Winkfield

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Map sources for Winkfield at grid reference SU898711
Map sources for Winkfield at grid reference SU898711


Winkfield is a village and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest unitary authority of Berkshire, England.

[edit] Geography

According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 15,271. The parish includes the hamlets of Winkfield, Maiden's Green, Winkfield Row, Winkfield Street, Chavey Down, Woodside, Cranbourne and Swinley, part of the village of North Ascot and the Bracknell suburbs of Forest Park, Martins Heron and The Warren. The parish used to be slightly larger – additionally covering what is now Bullbrook, Crown Wood and Harman's Water – and is said to have been one of the largest in England. [1]

[edit] Sport and recreation

Winkfield has a King George's Field in memorial to King George V


Settlements in Bracknell Forest
Towns: Bracknell | Crowthorne | Sandhurst
Civil parishes: Binfield | Warfield | Winkfield
Bracknell suburbs: Birch Hill | Bullbrook | Crown Wood | Easthampstead | Farley Wood | Great Hollands | Hanworth | Harmans Water | Home Park | Martins Heron | Priestwood | Quelm Park | Temple Park | Warfield Park | Whitegrove | Wick Hill | Wildridings | Wooden Hill
Other villages and hamlets: Amen Corner | Billingbear | Brock Hill | Brookside | Burleigh | Chavey Down | College Town | Cranbourne | Forest Park | Hawthorn Hill | Hayley Green | Jealott's Hill | Lawrence Hill | Little Sandhurst | Maiden's Green | Moss End | Newell Green | North Ascot | Nuptown | Owlsmoor | Popeswood | Swinley | Warfield Street | The Warren | West End | Winkfield Row | Winkfield Street | Woodside

Coordinates: 51.43180° N 0.70962° W