SL postcode area
Slough | |
|---|---|
  SL | |
| Coordinates: 51°30′58″N 0°38′38″W / 51.516°N 0.644°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Postcode area | SL |
| Postcode area name | Slough |
| Post towns | 8 |
| Postcode districts | 12 |
| Postcode sectors | 58 |
| Postcodes (live) | 10,583 |
| Postcodes (total) | 16,620 |
| Statistics as at May 2020[1] | |
The SL postcode area, also known as the Slough postcode area,[2] is a group of ten postcode districts in South East England, within eight post towns. These cover east Berkshire (including Slough, Maidenhead, Windsor and Ascot) and south Buckinghamshire (including Iver, Gerrards Cross, Marlow and Bourne End), plus a very small part of south-west Hertfordshire.
Mail for this area is sorted in Greenford (Green Park Way).
Coverage
[edit]The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
| Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SL0 | IVER | Iver, Iver Heath, Richings Park, Thorney | Buckinghamshire |
| SL1 | SLOUGH | Slough, Burnham, Cippenham, Farnham Royal, Stoke Poges, Littleworth, Farnham Common | Slough, Buckinghamshire |
| SL2 | SLOUGH | Britwell, Farnham Common, Farnham Royal, Stoke Poges, Egypt, Hedgerley | Slough, Buckinghamshire |
| SL3 | SLOUGH | Langley, Datchet, Colnbrook, Poyle, Horton, Fulmer, George Green, Wexham, part of Richings Park | Slough, Buckinghamshire, Windsor and Maidenhead |
| SL4 | WINDSOR | Water Oakley, Windsor, Old Windsor, Eton, Eton Wick, Clewer, Dedworth, Cranbourne, Winkfield, Dorney, Spital, Oakley Green, Woodside, Boveney, Fifield (east) | Windsor and Maidenhead, Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, Slough |
| SL5 | ASCOT | Ascot, Sunninghill, Sunningdale, North Ascot, South Ascot, Burleigh, Cheapside | Windsor and Maidenhead, Bracknell Forest |
| SL6 | MAIDENHEAD | Maidenhead, Taplow, parts of Cippenham Slough, Bray, Braywick, Cookham, Cookham Dean, Cookham Rise, White Waltham, Hurley, Hurley Bottom, Holyport, Pinkneys Green, Woodlands Park, Furze Platt, Hitcham, Littlewick Green, Burchett's Green, Paley Street, Stud Green, Touchen End, Fifield (west) | Windsor and Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire |
| SL7 | MARLOW | Marlow, Marlow Bottom, Little Marlow, Medmenham, Bisham, Lower Woodend | Buckinghamshire, Windsor and Maidenhead |
| SL8 | BOURNE END | Bourne End, Well End | Buckinghamshire |
| SL9 | GERRARDS CROSS | Gerrards Cross, Chalfont St Peter, Chalfont Common, Horn Hill, Tatling End (west) | Buckinghamshire, Three Rivers |
| SL60 | SLOUGH | Jobcentre Plus | non-geographic |
| SL95 | SLOUGH | Royal Mail | non-geographic |
WM postcode area
[edit]In 2008, a group of residents in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead campaigned to have Windsor and Maidenhead's SL postcodes replaced with WM postcodes, claiming the association with Slough affected the towns' statuses as "desirable places to live". Royal Mail later stated that the campaign would be "unlikely to succeed".[3]
Map
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
- ^ "Windsor war over a Slough postcode". Daily Telegraph. 26 January 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2018.