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Poyle

Poyle is a town or village in Berkshire, England. It has around 3 restaurants and cafés, 1 pharmacy and 15 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Station A, 1.8 km away. There were around 194 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly other crime. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Poyle area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Slough area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 158,500 residents at roughly 4,872 people per km².

Council
Slough
County
Berkshire
Constituency
Windsor
Police force
Thames Valley
36/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 257th of 294 English council areas — better than 13% of them.

Low crime26
Home affordability35
Affordable rents22
Good schools79
Life expectancy27
Low deprivation23
Employment7
Low council tax57

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 18° · 82% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:25

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Crime

222 reported · July 2026 5% YoY

  • Other crime70
  • Anti-social behaviour32
  • Violence & sexual offences31
  • Public order23

15 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Colnbrook, Poyle and Foxborough · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • Car meets have been a concern for residents in Colnbrook and Poyle for some-time, however, last year reports were fewer. We believe now t…
  • Contravening the no through road on High Street, Colnbrook. This road is access only and vehicles are regularly using it as a cut through.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

209 reported road collisions (2024)

33 killed or seriously injured · 235 casualties · 13.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

153 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 123 rated 4–5 ★ (98 top)
  • 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Station A (1.8 km)
  • 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Heathrow Terminal 5 Rail (2.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£352,024 average 2.2% YoY

Across Slough · to 2026-06

Detached£703,927
Semi-detached£479,019
Terraced£371,549
Flat£229,759

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,569 average monthly rent 2.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,144
  • 2 bed £1,428
  • 3 bed £1,716

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

9.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.3 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (4.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (8.8 km)

41 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 34 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: World Courier-Slough (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

158,500 residents in Slough · 4,872/km²

  • Under 16: 25%
  • 16–64: 65%
  • 65+: 10%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 73 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,414 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (43% of 57,340)

A £1,610
B £1,878
C £2,146
D £2,414
E £2,951
F £3,488
G £4,024
H £4,829

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

59 schools · 34,305 pupils

28 primary · 14 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 16 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

50inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Herschel Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Langley Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • St Bernard's Catholic Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Upton Court Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Baylis Court SchoolGood
  • St Joseph's Catholic High SchoolGood
  • The Langley AcademyGood
  • Beechwood School
  • Ditton Park Academy
  • Eden Girls' School, Slough
  • Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy
  • Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College
  • The Westgate School
  • Wexham School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Slough

Care & health services

152 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes16
  • GP practices24
  • Dentists25
  • Homecare agencies69
  • Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Slough

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 40 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

141 applications decided

83.7% granted · 118 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jack Rankin

Conservative

Windsor

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 11
  • Con 19
  • LD 10
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens181
  • Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

78 jobs advertised · £42,294 avg

e.g. Weekend Housekeeper/Nanny nr Oxford, OX5 £20ph, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Property Strategic Procurement Lead

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£784 median full-time weekly pay

6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,714 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 64,996 certificates

9.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

29% low-carbon electricity

Imports 37% · Gas 34% · Wind 15% · Biomass 11%

172 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.8 women · 60.1 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Windsor:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • McKay Trading Estate · 0.3 km

    The McKay Trading Estate in Slough, Berkshire, is a grade II listed building with Historic England. It was completed in 1976–78, for the architect John Outram.

  • Poyle Estate Halt railway station · 0.3 km

    Poyle Estate Halt railway station was opened by the Western Region of British Railways on 4 January 1954 between Colnbrook and Poyle Halt on the Staines West Line. It closed to passengers on 29 March 1965. No relic of…

  • Poyle · 0.3 km

    Poyle is a largely industrial and agricultural area in the unitary authority of Slough, in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. It is located 18.5 miles (30 km) west of Charing Cross in London and immediately…

  • Colnbrook railway station · 0.6 km

    Colnbrook railway station was a station on the now-closed railway line between West Drayton and Staines West, on the western edge of London, England. It opened in 1884 to serve the village of Colnbrook, perhaps antici…

  • Colnbrook with Poyle · 0.8 km

    Colnbrook with Poyle is a civil parish in the borough of Slough in Berkshire, England. Located approximately 17 miles (27 km) west of central London and adjacent to the Greater London boundary, it is an urbanised pari…

  • Poyle Halt railway station · 0.9 km

    Poyle for Stanwell Moor Halt railway station was on the outskirts of London, on the now closed line of the Staines and West Drayton Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Poyle?
Poyle is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Slough local authority.
How deprived is Poyle?
The Slough local authority, which includes Poyle, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.