Windsor, Slough & Maidenhead Community

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Windsor (also known as New Windsor) and Maidenhead are both towns on the the river Thames in southeast England, just to the west of London.  They form part of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. This was formed in 1974, initially as a local government district of the county of Berkshire, on the merger of a number of local authorities including the Royal Borough of New Windsor, the municipal borough of Maidenhead and parts of the urban district of Eton (which had been in Buckinghamshire).  In 1998, the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead became a unitary authority, when Berkshire lost its administrative status becoming purely a ceremonial county.

Borough of Slough

Slough, a town just to the north of  Windsor, is about 20 miles west of London.  It was a municipal borough in the county of Buckinghamshire until 1974, when it was transferred to the county of Berkshire, of which it became a local government district.  In 1998, the Borough of Slough became a unitary authority, when Berkshire lost its administrative status becoming purely a ceremonial county.