Facilities include a shopping centre, a library, several public houses and Harmans Water Primary School [1].

The Parks is a recent development and is on the site of the former country estate and hamlet of Ramslade, which included the RAF Staff College which closed in 1997.

Ramslade House, the former headquarters building of the RAF staff college, was originally planned to become a community centre but was demolished in 2016 to make way for a development of 12 townhouses being built by Taylor Wimpey.

[5] In 2018, following the demolition of pub The Blue Lion after its closure in 2014, construction began for a block of apartments known as Harmans House which is located next to the Ramslade Cottages.

In early 2021, Taylor Wimpey transferred ownership of The Parks to Bracknell Forest Council,[6] with their plans to bring the green spaces into use.