SL6 1BB Windsor and Maidenhead
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Oldfield. Region: South East.
Streets
- Greenfields, Maidenhead: 64 addresses
- Braywick Road, Maidenhead: 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 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 (300 m)
- Stafferton Way Retail Park, Maidenhead: up to 350 homes, not permissioned (340 m)
- Maidenhead Railway Station: up to 150 homes, not permissioned (390 m)
- Maidenhead Spiritualist Church, York Road, Maidenhead SL6 1SH: up to 49 homes, permissioned (480 m)
- St John Ambulance, York Road, Maidenhead SL6 1SH: up to 53 homes, permissioned (530 m)
- York Road Opportunity Area - AAP, REC (590 m)
- York Road, Maidenhead: up to 83 homes, permissioned (610 m)
- Broadway Opportunity Area (AAP) (640 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 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 65 addresses are between 27 m and 30 m above sea level (28 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 | 480 m |
| Furze Platt 178,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km | |
| Taplow 529,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m, 20 within 800 m; nearest Kingswood Court Braywick | 200 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 | 160 m |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 190 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 18.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Claremont Holyport Surgery | 1.1 km |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Maidenhead Health Pharmacy | 740 m |
| NHS dentists | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Portman Dentalcare | 850 m |
| Hospital | St Mark's Hospital | 2.1 km |
| Police station | Maidenhead Police Station | 1.1 km |
| Cash machines | Cashpoint® 45 High Street Lloyds Bank | 800 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5,900 m² | 210 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Braywick Park 16 ha | 400 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3,230 m² | 50 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6,520 m² | 380 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 440 m |
Within 800 m: 5 parks and gardens, 20 hectares in all.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 65 | 65 |
None of the postcode's 65 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
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.