It forms an urban area with parts of Buckinghamshire and extends to the villages of Burnham, Farnham Royal, George Green, and Iver.

Notable settlements nearby including London, Reading and High Wycombe.

The borough has good links to London and other towns and cities with its main connecting road being the M4 motorway.

It is also served by six railway stations: Taplow, Burnham, Slough, Langley, Iver and West Drayton.

The district contains the unparished area of Slough and the civil parish of Colnbrook with Poyle.