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
Broseley Estates Limited which are still as extremely popular now as they were when they were built. Broseley Estates' main head office was based at Bond Street and Lord Street in Leigh, Lancashire. In 1986 the company had regional offices at: Leigh - Airdrie, Scotland - Thornaby on Tees, Cleveland - Wakefield, Yorkshire - Liverpool - Nottingham - Luton - Bracknell, Berkshire - Stratford, London - Exeter, Devon Some of the Broseley Houses and Developments built in the 1980s Broseley Estates Limited Broseley Estates Limited, also referred to as Broseley Homes, was formed by Danny Horrocks after an amalgamation of developers and was