Map of LE5 1BA postcode

General information
Postcode LE5 1BA
Post Town Leicester
Nearest station Leicester (3 km)
Bus stops
Pine Tree Avenue (S)
Greenland Drive (S)
Tennis Court Drive (NW)
Greenland Drive (NE)
Humberstone Medical Centre ()
Herongate Road (NE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 13 View
Known addresses
1 West Drive, Leicester
2 West Drive, Leicester
3 West Drive, Leicester
4 West Drive, Leicester
6 West Drive, Leicester
8 West Drive, Leicester
12 West Drive, Leicester
14 West Drive, Leicester
18 West Drive, Leicester
Main property type Semi-detached
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 52.644319
Longitude -1.084108
Easting 462068
Northing 305569
Grid reference SK620055
UTM reference 30U 629623 5834428
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Plus code 9C4WJWV8+P9
Altitude 72 metres (237 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:59
Sunset (today) 21:05
Distance away
Distance to sea 80.7 KMs (50.2 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishLeicester, unparished areaE43000015
Ward Humberstone & Hamilton E05010467
Unitary Authority Leicester E06000016
County Leicestershire E10000018
Constituency (2024) Leicester East E14001326
MPShivani RajaConservative
Police forceLeicestershire
Water companySevern 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) 34
Households (2011) 12
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
15,440 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£43,200
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban city and town
Built up area (2024)LeicesterE63009743
Census output area (2021)E00069155
Census output area (2011)E00069155
Lower layer super output area (2021)Leicester 043CE01013699
Lower layer super output area (2011)Leicester 009CE01013699
Middle layer super output area (2021)Humberstone & Hamilton SouthE02006965
Middle layer super output area (2011)Hamilton & HumberstoneE02002835
Travel to work areaLeicesterE30000230
Property sales
Average property price in Leicester £275,381
Annual change -1.4%
View all properties sold in the LE postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
2 West Drive, LeicesterSemi-detached (freehold)Jan 2025£375,000
8 West Drive, LeicesterTerraced (freehold)Jun 2019£190,000
12 West Drive, LeicesterSemi-detached (freehold)Aug 2016£183,500
Semi-detached (freehold)Apr 1995£39,000
3 West Drive, LeicesterSemi-detached (freehold)Dec 2015£153,000
4 West Drive, LeicesterSemi-detached (freehold)Jan 2011£167,500
Semi-detached (freehold)Jul 1999£59,500
6 West Drive, LeicesterSemi-detached (freehold)Jan 2008£150,000
14 West Drive, LeicesterSemi-detached (freehold)Jun 2004£159,950
18 West Drive, LeicesterSemi-detached (freehold)Aug 2002£92,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Mar 1996£51,000
1 West Drive, LeicesterSemi-detached (freehold)Oct 1998£56,500


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