Ruby Close Slough

14 addresses across 2 postcodes (SL1), about 100 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 34900751.

20 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £445,000 across 1 sale. 7 homes have an energy certificate (C: 3, D: 3, E: 1). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Slough costs £2,414 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. 43 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20211£445,000£445,000£445,000
20141£299,950£299,950£299,950
20111£250,000£250,000£250,000
20071£245,000£245,000£245,000
20041£217,000£217,000£217,000
20033£205,000£201,000£249,950
20022£173,000£170,000£176,000
20013£151,000£145,000£194,000
20001£143,000£143,000£143,000
19991£123,500£123,500£123,500
19971£94,000£94,000£94,000
19961£93,500£93,500£93,500
Most recent sales (20)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
21 Dec 20213 SL1 9DZSemi-detached£445,000
16 Dec 20167 SL1 9DZTerraced£360,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
21 Jul 20145 SL1 9DZDetached£299,950
14 Jan 20117 SL1 9DZTerraced£250,000
9 Mar 20071 SL1 9DZSemi-detached£245,000
2 Jul 20045 SL1 9DZSemi-detached£217,000
1 Aug 20031 SL1 9DZSemi-detached£205,000
16 Apr 200312 SL1 9DZDetached£249,950
16 Apr 20036 SL1 9DZDetached£201,000
2 Aug 20023 SL1 9DZSemi-detached£176,000
28 Jun 20021 SL1 9DZSemi-detached£170,000
12 Sep 200112 SL1 9DZDetached£194,000
30 Apr 20017 SL1 9DZTerraced£145,000
20 Apr 20016 SL1 9DZDetached£151,000
4 Feb 20001 SL1 9DZSemi-detached£143,000
12 Aug 19995 SL1 9DZSemi-detached£123,500
30 May 19973 SL1 9DZSemi-detached£94,000
20 Sep 19961 SL1 9DZSemi-detached£93,500
27 Apr 19957 SL1 9DZTerraced£87,500
3 Mar 199512 SL1 9DZDetached£100,000

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 13 October 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from May 2013 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 80 m². Most common: House, detached (6); House, semi-detached (1). Built: 1983-1990 (3); 1976-1982 (3); 1930-1949 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5); rented (private) (2).

Council tax

What each band costs in Slough in 2026-27: Band D £2,414 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

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£1,610£1,878£2,146£2,414£2,951£3,488£4,024£4,829

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (41% of about 680 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 5 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 55 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 33 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
SL1 9DZnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
SL1 9DYnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 5 unlikely

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
SL1 9DY100%100%100%0%
SL1 9DZ100%100%100%0%

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 30 October 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceOfsted
Montem AcademyPrimary3–11540 m No published inspection
The Westgate SchoolSecondary11–18870 m No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good
Eden Girls' School, Slough MuslimSecondary11–18910 m No published inspection
Chalvey Nursery School & Early Years CentreNursery2–41.0 km No published inspection
Grove AcademyAll-through4–191.1 km Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met
Western House AcademyPrimary3–111.1 km No published inspection
Eton Wick CofE First School Church of EnglandPrimary3–91.2 km Report card (Dec 2025): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met
Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise CollegeSecondary11–181.6 km No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good
Slough Centre Nursery SchoolNursery2–41.7 km No overall grade (Jul 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding
Herschel Grammar SchoolSecondary11–181.8 km Outstanding (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework)
Cippenham SchoolPrimary4–111.9 km Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Cippenham Village Nursery SchoolNursery2–42.0 km Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 30 October 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Asda Retail Supermarket SL1 9LARetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets290 m5 Very good21 May 2025
Panku SL1 9LARetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets290 m5 Very good6 Jun 2024
Haji Baba Ltd SL1 9LARetailers - other290 m5 Very good20 Feb 2025
McDonalds SL1 9LARestaurant/Cafe/Canteen290 m5 Very good30 Oct 2024
Be Happy Nursery Cippenham SL1 2UWHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises430 m5 Very good21 Jan 2020
Pabulum Limited at Montem Primary School SL1 2TESchool/college/university470 m5 Very good14 Jan 2026
Chalvey Grove Children's Centre SL1 2TEHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises470 m5 Very good17 Jul 2026

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

43 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences17
Other theft7
Vehicle crime6
Public order5
Anti-social behaviour4
Criminal damage and arson2
Bicycle theft1
Drugs1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Bader Gardens (9); On or near Baird Close (6); On or near Flamborough Spur (5); On or near Charlton Close (3); On or near Banks Spur (3).

What has changed

Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

Nearby streets

Garnet Close · Lancelot Close · Mitchell Close · Galahad Close · Bank Spur · Cippenham Lane · Banks Spur · Coe Spur · Cooper Way · Bader Gardens · Flamborough Spur · Moore Close

All the streets in SL1 and across Slough.

What this page cannot tell you

  • Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
  • What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
  • How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
  • Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
  • Anything about planning applications, roadworks, noise, air quality or council tax yet.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.