Bracknell Forest

Bracknell Forest, unitary authority, geographic and historic county of Berkshire, southern England. It is partly forested, has easy access to London, and is administered from the town of Bracknell. Old Bracknell town was unimportant until the 19th century, when its cattle market replaced one at Wokingham that dated from the early 13th century. The population was about 5,000 when the new town of Bracknell was designated in 1949; an influx of industry followed—including engineering and...