Priestwood

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Priestwood
Berkshire

St Andrew's parish church
Location
Grid reference: SU861697
Location: 51°25’19"N, -0°45’54"W
Data
Post town: Bracknell
Postcode: RG42
Dialling code: 01344
Local Government
Council: Bracknell Forest
Parliamentary
constituency:
Bracknell

Priestwood is a Berkshire village which has become a suburb of Bracknell in that county a mile northwest of the town centre.

Churches

The original Church of England parish church of St Andrew was simple Gothic Revival building designed by the architect H G W Drinkwater and completed in 1888.[2] After its centenary the building was demolished and replaced with a new church that was consecrated in April 1990. St. Andrew's is now part of the Bracknell Team Ministry.[3]

About the village

Meadow Vale Primary School is in the centre of Priestwood.[4] It has begun an expansion project to enable it to have three classes in each year.[5]

Blue Mountain Golf Club is near Priestwood.[6]

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Priestwood)

References