SL6 1BA Windsor and Maidenhead
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Oldfield. Region: South East.
Streets
- Greenfields, Maidenhead: 48 addresses
- Alpine Close, Maidenhead: 4 addresses
- Vicus Way, Maidenhead: 2 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 C (41% of about 1,440 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
- Statesman House Stafferton Way And Braywick Gate, Braywick Road, Maidenhead: up to 3 homes, permissioned (160 m)
- Stafferton Way Retail Park, Maidenhead: up to 350 homes, not permissioned (230 m)
- Maidenhead Railway Station: up to 150 homes, not permissioned (260 m)
- Maidenhead Spiritualist Church, York Road, Maidenhead SL6 1SH: up to 49 homes, permissioned (340 m)
- St John Ambulance, York Road, Maidenhead SL6 1SH: up to 53 homes, permissioned (390 m)
- York Road Opportunity Area - AAP, REC (440 m)
- York Road, Maidenhead: up to 83 homes, permissioned (460 m)
- Broadway Opportunity Area (AAP) (490 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 8 addresses are in areas at high risk, 5 at medium risk and 2 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 54 addresses are between 25 m and 28 m above sea level (27 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 | Maidenhead 4.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 360 m |
| Furze Platt 178,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km | |
| Taplow 529,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 24 within 800 m; nearest Stafferton Way Maidenhead | 130 m |
| Bus or coach station | Brunel Way Slough Town Centre | 8.7 km |
| Car parks | 3 within 800 m; nearest Vicus Way Multi-Storey Car Park | 100 m |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 110 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 18.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Claremont Holyport Surgery | 900 m |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Maidenhead Health Pharmacy | 600 m |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Portman Dentalcare | 700 m |
| Hospital | St Mark's Hospital | 2.0 km |
| Police station | Maidenhead Police Station | 920 m |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Cashpoint® 45 High Street Lloyds Bank | 650 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5,900 m² | 240 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Braywick Park 16 ha | 450 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3,230 m² | 100 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 330 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 430 m |
Within 800 m: 5 parks and gardens, 20 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Smythes Almshouses, a listed building (Grade II*), 900 m north-east. 19 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Smythes Almshouses | Listed building, Grade II* | 900 m north-east |
| Mesolithic site, Moor Farm, Holyport, Bray Wick | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km south |
| Berry Hill | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.0 km north-east |
| Taplow Court | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.5 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Rushington Copse | Wood | 550 m south-west |
| Desborough Woods | Wood | 780 m south |
| Bray Cut | Lake or reservoir | 800 m south-east |
| Moor Cut | Lake or reservoir | 1.0 km north |
| Harvest Hill | Hill | 1.2 km south |
| Bridge Eyot | Island | 1.5 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.6 | 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 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 52 | 54 |
2 of the postcode's 54 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 | 34 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 27% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 7% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 20% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 6% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 67% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 14% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 9% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 15% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 71% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 91% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 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 Greenfields.