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Bracknell Forest is one of six unitary authority areas within Berkshire in southern England. It covers the three towns of Bracknell, Sandhurst and Crowthorne and also includes the areas of North Ascot, Warfield and Winkfield. Parts of the borough border neighbouring boroughs such as Wokingham Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead. The south of the borough also borders onto Surrey and Hampshire. ==History== Bracknell Forest was formed on 1 April 1974, as the non-metropolitan district of Bracknell. The district took on the territory of the former Easthampstead Rural District (in which the Bracknell new town had been developed). It changed its name in May 1988, at the same time as it was granted borough status. On 1 April 1998, 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 Forest 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 which is Point Royal, a tower block built in the early 1960s by Philip Dowson and Derek Sugden of Arup Associates the company responsible for the design of the Sydney Opera House.〔''Life is for living cultural strategy 2008 – 2012''. http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/life-is-for-living-cultural-strategy-2008-to-2012.pdf, Retrieved 2012-03-09, p. 25.〕 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.〔''Life is for living Two Cultural Strategy 2008 – 2012''. http://democratic.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/Published/C00000102/M00001566/AI00008338/$LifeisforLiving.doc.pdf, Retrieved 2012-10-15, p. 12.〕 Bracknell Forest Borough Council's offices at Time Square in Market Street were featured in an episode of ''Road Wars'' on 4 February 2010 when a pursuit ended in the carpark. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bracknell Forest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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