Living in SL4, Windsor and Maidenhead
What the open data says about house prices, schools, crime and flood risk around SL4 in Windsor and Maidenhead. Built from the same sources as every property report on this site, not opinion or marketing copy.
- Homes on the streets around central SL4 sold at a median of £464,000 across 131 recorded sales, above the England average of £290,000 (HM Land Registry).
- Prices across Windsor and Maidenhead are down 3.9% on a year ago (UK House Price Index).
- Of the 38 schools within about 3 miles, 79% are rated Good or Outstanding, against 90% of state schools in England (Ofsted).
- The centre of SL4 is in flood zone 1 (low probability), on the Environment Agency flood map for planning.
- A Band D household in Windsor & Maidenhead pays £1,953 in council tax for 2026-27, every precept included (MHCLG).
- Police recorded 217 crimes within roughly a mile of the centre in August 2026, most commonly violent crime (Police.uk).
Figures gathered 17 October 2026, each from the source named in its section.
House prices
Average price in Windsor and Maidenhead: £575,036, down 3.9% on a year ago (July 2026). The wider South East average is £380,878.
Check sold prices for a specific address in SL4 →
See where SL4 ranks across South East →
Council tax at Band D in Windsor and Maidenhead: £1,953 a year (2026-27). Running costs by postcode: council tax, energy, tenure, and the estate charge no listing shows →
Compare SL4 with another district
Sold prices, the price trend, schools, flood zone, Band D council tax and crime for SL4 against any other district, each from the source the section below names.
What actually sold around SL4
131 recorded home sales on the streets around central SL4 in the last 2 years, with a median of £464,000 and a range from £122,500 to £1,800,000. Mostly flats and maisonettes.
| Address | Type | Sold for | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 2 Gray Court Bridgeman Drive, SL4 3SW | Flat or maisonette | £154,000 | 19 Jun 2026 |
| 20 Nelson Road, SL4 3RQ | Semi-detached | £540,000 | 10 Jun 2026 |
| 4 Addington Close, SL4 4BP | Terraced | £517,000 | 26 May 2026 |
| 106 Springfield Road, SL4 3PS | Semi-detached | £620,000 | 22 May 2026 |
| 19 Byron Court, SL4 4PU | Flat or maisonette | £235,000 | 29 Apr 2026 |
| Flat 2 Bell Court, 42 Oak Lane, SL4 5FF | Flat or maisonette | £308,000 | 27 Apr 2026 |
How to read this
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Every sale of a registered property in England and Wales appears here once it completes, so the most recent weeks are always still filling in.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Schools nearby
38 schools within 3 miles , of which 79% are rated Outstanding or Good by Ofsted.
| Nearest well-rated schools | Stage | Ofsted | Distance | Admitted from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montem Academy | Primary | Outstanding | 2.3 mi away | no figure |
| Eden Girls' School, Slough | Secondary | Outstanding | 2.7 mi away | no figure |
| St Edward's Catholic First School | Primary | Good | 0.4 mi away | 2.36 mi 2025/26 |
| St Edward's Royal Free Ecumenical Middle School, Windsor | Secondary | Good | 0.5 mi away | no figure |
| Hilltop First School | Primary | Good | 0.5 mi away | 4.51 mi 2025/26 |
| Trinity St Stephen CofE Aided First School | Primary | Good | 0.6 mi away | 1.67 mi 2025/26 |
Schools in SL4 with a published admission distance
How far away the last child offered a place lived, as the council published it. Tightest first; each name opens the school's page and its postcode checker.
| School | Stage | Admitted from | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eton Porny CofE First School | Primary | 1.34 mi | 2025/26 |
| Trinity St Stephen CofE Aided First School | Primary | 1.67 mi | 2025/26 |
| The Royal First School | Primary | 1.88 mi | 2025/26 |
| Trevelyan Middle School | Secondary | 2.13 mi | 2025/26 |
| King's Court First School | Primary | 2.17 mi | 2025/26 |
| St Edward's Catholic First School | Primary | 2.36 mi | 2025/26 |
| Oakfield First School | Primary | 3.95 mi | 2025/26 |
| The Windsor Boys' School | Secondary | 3.96 mi | 2025/26 |
| Braywood CofE First School | Primary | 4.41 mi | 2025/26 |
| Hilltop First School | Primary | 4.51 mi | 2025/26 |
| St Peter's Church of England Middle School | Secondary | 4.54 mi | 2025/26 |
| Clewer Green CofE First School | Primary | 4.68 mi | 2025/26 |
| Dedworth Green First School | Primary | 5.13 mi | 2025/26 |
| Eton Wick CofE First School | Primary | 5.59 mi | 2025/26 |
| Alexander First School | Primary | 10.33 mi | 2025/26 |
| Windsor Girls' School | Secondary | 26.15 mi | 2025/26 |
Will an address here get a place? How far Windsor and Maidenhead schools admitted from, school by school →
15 state primary and 10 state secondary schools within range, plus 6 fee-paying schools.
Private schools
6 fee-paying schools within 3 miles: Eton College, Eton End School, Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation, St George's School, The King's House School, Windsor, Upton House School.
All 6 fee-paying schools near SL4, with ages and admissions →
Fee-paying schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed. That is why they carry no rating here. A missing grade means we cannot see one, not that the school was judged poorly.
What people here do for work
The most common occupations among working residents, from the 2021 Census. This is occupation rather than industry: it says what people do, not which industries employ them.
| Occupation group | Share of workers |
|---|---|
| Professional occupations | 24.4% |
| Managers, directors and senior officials | 23.0% |
| Associate professional and technical | 20.4% |
| Administrative and secretarial | 9.5% |
| Skilled trades | 6.8% |
Source: ONS Census 2021, table TS063, for this district's small area.
How SL4 has changed since 2011
The biggest move: degree-level adults, up 6.0 points since 2011, with England's change beside each line.
How to read this
The census neighbourhood at the centre of SL4 (E01016548, 1,901 residents in 2021, down 0.6% on 2011) on the 2011 and 2021 censuses, with England's own change over the same decade for scale. Each line is a share of the neighbourhood's households or residents, so a growing area and a shrinking one compare fairly. The biggest move here: degree-level adults, up 6.0 points.
| Measure | 2011 | 2021 | Change | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 67.3% | 70.4% | +3.1 pts | -2.0 pts |
| Households renting privately | 22.2% | 23.7% | +1.5 pts | +3.7 pts |
| Households renting socially | 7.6% | 4.7% | -2.9 pts | -0.6 pts |
| Residents under 15 | 18.1% | 16.6% | -1.5 pts | -0.3 pts |
| Residents 65 and over | 13.2% | 17.0% | +3.8 pts | +2.1 pts |
| Adults with a degree or equivalent | 44.4% | 50.4% | +6.0 pts | +6.5 pts |
| Residents born outside the UK | 19.2% | 22.0% | +2.8 pts | +3.6 pts |
| Residents in good or very good health | 88.5% | 89.6% | +1.1 pts | +0.8 pts |
| Residents in a white ethnic group | 85.8% | 83.1% | -2.7 pts | -4.4 pts |
Office for National Statistics, Census 2011 and Census 2021, Open Government Licence. A district holds many neighbourhoods; the full report for an address shows the one it sits in.
Crime
217 crimes recorded within roughly a mile of central SL4 in August 2026, most commonly violent crime.
Flood risk
Zone 1 (low probability). This is the Environment Agency's flood zone for the area's centre point, an individual property's own risk can differ, especially near a specific watercourse.
Deprivation
This area falls in decile 10 of 10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation (least deprived nationally), based on Windsor and Maidenhead's figures.
Getting around & nearby essentials
7 supermarkets, 6 pharmacies, 85 restaurants and cafés, 16 pubs, 4 hospitals within a mile of central SL4, hospitals within three miles.
Buses from the centre of SL4
Best-served stop: Imperial Court, with 4.2 buses an hour on weekday daytimes.
Evenings, Sundays and routes
The best-served stop within 800 m of the centre of SL4 is Imperial Court: 4.2 buses an hour on a weekday daytime, 2.5 in the evening and 4.0 on Sunday daytime; first bus 03:10, last 22:38. Routes there: 703, 702, 37, 37M. 5 stops with a scheduled service within that distance.
Departures a passenger can board, from the timetables operators publish to the Department for Transport's Bus Open Data Service, for Tuesday 8 Sep 2026 and Sunday 13 Sep 2026. Scheduled, not observed. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two stops. The full report does this for the stops within 500 m of an address.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport)
GP practices and A&E
3 GP practices within 3.0 km of the centre of SL4. The nearest, Clarence Medical Centre, has 14,094 registered patients and 2,436 patients per fully qualified GP, against an England median of 2,186.
| Practice | From the centre | Patients | Per qualified GP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Medical Centre | 0.6 mi | 14,094 | 2,436 |
| Lee House Surgery | 0.6 mi | 8,592 | 2,436 |
| Sheet Street Surgery | 1.1 mi | 8,914 | 1,744 |
Nearest A&E: Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, where 60.7% of type 1 attendances were seen within four hours in July 2026; then Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at 70.1%.
How to read this
NHS England: patients registered at a GP practice (1 Aug 2026), the general practice workforce (July 2026), and A&E attendances by provider, monthly. Fully qualified GPs exclude trainees. Practices are matched by postcode.
Source: NHS England, monthly releases
Council tax and the council's finances
A Band D household in Windsor & Maidenhead pays £1,953 for 2026-27, all precepts included, a rise of 7.1% on the year before against an England median rise of 4.8%. Every band for Windsor & Maidenhead, and how it compares.
| Year | Band D bill | Rise |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | £1,473 | +5.1% |
| 2022-23 | £1,523 | +3.4% |
| 2023-24 | £1,604 | +5.3% |
| 2024-25 | £1,684 | +5.0% |
| 2025-26 | £1,824 | +8.3% |
| 2026-27 | £1,953 | +7.1% |
Exceptional Financial Support. Windsor & Maidenhead was agreed support by government for 2026-27 (£48.754m), 2025-26 (£41.0m). Support is permission to borrow, or to spend capital receipts, on day-to-day services because the council could not otherwise set a balanced budget. Councils in this position tend to cut services and raise council tax by the most the rules allow.
How to read this
A home's own band is on its council tax bill, free to look up at gov.uk/council-tax-bands; the report shows every band's bill at the council beside the home's other checks.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, live council tax tables (Band D, area averages) and the Exceptional Financial Support lists published each year; section 114 notices as published by the councils.
Source: MHCLG live council tax tables and Exceptional Financial Support lists
Common questions about SL4
What is the average house price in SL4?
The average sold price in Windsor and Maidenhead is £575,036 as of July 2026, according to the UK House Price Index.
Are house prices rising in SL4?
Prices in Windsor and Maidenhead are down 3.9% on a year ago (UK House Price Index).
What do houses actually sell for in SL4?
The median of 131 recorded sales around central SL4 in the last 2 years is £464,000, ranging from £122,500 to £1,800,000 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data).
Are the schools good in SL4?
38 schools sit within 3 miles of central SL4, and 79% are rated Outstanding or Good by Ofsted.
How much crime is there in SL4?
217 crimes were recorded within roughly a mile of central SL4 in August 2026, most commonly violent crime (Police.uk).
Is SL4 at risk of flooding?
Central SL4 sits in Zone 1 (low probability) for river and sea flooding (Environment Agency). Individual addresses vary, so check the full report for a specific property.
Is SL4 a good place to live?
That depends on what you need, so here is what the official data says rather than an opinion: 79% of nearby schools are rated Outstanding or Good by Ofsted; the median home sells for £464,000; the area sits in decile 10 of 10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation; 217 crimes were recorded within about a mile. Every one of those figures names its source on this page.
Is SL4 safe?
217 crimes were recorded within roughly a mile of central SL4 in August 2026, according to Police.uk. The most common category was violent crime. Crime counts follow how many people are around, so a busy district records more than a quiet one of the same size.
Neighbouring districts
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