Slough Borough CouncilSlough Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Slough in Berkshire, England. Slough has had an elected council since 1863, which has been reformed several times. Since 1998 the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. The council has been under no overall control since 2023, being led by a Conservative minority administration. It is based at Observatory House in the town centre.
BerkshireBerkshire (, ; abbreviated Berks.), officially the Royal County of Berkshire, is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Oxfordshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the north-east, Greater London to the east, Surrey to the south-east, Hampshire to the south, and Wiltshire to the west. Reading is the largest settlement and the county town. The county has an area of 1,263 km (488 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 992,327 in 2024.
Burnham, BuckinghamshireBurnham is a large village and civil parish that lies north of the River Thames in southern Buckinghamshire, between the towns of Maidenhead and Slough, about 24 miles west of Charing Cross, London. It is probably best known for the nearby Burnham Beeches woodland. The village is served by Burnham railway station on the main line between London Paddington and Reading. The M4 motorway passes through the south of the parish.Borough status in the United KingdomHonorary local government statusBorough status is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the council or inhabitants of the district. In Scotland, similarly chartered communities were known as royal burghs, although the status is no longer granted.
Langley, BerkshireLangley, also known as Langley Marish, is an area of the Borough of Slough in Berkshire, England. It is two miles (3 km) east of Slough town centre and 18 miles (29 km) west of Charing Cross in Central London. It was a separate civil parish and village until the 1930s, when the built-up part of Langley was incorporated into Slough. Langley was in the historic county of Buckinghamshire, being transferred to the administrative county of Berkshire in 1974.
George Green, BuckinghamshireGeorge Green is a hamlet in the parish of Wexham, in the Buckinghamshire district of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated between Slough and Iver Heath, close to the boundary of the borough of Slough. To the south is the hamlet of Middlegreen. The hamlet is named after King George I. Close by are Langley and Black Park. The George, a historic pub, used to be located here but closed during the COVID-19 pandemic and never opened again.
SloughSlough () is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Thames Valley, 20 miles (32 km) west of central London and 19 miles (31 km) north-east of Reading, at the intersection of the M4, M40 and M25 motorways. It is part of the historic county of Buckinghamshire. In 2021, the population of the town was 143,184. The wider Borough of Slough had a population of 158,500.
BuckinghamshireBuckinghamshire ( , abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the east, Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, and Oxfordshire to the west. The largest settlement is the city of Milton Keynes. The county has an area of 1,874 km2 (724 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 884,656 in 2024.
Unitary authorities of EnglandIn England, a unitary authority or unitary council is a type of local authority that performs all local government functions, which is used in 132 of the districts of England. The unitary authority system replaces the previous two-tier system of local government which was used near-universally across England from 1974 to 1986, in which local government responsibilities are shared between county councils and district councils.
Farnham RoyalFarnham Royal is a village and civil parish within Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the south of the county, immediately north of Slough (with which it is contiguous), and around 22 miles west of Charing Cross, Central London. Within the parish boundary is the village of Farnham Common and the hamlet of Farnham Park.
IverIver is a civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. In addition to the central clustered village, the parish includes the residential neighbourhoods Iver Heath and Richings Park and the hamlets Shreding Green and Thorney. In 2011 it had a population of 11,119. Geography, transport and economyPart of the 43-square-mile Colne Valley regional park, with woods, lakes and land by the Grand Union Canal. Most of the open land is classified as Metropolitan Green Belt.
MiddlesexMiddlesex ( ; abbreviation: Middx) is one of the historic counties of England. The county boundaries largely followed three rivers: the Thames in the south, the Lea to the east and the Colne to the west, with a line of hills forming its northern boundary with Hertfordshire. Its former area now lies almost entirely in the ceremonial county of Greater London, with smaller parts in the counties of Hertfordshire and Surrey.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.