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Wick Pond – Virginia Water Ruins loop from Royal Holloway

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Wick Pond – Virginia Water Ruins loop from Royal Holloway

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Wick Pond – Virginia Water Ruins loop from Royal Holloway

02:53

11.0km

80m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 26, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 313 m for 969 m

Closed: • dusk-dawn (otherwise open)

After 6.54 km for 92 m

Open: • sunrise-sunset (otherwise closed)

After 7.27 km for 175 m

Open: • sunrise-sunset (otherwise closed)

After 9.31 km for 642 m

Open: • sunrise-sunset (otherwise closed)

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.03 km

Virginia Water Lake Pavilion

Highlight • Cafe

A lovely glass fronted cafe so even if the weather is bad you can enjoy views of the lake without getting cold or wet. Open for light lunches, meals, coffee, cake and even alcohol.

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3.21 km

The Cascade Waterfall, Windsor Great Park

Highlight • Waterfall

A short stroll from the Pavillion, the Cascade is a 30-foot (9 m) waterfall. Created in 1789, its presence relies on a decent amount of rain and it’s at its …

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3.46 km

Virginia Water Ruins

Highlight • Historical Site

The First Pond Head, Virginia Water The Virginia Brook was dammed here till a disastrous break of the dam. Today the pond is much larger and has a 7 kilometre long path around its shoreline.

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3.73 km

Leptis Magna Ruins at Virginia Water

Highlight • Historical Site

A man made set of Roman Ruins, built from real Roman stones controversially brought from Leptis Magna (a ruined Roman town) near Tripoli in Libya in 1816.

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4.85 km

Fort Belvedere Vista from Virginia Water

Highlight • Viewpoint

Fort Belvedere is a Grade II* listed country house on Shrubs Hill in Windsor Great Park, in Surrey, England. The fort was predominantly constructed by Jeffry Wyatville in a Gothic Revival style in the 1820s.
geni.com/projects/Fort-Belvedere-Surrey-England/26374

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5.96 km

Five Arch Bridge, Virginia Water Lake

Highlight • Bridge

Five Arch Bridge, the stone bridge which had replaced the original wooden ‘High Bridge’ in 1790, was re-built in 1826 to create a bridge architecturally imposing and still able today to cope with the demands of modern traffic.
virginiawater.org.uk/scr/histlist.php?locid=&bid=15

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7.30 km

Johnson's Pond

Lake

8.55 km

Heather Garden, Windsor Great Park

Highlight • Viewpoint

bright variety of heather in bloom around autumn and winter. lots of benches to rest on. dogs have to be kept on lead

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11.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.95 km

1.55 km

896 m

557 m

Surfaces

4.14 km

3.56 km

1.30 km

1.21 km

480 m

262 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 26 May

28°C

16°C

0 %

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Wick Pond – Virginia Water Ruins loop from Royal Holloway

Wick Pond

Virginia Water Lake Pavilion

The Cascade Waterfall, Windsor Great Park

Virginia Water Ruins

Leptis Magna Ruins at Virginia Water

Fort Belvedere Vista from Virginia Water

Five Arch Bridge, Virginia Water Lake

Heather Garden, Windsor Great Park

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