# SL7 1HQ: area report for a postcode in Buckinghamshire

SL7 1HQ is a postcode in Buckinghamshire.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Buckinghamshire. Open the map at SL7 1HQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire) › [SL7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sl7) › [SL7 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sl7-1)

## Around this postcode

- **6 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 40% on July. Buckinghamshire 062C: 28 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.7711,51.5769,SL71HQ
- **Marlow, 730 m**: About 9 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.7711,51.5769,SL71HQ
- **5 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 180 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.7711,51.5769,SL71HQ
- **No property in SL7 1HQ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.7711,51.5769,SL71HQ
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Buckinghamshire 062C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.7711,51.5769,SL71HQ
- **£479,736 average price**: For the whole of Buckinghamshire, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.7711,51.5769,SL71HQ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 350 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.7711,51.5769,SL71HQ
- **5 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 500 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.7711,51.5769,SL71HQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SL7 1HQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.7711,51.5769,SL71HQ
- **Low road and rail noise at SL7 1HQ**: Road 48 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.7711,51.5769,SL71HQ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.7711,51.5769,SL71HQ
- **11.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.7711,51.5769,SL71HQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Foxes Piece School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/foxes-piece-school-e131523) | Primary | 180 m (2 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Holy Trinity Church of England (Aided) School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-trinity-church-of-england-aided-school-e110471) | Primary | 430 m (5 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), June 2024 | 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Marlow Church of England Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/marlow-church-of-england-infant-school-e152403) | Primary | 510 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2023, before the school changed | – |
| [Great Marlow School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/great-marlow-school-e136964) | Secondary | 560 m (7 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2022 | Attainment 8 of 49.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Peter's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peters-catholic-primary-school-e148669) | Primary | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, December 2024 | 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Sir William Borlase's Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sir-william-borlases-grammar-school-e136781) | Secondary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), May 2024 | Attainment 8 of 76.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Spinfield School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/spinfield-school-e152440) | Primary | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, May 2025 | – |
| [Burford School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/burford-school-e152402) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| February 2025 | £325,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| January 2026 | £750,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| July 2025 | £560,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| December 2025 | £439,750 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| January 2025 | £645,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| June 2025 | £1,195,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| March 2024 | £575,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| November 2025 | £311,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Marlow (730 m, 9 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: MARLOW MEDICAL GROUP (350 m)
- Pharmacies: GLADE PHARMACY (340 m); BOOTS (680 m); MARLOW PHARMACY (830 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (340 m); THE OLD COURT HOUSE (DENTAL PRACTICE) (430 m); 2A CHAPEL STREET (DENTAL PRACTICE) (480 m); DENTAL CARE PLUS - MARLOW (550 m); DENTALIGN ORTHODONTICS (630 m)
- Supermarkets: Lidl Marlow (500 m, Lidl); Cook Marlow (600 m, Cook); M&S Marlow SF (620 m, Marks and Spencer); Sainsburys Marlow High Street Local (720 m, Sainsburys); Sainsburys Marlow (740 m, Sainsburys)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £479,736** (July 2026). Buckinghamshire’s average house price was £479,736 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 1.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £43,290** (2025). Full-time workers living in Buckinghamshire earned a median of £43,290 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 81st highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 11.1×** (2025). A home in Buckinghamshire costs 11.1 times local full-time pay. Joint 31st least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 11.9** (2025). Buckinghamshire has a deprivation score of 11.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 47th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Buckinghamshire 062C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 1.7** (2025). Buckinghamshire 062C has a deprivation score of 1.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 211th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £523,925** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Buckinghamshire 062C was £523,925 in 2025. 4,182nd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,431** (2021). Buckinghamshire 062C had 1,431 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 19,606th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 87.7%** (January 2026). In Buckinghamshire 062C, 87.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## SL7 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £650,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SL7 was £650,000 in 2025. Joint 105th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 21,220** (2021). SL7 had 21,220 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,370th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in SL7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 83.6%** (January 2026). In SL7, 83.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire)
- Centre: 51.5769, -0.7711

Council: [Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Beaconsfield](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/beaconsfield): Joy Morrissey (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.7711,51.5769,SL71HQ

## How to cite

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