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Slough is an unparished area located in Berkshire, England, and it lies at the junction of several motorways including the M4, M40 and M25. Home to a population of 164,793 as of 2020, Slough is renowned for its diverse culture, attracting people from all around the world in search of work. Furthermore, it boasts one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country with 1.4%, far below the national average. Slough Trading Estate is Europe’s biggest industrial estate by single ownership and provides jobs to over 17000 individuals in 400 businesses. It also serves as headquarters to major international companies such as Blackberry, McAfee, Burger King, DHL, Telefonica and Lego.

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In the Domesday Survey of 1086, Upton was recorded as having a wood with 200 pigs and worth £15. Henry III had a palace at Cippenham in the 13th century, parts of which are now Upton Court. St Mary the Virgin Church in Langley was likely built between 11th and 12th centuries, although it has been renovated multiple times since then.

From mid-17th century onwards, stagecoaches began to pass through Slough and Salt Hill (later part of Slough), serving as changeover stations on journeys from London. When Great Western Railway opened in 1838, Upton-cum-Chalvey’s population had grown to 1,502. A railway branch connecting Slough and Windsor & Eton Central was completed in 1849, so Queen Victoria could travel to the royal residence at Windsor Castle with ease.

Today, Slough has 96 listed buildings, four of them Grade I: St Laurence’s Church (Upton), St Mary the Virgin Church, Langley and Baylis House and Godolphin Court. There are also seven Grade II* sites including St Mary’s Church (Upton-cum-Chalvey), Upton Court, Kederminster and Seymour Almshouses in Langley, and St Peter’s Church (Chalvey). Grade II structures include four milestones, Beech, Oak and Linden Houses at Upton Hospital, St Ethelbert’s Church, Slough railway station and more.

In 1918, a motor repair depot was created in Slough for the purpose of repairing vehicles returning from WWI. In April 1920, the Government sold this site and its contents to the Slough Trading Co. Ltd., which went on to form an industrial estate in 1925 following the passing of the Slough Trading Company Act. It saw spectacular growth and employment as workers from all over Britain (and beyond) flocked to Slough. The Town Hall, designed by Charles Holloway James and Stephen Rowland Pierce, was completed in 1937.

During WWII, air raids hit Slough multiple times with five people dying as a result of one raid on 13 October 1940. An emergency hospital treating casualties from London was also set up during this time. After the war, several more housing developments were built to accommodate people migrating from London and, between 1955 and 1957, Slough was the site of a large-scale road safety trial. On 28 November 1974, the old Slough Library (named after Alderman Taylor in honour of his contribution to the library service) was opened and officially opened by the Mayor on 15 May 1975. It was demolished in May 2017 as part of a redevelopment programme in the town centre.

In the early 19th century, William Thomas Buckland from nearby Wraysbury began holding livestock sales in a field near the Great Western Railway Station. This soon increased to every Tuesday and eventually moved to Wexham Street following World War II. Slough Cattle Market, run by Messrs Buckland and Sons, was active until its closure in 1988. James Horlick founded a red brick factory near Slough Railway Station in 1906 to produce his malted milk product. This business was sold by Glaxo Smith Kline in 2015, and manufacturing at this site stopped two years later. The proposed redevelopment of the area is residential, making use of existing buildings as much as possible.

Slough Estates Ltd initiated many more estates in the UK and abroad throughout the 1920s. Since then, Slough has evolved from a mainly manufacturing-based into an information economy. Many factories that had been active for decades were replaced by office buildings, with hundreds of major companies drawn to the area due to its proximity to London Heathrow Airport and good motorway connections. Mars Incorporated set up a factory in 1932 which produced the iconic Mars Bar, some production of which has now moved to Czech Republic. O2 headquarters is spread across four buildings in Slough as well as other IT companies such as BlackBerry, McAfee and PictureTel have offices here.

The town was also home to Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation series like Thunderbirds during the 1960s and there is a long motor trade history here. Citroen had an assembly factory in Liverpool Road until 1966 and Ford built lorries at its Langley site from 1936 to the 1950s until it was redeveloped for housing in the 1990s. New offices have been established by companies such as Nintendo, Black and Decker and Abbey business centres. Furniture Village also have their registered office here too.

The European headquarters of many major IT companies are found in Slough, while the National Foundation for Educational Research is housed in The Mere. It is clear that Slough has been able to successfully transition out of its manufacturing-based past towards an information economy due to its advantageous location and access to resources.

Slough has numerous primary and secondary schools, as well as a campus of East Berkshire College. The area is one of the top 10 best performers for GCSEs in the country, with 68.1% of pupils leaving school with at least 5 A*-C grades (including English and maths) in 2011 – higher than the national average of 58.9%. Unfortunately, Thames Valley University’s Slough Campus is currently closed due to the Heart of Slough project, with no progress made on its anticipated new location as part of University of West London by March 2022 – instead, the former site has been sold for housing.

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