LE11 3DB Charnwood
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Loughborough Southfields. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
- True Lovers Walk, Loughborough: 1 address
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 (36% of about 780 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 at Frederick Street Loughborough: up to 12 homes, not permissioned (60 m)
- Devonshire Square Opportunity Site Loughborough: up to 32 homes, not permissioned (340 m)
- Carillon Court Shopping Centre Derby Square Loughborough: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (430 m)
- Sital House 3 to 6 Cattlemarket Loughborough LE11 3DL: up to 15 homes, permissioned (490 m)
- Development land at site of Former 5 Granby Street, Loughborough: up to 9 homes, permissioned (500 m)
- Southfields Road Car Park Loughborough: up to 20 homes, not permissioned (500 m)
- 2-7 Market Street & 35 and 36 Cattle Market, Loughborough LE11 3EP: up to 7 homes, permissioned (530 m)
- 1 Albert Street, Loughborough LE11 2DW: up to 9 homes, not permissioned (540 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 address is about 47 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 | 1.6 km |
| Barrow-Upon-Soar 102,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.1 km | |
| Sileby 153,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.2 km | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m, 47 within 800 m; nearest Wards End Loughborough | 320 m |
| Car parks | 4 within 800 m; nearest Euro Car Parks Market Street | 370 m |
| EV charging points | 4 within 1.6 km; nearest Wenea | 300 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 10.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Woodbrook Medical Centre | 720 m |
| Pharmacies | 13 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Superdrug Pharmacy | 520 m |
| NHS dentists | 11 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Granby House Dental Practice | 330 m |
| Hospital | Loughborough Hospital | 950 m |
| Police station | Loughborough Police Station | 550 m |
| Cash machines | 6 machines within 800 m; nearest ATM | 410 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Queen's Park 3.6 ha | 110 m |
| Play area | 9 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 890 m² | 290 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.0 ha | 210 m |
| Allotments | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6,490 m² | 330 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 8.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Old Rectory Museum, a listed building (Grade II*), 840 m north-east. 46 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| The Old Rectory Museum | Listed building, Grade II* | 840 m north-east |
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade I | 860 m north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Ingle Pingle Pond | Lake or reservoir | 210 m south |
| Charnwood Water | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km south-east |
| Booth Wood | Wood | 2.3 km west |
| Gorse Covert | Wood | 2.3 km north-west |
| Shepherd's Hill | Hill | 2.7 km west |
| Holywell Wood | Wood | 2.7 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 1 | 1 |
None of the postcode's 1 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 | 24 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 8% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 41% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 29% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 8% | 17% |
| Private rented | 50% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 44% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 11% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 42% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 15% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 60% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 6% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 85% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 8 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 True Lovers Walk.