[3] It is located on the east bank of the River Thames, roughly midway between Windsor and Staines-upon-Thames, and 18 miles (29 km) west by south-west of London.

The Wraysbury Reservoir is located to the east, administratively wholly in the Spelthorne district of Surrey, although it was historically divided between Buckinghamshire and Middlesex.

The village name was traditionally spelt Wyrardisbury; it is Anglo Saxon in origin and means "Wigred's fort".

On the Ankerwycke estate in the village are the ruins of a Benedictine nunnery, founded in the reign of King Henry II.

One of the 50 oldest trees in the United Kingdom can be found here: at around 2,000 years old,[7] the Ankerwycke Yew dates from the Iron Age, and is so wide that you can fit a Mini Cooper behind its trunk and not see it from the other side.

[14] This business of Buckland & Sons grew into an estate agency, which had an office in Windsor High Street for the following 150 years.

The 1848 Tithe map, drawn by surveyor William Thomas Buckland showing the proposed route of the new road, can be seen at the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies in Aylesbury.

[13] The parish church of St Andrew is a Gothic structure, intermediate between Norman and Early English, supposed to have been built by King John.

[8] William Pynchon, the founder of Springfield, Massachusetts, died in Wraysbury in 1662 and was buried at St Andrew's Church.

Local farmer, surveyor and auctioneer William Thomas Buckland, wishing to provide an alternative place of worship for nonconformists, built the Wraysbury Baptist Chapel to his own design.

[16] The striking terracotta relief panel, The City of Refuge, on the front elevation of the chapel, was created by the renowned Doulton & Co artist George Tinworth and is signed with his monogram.

[citation needed] Due to the various gravel pits, the River Thames, lakes and reservoirs (notably "The Pond"), Wraysbury has plenty of wildlife and opportunities for walks.

In June, Wraysbury holds its annual fete, where stands such as the local vintage and classic car clubs show off their members' vehicles.

There are many shops located on the High Street, and there is also a park including a children's playground which is a popular spot for dog-walkers and kite-flyers.

Although long part of Wraysbury administratively, its almost uninterrupted narrow green belt that continues to render it a separate settlement.

Both during and after the Second World War, Sunnymeads was a favourite destination for Londoners who would lease or acquire plots and build modest shacks on the river.

[23] At the district level, the village is part of the Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury electoral ward and is currently represented by three councillors (David Buckley and Jodie Grove of The Borough First Independents and Ewan Larcombe of the National Flood Prevention Party) in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

[24] Nationally, since 1997 the ward has formed part of the UK Parliamentary constituency of Windsor and is currently represented by Jack Rankin of the Conservative Party.