Borough of Slough

The Borough of Slough is a unitary authority with borough status in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, Southern England. It is governed by Slough Borough Council. The borough is centred around the town of Slough and includes Langley. It forms an urban area with parts of Buckinghamshire and extends to the villages of Burnham, Farnham Royal, George Green, and Iver. Part of the district's area was in Buckinghamshire prior to the district's formation and in Middlesex until 1965.^[2]

Borough of Slough
Borough and unitary authority
From left to right Top: Slough town skyline Middle: Wentworth Avenue, Britwell and Wexham Court St Mary's Church Bottom: Colnbrook High Street and Langley St Mary's Church
Coat of arms
Slough shown within Berkshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Commuter Belts	London Commuter Belt
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Constituencies	Slough
Seat	Slough
Area
• Total	54 km2 (21 sq mi)
• Rank	276th
Population  (2024)
• Total	167,359
• Rank	Ranked 126th
• Density	3,100/km2 (8,000/sq mi)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 46.7% Asian 36% White 7.6% Black 5.7% other 4% Mixed
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 32% Christianity 29.4% Islam 25.5% other 13.1% no religion
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode	SL1-3, SL60-95 (Non-geographic)
Area code	SL
ISO 3166-2	GB-SLG
ONS code	00EH (ONS) E06000039 (GSS)
Website	www.slough.gov.uk

History

The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 from the Municipal Borough of Slough and parts of the parishes of Burnham and Wexham of which were formerly in Eton Rural District in Buckinghamshire.^[3] On 1 April 1995 the parish of Colnbrook with Poyle was transferred to Slough.^[4]

Geography

The borough borders the counties of Buckinghamshire (the unitary authority of the same name), Greater London (Hillingdon) and Surrey (Spelthorne), as well as the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (also in Berkshire). Notable settlements nearby including London, Reading and High Wycombe. The nearest airport is Heathrow Airport, which is located roughly 7 miles (11 km) to the south-east. The borough has good links to London and other towns and cities with its main connecting road being the M4 motorway. It is also served by six railway stations: Taplow, Burnham, Slough, Langley, Iver and West Drayton. The district contains the unparished area of Slough and the civil parish of Colnbrook with Poyle.^[5] The parishes of Britwell and Wexham Court were scheduled for abolition in April 2019, but after an appeal by the parish councils and a judicial review the order was quashed and the parishes remain unchanged.^[6][7]

Council and cabinet

2021 Slough Borough Council election[8][9]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	11	1	78.6	23	34	81.0	17,227	57.6	-1.4
	Conservative	2		14.3	3	5	11.9	9,072	30.3	+1.9
	Independent	1	1	7.1	2	3	7.1	1,987	6.6	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	939	3.1	-0.6
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	635	2.1	+0.3
	Heritage	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	66	0.2	New

Wards

The borough comprises 21 wards:

1. Britwell
2. Baylis and Salt Hill
3. Chalvey
4. Cippenham Green
5. Cippenham Manor
6. Cippenham Village
7. Colnbrook and Poyle
8. Elliman
9. Farnham
10. Haymill
11. Herschel Park
12. Langley Foxborough
13. Langley Marish
14. Langley Meads
15. Langley St Marys
16. Manor Park and Stoke
17. Northborough and Lynch Hill Valley
18. Slough Central
19. Upton
20. Upton Lea
21. Wexham Court

Map of Slough showing its wards.