Crowthorne is a town and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest area of south-eastern Berkshire. It had a population of 6,711 at the 2001 census, boosting to 6,902 at the 2011 Census. Crowthorne is best understood for Wellington College, a large co-educational boarding and day independent school, which opened in 1859, as well as for Broadmoor Hospital, among three optimal safety and security psychiatric hospitals in England, which pushes the eastern perimeter of the community. Crowthorne belongs to the Reading/Wokingham Urban Location. The Crowthorne area spills over into the neighbouring parish of Wokingham Without. The majority of Crowthorne remains in the Bracknell Forest area.