Book a facility in the new priestwood community centre. Find contact details of centre users and their activities. We would like to thank our customers for continued support in these difficult times. The admiral cunningham in bracknell was built at the turn of the century, and has been run by the levey family since 1996. But the centre of the universe for a preteen boy in the early 1990s. Priestwood is a suburb of bracknell, berkshire about 1 mile 1. We are a web based company operating in a rural area, so our.
Priestwood, a small corner of bracknell in berkshire. The admiral cunningham in bracknell was built at the turn of the century, and has been run by the levey family since. The town of bracknell is situated in the thames valley, approximately 10 miles south east of reading, 10 miles south west of windsor, and 6 miles north of sandhurstcamberley. Priestwood photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. Nearby is caesars camp, an iron age hill fort built about 800bc. History of bracknell bracknell twinning bracknell twinning. Undergoing large renovations in 2007, the pub is modern, relaxing and welcoming. Warfield was originally an anglosaxon settlement and is recorded in the domesday book. Search the phone book from bt to find contact details of businesses across the uk. Jennetts park lawrence hill martins heron priestwood quelm park. Bracknell may be best known for being a post world war ii new town but its history stretches back to prehistoric times.
The oldest ancient monument in bracknell is a bronze age burial mound at bill hill, situated near downshire way and rectory lane. Meadow vale primary school is in the centre of priestwood. Priestwood bracknell family escape fire after tumble dryer goes up in flames the blaze happened overnight at a home in farm close, priestwood in the early hours of thursday, september 29. The domesday book lists separately lachenstede easthampstead and warfelt. The first known residents of bracknell were the beaker people 2300bc who built a round barrow just south of the present residential area. Local photo books about priestwood from francis frith. Bracknell photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. Initially bracknell was going to consist of four neighbourhoods, priestwood, easthampstead, bullbrook and harmans water.
Little acorns priestwood operates from the berkshire guide centre which is situated in the priestwood residential area of bracknell. It has begun an expansion project to enable it to have three classes in each year. An entry in the school log book for 9th december that year reads. How wonderful zachary callinan, 8, who is a pupil at sandy lane primary school in bracknell and member of bracknell athletics club is the under 9s national schools biathle champion. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. It has access to reading via the a329m and to london via the a329m and m4 or via the a322 and m3, with rail links from bracknell station and martins heron station to reading and london waterloo. Bracknell swimming pool was created by my great uncle ernest noyes who was married to my great aunt mary spong. At wooden hill and bill hill there is also evidence of bowl barrows.