Upper Thames Way Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
3 addresses across 2 postcodes (SL7,SL8), about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 45502709.
- Flood: 18 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band G; Band D in Buckinghamshire costs £2,527 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 50% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bourne End, about 1.5 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.5 km (1 mile) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 28 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Cookham Medical Centre, about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away.
- People: About 590 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 81% of households owned their home and 50% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 street: most are in band G (41% of about 660 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 6.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Former Wycombe Rural District - Poultry Production.
- Tree preservation orders: 3 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: yes, Buckinghamshire.
Listed buildings
- COLDMOORHOLM COTTAGE, grade II
- LADYMEAD COTTAGE, grade II
- OLD THATCH, grade II
- SEPTEMBER COTTAGE WAYSIDE COTTAGE, grade II
- SPADE OAK FARMHOUSE, grade II
- THE OLD VICARAGE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 17 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 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 16 homes the Environment Agency counts, 16 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 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: at least one 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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| SL7 3SB | zone 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| SL8 5RF | zone 3 | 17 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 28 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SL7 3SB | 50% | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| SL8 5RF | 71% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bourne End 255,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
| Marlow 361,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) | |
| Cookham 204,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3 km (1.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Fern Lane Little Marlow | 290 m |
| Bus or coach station | Coachway High Wycombe | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) |
| Car parks | Cookham Moor National Trust Car Park | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 22.6 km (14 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Cookham Medical Centre | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bourne End Pharmacy | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Bourne End Dental Practice | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Hospital | Marlow Hospital | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Police station | Marlow Police Station | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Bourne End Oakfield Rd Cashzone | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2,100 m² | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 730 m² | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.2 ha | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 6,270 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St John the Baptist, a listed building (Grade II*), 710 m (0.4 miles) west. 37 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St John the Baptist | Listed building, Grade II* | 710 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Round barrow cemetery on Cock Marsh | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Cock Marsh | Wetland | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Long Copse | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Cookham Dean | Valley | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Wessons Hill | Hill | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south |
| Sherriff Island | Island | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-west |
| Lock Cut | Lake or reservoir | 3.3 km (2 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 3 | 3 |
None of the street's 3 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Buckinghamshire: see them on the Buckinghamshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claytons Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| E-Act Bourne End Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Spade Oak SL8 5PS | Pub/bar/nightclub | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 3 Sep 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (thames-valley).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 81% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 48% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 60% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 34% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 58% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 50% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street 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.
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.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
All the streets in SL7, SL8 and across Buckinghamshire.
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.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.