Home Farm is a housing estate in

Bracknell Bracknell () is a large town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, the westernmost area within the Greater London Built-up Area, Greater London Urban Area and the administrative centre of the Bracknell Forest, Borough of Bracknell Forest. It l ...

, in

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. It consists of 330 dwellings, with a number of two, three and four bedroomed terraced houses, together with several blocks of flats. The estate lies north of the

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and is approximately south-west of Bracknell town centre. Home Farm was developed on the site of a small farm on the edge of

Great Hollands Great Hollands is a suburb of Bracknell in Berkshire, England. It takes its name from a medieval field-name of Easthampstead parish, which it was previously in. Building of the estate began around 1967 as the town continued to expand. The esta ...

, near to the Downshire

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and

King's Academy Easthampstead Park King's Academy Easthampstead Park (formerly Easthampstead Park Community School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Bracknell, Berkshire, England. The school was opened in 1972 at which time it occupied the mansion tha ...

. By road, the housing estate is accessible via Ringmead (the Great Hollands

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History

Home Farm was built in the mid-1970s by a private developer, but the project stopped when the developer ran out of money. The site was taken over by Bracknell Council, and the houses used for social housing. Following the '

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' legislation, about 50% of the homes are now in private ownership. It differs from the rest of

in that traffic segregation has not been included in the plan. A 2013 report by the

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investigating the health impact of building improvements found that residents of Home Farm reported experiencing positive outcomes more frequently than expected, following work performed in 2011–2012.

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