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Slough Borough of Slough
Town, Borough and unitary authority
From top clockwise: Tesco Extra, Upton Court Park, Observatory House, Slough Trading Estate, Horlicks Factory and the Ditton Park Manor
Shown within Berkshire
Coordinates: 51°31′N 0°35′W / 51.51°N 0.59°W / 51.51; -0.59Coordinates: 51°31′N 0°35′W / 51.51°N 0.59°W / 51.51; -0.59
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Historic county	Buckinghamshire (including town centre) Middlesex (part of east of town)
Status	Unitary authority
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Admin HQ	Bath Road, Slough
Government
• Type	Unitary authority
• Body	Slough Borough Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Labour)
• MPs	Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour)
Area
• Total	12.56 sq mi (32.54 km2)
Area rank	306th (of 326)
Population (mid-2016 est.)
• Total	161,055
• Rank	134th (of 326)
• Density	13,000/sq mi (4,900/km2)
• Ethnicity	45.7% White 39.7% Asian or British Asian 8.6% Black or Black British 3.4% Mixed Race 2.6% Other
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
ONS code	00MD (ONS) E06000039 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SU978797
Website	www.slough.gov.uk

Slough (/ˈslaʊ/) is a large town in Berkshire, England, on the western fringes of the Greater London Built-up Area, 20 miles (32 km) west of central London, 3 miles (5 km) north of Windsor, 6 miles (10 km) east of Maidenhead, 12 miles (19 km) south-east of High Wycombe and 20 miles (32 km) north-east of Reading. Sitting at the gateway between the Thames Valley and London and at the intersection of the M4, M40 and M25 motorways, it offers easy road access to the rest of the UK.

The A4 and the Great Western Main Line pass through the town, which was historically part of neighbouring Buckinghamshire. From 2019 the Elizabeth Line (Crossrail) will allow fast journeys to central London.

As of 2011 Slough's population was one of the most ethnically diverse in the United Kingdom. with the highest proportion of religious adherents in England. The town has attracted people from across the country and the world for labour since the 1920s, which has helped shape it into a major trading centre. As of 2017 unemployment stood at 1.4%, circa one-third the UK average of 4.5%.

Slough has the highest concentration of global corporate HQs outside London. Slough is home to the Slough Trading Estate, wholly owned and managed by SEGRO, and the largest industrial estate in single private ownership in Europe.Blackberry, McAfee, Burger King and LEGO have head offices in the town. The Slough Trading Estate provides over 17,000 jobs in 400 businesses. Slough has the second highest gross value added per worker of cities in UK.