Colnbrook with Poyle

Colnbrook with Poyle is a civil parish in the borough of Slough in Berkshire, England. Located approximately 17 miles (27 km) west of central London and adjacent to the Greater London boundary, it is an urbanised parish with some industrial development and open land. The local council is Colnbrook with Poyle Parish Council. The parish was created on 1 April 1995 as an amalgamation of Colnbrook from the parish of Iver with Poyle from an unparished area. At the 2001 census it had a population of 5,426.[2]

Colnbrook with Poyle
Colnbrook with Poyle
Location within Berkshire
Area2.175 sq mi (5.63 km2)
Population6,157 (2011)
• Density2,831/sq mi (1,093/km2)
OS grid referenceTQ028769
• London17 mi (27 km) E
Civil parish
  • Colnbrook with Poyle[1]
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSLOUGH
Postcode districtSL3
Dialling code01753
PoliceThames Valley
FireRoyal Berkshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
WebsiteColnbrook with Poyle Parish Council

History

The parish was formed on 1 April 1995. Most of Colnbrook had been from 1974 in the parish of Iver in South Bucks district in Buckinghamshire, and before 1974 had been mostly in the parish of Horton, with small areas in Langley Marish. Poyle had been in the unparished borough of Spelthorne in Surrey (before 1974 forming part of the Staines Urban District of Surrey which had transferred from Middlesex in 1965). The new parish became part of Berkshire, and was the last boundary change before Berkshire County Council was abolished in 1998 and replaced by several unitary authorities.[3]

Geography

It is at the eastern end of the borough of Slough, and is just to the west of the M25 motorway, which separates the parish from Heathrow Airport in the London Borough of Hillingdon in Greater London.

References
  1. http://www.colnbrookwithpoyleparishcouncil.org.uk/
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Hunter, Judith (1995). A History of Berkshire. Chichester: Phillimore. p. 11. ISBN 0-85033-729-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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