4b.3a Slough Flashcards
What is slough’s growth like?
Fastest growing town
State four features of slough relating to good connectivity
- proximity to london
- proximity to heathrow
- cross rail project
- junction of m4/m25
State two pieces that evidence slough’s diversity
successful peaceful multiculturalism
existing asian communities
- 86% not born here but identify as british
State three features of slough that evidence its productivity
- slough trading estate: 1920 - UK headquarters for mars, o2, and European head office for blackberry, mcafee, burger king and lego)
- unitary authority 1998, seperating from berkshire
Why will slough always be gorwing/ productive
selective grammar school education system
abu dhabi investment; purchased observatory and queensmeere shopping centre
What is crime like in slough
- lots of knife crime and stabbing, particularly in parks and community areas like salt hill park
- crime is 49% higher than se and 40% higher than england, wales and NI
What is housing like in slough
- thousand new residential properties to be constructed on brownfield land where horlicks factory is located
What evidence is there of investment into slough and its communal areas
curve, montem leisure centre, slough ice rink, arbour park stadium, langley leisure centre and all the park
What is slough’s productivity status
According to the Centre for Cities’ 2019 Cities Outlook report, Slough’s GVA per worker – a rough measure of how much economic activity every worker in the area was responsible for – stood at £82,000. The average across all cities in Great Britain was just £57,000. Even London only managed £80,000
what are slough schools like?
Langley grammar climbed the time’s secondary school ranking from 95th to 38th (2020-2022)
why do insiders of slough hate it here?
High levels of crime and poor living standards in parts of slough, they take for granted opportunities in terms of access to high paying jobs and education but also how it is close to london, heathrow and can possesses high connectivity
