SL7 2BD Buckinghamshire
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Marlow. Region: South East.
Streets
- Trout Close, Marlow: 9 addresses
- Lower Pound Lane, Marlow: 1 address
- Pound Lane, Marlow: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Buckinghamshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,527 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,684 | £1,965 | £2,246 | £2,527 | £3,088 | £3,650 | £4,211 | £5,053 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band G (59% of about 640 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: in a protected area: 01/1965, 160.
- Green belt: no.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 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 8 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 4 medium, 4 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 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 addresses are about 29 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 | Marlow 361,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km |
| Cookham 204,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km | |
| Bourne End 255,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m, 10 within 800 m; nearest Pound Lane Marlow | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Coachway High Wycombe | 5.5 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest West Street Car Park | 600 m |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 570 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 24.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Marlow Medical Group | 1.3 km |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Marlow Pharmacy | 800 m |
| NHS dentists | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Elite Dental Clinic | 640 m |
| Hospital | Marlow Hospital | 1.3 km |
| Police station | Marlow Police Station | 1.0 km |
| Cash machines | MFG - Little Marlow Cashzone | 1.5 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 430 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 410 m² | 380 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3.2 ha | 450 m |
| Allotments | Hanging Hill Allotments 3.4 ha | 1.0 km |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 1.5 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Western House, a listed building (Grade II*), 440 m north. 150 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 5 of them Grade I and 19 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Western House | Listed building, Grade II* | 440 m north |
| Borlase School | Listed building, Grade II* | 520 m north |
| Court Garden | Listed building, Grade II* | 530 m north-east |
| Remnantz | Listed building, Grade II* | 540 m north-east |
| Bisham Abbey: a monastic and manorial complex | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km south |
| Harleyford Manor | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.9 km south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Forty Green | Wood | 1.0 km north-west |
| Lock Island | Island | 1.1 km east |
| Taylor Island | Island | 1.5 km east |
| Mount Hill | Hill | 3.0 km south-east |
| Cookham Dean | Valley | 3.7 km east |
| Cock Marsh | Wetland | 4.2 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 9 | 11 |
2 of the postcode's 11 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 | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 39% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 95% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 70% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 4% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 43% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 44% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 59% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 32% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 49% | 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) | 60% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 6% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 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 Trout Close.