• Prices from £2.5 million for a plot
• Prices currently up to £15 million
• Average plot: 0.5 acres

The Crown Estate is located east of Oxshott High Street on ancient hunting land once owned by the Crown. The land was released in the late 19th century and was developed in mock Tudor style for well-off commuters. Few of those original houses still stand: properties in the Crown Estate today tend to be strictly 21st-century with all the modern-day prerequisites of luxury living.

Surrounded by open fields and woodland, including Prince’s Coverts, the Crown Estate has a unique charm that is particularly appealing to families looking for a degree of rurality in a convenient location that puts it equidistant from both Heathrow and Gatwick, and midway between the M25 and the A3 into central London. It is also close to some of Surrey’s best schools, including Danes Hill, Oxshott and St John’s, Leatherhead, not to mention Chelsea FC's training ground in Stoke d'Abernon, hence the area's well-documented appeal to some of the UK's top sporting stars.

Buyers here tend to be a mix of young affluent entrepreneurs, many of whom have moved here with young families from the capital, and international buyers, attracted to its promimity to London (you can get to Waterloo in under 30 minutes), its excellent schooling and its position close to the airports.

Residents here relish the opportunity to live among their peers, many of whom work in similar industries, which gives the estate a real community feel.

Explore Surrey's private estates

• Blackhills, Esher Park Avenue and Claremont, Esher
• Wentworth Estate, Virginia Water
• St George's Hill, Weybridge
• Burwood Park and Ashley Park, Walton-on-Thames
• Oxshott Way, Fairmile and Eaton Park, Cobham

Further information

Contact Savills Private Estates