Binfield
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Binfield is a village and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest borough of Berkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 7,475. The village is on the north-western fringe of the Bracknell urban area.
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[edit] Amenities
Binfield is home to Newbold College, a Seventh-day Adventist college and church. There are two Church of England churches, namely All Saints' and St Mark's. There is also Binfield Free Church. In addition to the college at Newbold, Newbold has an infant's school. Binfield also has a Church of England Primary School, and a day nursery. Binfield has several Public Houses: the Roebuck Arms, the Victoria Arms, the Royal Standard, the Jack O'Newbury and the Stag and Hounds.
[edit] History
The Stag and Hounds was reportedly used as a hunting lodge by Henry VIII and Elizabeth I and an elm tree outside it (the stump of which was finally removed in 2004) was said to mark the centre of Windsor Forest. Binfield is most famous for being the childhood home of the 18th century poet, Alexander Pope. Also, much of George Orwell's 1939 novel Coming Up for Air takes place here.
[edit] Sport and leisure
Binfield also has a cricket team and a football team, each with their own grounds.
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| Settlements in Bracknell Forest | |
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| Towns: Bracknell | Crowthorne | Sandhurst | |
| Civil parishes: Binfield | Warfield | Winkfield | |
| Bracknell suburbs: Birch Hill | Bullbrook | Crown Wood | Easthampstead | Farley Wood | Great Hollands | Hanworth | Harmans Water | Home Park | Martins Heron | Priestwood | Quelm Park | Temple Park | Warfield Park | Whitegrove | Wick Hill | Wildridings | Wooden Hill | |
| Other villages and hamlets: Amen Corner | Billingbear | Brock Hill | Brookside | Burleigh | Chavey Down | College Town | Cranbourne | Forest Park | Hawthorn Hill | Hayley Green | Jealott's Hill | Lawrence Hill | Little Sandhurst | Maiden's Green | Moss End | Newell Green | North Ascot | Nuptown | Owlsmoor | Popeswood | Swinley | Warfield Street | The Warren | West End | Winkfield Row | Winkfield Street | Woodside |
