A local guide to Englefield Green
The village is surrounded by open space with Windsor Great Park on one side and the National Trust site of Runnymede on the other.
Originally referred to as New Egham, in honour of its close proximity to the larger Egham village, Englefield Green has steadily developed into a quaint little settlement since around the time of the 19th century.
Today, the village is home to around 12,000 people, with a proportion of these being students from the nearby Royal Holloway College.
The area boasts two main shopping thoroughfares, including St Jude’s Road and Victoria Street, both of which are home to a range of independent retailers that serve the Englefield Green and wider community.
The village has no shortage of places to drink and dine, with a good assortment of Italian and Indian eateries, and pubs, too.
One of the best known has to be The Barley Mow pub, a popular drinking hole that went down in history in 1852 when England’s last fatal duel took place on Priest Hill.
The fatally wounded dueller was taken to the Barley Mow, which overlooks the village green, after his fateful bout and subsequently died.
The area has a thriving village community with the Englefield Green Village Residents Association meeting on the second Saturday of each month to discuss issues affecting the village. Meanwhile, the area is also home to a cricket club that have been playing on the village green since 1879.
Although the village doesn’t have its own railway station, most residents make use of one in nearby Egham through which trains to London Waterloo, Reading and Weybridge regularly pass through.
Meanwhile, the area is well served by buses and its proximity to the nearby A30 make travelling into Central London (as well as nearby Camberley, Basingstoke and Staines) by car a breeze.