LE11 2PH Charnwood
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Loughborough East. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
- Tuckers Road, Loughborough: 83 addresses
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 B (47% of about 530 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 (360 m)
- Factory Premises Great Central Road Loughborough: up to 35 homes, not permissioned (450 m)
- Duke Street Motors King Edward Road Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 1RZ: up to 9 homes, not permissioned (540 m)
- Land adjacent to Windmill Road Great Central Road Empress Road and Moor Lane: up to 62 homes, permissioned (560 m)
- 15 Great Central Road, Loughborough: up to 9 homes, permissioned (610 m)
- Land and premises off Wharncliffe Road and Great Central Road, Loughborough: up to 101 homes, not permissioned (630 m)
- Land Off Empress Road, Loughborough: up to 18 homes, permissioned (690 m)
- The Former Druid Arms, Pinfold Gate, Loughborough LE11 1BE: up to 20 homes, not permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
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 83 addresses are between 38 m and 42 m above sea level (41 m on average).
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 | 1.7 km |
| Barrow-Upon-Soar 102,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km | |
| Sileby 153,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 24 within 800 m; nearest Charnwood Water Loughborough | 160 m |
| Car parks | Southfields Office Staff Car Park | 1.0 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 11.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Park View Surgery | 840 m |
| Pharmacies | 10 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Kings Pharmacy LTD | 720 m |
| NHS dentists | 8 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 270 m |
| Hospital | Loughborough Hospital | 2.5 km |
| Police station | Loughborough Police Station | 1.0 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Shell Thurcaston | 720 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 11 ha | 170 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 490 m² | 580 m |
| Playing field | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4,400 m² | 530 m |
| Allotments | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4,060 m² | 160 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 11 hectares in all.
Landmarks
17 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Charnwood Water | Lake or reservoir | 350 m south |
| Ingle Pingle Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km west |
| Catsick Hill | Hill | 2.4 km east |
| Mucklin Wood | Wood | 2.6 km south |
| Wallend Plantation | Wood | 2.7 km south-west |
| Soar Valley | Valley | 4.7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 83 | 83 |
None of the postcode's 83 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 75% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 12% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 50% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 17% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 60% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 91% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 7 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 Tuckers Road.