SL6 1UT Windsor and Maidenhead
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Bray. Region: South East.
Streets
- Hibbert Road, Maidenhead: 23 addresses
- Braywick Road, Maidenhead: 1 address
- The Causeway, Bray: 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 G (41% of about 730 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 1.
- 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
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Zaman House And Awan House, Church Road, Maidenhead: up to 6 homes, permissioned (700 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 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: of the 19 homes the Environment Agency counts, 2 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 4 low and 3 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 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 25 addresses are between 21 m and 28 m above sea level (25 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% 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 | 1.5 km |
| Taplow 529,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km | |
| Furze Platt 178,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.1 km | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m, 12 within 800 m; nearest Braywick Grove | 250 m |
| Bus or coach station | Brunel Way Slough Town Centre | 8.1 km |
| Car parks | Vicus Way Multi-Storey Car Park | 1.2 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.2 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 17.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Ross Road Medical Centre | 1.6 km |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Day Lewis Pharmacy | 1.6 km |
| NHS dentists | Acorn Dental Care | 1.8 km |
| Hospital | St Mark's Hospital | 3.1 km |
| Police station | Maidenhead Police Station | 2.0 km |
| Cash machines | Payzone | 1.7 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Braywick Park 16 ha | 40 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 260 m² | 400 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 400 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 8,420 m² | 710 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 17 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Braywick House, a listed building (Grade II*), 320 m south-west. 28 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Braywick House | Listed building, Grade II* | 320 m south-west |
| Lych Gate | Listed building, Grade II* | 570 m east |
| Church of St Michael | Listed building, Grade II* | 580 m east |
| Jesus Hospital, Including Chaplain's House, the Almshouses and the Chapel | Listed building, Grade I | 590 m east |
| Mesolithic site, Moor Farm, Holyport, Bray Wick | Scheduled monument | 680 m south-west |
| Berry Hill | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.3 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Harvest Hill | Hill | 540 m west |
| Bray Cut | Lake or reservoir | 620 m north |
| Desborough Woods | Wood | 930 m west |
| Headpile Eyot | Island | 1.1 km east |
| Rushington Copse | Wood | 1.1 km north-west |
| Pigeonhill Eyot | Island | 1.5 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 15 | 25 |
10 of the postcode's 25 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 | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 61% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 30% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 25% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 10% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 53% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 38% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 61% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 46% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 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 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 Hibbert Road.