Cranbourne, Berkshire

Cranbourne

Plaistow Green, Cranbourne. Looking eastwards along the A330 to the primary school.
Cranbourne
 Cranbourne shown within Berkshire
OS grid referenceSU926727
Metropolitan boroughBracknell Forest
Metropolitan county Berkshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town WINDSOR
Postcode district SL4
Dialling code 01344
Police Thames Valley
Fire Royal Berkshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentWindsor
List of places
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Berkshire

Coordinates: 51°26′45″N 0°40′18″W / 51.445788°N 0.671737°W / 51.445788; -0.671737

Cranbourne is a village in Berkshire, England, within the civil parish of Winkfield (where according to Post Codes the majority of the 2011 Census population was included) in the borough of Bracknell Forest.

The settlement lies near to Windsor Great Park and Legoland Windsor, and is approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-west of Windsor. Neither Cranbourne Chase nor Cranbourne Lodge, which it surrounds, are in Winkfield but across the border in Windsor.

History

Cranbourne was the location of a free school that eventually became Ranelagh Church of England School.

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