Town Centre & The Parks
Ward in Bracknell Forest, England
| Coordinates: | 51.411, -0.748 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 87 68 |
| Dialling code: | 01344 (Bracknell) |
Town Centre and The Parks sits at the heart of the Bracknell Forest borough, centred on Bracknell town centre and the adjacent residential parkland. The area combines the reworked 1970s shopping precinct with the newer The Lexicon development, lively high-street retail, cafés and cinemas, while nearby South Hill Park provides a surprising cultural hub with theatre, galleries and green grounds for events and walks.
Historically shaped by Bracknell’s post‑war New Town growth and later waves of regeneration, the ward has a mixed social make‑up of long‑standing residents and commuters. It benefits from good transport links via Bracknell railway station and easy road access towards Reading and London, supporting a local economy of retail, leisure and nearby office and technology employers. The result is a compact urban centre with accessible green spaces and an active community feel.
Postcode districts covering Town Centre & The Parks
Most populated places nearby
- Brent 23.5 miles
- Reading 10.4 miles
- Sutton 24.7 miles
- Slough 9.5 miles
- Harrow 21.8 miles
- High Wycombe 15 miles
- Watford 22.5 miles
- Basingstoke 18.2 miles
- Woking 10.1 miles
- Bracknell 0.3 miles
- Guildford 13.9 miles
- Maidenhead 7.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Bracknell Built-up area 0.3 miles
- Easthampstead & Wildridings Ward 0.6 miles
- Bullbrook Ward 0.8 miles
- Priestwood & Garth Ward 0.8 miles
- Harmans Water & Crown Wood Ward 0.8 miles
- Whitegrove Ward 1.2 miles
- Hanworth Ward 1.4 miles
- Binfield South & Jennett's Park Ward 1.4 miles
- Newell Green Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Great Hollands Ward 1.8 miles
- Binfield Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Winkfield Row Built-up area 2.1 miles
Example postcodes in Town Centre & The Parks
RG12 9AL, RG12 1LP, RG12 1AB, RG12 9SF, RG12 9SL, RG12 1BE, RG12 9AJ, RG42 9SB, RG12 9GN … See all
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 13.2 miles
- London Gatwick Airport 30.3 miles
- Bracknell Railway Station 0.2 miles
- Martins Heron Railway Station 1 mile
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Schools in Town Centre & The Parks
- Ranelagh School Secondary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bracknell Primary
Local points of interest
- Ascot Racecourse Recreation 3 miles
- Sunninghill Park Estate 4.3 miles
- Sunningdale Park Estate 5 miles
- Windsor Racecourse Recreation 7.4 miles
- Frogmore House Estate 7.4 miles
- University of Reading University 8.7 miles
- Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum Museum 8.9 miles
- Runnymede Bridge Late Bronze Age Site Archaeological site 9.4 miles
- Aldershot Military Museum Museum 9.8 miles
- Ditton Park Estate 9.9 miles
- Madejski Stadium Stadium 10.1 miles
- Medmenham Abbey Historic site 10.2 miles