Cranbourne, Berkshire

Cranbourne

Plaistow Green, Cranbourne. Looking eastwards along the A330 to the primary school.
Cranbourne
Cranbourne shown within Berkshire
OS grid reference SU926727
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United 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 Parliament

Cranbourne is a village in Berkshire, England, within the civil parish of Winkfield 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.

St Peters Church, Cranbourne, Berkshire, UK

History

Cranbourne was the location of a free school that eventually became Ranelagh Church of England School. St Peter's Church was built in 1850. The Fleur de Lis pub on the corner of Hatchet Lane is now flats.

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