Slough

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• Today: 12° / 9° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:32

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

• 7.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

638 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences233
• Anti-social behaviour77
• Public order67
• Vehicle crime56

84 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Chalvey, Town Centre & Upton · Thames Valley

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

229 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 276 casualties · 14.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 370 rated 4–5 ★ (259 top)
• 29 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Slough (0.4 km)
• 52 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£349,397 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Slough · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,565 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,142
• 2 bed £1,425
• 3 bed £1,712

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

847 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (10.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (4.8 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

66 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Herschel Multi-Storey Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches62
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Live consultation links· 3 Nov 2026
• Auditor’s public interest report published· 29 Oct 2026
• Government announces plans to progress with a mayoral strategic authority for the Thames Valley· 28 Oct 2026
• Council Tax Support Scheme consultation launches· 26 Oct 2026
• Slough Youth Awards’ nominations are open· 15 Oct 2026

Source: Slough Council

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,789
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK13,599
• Net moves−2,810

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 72 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,414 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

59 schools · 34,094 pupils

28 primary · 14 secondary · 17 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Slough

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

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

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

164 applications decided

78.7% granted · 129 granted, 35 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Labour

Slough

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 11
• Con 17
• LD 10
• Grn 1
• Oth 3

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

• Schools19
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets8
• Parks & greens50
• Restaurants & cafés82

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,670 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,828 jobs advertised · £43,055 avg

e.g. Roadside Technician, Deputy Headteacher, Teacher

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

27% low-carbon electricity

Gas 65% · Wind 11% · Imports 8% · Solar 7%

264 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

13 GP surgeries · 18 pharmacies in SL1

• Crosby House Surgery
• Herschel Medical Centre
• The Village Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Slough:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 257 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities254 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND130 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Introduce weekend access to death certification for burials89 local signatures · 9,659 nationwide
• Fund culturally appropriate retirement support for Polish veterans and families68 local signatures · 10,780 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  St Ethelbert's Church, Slough · 0.1 km

  St Ethelbert's Church or Our Lady Immaculate and St Ethelbert's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Slough, Berkshire, England. It was built from 1908 to 1910 and designed by Benedict Williamson. It is located…

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  Heart of Slough · 0.1 km

  The Heart of Slough project is a £400 million plan to redevelop the town centre in Slough, Berkshire. Begun in 2009, it aims to create a "cultural quarter" for the creative media, information and communications indust…

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  Observatory House · 0.1 km

  Observatory House was the name of an 18th-century observatory established by William and Caroline Herschel in Windsor Street, Slough. After the original building had been demolished, the name was re-applied to a moder…

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  40-foot telescope · 0.1 km

  William Herschel's 40-foot telescope, also known as the Great Forty-Foot telescope, was a reflecting telescope constructed between 1785 and 1789 at Observatory House in Slough, England. It used a 48-inch (120 cm) diam…

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  Municipal Borough of Slough · 0.2 km

  Slough was, from 1863 to 1974, a local government district in southern Buckinghamshire, England. It became an urban district in 1894 and was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1938. It was abolished in 1974 and no…

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  Slough bus station · 0.3 km

  Slough bus station was a bus station in Slough, United Kingdom. The derelict structure is adjacent to Slough railway station.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)