Colnbrook with Poyle is a suburban parish with significant industrial units, logistical premises and open land.

The parish was created on 1 April 1995 as an amalgamation of Colnbrook from Iver to the north and the smaller Poyle from an unparished area of Stanwell to the south-east.

The bed was fixed to the trap door and the mattress securely attached to the bedstead, so that when two retaining iron pins were removed from below in the small hours of the morning, the sleeping guest was neatly decanted into a boiling cauldron.

[8] On an episode of Ghosthunters International that aired on 21 July 2010, it is mentioned that the Jarman murders at the Ostrich Inn were the inspiration for the story of Sweeney Todd.

[9] A traditional coaching history has led to no fewer than four inns or public houses remaining, three in Colnbrook, one in Poyle.

[10] In August 1902, a clock was installed by public subscription to celebrate the Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra, which stood until the building it was attached to was demolished in 1935.

In 2012, a new free-standing clock was installed in front of Ye Old George Inn at the end of the High Street to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.

Elevations vary between 22 and 20m Above Ordnance Datum with the Thames at 17m AOD 3 miles (4.8 km) south at Staines which is where the natural rivers generally drain toward.

The town's industrial estates are important in fields such as transportation, food and drinks manufacture, warehousing and distribution and despite almost all being in Poyle, landlords have mostly preferred to let premises under the name Colnbrook – but not all, such as Coca-Cola.

[1] Colnbrook was before the M4 along the Roman-origin A4 (previously the Bath road) as well as to Windsor or Maidenhead by way of Slough, and had been a convenient halting-place for travellers before the introduction of railways.