Where to Stay in Slough, England

What is Slough known for?

Slough sits in the Thames Valley west of central London and north-east of Reading, at the intersection of the M4, M40 and M25, with Heathrow Airport just to the east. Windsor Castle stands close. Frogmore House, the Eton College Collections, and the Royal Windsor Wheel sit within easy reach, while Baylis House and the Montem Mound belong to the town itself.

What are the main landmarks in Slough?

Windsor Castle dominates the surroundings, with the Round Tower visible above it. Frogmore House and the kiosk in the Frogmore grounds, the Eton College Natural History Museum, and the Royal Windsor Wheel all fall within a short trip, and The History On Wheels Museum adds another. Slough keeps older ground as well.

Cippenham Moat, the Montem Mound, Baylis House, and Ann Foorde's House hold the town's own past, alongside the Church of St Laurence at Upton-cum-Chalvey and the Church of St Giles at Stoke Poges.

What is the history of Slough?

Old ground surrounds the modern town. Cippenham Moat and the Montem Mound survive as earthworks from a landscape older than anything industrial, and the Church of St Laurence at Upton-cum-Chalvey carries a parish name that predates the borough containing it. Buckinghamshire claimed it first.

Slough belongs to Berkshire while its historic county remains Buckinghamshire, and the parish churches at Langley and Stoke Poges stand on that older ground. Churches mark the older parishes: the Church of St Mary, the Church of St Peter, the Church of St John the Baptist, and the Church of Our Lady Immaculate and St Ethelbert. Great houses stand close by.

Windsor Castle and its Round Tower rise just beyond the town, Frogmore House lies in the grounds nearby, and Eton College keeps its collections and a natural history museum within the same cluster of institutions. Two monuments carry names of their own: Gray's Monument, and the memorial to Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein. Baylis House and Ann Foorde's House remain from the older domestic town.

Then came the motorways. The M4, M40, and M25 meet around Slough, and Heathrow Airport lies just to the east, so the town sits on the western approach to London rather than off on its own.

Where is Slough?

The Thames Valley floor carries Slough west of central London and north-east of Reading, with Langley, Chalvey, Cippenham, and Upton-cum-Chalvey among the local names around it. Berkshire holds the town. Its historic county is Buckinghamshire, and Stoke Poges lies just past the built edge where the Church of St Giles stands.

Windsor and Clewer are near neighbours.

What is the climate of Slough?

Mild and changeable, in the Thames Valley manner. Winters bring grey days and rain more often than hard frost, summers stay warm rather than hot, and the temperate pattern of the valley runs on without extremes at either end. Rain falls year-round.

Snow is uncommon and rarely settles for long.

How do you get to Slough?

Three motorways meet here: the M4, the M40, and the M25. Heathrow Airport lies just to the east, Slough sits outside the M25, and central London is the run east while Reading lies off to the south-west. The Thames Valley carries the traffic.

Windsor, Eton, and Stoke Poges are all short local journeys from the town.