LE1 4BB Leicester
Live postcode, introduced July 2024. Ward: Castle. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
- Causeway Lane, Leicester: 59 addresses
- East Bond Street, Leicester: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Leicester in 2026-27: Band D £2,529 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,686 | £1,967 | £2,248 | £2,529 | £3,091 | £3,653 | £4,215 | £5,058 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (57% of about 2,180 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 4.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 10 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- 3, DARKER STREET, grade II
- GREAT MEETING SCHOOLS, grade II
- UNITARIAN CHAPEL (GREAT MEETING), grade II
- WALL TO NORTH OF UNITARIAN CHAPEL ALONG BUTT CLOSE LANE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 125-129 Vaughan Way, permissioned (110 m)
- Vaughan Way - Highcross Street, permissioned (170 m)
- 63 Churchgate, permissioned (190 m)
- 27 Churchgate, permissioned (240 m)
- 61 Great Central Street, permissioned (260 m)
- 47 Vaughan Way - Kimberley House, permissioned (310 m)
- 44 Abbey Street, permissioned (340 m)
- 32-38 Market Place - Odeon Arcade, permissioned (390 m)
Flood risk
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this postcode yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 59 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Leicester 5.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.1 km |
| South Wigston 134,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.2 km | |
| Syston 213,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 26 stops within 400 m, 71 within 800 m; nearest Causeway Lane Leicester | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | St Margaret's Bus Station Leicester | 230 m |
| Car parks | 5 within 800 m; nearest John Lewis Car Park | 110 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest Blink | 220 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 25.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 18 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Inclusion Healthcare | 100 m |
| Pharmacies | 16 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Boots | 230 m |
| NHS dentists | 13 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Citydental | 100 m |
| Hospital | Leicester Royal Infirmary | 1.3 km |
| Police station | Leicester Police Station | 350 m |
| Cash machines | 10 machines within 800 m; nearest Barclays Bank Cash Machine | 240 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 6 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3,050 m² | 550 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Abbey Park 36 ha | 570 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 180 m² | 450 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest St Margaret's Pastures 2.4 ha | 540 m |
| Allotments | Groby Road Allotments 2.0 ha | 1.1 km |
Within 800 m: 6 parks and gardens, 44 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Former Church of All Saints, a listed building (Grade I), 220 m west. 191 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 10 of them Grade I and 17 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Former Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade I | 220 m west |
| Old Grammar School | Listed building, Grade II* | 250 m south-west |
| Church of St Margaret | Listed building, Grade I | 270 m north |
| Tomb of Andrew Lord Rollo to the North East of St Margaret's Church | Listed building, Grade II* | 310 m north |
| Jewry Wall: remains of a Roman bath house, palaestra and Anglo-Saxon church | Scheduled monument | 430 m south-west |
| Greyfriars, Leicester | Scheduled monument | 480 m south |
| Leicester Castle and the Magazine Gateway | Scheduled monument | 680 m south |
| Abbey Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 940 m north |
| New Walk, Leicester | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Old Mill Race | Lake or reservoir | 620 m north-west |
| Old Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 660 m north-west |
| Freemens Common | Wood | 2.1 km south |
| Shoulder of Mutton Hill | Hill | 2.7 km west |
| Little Gorse | Wood | 3.1 km west |
| The Pool | Lake or reservoir | 3.3 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 18.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 19 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 39 | 60 |
21 of the postcode's 60 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 25 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 4% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 1% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 9% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 0% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 12% | 17% |
| Private rented | 79% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 50% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 12% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 2% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 14% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 20% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 28% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 79% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 1% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 69% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 5% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Causeway Lane.