliff Richard, singer at Yaffle Road, and later at Charters, South Ridge [ [http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=382495&in_page_id=1773&in_page_id=1773&ct=5&expand=true "Daily Mail" article 9 April 2006 "Sir Cliff to sell up and leave Britain"] ]
*Elton John, singer
*Tom Jones (singer) [Source for some of the above: [http://money.scotsman.com/scotsman/articles/articledisplay.jsp?section=Home&article_id=5829493] Celebrity Homes on money.scotsman.com] ]
*Engelbert Humperdinck, Singer
*Gordon Mills, songwriter and manager (East Road)
*Jenson Button, Formula 1 driver (Golf Club Road)
*Eric Sykes, comedian
*Sue Barker, tennis player (Warreners Lane)
*Harry Goodman, airline entrepreneur (East Road)
*Madge Syers, Ice skater
*George Murray Smith, Publisher
*Stefan Eriksson, Swedish criminal, infamous for a high profile accident in a Ferrari Enzo on California's Pacific Coast Highway
*Diggers in 1649
*Benjamin Winterroth, Shipping Magnate, "Appledown", Cavendish Road
*Kate Winslet, Actress

References