SL8 5SL

Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns · Buckinghamshire · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Post town
Bourne End
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Beaconsfield
Postcode district
SL8
Postcode sector
SL8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SL8 5SH 26 m
SL8 5SJ 34 m
SL8 5QJ 35 m
SL8 5SQ 56 m
SL8 5SE 90 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SL8 5SL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SL
Postcode district
SL8
Postcode sector
SL8 5
Latitude
51.580440
Longitude
-0.714777
British National Grid easting
489,150
British National Grid northing
187,624

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
E00090055
Lower layer super output area
Buckinghamshire 060C · E01017848
Middle layer super output area
Buckinghamshire 060 · E02003716

Postcode source versions

Explore SL8

17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Ray House, 4, Cressington Place, Bourne End, SL8 5SL 15 December 2025 £295,000
Ray House, 1, Cressington Place, Bourne End, SL8 5SL 10 January 2025 £305,000
Ray House, 2, Cressington Place, Bourne End, SL8 5SL 7 July 2023 £290,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
29
Primary
22
Secondary
3
  1. Westfield School

    Community special school

    337 m
  2. Claytons Primary School

    Community school

    461 m
  3. E-Act Bourne End Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    645 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
303
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 134
  • Public order 30
  • Criminal damage and arson 24
  • Other theft 19
  • Drugs 18

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

13 female, 8 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.3
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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

5

within 5 km

  • BOURNE END & WOOBURN GREEN MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code K82066

    2.4 km

  • COOKHAM MEDICAL CENTRE

    LOWER ROAD, COOKHAM, MAIDENHEAD, SL6 9HX

    ODS code K81042

    2.6 km

  • MARLOW MEDICAL GROUP

    VICTORIA ROAD, MARLOW, SL7 1DN

    ODS code K82023

    3.9 km

  • MILLBARN MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code K82011

    4.6 km

  • THE SIMPSON CENTRE

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

    ODS code K82046

    4.6 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

  • The Parade

    BCT · Bourne End

    0.0 miles
  • The Parade

    BCT · Bourne End

    0.1 miles
  • Marlow Road

    BCT · Bourne End

    0.2 miles
  • Marlow Road

    BCT · Bourne End

    0.2 miles
  • Loddon Road

    BCT · Bourne End

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Buckinghamshire 060C, 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

33,360 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
10 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
9
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 £297,500 from 5 recorded sales in SL8 5SL. 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

29 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 3 secondary schools. Westfield School is the nearest published school at 337 m.

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

Recorded crime

303 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 134 events.

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