Ascot Place itself is a late-18th century country house set in 270 acres (110 ha) of parkland. Much of Blackmoor Stream, including all of the northern section, runs underground in a culvert. This rises further south at Englemere Pond, a shallow acidic pond located in the 68.2-acre (27.6 ha) Englemere Pond Nature Reserve, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a Local Nature Reserve (LNR). A number of small streams supply three ornamental lakes, which also receive water from Blackmoor Stream. The Cut has its source near Ascot Place in Winkfield. Almost all of Downmill Stream disappeared in this way, as did the southern part of Bull Brook, and most of Blackmoor Stream. Rather than embrace these waterways, parts of them were culverted and the new town built over the top. The river had three tributaries, Downmill Stream, which ran along the western edge of the designated area, Bull Brook which ran through the centre, and Blackmoor Stream, which ran along the eastern edge. Prior to this, Bracknell had been a small village near Bracknell railway station, and the area which it now occupies was largely rural.
The Cut flows along the northern edge of the new town of Bracknell, which was established on 17 June 1949. At some point it was known as How Brook, although in 1813 it was known as the Broadwater. The Cut is so named because it was diverted eastwards artificially in the early nineteenth century from its original course westwards to the River Loddon via Stanlake Park south of Twyford to alleviate flood risk. It flows for around 14 miles (23 km), through the rural Northern Parishes of Winkfield, Warfield and Binfield in Bracknell Forest on its way down to Bray, where it meets the River Thames just above Queens Eyot on the reach below Bray Lock, having been joined by the Maidenhead Waterways.
The Cut is a river in England that rises in North Ascot, Berkshire.
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