Editing Bracknell Forest (section)

==History==
The district was formed as '''Easthampstead Rural District''' under the [[Local Government Act 1894]] as a successor to the [[Easthampstead]] [[rural sanitary district]]. Originally a small rural district, its population was about 20,000 during [[World War II]]. [[Bracknell]], in the district, was one of the first post-war [[new town]]s to be designated, and became a civil parish in 1955, created from parts of Binfield, Easthampstead, Warfield and Winkfield parishes. Bracknell had originally been a hamlet at the far south-west of Warfield parish.

The district's population rose rapidly, and reached 64,135 by the 1971 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10108329&c_id=10001043|title=Easthampstead RD through time – Census tables with data for the Local Government District|website=Visionofbritain.org.uk|accessdate=17 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930211739/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10108329&c_id=10001043|archive-date=30 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1974 the district was reconstituted as the non-metropolitan district of '''Bracknell''' under the [[Local Government Act 1972]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/2039/schedule/part/3/made|title=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|publisher=Legislation.gov.uk|accessdate=26 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/551/made|title=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973|publisher=Legislation.gov.uk|accessdate=26 July 2022}}</ref> It changed its name in May 1988 to Bracknell Forest, at the same time as it was granted borough status.

On 1 April 1998, [[Berkshire|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 town 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.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}

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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Life is for living Two Cultural Strategy 2008 – 2012|url=http://democratic.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/Published/C00000102/M00001566/AI00008338/$LifeisforLiving.doc.pdf|access-date=15 October 2012|archive-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004230614/http://democratic.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/Published/C00000102/M00001566/AI00008338/$LifeisforLiving.doc.pdf|url-status=dead}}, Retrieved 2012-10-15, p. 12.</ref>

Bracknell Forest Borough Council's offices at Time Square in Market Street were featured in an episode of ''[[Road Wars (TV series)|Road Wars]]'' on 4 February 2010 when a pursuit ended in the carpark.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gywz5N2CTnA| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219124706/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gywz5N2CTnA| archive-date=2021-02-19 | url-status=dead|title=Road Wars (extracts) – Bracknell|publisher=You Tube|access-date=8 February 2021}}</ref>