The settlement lies between the A322 and A3095 roads, is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of Bracknell town centre and is in the Easthampstead & Wildridings local council ward.

[1] Wildridings was built in the late 1960s as the new town started expanding beyond the original planned four estates.

Facilities include a small shopping centre with post office, several public houses and Wildridings Primary School.

Mill Pond is a large lake offering leisure facilities, play areas, a skate park and angling.

The Offence (1973), a psychological thriller with Sean Connery and Ian Bannen, was filmed in Bracknell.