SL4 6BD Windsor and Maidenhead
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Eton & Castle. Region: South East.
Streets
- High Street, Eton: 21 addresses
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 D (27% of about 1,130 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 26.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- 42, HIGH STREET, grade II*
- THE COCK PITT CAFE, grade II*
- 101, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 109, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 110 AND 110A, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 113 AND 114, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 117 AND 117A, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 24 AND 25, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 26 and 27 High Street, grade II
- 28, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 29 AND 29A, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 30, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 31-33, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 38-40, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 41, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 50, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 51, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 52 AND 52A, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 89 AND 90, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 91, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 92, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 98, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 99 AND 100, HIGH STREET, grade II
- BRAGNELL'S BUILDINGS, grade II
- NEW INN, grade II
- PILLAR BOX, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Windsor and Eton Riverside Station Car Park, REC (240 m)
- Windsor and Eton Riverside Station Car Park: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (260 m)
- Minton Place Victoria Street Windsor SL4 1EG (820 m)
- Minton Place, Victoria Street, Windsor: up to 100 homes, not permissioned (900 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 8 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 6 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 6 low and 0 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 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 20 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 44%, ultrafast 33%, gigabit 33% 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 Riverside 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 300 m |
| Windsor and Eton Central 1.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 530 m | |
| Datchet 228,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m, 20 within 800 m; nearest High Street Eton | 160 m |
| Bus or coach station | Brunel Way Slough Town Centre | 2.9 km |
| Car parks | 5 within 800 m; nearest Meadow Lane Car Park | 160 m |
| EV charging points | 10 within 1.6 km; nearest Shell Recharge Charging Station | 860 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 10.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest South Meadow Surgery | 140 m |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Eton Pharmacy | 100 m |
| NHS dentists | 8 practices within 1.6 km; nearest 1 Farm Yard | 310 m |
| Hospital | Hrh Princess Christian's Hospital | 940 m |
| Police station | Thames Valley Police - Windsor Police Station | 1.2 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Snax 24 - Rushden | 80 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m; nearest South Meadow 16 ha | 170 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 590 m² | 330 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest The Home Park 30 ha | 330 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,680 m² | 820 m |
Within 800 m: 5 parks and gardens, 32 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is 42, High Street, a listed building (Grade II*), 10 m. 256 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade I and 20 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| 42, High Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 10 m |
| The Cock Pitt Cafe | Listed building, Grade II* | 60 m south |
| Sir Christopher Wren Hotel | Listed building, Grade II* | 290 m south |
| St Christopher's | Listed building, Grade II* | 330 m north |
| Windsor Castle | Scheduled monument | 570 m south-east |
| Eton College | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 650 m north-east |
| The Royal Estate, Windsor: Windsor Castle and Home Park | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 1.4 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cutlers Ait | Island | 240 m north-east |
| Barne's Pool | Lake or reservoir | 280 m north |
| Firework Ait | Island | 330 m south |
| Broad Water | Lake or reservoir | 550 m south-east |
| Queen Mary's Plantation | Wood | 2.5 km south |
| Peter's Hill | Hill | 3.4 km south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 13.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.6 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 12% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 30% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 17% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 16% | 17% |
| Private rented | 53% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 74% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 14% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 24% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 29% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 70% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 54% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 86% | 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 High Street.