Schools
36 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 4 secondary schools. Heathfield School is the nearest published school at 243 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SL5 8YZ
Swinley Forest · Bracknell Forest · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Swinley Forest
- Local authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Constituency
- Maidenhead
- Postcode district
- SL5
- Postcode sector
- SL5 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SL5 8YZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- 1 December 1990
- Postcode area
- SL
- Postcode district
- SL5
- Postcode sector
- SL5 8
- Latitude
- 51.411989
- Longitude
- -0.707284
- British National Grid easting
- 490,000
- British National Grid northing
- 168,900
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Bracknell Forest · E06000036
- Electoral ward
- Swinley Forest · E05015574
- Parish or community
- E04013260
- Westminster constituency
- Maidenhead · E14001348
- Output area
- E00188478
- Lower layer super output area
- Bracknell Forest 005B · E01016181
- Middle layer super output area
- Bracknell Forest 005 · E02003356
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore SL5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 36
- Primary
- 22
- Secondary
- 4
- 243 m
Heathfield School
Other independent school
- 283 m
LVS Ascot
Other independent school
- 1.8 km
Ascot Heath Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 430
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 194
- Anti social behaviour 52
- Criminal damage and arson 38
- Vehicle crime 32
- Other theft 30
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SL5 8 residents
- 7,581
Age bands in SL5 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.8%
1,360 residents
788 residents
1,549 residents
2,185 residents
1,456 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
10
within 5 km straight-line
ASCOT MEDICAL CENTRE
BROOK HOUSE, HEATHERWOOD HOSPITAL, BROOK AVENUE, ASCOT, SL5 7GB
ODS code K81655
1.4 km
GREEN MEADOWS SURGERY
BROOK HOUSE, HEATHERWOOD HOSPITAL, BROOK AVENUE, ASCOT, SL5 7GB
ODS code K81076
1.4 km
THE WATERFIELD PRACTICE
RALPHS RIDE, HARMANS WATER, BRACKNELL, RG12 9LH
ODS code K81001
1.9 km
FOREST HEALTH GROUP-MOUNT LANE
BOUNDARY HOUSE SURGERY, BOUNDARY HOUSE, MOUNT LANE, BRACKNELL, RG12 9PG
ODS code K81610
2.7 km
CROWN WOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
4A CROWN ROW, BRACKNELL, RG12 0TH
ODS code K81656
2.7 km
EVERGREEN PRACTICE
SKIMPED HILL LANE, BRACKNELL, RG12 1LH
ODS code K81657
3.2 km
EASTHAMPSTEAD SURGERY
23 RECTORY LANE, EASTHAMPSTEAD, BRACKNELL, RG12 7BB
ODS code K81087
3.3 km
RINGMEAD MEDICAL GROUP
LEPPINGTON, BRACKNELL, RG12 7WW
ODS code K81030
3.9 km
KINGS CORNER SURGERY
KINGS ROAD, SUNNINGHILL, ASCOT, SL5 0AE
ODS code K81010
4.2 km
GREAT HOLLANDS PRACTICE
GREAT HOLLANDS SQUARE, BRACKNELL, RG12 8WY
ODS code K81094
4.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
The Royal Foresters Hotel
BCT · North Ascot
- 0.1 miles
The Royal Foresters Hotel
BCT · North Ascot
- 0.2 miles
Fernbank Corner
BCT · North Ascot
- 0.3 miles
Fernbank Corner
BCT · North Ascot
- 0.3 miles
Fernbank Corner
BCT · North Ascot
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bracknell Forest 005B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
10 of 10
Overall England rank
30,408 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
430 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 194 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.