Winkfield Street
Village · 404 residents
75Very good
Very good · better than 9 in 10 villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
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What’s good
- Environment scores 87, well above the typical 60
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 32 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- 97% of homes can get full-fibre broadband
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- Food & drink scores 30, below the typical 60
- Health scores 37, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Winkfield Street
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Winkfield Street a good place to live?
Winkfield Street scores 75/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as very good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (87) and safety (82).
It scores lowest on food & drink (30) and health (37).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Winkfield Street in South East, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Winkfield Street
Winkfield Street reads as detached houses behind hedges, long drives, and very little passing traffic — the kind of village where a For Sale board is more likely to say "Detached, Freehold" than anything else, and where three of the eight recent sales did exactly that. It's a place built for people who've already made their money rather than people chasing a starter home; the income figures put it at the very top decile nationally, and the sums involved on this street reflect it.
That affluence shows up everywhere once you start looking. The typical property here sold for £775,000, well above both the national median and the £415,000 benchmark for Bracknell Forest as a whole — this pocket of the borough runs notably pricier than the authority around it. Council tax bands sit close to the national average for Band D, which feels almost incongruous next to house prices in this range, but it's a reminder that village life here isn't taxed like a wealthy London suburb, even if it's priced like one. Schooling is a genuine local asset: Winkfield St Mary's CofE Primary and Cranbourne Primary both serve the village directly, and Lambrook School's presence on the same patch signals the kind of independent-school culture that tends to anchor places like this. With a median age approaching 49, this is not a street humming with young commuter families — it's longer-settled, quieter, and skews older than the regional norm.