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 troops of Scouts and the Bracknell Forest Lions Club, which was formed in 1968 to help those in need. The area has various schools including St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Brakenhale Academy, Easthampstead Park School, Garth Hill College and Ranelagh Church of England School. Bracknell and Wokingham College of further education is also based in the area. The Silwood Park campus of Imperial College London is to the east of Bracknell town centre. The University of Reading is to the northwest, and Royal Holloway College to the east. Bracknell Bracknell is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, the