SL4 4XA Windsor and Maidenhead
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Clewer & Dedworth West. Region: South East.
Streets
- Fairacres Industrial Estate, Oakley Green: 18 addresses
- Dedworth Road, Windsor: 1 address
- Guards Road, Windsor: 1 address
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 B (38% of about 650 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
- Wyevale Garden Centre, Dedworth Road, Oakley Green, REC (240 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 10 at medium risk and 4 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 addresses are about 28 m above sea level.
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 | Windsor and Eton Central 1.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km |
| Windsor and Eton Riverside 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km | |
| Burnham (Buckinghamshire) 1.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m, 26 within 800 m; nearest Guards Road Dedworth | 40 m |
| Bus or coach station | Brunel Way Slough Town Centre | 5.8 km |
| Car parks | Parking space on Christian Square, SL4 | 2.9 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.6 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 13.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Clarence Medical Centre | 2.7 km |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 510 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Bupa Dental Care Windsor | 1.4 km |
| Hospital | Hrh Princess Christian's Hospital | 3.0 km |
| Police station | Windsor Police Station | 2.8 km |
| Cash machines | Rontec - Windsor Cashzone | 1.0 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Victoria Park 3.8 ha | 150 m |
| Play area | 7 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 710 m² | 80 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 7.6 ha | 1.2 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,840 m² | 1.5 km |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 3.8 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Old Farmhouse, a listed building (Grade II*), 300 m north-west. 7 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| The Old Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 300 m north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Ruddles Pool | Lake or reservoir | 850 m north |
| Holliday's Plain | Wood | 1.9 km south-west |
| Ash Plantation | Wood | 2.0 km south-east |
| Bray Wood | Wood | 2.0 km south-west |
| High Standing Hill | Hill | 2.3 km south |
| Queen's Eyot | Island | 2.5 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 26 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 34% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | under 1% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 10% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 0% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 80% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 75% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | under 1% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 18% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 6% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 62% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 92% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 7 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 Fairacres Industrial Estate.