Bracknell Office maintained a large presence in the town until 2003, when it relocated to Exeter in Devon; however, the junction of the A329 and A3095 is still named the "Met Office Roundabout". Many businesses are located on the town's three industrial areas. Easthampstead Park in the southern suburb of Easthampstead is now a conference centre owned by Bracknell Forest Borough Council. Bracknell was made a civil parish in its own right in 1955. Under the Local Government Act 1972, the entire Easthampstead Rural District became the Bracknell District on 1 April 1974. In 1988, it was granted borough status, and
Bracknell cricket. The town has a large leisure centre, which includes swimming and athletics facilities, whilst there is also the Coral Reef Water Park, the Downshire Golf Complex, the Bracknell Lawn Tennis Club, and Esporta, the Royal County of Berkshire Club. There are of Crown Estate woodland at the Look Out Discovery Centre. A number of organisations are active in the area. These consist of an Army Cadet Force detachment(7 Platoon Bracknell) and an Air Training Corps (2211 Squadron) which are both located on the same site, Saint Johns Ambulance Cadets, other youth groups that involve a younger crowd including several