SL8 5DP

Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns · Buckinghamshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bourne End
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Beaconsfield
Postcode district
SL8
Postcode sector
SL8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SL8 5GA 86 m
SL8 5DY 102 m
SL8 5XP 133 m
SL8 5EA 233 m
SL8 5EF 247 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SL8 5DP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SL
Postcode district
SL8
Postcode sector
SL8 5
Latitude
51.570875
Longitude
-0.709275
British National Grid easting
489,550
British National Grid northing
186,567

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Buckinghamshire · E06000060
Parish or community
E04001618
Westminster constituency
Beaconsfield · E14001082
Output area
E00090049
Lower layer super output area
Buckinghamshire 060D · E01017849
Middle layer super output area
Buckinghamshire 060 · E02003716

Postcode source versions

Explore SL8

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Thames Meadow, Hedsor Road, Bourne End, SL8 5DP 2 May 2025 £630,000
Cornerways, Hedsor Road, Bourne End, SL8 5DP 14 March 2025 £748,000
Herons Rest, Hedsor Road, Bourne End, SL8 5DP 30 June 2021 £2,175,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
23
Secondary
3
  1. Westfield School

    Community special school

    1.0 km
  2. E-Act Bourne End Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km
  3. Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Cookham

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
306
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 131
  • Public order 29
  • Criminal damage and arson 24
  • Other theft 18
  • Burglary 17

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
19

12 female, 7 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.1
SL8 5 residents
6,758

Age bands in SL8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.8%

1,078 residents

Age 15 to 24
8%

546 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.1%

1,509 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

1,978 residents

Age 65 and over
25.1%

1,711 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SL8 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
46.2%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
46.2%
Gigabit-capable
46.2%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

7

within 5 km

  • COOKHAM MEDICAL CENTRE

    LOWER ROAD, COOKHAM, MAIDENHEAD, SL6 9HX

    ODS code K81042

    1.8 km

  • BOURNE END & WOOBURN GREEN MEDICAL CTR

    8 THE GREEN, WOOBURN GREEN, HIGH WYCOMBE, HP10 0EE

    ODS code K82066

    2.7 km

  • MARLOW MEDICAL GROUP

    VICTORIA ROAD, MARLOW, SL7 1DN

    ODS code K82023

    4.2 km

  • CORDWALLIS ROAD SURGERY

    CORDWALLIS ROAD, MAIDENHEAD, SL6 7DQ

    ODS code K81607

    4.9 km

  • LINDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    9A LINDEN AVENUE, MAIDENHEAD, SL6 6JJ

    ODS code K81018

    4.9 km

  • MILLBARN MEDICAL CENTRE

    NEW BEACONSFIELD MED CENTRE, WALKWOOD RISE, BEACONSFIELD, HP9 1TX

    ODS code K82011

    4.9 km

  • THE SIMPSON CENTRE

    BEACONSFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE, WALKWOOD RISE, BEACONSFIELD, HP9 1TX

    ODS code K82046

    4.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Hedsor Road

    BCT · Bourne End

    0.1 miles
  • Hedsor Road

    BCT · Bourne End

    0.1 miles
  • Ferry Lane

    BCT · Bourne End

    0.1 miles
  • Ferry Lane

    BCT · Bourne End

    0.1 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Bourne End

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Buckinghamshire 060D, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

30,120 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
5 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
8
Medium risk addresses
3
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £689,000 from 2 recorded sales in SL8 5DP. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Buckinghamshire is £490,508 in June 2026, up 4.3% year on year.

Schools

31 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 3 secondary schools. Westfield School is the nearest published school at 0.6 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

306 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 131 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.