Burwood Park

[1] Acquired by Henry Askew in 1877, the first new houses in Burwood Park were constructed in the 1920s, with major new developments arriving in the following decade.

Comprising 384 properties by 2021, Burwood Park is of a geometric design within an approximate semicircle and many of its roads have entrances with automatic bollards or security buildings.

Two of his daughters arranged for a black painted corrugated iron fence to be erected all around the Park and, according to local residents, lived in the mansion as virtual recluses.

[4] The last Askew sister died in 1927 and Burwood Park was purchased by the Burhill Estates Company of Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh.

The 1990s saw a switch to infill development, with older plots split and replaced with two houses; the residents association estimate this will be an "ongoing process" because a large portion of the current stock has re-development potential.

House prices in Burwood Park typically start from around £2m and have been stimulated in recent years because of an ongoing trend for wealthy homeowners to sell London property and decamp to Surrey.

[11] Burwood Park is in the borough of Elmbridge, Surrey, and is bordered by a public road to its west, with Hersham to the immediate east, and by Burhill Golf Course to the south.

Within ⅓ miles (500 metres) is Walton-on-Thames railway station which offers fast (non-stopping) service trains to London Waterloo, Basingstoke, Woking and Surbiton.

[12] New Zealand racing driver Bruce McLaren resided at the estate until his death in a training accident aged 32.