SL6 8LE Windsor and Maidenhead
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Riverside. Region: South East.
Streets
- Islet Park Drive, Maidenhead: 34 addresses
- Islet Park Drive, Maidenhead: 2 addresses
- Cliveden Road, Buckinghamshire: 1 address
- Court Road, Maidenhead: 1 address
- Islet 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 G (60% of about 580 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.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 19 addresses are in areas at high risk, 8 at medium risk and 0 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 17 homes the Environment Agency counts, 9 are in areas at high risk, 8 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
Groundwater flooding is possible in this postcode: an address there is in a groundwater flood alert area.
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 39 addresses are between 23 m and 25 m above sea level (24 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 4%, gigabit 4% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Taplow 529,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km |
| Furze Platt 178,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.4 km | |
| Cookham 204,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m, 8 within 800 m; nearest Islet Road Maidenhead Court | 380 m |
| Bus or coach station | Brunel Way Slough Town Centre | 8.0 km |
| Car parks | Cookham Moor National Trust Car Park | 2.4 km |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 2.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 18.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Rosemead Surgery | 1.8 km |
| Pharmacies | Bridge Pharmacy | 2.1 km |
| NHS dentists | Acorn Dental Care | 2.3 km |
| Hospital | Huntercombe Manor Hospital | 3.7 km |
| Police station | Maidenhead Police Station | 2.2 km |
| Cash machines | Asda Maidenhead - Bridge Road Pfs | 2.0 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.6 ha | 910 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 510 m² | 1.5 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.0 ha | 1.1 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,330 m² | 1.0 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Taplow Court, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 870 m south. 4 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Taplow Court | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 870 m south |
| Saxon barrow, church and cemeteries in the old churchyard at Taplow Court | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km south |
| Cliveden | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 1.3 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Lock Cut | Lake or reservoir | 600 m south |
| Boulter's Island | Island | 620 m south |
| Hunt's Wood | Wood | 1.3 km east |
| The Dene | Valley | 3.1 km north |
| White Hill | Hill | 3.3 km north |
| Cock Marsh | Wetland | 4.1 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.2 | 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 | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 89% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 56% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 37% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 52% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 57% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 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 10 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 Islet Park Drive.