| Page Views: 4,491 Last Visit to Bracknell: - | Bracknell - more loathed than liked. by easyoar - last update: Feb 7, 2005 |
Bracknell | A 'famous view' of Bracknell! |
Bracknell is a hard town to be positive about. It used to be tiny 30-40 years ago, and then the government designated it a New Town. These days it is has little soul. It has a concrete monstrousity of a shopping centre (although the council is trying hard to add flowers and tart it up a bit). Around the outside of the shopping centre are vast numbers of roundabouts that cause inexperienced visitors to get very lost.
There are some positives to Bracknell however. There is plenty of work in the IT industry. Some of the leisure facilites are also pretty good.
The picture here shows the Red Lion pub. Yes it is hard to believe that this view (with the 3M building behind it - well it WAS the 3M building, it now appears to be unoccupied! - yet another firm departing Bracknell...) features on one of the only postcards that was ever produced for Bracknell. Well actually if you know Bracknell it isn't actually that hard to believe - what else would you put on a postcard of Bracknell? |
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| Pros: | "The Leisure Facilites" | | Cons: | "A Concrete Monster with no soul but many roundabouts" | | In A Nutshell: | "Avoided by many who visit Reading or Camberley instead." |
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iris2002 Sun May 7, 2006 12:59 UTC
I so agree about monstrosities and not much soul.... .but - 10 minutes to the east, to the south or to the west and you are in fab countryside with lots of little lovely villages - I am in the midst of green and forest here - BLISS!! :) | evaanna Thu Jul 14, 2005 07:31 UTC
I wish they could move the Red Lion Pub away to a nicer place. | craic Fri Jun 17, 2005 00:53 UTC
Well, I am a bit gopbsmacked by Bracknell. I can't even stutter out - A haaaandbag! | scottishvisitor Wed May 25, 2005 21:19 UTC
Why build a high rise on top of a pub? Also why is there so many Red Lion Pubs? Don't answer the last question!! |
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