Bracknell Forest
| Bracknell Forest | |
|---|---|
| Unitary authority, Borough | |
 Shown within Berkshire |
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| Coordinates: 51°25′01″N 0°44′49″W / 51.417°N 0.7469°WCoordinates: 51°25′01″N 0°44′49″W / 51.417°N 0.7469°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | South East England |
| Ceremonial Counties | Berkshire, Surrey, Hampshire |
| Status | Unitary authority |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unitary authority |
| • Body | Bracknell Forest Borough Council |
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 42.23 sq mi (109.38 km2) |
| Area rank | 214th (of 326) |
| Population (mid-2015 est.) | |
| • Total | 119,000 |
| • Rank | 188th (of 326) |
| • Density | 2,800/sq mi (1,100/km2) |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
| ONS code | 00MA (ONS) E06000036 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | SU871694 |
| Website | www |
Bracknell Forest is one of six unitary authority areas within Berkshire in southern England. It covers the three towns of Bracknell, Sandhurst and Crowthorne and also includes the areas of North Ascot, Warfield and Winkfield. Parts of the borough border neighbouring boroughs such as Wokingham Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead. The south of the borough also covers small parts of Surrey and Hampshire.
Bracknell Forest was formed on 1 April 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 1 April 1998, Berkshire County Council was abolished, as a consequence of the Banham Review, and Bracknell Forest Borough Council became a unitary authority. From 2008, references to 'borough' were phased out in favour of simply Bracknell Forest Council.
Since 1973, Bracknell Forest has been twinned with Opladen in Germany, continued by Leverkusen after Opladen's incorporation in 1975.
There are 265 Listed Buildings in the borough of which 254 are Grade II, 10 are Grade II* and 1 is Grade I which is Point Royal, a tower block built in the early 1960s by Philip Dowson and Derek Sugden of Arup Associates the company responsible for the design of the Sydney Opera House.
There are five sites in the borough included on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens: Ascot Place, Broadmoor Hospital, Newbold College, South Hill Park and Windsor Great Park.
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