Map of LE1 1QA postcode

General information

Postcode	LE1 1QA
Post Town	Leicester
Nearest station	Leicester (0 km)
Bus stops	Charles Street (NW) Rutland Street (SW) Leicester Mercury (W) Station Street (NW) Humberstone Gate (W) Station Street (SE)
Roads in this postcode	Church Street Colton Street
Number of UPRNs	159 View
Known addresses	Apartment 1, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 1, The Squirrels, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 1, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 10, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 10, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 11, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 11, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 12, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 13, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 13, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 14, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 14, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 15, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 15, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 16, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 16, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 17, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 17, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 18, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 18, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 19, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 2, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 2, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 20, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 20, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 21, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 21, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 22, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 22, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 23, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 24, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester 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Leicester Apartment 39, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 4, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 4, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 40, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 41, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 42, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 43, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 45, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 46, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 47, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 48, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 49, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 5, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 50, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 51, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 52, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 53, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 54, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 55, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 56, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 57, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 58, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 6, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 6, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 7, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 7, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 8, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 8, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 9, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester Apartment 9, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Flat 1, 40A Colton Street, Leicester Flat 10, 40 Colton Street, Leicester Flat 11, 40A Colton Street, Leicester Flat 24, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Flat 3, 40 Colton Street, Leicester Flat 58, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester Flat 6, 40A Colton Street, Leicester Flat 8, 40A Colton Street, Leicester Flat 9, 40 Colton Street, Leicester 2 - 4 Colton Street, Leicester
Main property type	Flat
Businesses	CG FURNITURE TEAM LIMITED DOUBLE F ORGANISATION LTD ELEVATION HOSPITALITY LEIC LTD GB LOCAL TRADE LIMITED KWIK FIX TEAM LTD MORE WAYS HQ LTD OLA GROUPS LTD ORSY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED RAMIZ PAINTING AND DECORATING LTD SLAV CONSTRUCTION LIMITED ZSAKLIN BEAUTY LTD

Geography

	Latitude	52.634054
	Longitude	-1.127233
	Easting	459164
	Northing	304391
	Grid reference	SK591043
	UTM reference	30U 626736 5833209
	what3words	grew.dated.nods
	Plus code	9C4WJVMF+J4
	Altitude	69 metres (227 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	5:35
	Sunset (today)	20:30
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	83.8 KMs (52.1 miles)

Administrative areas

Parish	Leicester, unparished area	E43000015
Ward	Castle	E05010463
Unitary Authority	Leicester	E06000016
County	Leicestershire	E10000018
Constituency (2024)	Leicester South	E14001327
MP	Shockat Adam	Independent
Police force	Leicestershire
Water company	Severn Trent
NUTS/ITL 3	Leicester
NUTS/ITL 2	Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
NUTS/ITL 1	East Midlands
Country	England	E92000001

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	February 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Population (2011)	174
Households (2011)	102
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	5,785 / 32,844 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)	£39,700 Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urban	Urban city and town
Built up area (2024)	Leicester	E63009743
Census output area (2021)	E00169461
Census output area (2011)	E00169461
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Leicester 041D	E01032873
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Leicester 041D	E01032873
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Leicester City Centre	E02006851
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Leicester City Centre	E02006851
Travel to work area	Leicester	E30000230

Nearby schools

De Montfort University

Uplands Infant School (Primary)

Al-Islamia Institute for Education

Taylor Road Primary School (Primary)

Charnwood Primary School (Primary)

Highfields Primary School (Primary)

Sparkenhoe Community Primary School (Primary)

Uplands Junior L.E.A.D Academy (Primary)

Moat Community College (Secondary)

The Children's Hospital School

Beauchamp City Sixth Form (16 plus)

Property sales

Average property price in Leicester	£273,875
Annual change	-1.8%
View all properties sold in the LE postcode area

Properties recently sold in this postcode

Address	Type	Date	Price
Apartment 1, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester	Flat (leasehold)	Jan 2024	£160,000
	Flat (leasehold)	Feb 2017	£159,950
	Flat (leasehold)	Feb 2012	£154,000
Apartment 51, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester	Flat (leasehold)	Feb 2023	£140,000
	Flat (leasehold)	Sep 2016	£133,500
Apartment 2, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester	Other (leasehold)	Dec 2022	£90,000
	Flat (leasehold)	May 2007	£105,000
	New build flat (leasehold)	Sep 2005	£105,000
Apartment 19, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester	Flat (leasehold)	Nov 2022	£148,000
	New build flat (leasehold)	Apr 2008	£165,000
Apartment 10, The Squirrel Building, 57 Colton Street, Leicester	Other (leasehold)	Feb 2022	£92,500
	New build flat (leasehold)	Aug 2007	£90,000
2 - 4 Colton Street, Leicester	Other (freehold)	Jan 2022	£1,050,000
	Other (freehold)	Aug 2020	£1,045,000
	Other (freehold)	Dec 2014	£850,000
Apartment 22, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester	Flat (leasehold)	Jul 2021	£100,000
	New build flat (leasehold)	Feb 2006	£112,000
Apartment 14, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester	Flat (leasehold)	Oct 2020	£149,000
	Flat (leasehold)	Mar 2009	£110,000
	Flat (leasehold)	Jan 2009	£148,000
	New build flat (leasehold)	Nov 2006	£170,000
Flat 8, 40A Colton Street, Leicester	Flat (leasehold)	Oct 2020	£113,000
	New build flat (leasehold)	Dec 2010	£105,000
Apartment 33, The Zenith Building, 26 Colton Street, Leicester	Flat (leasehold)	Sep 2020	£100,000
	Flat (leasehold)	Jun 2006	£117,000

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