SL6 8TH Windsor and Maidenhead
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Riverside. Region: South East.
Streets
- Boulters Court, Maidenhead: 37 addresses
- Boulters Lane, 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 E (25% of about 920 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, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 24 at medium risk and 8 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 33 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 24 medium, 9 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 addresses are about 24 m above sea level.
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 | Furze Platt 178,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km |
| Taplow 529,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.8 km | |
| Maidenhead 4.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 18 within 800 m; nearest Boulters Gardens Ray Mill | 160 m |
| Bus or coach station | Brunel Way Slough Town Centre | 8.0 km |
| Car parks | Hines Meadow Car Park | 1.3 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest Shell Recharge Charging Station | 1.2 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 18.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Rosemead Surgery | 730 m |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Bridge Pharmacy | 1.0 km |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Acorn Dental Care | 1.2 km |
| Hospital | St Mark's Hospital | 3.0 km |
| Police station | Maidenhead Police Station | 1.1 km |
| Cash machines | Asda Maidenhead - Bridge Road Pfs | 880 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.6 ha | 330 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 6.0 ha | 640 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 510 m² | 380 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3.0 ha | 740 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,590 m² | 880 m |
Within 800 m: 5 parks and gardens, 11 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Saxon barrow, church and cemeteries in the old churchyard at Taplow Court, a scheduled monument, 600 m east. 22 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Saxon barrow, church and cemeteries in the old churchyard at Taplow Court | Scheduled monument | 600 m east |
| Taplow Court | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 630 m east |
| Maidenhead Bridge | Listed building, Grade I | 910 m south |
| Oldfield Lodge | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km south |
| Berry Hill | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.0 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Glen Island | Island | 370 m east |
| Lock Cut | Lake or reservoir | 530 m north-east |
| Hunt's Wood | Wood | 2.2 km north-east |
| Harvest Hill | Hill | 3.1 km south |
| The Dene | Valley | 4.2 km north |
| Cock Marsh | Wetland | 4.9 km north |
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) | 11.2 | 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
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 37 | 38 |
1 of the postcode's 38 addresses is 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 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 81% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 64% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 30% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 72% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 56% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 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 Boulters Court.