Brookside, Berkshire

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Brookside
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Brookside
Location within Berkshire
OS grid reference SU918706
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Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRACKNELL
Postcode district SL5
Dialling code 01344
Police Thames Valley
Fire Royal Berkshire
Ambulance South Central
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51°25′31″N0°40′51″W / 51.425191°N 0.680864°W / 51.425191; -0.680864 Coordinates: 51°25′31″N0°40′51″W / 51.425191°N 0.680864°W / 51.425191; -0.680864

Brookside is a village in the civil parish of Winkfield in the county of Berkshire, England. [1] [2]

Civil parish Territorial designation and lowest tier of local government in England

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

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The settlement lies east of the A332 road and is approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of Ascot Racecourse.

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 175 Reading & Windsor (Henley-on-Thames & Bracknell) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN   9780319232149.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.