Labelled the Beverly Hills of the UK, Elmbridge is famed for its expanse of greenbelt, direct connections into London and being home to one or two Chelsea footballers and Hollywood stars.

Cobham, the home of Chelsea FC’s training grounds, has led numerous players including former captain John Terry to flock to the area, along with Zorro actor Antonio Banderas, who recently bought a five-bedroom Huf Haus in the town.

It is no wonder then that to rent a mansion in Elmbridge can set you back up to £40,000 a month, according to property searches on Rightmove.

Mr and Mrs Smith actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were also reported to be living in an Elmbridge mansion while Mr Pitt works on the sequel to World War Z, and other famous residents, past and present, include Sir Cliff Richard, Mick Jagger, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Ronnie Wood, Andy Murray, Kate Winslet, Garry Lineker, Mick Hucknall, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba, Theo Paphitis, Chris Tarrant and Peter Crouch.

Weybridge also boasts the famous St George’s Hill, the private and gated enclave that housed Beatles star John Lennon in the 60s.

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Queen Anne House will cost renters £40,000-a-month to rent (picture: CHK Mountford)

Queen Anne House in Queens Drive, Oxshott, a 9-bedroom detached mansion in the heart of the Crown Estate, was recently rented for £40,000-a-month by estate agents CHK Mountford and Savills.

With its palatial features, which include a formal dining hall and entertaining area, private cinema, large function room with a dance floor and bar and a 1500 sq ft master bedroom suite, it will surely attract the attention of Hollywood stars looking for a holiday home across the pond.

A seven-bedroom house in St George’s Hill with an indoor pool and 1,000-bottle wine store and bar will also set you back £40,000 a month, whereas another seven-bedroom home on the hill with 10 bathrooms, seven reception rooms, swimming pool and tennis courts will cost you nearly half the price at £25,000 a month.

Slightly cheaper options are Horseshoe Ridge in St George’s Hill, which will cost you £18,000 a month, or a turreted house in Eaton Park in Cobham for £15,000 a month.

For those seeking a bit of history with their home, Wayneflete Tower in Esher, a mini-castle dating back to the 15th century, could also be yours for £15,000 a month.

Norwood Farmhouse in Cobham, which was mentioned in the Domesday book and has been associated with Hampton Court and King Henry VIII in 1538, is a grade II listed six-bedroom house that pre-Raphaelite artist Roddam Spencer Stanhope lived in before moving to Italy.

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Norwood Farmhouse is also being rented for £14,750-a-month (picture: CHK Mountford)

It also served as a dairy farm in World War One and was the setting for the 1967 Cannes Film Festival award-winning film The Accident.

The isolated home will cost renters £14,750 a month.

Charlotte Alexander, head of Savills Cobham lettings, said Elmbridge was “propelled into the headlines as the Beverley Hills of Britain” as celebrities queued up to buy homes after Chelsea FC opened its new ground in 2007.

She said: “Ever since, the golden triangle of Cobham, Esher and Weybridge, and many of the villages dotted in between, has grown in status, attracting celebrities from the world of sport, media and entertainment and today it is internationally recognised as the best UK location outside London in which to live.”

On why Elmbridge remains so popular, aside from its close proximity to Heathrow and Gatwick, as well as boasting a fast train link between Weybridge and Surbiton through to London Waterloo, Ms Alexander said the “value gap between prices in the London golden triangle of Chelsea, Knightsbridge and Kensington, where tenants could be paying up to £40,000 per month for a five bedroom family home compared to up to £15,000 in the Elmbridge golden triangle for a similar-sized, best-in-class property, and you can start to see the financial benefits.

“Whatever the reasons, there is no denying the attraction of living in Elmbridge and it is unlikely this attraction will ever ebb.”