LE11 1SU Charnwood
Live postcode, introduced July 1983. Ward: Loughborough East. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Charnwood in 2026-27: Band D £2,406 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,604 | £1,871 | £2,138 | £2,406 | £2,940 | £3,475 | £4,009 | £4,811 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (45% of about 820 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land used for Storage Windmill Road Loughborough: up to 57 homes, not permissioned (240 m)
- Factory Premises Great Central Road Loughborough: up to 35 homes, not permissioned (260 m)
- Duke Street Motors King Edward Road Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 1RZ: up to 9 homes, not permissioned (300 m)
- 15 Great Central Road, Loughborough: up to 9 homes, permissioned (320 m)
- Land and premises off Wharncliffe Road and Great Central Road, Loughborough: up to 101 homes, not permissioned (360 m)
- Land adjacent to Windmill Road Great Central Road Empress Road and Moor Lane: up to 62 homes, permissioned (510 m)
- Land Off Empress Road, Loughborough: up to 18 homes, permissioned (590 m)
- The Former Druid Arms, Pinfold Gate, Loughborough LE11 1BE: up to 20 homes, not permissioned (690 m)
Flood risk
No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 43 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 | Loughborough 1.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km |
| Barrow-Upon-Soar 102,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.9 km | |
| Sileby 153,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 14 stops within 400 m, 31 within 800 m; nearest Tuckers Road Loughborough | 90 m |
| Car parks | 2 within 800 m; nearest Southfields Office Staff Car Park | 670 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 750 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 11.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Park View Surgery | 540 m |
| Pharmacies | 10 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Kings Pharmacy LTD | 450 m |
| NHS dentists | 8 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 280 m |
| Hospital | Loughborough Hospital | 2.2 km |
| Police station | Loughborough Police Station | 720 m |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Shell Thurcaston | 420 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 11 ha | 450 m |
| Play area | 8 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 160 m² | 390 m |
| Playing field | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4,400 m² | 390 m |
| Allotments | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4,060 m² | 330 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 14 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Taylor's Bell Foundry (That Part on East Side of Cobden Street), a listed building (Grade II*), 850 m north. 32 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Taylor's Bell Foundry (That Part on East Side of Cobden Street) | Listed building, Grade II* | 850 m north |
| Taylor's Bell Foundry (That Part on West Side of Cobden Street) | Listed building, Grade II* | 860 m north |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Charnwood Water | Lake or reservoir | 620 m south-east |
| Ingle Pingle Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km west |
| Fishpond Spinney | Wood | 2.7 km north-east |
| Catsick Hill | Hill | 2.7 km east |
| Wallend Plantation | Wood | 2.7 km south |
| Soar Valley | Valley | 5.0 km south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 17 |
5 of the postcode's 17 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 | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 33% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 16% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 49% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 48% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 14% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 30% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 90% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 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.