Crowthorne is a village and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest district of south-eastern Berkshire. It has a population of 6,711. Crowthorne is best known for Wellington College, a large co-educational boarding and day independent school, which opened in 1859 as a national monument in honour of the Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), who led British forces in a succession of large-scale military victories against often better-armed opponents, and for Broadmoor Hospital, one of three maximum security psychiatric hospitals in England, which lies on the eastern periphery of the village.
Population: 25,522
Latitude: 51° 22' 12.97" N
Longitude: 0° 47' 31.88" E
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