SL4 2SN Windsor and Maidenhead
Live postcode, introduced March 1988. Ward: Old Windsor. Region: South East.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Windsor and Maidenhead in 2026-27: Band D £1,953 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,302 | £1,519 | £1,736 | £1,953 | £2,387 | £2,820 | £3,254 | £3,905 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band E (46% of about 690 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: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Straight Works, Straight Road, Old Windsor, REC (450 m)
- OW NP site: 95 Straight Road, Old Windsor (580 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 7 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 44 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 34 very low.
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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 18 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 66%, gigabit 66% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Sunnymeads 27,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km |
| Datchet 228,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km | |
| Wraysbury 82,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 16 within 800 m; nearest Kingsbury Drive Old Windsor | 170 m |
| Bus or coach station | Elmsleigh Bus Station Staines | 5.9 km |
| Ferry terminal | Shepperton Ferry Landing | 12.1 km |
| Car parks | Parking space on Welley Road, TW19 | 1.9 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 8.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Datchet Health Centre | 2.8 km |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Friary Pharmacy | 410 m |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 400 m |
| Hospital | The Princess Margaret Hospital | 2.7 km |
| Police station | Windsor Police Station | 3.2 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest The Cooperative Food Old Windsor, Old Windsor Cashzone | 630 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3,500 m² | 120 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 100 m² | 270 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Old Windsor Recreation Ground 4.6 ha | 110 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest The Old Windsor Allotments 2.1 ha | 700 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Moated site at Tileplace, Old Windsor, a scheduled monument, 800 m north-west. 22 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Moated site at Tileplace, Old Windsor | Scheduled monument | 800 m north-west |
| The Priory | Listed building, Grade II* | 850 m north-east |
| War memorial at Beaumont College approximately 45m from north-west corner of main building | Listed building, Grade II* | 940 m south-east |
| Church of St Peter and St Andrew | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km north-east |
| Beaumont College | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km south-east |
| Early medieval and medieval palace and associated monuments, Kingsbury | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km north-east |
| Moated Royal Manorial site at Bear's Rails | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km west |
| Kennedy Memorial landscape | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.7 km south-east |
| The Royal Estate, Windsor: Frogmore Gardens | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 2.1 km north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Friary Island | Island | 840 m east |
| Peter's Hill | Hill | 890 m west |
| Petershill Copse | Wood | 900 m west |
| Old Windsor Wood | Wood | 1.0 km south-west |
| Friday Island | Island | 1.1 km north-east |
| Bear's Rails Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 47 | 48 |
1 of the postcode's 48 addresses is 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 | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 69% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 35% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 21% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 67% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 61% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 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.