Talk:Virginia Water Lake

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Needless to say, the lake is Virginia Water; there is also a small village which takes its name from Virginia Water: it is either Virginia Water (village) or Virginia Water village. "Virginia Water Lake" is the solecism of someone not quite familiar with Virginia Water.--Wetman (talk) 18:28, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ruins?

I have a 1928 guidebook to London (publisher Ward Lock), whose final chapter 'Trips from Town' gives special mention of ruins by the lake, 'genuine antiquities' which were imported and re-erected here in 1825, shown in one of the book's photo pages (they appear to be Greek or Roman). No mention in this article - are the ruins still standing?Cloptonson (talk) 06:49, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Good point, they are mentioned in the article on Windsor Great Park so I’ve copied that section across as an interim solution. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 08:52, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 20 February 2025

It has been proposed in this section that Virginia Water Lake be renamed and moved somewhere else, with the name being decided below.

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Virginia Water Lake → ? – It is not Virginia Water Lake, but Virginia Water. (as pointed out in 2008!). I woud suggest that the article is renamed and the settlement article renamed Virginia Water (village). (talk) 11:03, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Virginia Water title is already taken by the village, which seems to be the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC based on page views ([1]). Vpab15 (talk) 11:09, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest rename to Virginia Water (lake). There are similar issues at Grasmere and Windermere, where a lake and the adjacent village/ town share a name (complicated in those two cases by non-UK uses too). PamD 13:06, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with PamD, rename to Virginia Water (lake). Waggers TALK 15:54, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Also support Virginia Water (lake), following given precedents. Dave.Dunford (talk) 16:13, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]