Wick Hill, Bracknell
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Wick Hill is a suburb of
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
Berkshire, England Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...
.


Geography

The settlement lies north of the A329 road between
Bullbrook Bullbrook is a suburb of Bracknell , in the English county of Berkshire, formerly part of the parish of Winkfield. It is named after the ''Bull Brook'' which runs through the area, although most of the brook now runs underground in culverts. Bull ...
and
Priestwood Priestwood is a suburb of Bracknell, Berkshire about northwest of the town centre. Churches The original Church of England parish church of Saint Andrew was simple Gothic Revival building designed by the architect H.G.W. Drinkwater and co ...
and is approximately north-east of Bracknell town centre. In contrast to these areas Wick Hill was built as privately owned, largely detached, housing. The area includes Wick Hill House, a residence of 19th-century explorer St. George Littledale, since converted to apartments. Other areas of housing are surrounded by the walls of former Edwardian residence built in 1835. The suburb has a local nature reserve called Whitegrove Copse.


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