Slough | |
|---|---|
  SL | |
| Coordinates:51°30′58″N0°38′38″W / 51.516°N 0.644°W /51.516; -0.644 | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Postcode area | SL |
| Postcode area name | Slough |
| Post towns | 8 |
| Postcode districts | 12 |
| Postcode sectors | 58 |
| Postcodes (live) | 10,583 |
| Postcodes (total) | 16,620 |
| Statistics as at May 2020[1] | |
TheSL postcode area, also known as theSlough postcode area,[2] is a group of ten postcode districts inSouth East England, within eightpost towns. These cover eastBerkshire (includingSlough,Maidenhead,Windsor andAscot) and southBuckinghamshire (includingIver,Gerrards Cross,Marlow andBourne End).
Mail for this area issorted inGreenford (Green Park Way).
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
In 2008, a group of residents in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead campaigned to have Windsor and Maidenhead's SL postcodes replaced with WM postcodes, claiming the association with Slough affected the towns' statuses as "desirable places to live".Royal Mail later stated that the campaign would be "unlikely to succeed".[3]
