Bracknell Forest
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Unitary, Borough |
| Region: | South East England |
| Ceremonial County: | Berkshire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 238th 109.38 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Bracknell |
| ONS code: | 00MA |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 189th 111,200 1,017 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 95.1% White 1.9% S.Asian 1.0% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Bracknell Forest Borough Council http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Adam Afriyie, Andrew Mackay |
Bracknell Forest is a Unitary authority and borough in Berkshire in southern England. It covers the towns of Bracknell, North Ascot, Sandhurstand Crowthorne and surrounding villages.
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[edit] History
Bracknell Forest was formed on April 1, 1974, as the non-metropolitan district of Bracknell. The district took on the territory of the former Easthampstead Rural District (in which the Bracknell new town had been developed). It changed its name in May 1988, at the same time as it was granted borough status.
On April 1, 1998, Berkshire County Council was abolished, as a consequence of the Banham Review, and Bracknell Forest Borough Council became a unitary authority.
Since 1973, Bracknell Forest has been twinned with Leverkusen in Germany.
[edit] The Forest
There is no forest called 'Bracknell Forest'. This name is often confused with Swinley Forest (or Woods), which is an area of the Windsor Estate between Bracknell and Bagshot. Owned and managed by the Crown Estates, it comprises 2600 acres of woodland (mainly Scots Pine). It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), and has protected areas for the birds that live there.
It also provides some of the best mountain biking in South-East England, with many off road 'single-track' trails available as well as plenty of fire roads. (Mountain biking is permitted with a permit)
[edit] Civil parishes
- Binfield
- Bracknell
- Crowthorne (partially in the Wokingham Borough Council)
- Reading
- Sandhurst
- Warfield
- Winkfield
[edit] See also
| 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 |
