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There is also a town in Australia - see Bracknell, Tasmania''GBmap Bracknell - BerkshireSU870693 Bracknell is a town of about 50,000 people (1991) in Bracknell Forest borough, in the EnglandEnglish county (England)county of Berkshire. It lies about 6 miles (10 kilometres) to the east of Reading, BerkshireReading. It is about 9 miles south west of Windsor, BerkshireWindsor, with Windsor Great Park in between. It is between the M3 motorwayM3 and M4 motorwayM4 motorways, and the town has two train stations (Bracknell and Martins Heron) on the Reading to Waterloo stationLondon Waterloo line, operated by South West Trains. The town has four secondary schools, The Garth Hill Technology College, Ranelagh School (a Church of England school), Easthampstead Park and Brakenhale. Bracknell is a former new town developed after the Second World War from a small market town. Very little of the original town was left. The location was chosen over White Waltham, an alternative possibility, because the Bracknell site avoided encroaching on good quality agricultural land. The town expanded beyond the intended size into farmland to the south. The town centre is a 1960s design, and in need of major regeneration. The Borough Council is working in partnership with the Bracknell Regeneration Partnership (Legal & General and Schroders) to regenerate the town centre. The town was successful in attracting high-tech industries, and became home to companies such as Fujitsu (formerly International Computers LtdICL), Hewlett-Packard, Siemens, Honeywell, and Novell. Its success subsequently spread into the surrounding Thames Valley or M4 corridor, attracting Information TechnologyIT firms such as DEC (subsequently Compaq), Microsoft, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems. The most visible landmark in the town centre is Winchester House, formerly owned by 3M and informally known as the 3M building as it had the 3M logo in illuminated red letters in a prominent place at the top of the building. It is a twelve storey building which used to house the company's UK headquarters before being abandoned in 2004, and it can be seen from over a mile away. The town was also the home of the Met Office until 2003.The structure of the town is intended to be a series of communities around the town centre where shops and services are located in a pedestrianised area within a beltwayring road. The Housing estateestates are known as Great Hollands, Bullbrook, Whitegrove (formerly Warfield Green, built in the late 1990s), Priestwood, Popeswood, Easthampstead, Wildridings, Harmanswater, Crown Wood, Birch Hill, Martin's Heron, Forest Park and Hanworth. Major expansion is again proposed to the west of the town (Peacock Farm) and a new neighbourhood on former Ministry of Defence land near the town centre (the Staff College site). A feature of a number of the estates that causes great confusion for outsiders and newcomers alike is the fact that streets only have names, not titles - in Birch Hill, Crown Wood, Great Hollands and others there is no "Road", "Avenue", "Street", just "Frobisher", "Jameston", "Juniper", "Jevington". The residential streets are named in alphabetical order starting in Great Hollands, with A's, through D's, such as Donnybrook, in Hanworth, J's, such as "Jameston" and "Jevington" in Birch Hill, and beyond.Bracknell has a station on the electric railway line from LondonLondon's Waterloo station to Reading, originally built by the London and South Western Railway and now operated by South West Trains. As a consequence of the frequent service on this line, Bracknell is now a major commuter centre with its residents in both direction (westwards to Reading and eastwards to London).In 2004, research into smoking habits in Britain by the consultancy firm CACI found that, on average, Bracknell's inhabitants spent less money on cigarettes each year than people from any other area of the country.
See also - Bracknell BeesBracknell bees Ice Hockey Club
External links - bracknell-forest.gov.uk - Bracknell Forest Borough Unitary Authoritychangebracknell.com - Change Bracknell2ndbracknell.co.uk - 2nd Bracknell Scout Group - Scouting for Bullbrook & Warfieldchavtowns.co.uk - Chav Towns entry for Bracknell
Schools - homepage.ntlworld.com - Priestwood and Garthgarth76.it-adviser.co.uk - Garth Hill Class of '76dfee.gov.uk - A Bracknell school weblink!garthhill.bracknell-forest.sch .uk - Another Bracknell school weblinkCategory:Towns in BerkshireCategory:New townsde:Bracknell
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Websites
Bracknell Forest Borough Council
includes details of local activities, attractions and services
http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/
Bracknell Rugby Football Club
Includes news, membership, directions and history.
http://www.bracknellrugbyclub.com/
Welcome to Bracknell
A Community web site providing local information about the Schools, Businesses, Shops, Jobs, Estate Agents, Churches, Events, Doctors, Dentists, Services and Clubs. Also provides free web space to local not for profit organisations.
http://www.bracknell-berkshire.co.uk/
Bracknell Bees - Official Website
Information on the Bracknell Bees UK hockey team including match reports, news, pictures, results, history and everything else about the Bees.
http://www.bees.nu/
Knowhere
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