Popeswood
| Popeswood | |
| Berkshire | |
|---|---|
 Newbold College | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU846695 |
| Location: | 51°25’17"N, 0°47’2"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Bracknell |
| Postcode: | RG42 |
| Dialling code: | 01344 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bracknell Forest |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Windsor |
Popeswood is a village in Berkshire, a mile and a half west of Bracknell. The main part of Popeswood lies north of the B3408 west of Temple Park and south of Binfield village, with a smaller section south of the B3408 between Amen Corner and Farley Wood.
He village is named after the poet Alexander Pope who lived in Popes Manor, then called Whitehill House, between 1700 and 1715.[1]
Nearby Pope's Meadow is a countryside park that offers recreational facilities with open grassland, ponds, copse and veteran oak trees.
Newbold College, a Seventh-day Adventist college, is located within Popeswood. Nearby are St. Mark's Church and The Roebuck public house.
Along London Road, the B3408, there is a post office, garage and a number of small businesses.
References
- ↑ |History of the hamlets of Binfield, Berkshire – Royal Berkshire History
