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Leicester
Leicester
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Postcode area
Coordinates: 52°38′35″N 1°08′02″W / 52.643°N 1.134°W
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode areaLE
Postcode area nameLeicester
Post towns12
Postcode districts28
Postcode sectors152
Postcodes (live)22,458
Postcodes (total)34,512
Statistics as at May 2020[1]

The LE postcode area, also known as the Leicester postcode area,[2] is a group of 21 postcode districts in central England, within 12 post towns. These cover most of Leicestershire (including Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray, Coalville, Market Harborough, Ashby de la Zouch, Lutterworth, Wigston, Markfield and Ibstock) and most of Rutland (including Oakham), plus small parts of south Nottinghamshire and north Northamptonshire, and very small parts of Derbyshire and Warwickshire.

Coverage#edit

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode districtPost townCoverageLocal authority area(s)
LE1LEICESTERLeicesterLeicester
LE2LEICESTEROadby, Knighton, Highfields, Aylestone, Eyres Monsell, Glen Parva, Stoughton, Little StrettonLeicester, Oadby and Wigston, Harborough, Blaby
LE3LEICESTERBraunstone, Glenfield, New Parks, Groby Road (A50), Leicester Forest East, WestcotesLeicester, Blaby
LE4LEICESTERBeaumont Leys, Belgrave, Rushey Mead, Birstall, ThurmastonLeicester, Charnwood
LE5LEICESTERHamilton, Thurnby Lodge, EvingtonLeicester
LE6LEICESTERRatby, Groby, Newtown LinfordHinckley and Bosworth, Charnwood
LE7LEICESTERScraptoft, Thurnby, Anstey, Billesdon, Gaddesby, Hungarton, Rearsby, Tilton on the Hill, Tugby, Cropston, Thurcaston, Rothley, Barkby, Syston, WanlipCharnwood, Harborough, Melton
LE8LEICESTERBlaby, Great Glen, Fleckney, Kibworth, Peatling Magna, Countesthorpe, WhetstoneBlaby, Harborough
LE9LEICESTERKirby Muxloe, Stoney Stanton, Cosby, Huncote, Croft, Desford, Newbold Verdon, Kirkby Mallory, Earl Shilton, Barwell, Sapcote, Sutton in the Elms, Broughton Astley, Thurlaston, Potters MarstonHinckley and Bosworth, Blaby, Harborough
LE10HINCKLEYHinckley, Burbage, Wolvey, Sharnford, Aston Flamville, Copston MagnaHinckley and Bosworth, Blaby, Rugby
LE11LOUGHBOROUGHLoughborough, NanpantanCharnwood
LE12LOUGHBOROUGHEast Leake, West Leake, Sutton Bonington, Long Whatton, Mountsorrel, Shepshed, Belton, Hathern, Quorn, Barrow Upon Soar, Sileby, WymeswoldCharnwood, North West Leicestershire, Rushcliffe
LE13MELTON MOWBRAYMelton MowbrayMelton
LE14MELTON MOWBRAYAshby Folville, Brooksby, Harby, Hickling, Hoby, Ragdale, Rotherby, Scalford, Somerby, Stonesby, Waltham on the Wolds, WymondhamMelton, Rushcliffe
LE15OAKHAMOakham, Cold Overton, Empingham, Knossington, Langham, Manton, Owston and Newbold, Thistleton, Uppingham, WhissendineRutland, Melton, Harborough
LE16MARKET HARBOROUGHMarket Harborough, Arthingworth, Ashley, Braybrooke, Caldecott, Clipston, East Carlton, East Farndon, East Langton, Great Oxendon, Hallaton, Marston Trussell, Medbourne, Rockingham, Sibbertoft, Stoke AlbanyHarborough, West Northamptonshire, North Northamptonshire, Rutland
LE17LUTTERWORTHLutterworth, Leire, Swinford, Bitteswell, Ullesthorpe, Theddingworth, Gilmorton, Catthorpe, Claybrooke Magna, WibtoftHarborough, Rugby
LE18WIGSTONWigston, South Wigston, KilbyOadby and Wigston, Blaby
LE19LEICESTERNarborough, Enderby, LittlethorpeBlaby
LE21LEICESTERnon-geographic
LE41LEICESTERLarge user (otherwise in LE4)non-geographic
LE55LEICESTERnon-geographic
LE65ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCHAshby-de-la-Zouch, Boundary, Calke, Smisby, Willesley, WorthingtonNorth West Leicestershire, South Derbyshire
LE67COALVILLECoalvilleNorth West Leicestershire
IBSTOCKIbstockNorth West Leicestershire
MARKFIELDMarkfieldHinckley and Bosworth
LE87LEICESTERnon-geographic
LE94LEICESTERnon-geographic
LE95LEICESTERnon-geographic

The LE65 and LE67 districts were formed from LE6 circa 1992.

The LE19 district was formed in 2002 from parts of the LE3 and LE9 districts.[3]

The LE2, LE3 and LE4 postcode districts are all among the top five by population.[4]

Map#edit

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LE postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby CV, DE, NG, NN and PE postcode areas.
LE postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby CV, DE, NG, NN and PE postcode areas. Image: source and license

See also#edit

References#edit

  1. ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. ^ "Royal Mail Update 34". Beacon Dodsworth. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  4. ^ "FOI request: Population for every postcode district in England and Wales". The National Archives. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
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