| Postcode | LE8 2EZ |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Leicester |
| Nearest station | South Wigston (1 km) |
| Bus stops |
Queens Drive (W)
Whitehead Crescent (SW)
Whitehead Crescent (NE)
Holmden Avenue (NW)
Holmden Avenue (SE)
Exeter Road (NW)
|
| Known addresses |
No addresses found
|
| Businesses |
No businesses found
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| Latitude | 52.586433 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.117307 | |
| Easting | 459901 | |
| Northing | 299102 | |
| Grid reference | SP599991 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 627546 5827930 | |
| what3words | reader.gloves.bands | |
| FixPhrase | croak macaw subdivide uncurled | |
| Plus code | 9C4WHVPM+H3 | |
| Altitude | 88 metres (290 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:02 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:36 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 85.3 KMs (53 miles) |
| Parish | Oadby and Wigston, unparished area | E43000108 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Wigston Fields | E05005538 |
| Local Authority District | Oadby and Wigston | E07000135 |
| County Electoral Division | South & West Wigston | E58000878 |
| Local Authority | Leicestershire | E10000018 |
| County | Leicestershire | E10000018 |
| Constituency (2024) | Harborough, Oadby and Wigston | E14001266 |
| MP | Neil O'Brien | 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 1992 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1992 |
| Last updated | September 2025 |
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
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|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Wigston | E63009826 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00131913 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8D2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Oadby and Wigston 005C | E01025997 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Oadby and Wigston 005C | E01025997 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Wigston Town | E02005414 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Wigston Town | E02005414 |
| Travel to work area | Leicester | E30000230 |
| Average property price in Leicester | £280,147 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.9% |