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Bagshot Park in Bagshot, Surrey is the current home of the Earl (Prince Edward) and Countess (Sophie) of Wessex. (Grid reference: SU 9164)

Prince Edward renovated Bagshot Park, a former royal residence at Bagshot, Surrey, as a residence for himself and (until he closed the business) as a base for his film production company, Ardent Productions.

Bagshot Park, 11 miles south of Windsor, is on Bagshot Heath, a 50 square mile tract of formerly open land in Surrey and Berkshire. It is only a few miles from Sunninghill Park, the former residence of the Duke of York.

The original Bagshot Lodge was built 1631-33 as one of a series of small lodges designed for King Charles I by Inigo Jones. It was altered in 1796 by Sir Hans Sloane for William Duke of Clarence (later King William IV), who lived there till 1816.