SL2 3TG Buckinghamshire
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Burnham. Region: South East.
Streets
- Crow Piece Lane, Buckinghamshire: 5 addresses
- Allerds Road, Buckinghamshire: 1 address
- Crowpiece Lane, Britwell: 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 (54% of about 590 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 2.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 2 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: yes, Buckinghamshire.
Listed buildings
- SWILLEY FARMHOUSE, grade II
- SWILLEY FARMHOUSE OUTBUILDINGS NORTH EAST OF FARMHOUSE, grade II
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 0 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 7 addresses are between 51 m and 54 m above sea level (53 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 50%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% 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 | 3.0 km |
| Taplow 529,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.3 km | |
| Slough 5.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.1 km | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m | |
| Bus or coach station | Brunel Way Slough Town Centre | 5.1 km |
| Car parks | Burnham Station Car Park (TfL) | 2.9 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.5 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 15.0 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Southmead Surgery | 1.3 km |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Moonlight Pharmacy | 1.5 km |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Moonlight Dental Surgery | 1.5 km |
| Hospital | Huntercombe Manor Hospital | 3.8 km |
| Police station | Thames Valley Police - Burnham Police Station | 3.0 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Slough - Long Furlong Drive, Long Furlong Drive Cashzone | 1.9 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 870 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 390 m² | 1.6 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 6.2 ha | 1.4 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,200 m² | 1.3 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Slight univallate hillfort at Seven Ways Plain, Burnham Beeches., a scheduled monument, 420 m north. 8 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Slight univallate hillfort at Seven Ways Plain, Burnham Beeches. | Scheduled monument | 420 m north |
| East Burnham animal pound | Scheduled monument | 870 m east |
| Hartley Court moated site and enclosure | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km north |
| Dropmore | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.6 km north-west |
| Nashdom Abbey | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.7 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Swilly Pond | Lake or reservoir | 70 m east |
| Hawthorn Dell | Wood | 190 m north |
| Thompkin's Wood | Wood | 260 m south-east |
| Lock's Bottom | Valley | 700 m south |
| Cant's Hill | Hill | 900 m south-west |
| Slow Grove | Island | 3.9 km west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 5 | 7 |
2 of the postcode's 7 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 | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 65% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 33% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 27% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 64% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 20% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 41% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 41% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 46% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 8 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 Crow Piece Lane.