The Borough of Slough is a borough with unitary authority status in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, Southern England. 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.[1]

Borough of Slough
Borough and unitary authority
Observatory House, the meeting place of Slough Borough Council
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	20.81 sq mi (53.89 km2)
• Rank	297th
Population  (mid-2019 est.)
• Total	140th
• Rank	Ranked 140th
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode	SL1-3, SL60-95 (Non-geographic)
Area code	SL
ONS code	00EH (ONS) E06000039 (GSS)
Ethnicity	45.7% White, 39.7% S.Asian, 8.6% Black, 3.4% Mixed Race, 2.6% Other
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.[2] On 1 April 1995 the parish of Colnbrook with Poyle was transferred to Slough.[3]

Geography

The borough is located between the counties of Buckinghamshire, Greater London and partly Surrey, larger settlements nearby including London, Reading and High Wycombe. The nearest airport is Heathrow Airport. 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.[4] 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.[5][6]

Council and cabinet

2021 Slough Borough Council election[7][8]
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 15 wards:

• Baylis and Stoke (Pop; 9,701)
• Britwell and Northborough (Pop; 10,686)
• Central (Pop; 11,482)
• Chalvey (Pop; 13,183)
• Cippenham Green (Pop; 9,969)
• Cippenham Meadows (Pop; 11,891)
• Colnbrook with Poyle (Pop; 6,588)
• Elliman (Pop; 10,435)
• Farnham (Pop; 10,988)
• Foxborough (Pop; 3,724)
• Haymill and Lynch Hill (Pop; 9,525)
• Langley Kedermister (Pop; 10,355)
• Langley St Mary's (Pop; 11,157)
• Upton (Pop; 9,305)
• Wexham Lea (Pop; 10,588)

References

• "Slough (Unitary District, Slough, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
• "Slough Borough Council: Explanatory Memorandum". GOV.UK. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
• "The M4 Motorway (Junctions 3 to 12) (Smart Motorway) Development Consent Order 2016". legislation.gov.uk. legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
• Bagley, James (12 March 2022). "Slough council's debt almost hit a shocking billion pounds". BerkshireLive. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
• "Potential £479m blackhole forces council to spike council tax to maximum allowed". Slough Observer. Retrieved 14 May 2022.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Borough of Slough.

• Slough travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Slough Borough Council
• Slough History Online