A Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed the Royal Borough’s pothole hotspots, with the rural roads of Hurley and the Walthams most blighted by craters in the road.
Figures covering April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025 show 295 pothole repair orders were recorded in the ward over the year – 40 more than Eton and Castle in second place.
The borough’s more rural communities were the most likely to record a high number of pothole repairs, with Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury (228), Bray (218), and Bisham and Cookham (207) rounding out the top five.
Meanwhile, just 30 repair orders were recorded in Boyn Hill over the year, with Belmont (43), Furze Platt (49), Clewer and Dedworth West (54) and Pinkneys Green (68) among the areas with the fewest repairs.
The FOI has also outlined the top 10 roads across the borough for pothole repair orders in the same timeframe.
Windsor Road in Bray came out on top with 100 recorded orders – nearly half of those recorded for the entire ward.
Shoppenhangers Road (Oldfield) is in second place with 80, followed by London Road (Ascot and Sunninghill) with 58.
Oldfield’s Braywick Road (56) and Ascot and Sunninghill’s London Road (50) completed the top five.
The start of the year is the period when motorists are most likely to experience pothole misery, with January, February and March seeing the most pothole reports over the past five years.
A wet winter saw the number of potholes reported across the Royal Borough this January triple compared to the previous year, with 629 reported in 2026 and just 203 reported in January 2025.
This also led to a big increase in the amount of money the Royal Borough spent on repairs that month – £24,779 compared to £10,464 in 2025.
This January saw the highest number of potholes reported for any month over the past five years, and the Royal Borough carried out 704 repairs.
Contractors repaired 548 potholes in December and 416 in November, at a cost of £18,933 and £15,779 respectively.
The FOI said no separate budget is allocated for potholes and the money is used from the total annual highway budget each year.
The budget for 2025/26 was £1,900,000, up from £1,209,000 the previous year.
A council spokesperson said: “The Royal Borough takes the safety of our residents very seriously.
“Our team of highway inspectors regularly monitor roads in the borough to ensure appropriate action is taken and have taken additional action to tackle increased potholes.
“Residents are also able to report any issues they may come across directly on our website.”
For more information about reporting potholes, visit: www.rbwm.gov.uk/transport-and-streets/roads-and-pavements/report-pothole