Brooklands, a calm and tranquil localty is a part of Coonoor municipality. Coonoor is a small town in the Nilgiris District situated in Tamil Nadu, covering the Western Ghats region in the state. Coonoor is famous for its verdant environs and for a variety of wildflowers and birds. Coonoor provides a perfect setting for activities like trekking and hiking. It is also famous for its tea plantations and festivals. During summer, this hill town is over-spilled with holidaymakers. Coonoor is also an ideal locale for filmmakers, both from India and abroad. It formed the backdrop for David Lean's movie A Passage to India (1984) based on E. M. Foster's novel. Coonoor comes under the Coimbatore-Mettupalayam-Coonoor-Ooty circuit.The town is classfied into two catergories based on its demography _ Lower Coonoor that houses the Railway Station, Mount Pleasent, Bus Station and the busy town market. While Upper Coonoor is more of a residential area and covers Bedford, a very happening junction in town dotted with small eateries and confectioneries and two of the biggest supermarkets in the town, Sims' Park and Brooklands amongst the other regions that come under this thaluk. Brooklands is a completely residential area which also houses a couple of gated communitites, homestays and resorts. It is about 3kms from the Coonoor bus station and could be reached by bus or autos. Coming down from Bedford, one happens to reach the Darlington Bridge which marks the onset of Brooklands. Coonoor , Ooty, Kotagiri and all the other thaluks under Nilgiris come under Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. Since 2009 , this constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. 