SL2 3QD Buckinghamshire
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Farnhams & Stoke Poges. Region: South East.
Streets
- Rosewood Way, Farnham Common: 36 addresses
- Frensham Walk, Farnham Common: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Buckinghamshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,527 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,684 | £1,965 | £2,246 | £2,527 | £3,088 | £3,650 | £4,211 | £5,053 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band G (31% of about 850 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 3 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Silverwood, Parsonage Lane, Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire SL2 3PA, permissioned (840 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 3 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 37 addresses are between 75 m and 77 m above sea level (76 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Burnham (Buckinghamshire) 1.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km |
| Slough 5.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km | |
| Gerrards Cross 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m, 10 within 800 m; nearest Templewood Lane Farnham Common | 230 m |
| Bus or coach station | Brunel Way Slough Town Centre | 5.2 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 280 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 14.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Southmead Surgery | 550 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Aroga Pharmacy | 280 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Carling Dental | 280 m |
| Hospital | Thames Valley Nuffield Hospital | 3.2 km |
| Police station | Thames Valley Police - Burnham Police Station | 4.7 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Stoke Poges, Stoke Poges Cashzone | 2.0 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.1 ha | 350 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 380 m² | 650 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.5 ha | 1.8 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 1.5 km |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 1.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is East Burnham animal pound, a scheduled monument, 1.4 km south-west. 5 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| East Burnham animal pound | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km south-west |
| Slight univallate hillfort at Seven Ways Plain, Burnham Beeches. | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km west |
| Hartley Court moated site and enclosure | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km west |
| Stoke Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.5 km south |
| Stoke Poges Gardens of Remembrance | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 2.8 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Ingram's Copse | Wood | 330 m east |
| Brockhurst Wood | Wood | 620 m east |
| Parson's Wood | Wood | 630 m south-east |
| Upper Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km west |
| Lock's Bottom | Valley | 2.2 km south-west |
| Cant's Hill | Hill | 2.6 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 34 | 37 |
3 of the postcode's 37 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 45% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 27% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 38% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 41% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 62% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 9 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Rosewood Way.