Bracknell
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Bracknell is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, the westernmost area within the Greater London Urban Area and the administrative centre of the borough of Bracknell Forest. It lies 11 miles (18 km) to the east of Reading, 9 miles (14 km) south of Maidenhead, 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Windsor and 25 miles (40 km) west of central London. Bracknell is the third largest town in Berkshire.
Image: Downtown Bracknell geograph.org.uk 5342466
Image: Lexicon Bracknell
Image: Holy Trinity, Bracknell, early June 2014 geograph.org.uk 4983949
Image: Shelter in Lily Hill Park geograph.org.uk 5317471
The new towns in the United Kingdom were planned under the powers of the New Towns Act 1946 and later acts to relocate populations in poor or bombed-out housing following the Second World War. They were developed in three waves. Later developments included the expanded towns: existing towns which were substantially expanded to accommodate what was called the "overspill" population from densely populated areas of deprivation.
Welwyn Garden City, one of the two Garden Cities that was later designated a New Town
The town of Telford (formerly Dawley New Town) was created from a number of towns which were joined around a central service area.
Telford Centre
New Town architecture in Peterborough