SL6 1SU Windsor and Maidenhead
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: St Mary's. Region: South East.
Streets
- Fotherby Court, Maidenhead: 54 addresses
- Forlease Road, Maidenhead: 1 address
- Howarth Road, Maidenhead: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Fotherby Court, Maidenhead: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Fotherby Court, Maidenhead: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Fotherby Court, Maidenhead: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Fotherby Court, 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
- Maidenhead Spiritualist Church, York Road, Maidenhead SL6 1SH: up to 49 homes, permissioned (80 m)
- St John Ambulance, York Road, Maidenhead SL6 1SH: up to 53 homes, permissioned (100 m)
- York Road, Maidenhead: up to 83 homes, permissioned (150 m)
- Stafferton Way Retail Park, Maidenhead: up to 350 homes, not permissioned (190 m)
- York Road Opportunity Area - AAP, REC (190 m)
- Statesman House Stafferton Way And Braywick Gate, Braywick Road, Maidenhead: up to 3 homes, permissioned (370 m)
- Reform Road, Maidenhead, REC (380 m)
- St Mary's Walk, Maidenhead: up to 50 homes, not permissioned (380 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 51 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 53 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 53 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 60 addresses are between 23 m and 28 m above sea level (25 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 98%, gigabit 98% 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 | 500 m |
| Furze Platt 178,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km | |
| Taplow 529,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m, 27 within 800 m; nearest Stafferton Way Maidenhead | 230 m |
| Bus or coach station | Brunel Way Slough Town Centre | 8.6 km |
| Car parks | 5 within 800 m; nearest Vicus Way Multi-Storey Car Park | 350 m |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 330 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 | 610 m |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Boots | 500 m |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Portman Dentalcare | 410 m |
| Hospital | St Mark's Hospital | 2.1 km |
| Police station | Maidenhead Police Station | 540 m |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Cashpoint® 45 High Street Lloyds Bank | 430 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 7 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 650 m² | 240 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Braywick Park 16 ha | 530 m |
| Play area | 7 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 200 m² | 420 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 220 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 390 m |
Within 800 m: 7 parks and gardens, 31 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Smythes Almshouses, a listed building (Grade II*), 510 m north-east. 29 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Smythes Almshouses | Listed building, Grade II* | 510 m north-east |
| Oldfield Lodge | Listed building, Grade II* | 840 m north-east |
| Maidenhead Railway Bridge (MLN12327) | Listed building, Grade I | 1.0 km east |
| Berry Hill | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.7 km north-east |
| Mesolithic site, Moor Farm, Holyport, Bray Wick | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km south |
| Saxon barrow, church and cemeteries in the old churchyard at Taplow Court | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km north-east |
| Taplow Court | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.1 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Moor Cut | Lake or reservoir | 630 m north |
| Rushington Copse | Wood | 930 m south-west |
| Bray Cut | Lake or reservoir | 940 m south-east |
| Desborough Woods | Wood | 1.2 km south |
| Bridge Eyot | Island | 1.2 km north-east |
| Harvest Hill | Hill | 1.6 km south |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 0 | 4 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 36 |
| Under 55 | 57 | 20 |
3 of the postcode's 60 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 40 at 55 dB or more from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 35 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 23% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 9% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 46% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 21% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 48% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 75% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 12% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 51% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 35% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 58% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 55% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 0% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 75% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 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 Fotherby Court.