Highwayman Dick Turpin liked drinking a beer or two in the village pub. That was a century or two before Bracknell became a post-WW2 success story, whose star just keeps on rising.
Stay in a beautiful serviced apartment in the heart of Bracknell with French doors leading out to the garden or an ultra-contemporary fully-equipped serviced short-term apartment in the town centre.
There is no shortage of choice when you plan on staying from one night to one month in serviced accommodation in Bracknell. All of our serviced apartments offer the latest in smart technology and free Wifi with fast fibre broadband. Fully equipped kitchens make cooking easy when you fancy a night in chilling in front of the TV.
Several of our suppliers’ Bracknell apartments are housed in the same apartment block to suit several colleagues attending a work seminar together. Alternatively, many options we offer come with three or four bedrooms, allowing teams to stay under one roof. All Situ serviced apartments come with cleaning services as standard and available parking. A handful of buildings have elevator access too.
Close enough to the capital to be described as sitting in Greater London, Bracknell is actually located in the Borough of Bracknell Forest in Berkshire. A thriving town the population currently sits at 120,000 but planners there say it should reach 170,000 by 2036.
A mere 37 miles from London, the centre of Bracknell is 12 miles from Reading, 8 miles from Windsor and 18 miles from Maidenhead. Both the M3 and M4 motorways provide good driving times into London (1 hr 10 mins).
Beloved by both commuters and companies, Bracknell has managed to attract such huge multinational names as Microsoft, HP, Dell, BMW, Fujitsu, ON Semiconductors and Waitrose (the supermarket’s HQ). Together with Reading, it has been dubbed the UK’s Silicon Valley Corridor. That’s because there is £10 billion worth of tech company investment in the area and employment for more than 40,000 local and surrounding residents.
The ‘Corridor’ includes Thames Valley Park in Reading, employing 7,000 people and the new Thames Valley Science Park at Shinfield, expected to provide employment for 5,000 people.
The Thames Valley is second only to London in attracting the most UK Foreign Direct Investment. Think Hitachi, Oracle, Cisco, Huawei, Siemens and Cable & Wireless, for instance.
In addition to more than nine office facilities in Bracknell, a new creative hub for the self-employed and smaller businesses, has opened at Easthampstead Works. This comes complete with an artisan coffee bar and studio/events space. Also, the majority of residents in Bracknell are aged 30 to 44-years old – another reason why companies like to relocate there. The wide range of available serviced apartments in Bracknell is appealing too.
The town has benefitted from an ongoing £770 million regeneration programme in the last couple of decades. It’s seen at least a third of the original town rebuilt to form new shops, restaurants and a cinema complex, the total cost for which was £240 million.
Further regeneration is planned for the civic quarter, Market Square, and the southern gateway. Princess Square is being developed so too is The Deck. Another £500 million is earmarked for spending on transport, healthcare and education. The Lexicon is the crowning glory of the town centre regeneration. With more than 100 shops and at least 30 restaurants, there’s enough choice for the pickiest eaters and shoppers who visit.
Horseshoe Lake is the focus of a new £2.6 million investment which creates a country park, café, play area and water sports facility for the town. Talking of water sports, Coral Reef is one of the largest interactive water worlds in the UK. It has five waterslides, as well as a spa for adults. Visitors can engage in other adrenal activities at the Nike Ski Slope & Ice Rink too. If swinging amongst treetops is your thing, then Go Ape in Swinley Forest which has plenty of high trails and more than 2,600 acres of hills.
Outdoor group games such as rounders and football can be enjoyed at Windsor Great Park, while Virginia Water and Swinley Forest are good for ground-level hikes too. Lily Hill Park is 56 acres of wildlife gardens, colourful formal gardens and woodlands. For the horse and racing enthusiast, Ascot Racecourse is a mere four miles down the road.
Ultimately, there is clearly so much to see and do in Bracknell. To ensure you get to enjoy all the town has to offer, be sure to book a stay in a serviced apartment in Bracknell.
Bracknell train station is on Market Street. Trains to London Waterloo take around 1 hr 10 mins. Reading is just 20 minutes. Trains run between London and Reading every half an hour, seven days a week. Maidenhead 40 mins away.
There is another station on the outskirts of the town, at Martins Heron. South Western trains operate services at both.
The town’s bus station is, appropriately located at Station Road. It sits between The Ring and Market Street and opposite the railway station. Bracknell to London is 1 hr 50 mins by bus. Reading is 51 mins and Windsor 34 mins.
For international travel and business, London Heathrow airport is only 53 mins away by train and a 26 mins drive. Gatwick Airport is 1 hr 42 mins by train and 49 mins drive.
Stansted Airport is 2 hrs 16 mins by train and a 1 hr 22 mins drive. Luton Airport is 2 hrs 11 mins by train and 55 mins by car.
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