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Slough (/ s l aʊ /) 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.
The Borough of Slough is a unitary authority with borough 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 .
Map of Berkshire, UK with Slough highlighted. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160%: Date: 2 August 2011: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Coastline and administrative boundary data from Boundary-Line product. Lake data from Meridian 2 product. Inset derived from England location map.svg by Spischot. Author
The SL postcode area, also known as the Slough postcode area, [2] is a group of ten postcode districts in South East England, within eight post towns.These cover east Berkshire (including Slough, Maidenhead, Windsor and Ascot) and south Buckinghamshire (including Iver, Gerrards Cross, Marlow and Bourne End), plus a very small part of south-west Hertfordshire.
The 110-year old charity, Berkshire Vision is also located within Reading city centre. Slough Trading Estate plays a major part in making Slough a business centre in South East England. The global headquarters of Reckitt Benckiser and the UK headquarters of Mars, Incorporated are based in Slough.
Slough was, from 1863 to 1974, a local government district in southern Buckinghamshire, England. [3] It became an urban district in 1894 and was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1938. It was abolished in 1974 and now forms part of the borough of Slough in Berkshire .
Langley, also known as Langley Marish, is an area 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.
There is marked variation in the use of conservation area status across England, with coverage ranging from 100% of properties in the Isles of Scilly (which is one large conservation area) through an average of 17% in London (although some boroughs have over 50% coverage) to under 5% in about 30% of local authority areas.