| Postcode | LE6 1AS | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Leicester | 
| Nearest station | Narborough (13 km) | 
| Bus stops | Bagworth Lane (NW) Mill Lane (SE) Mill Lane (NW) Hawthorne Drive (SE) Hawthorne Drive (NW) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 52.66971 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.319558 | |
| Easting | 446111 | |
| Northing | 308217 | |
| Grid reference | SK461082 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 613629 5836854 | |
| what3words | undivided.manicured.unloads | |
| FixPhrase | crock macarena starter unsworn | |
| Plus code | 9C4WMM9J+V5 | |
| Altitude | 147 metres (481 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:01 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:38 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 94.8 KMs (58.9 miles) | 
| Parish | Bagworth & Thornton | E04005491 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton | E05005493 | 
| Local Authority District | Hinckley and Bosworth | E07000132 | 
| County Electoral Division | Markfield, Desford & Thornton | E58000867 | 
| Local Authority | Leicestershire | E10000018 | 
| County | Leicestershire | E10000018 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Mid Leicestershire | E14001364 | 
| MP | Mr Peter Bedford | Conservative | 
| Police force | Leicestershire | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Leicestershire CC and Rutland | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East Midlands | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1992 | 
| Last updated | September 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 | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural village | |
| Built up area (2024) | Thornton (Hinckley and Bosworth) | E63009669 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00131309 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Hinckley and Bosworth 001G | E01035095 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Hinckley and Bosworth 001E | E01025878 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Markfield & Thornton | E02005377 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Markfield & Thornton | E02005377 | 
| Travel to work area | Leicester | E30000230 | 
| Average property price in Leicester | £280,147 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.9% |