LE11 4QA Charnwood
Live postcode, introduced June 1996. Ward: Loughborough Ashby. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
- Garendon Road, Loughborough: 64 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 (78% of about 800 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
- 138-144 Knighthorpe Road Loughborough: up to 34 homes, not permissioned (550 m)
- Garendon Social Club Thorpe Hill Loughborough LE11 4QH: up to 17 homes, permissioned (570 m)
- Hospital Way Cumberland Road Loughborough: up to 39 homes, not permissioned (600 m)
- Rosebery School Loughborough: up to 5 homes, not permissioned (820 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 5 at medium risk and 21 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 63 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 6 medium, 28 low and 0 very low.
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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 64 addresses are between 45 m and 49 m above sea level (46 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 | 2.5 km |
| Barrow-Upon-Soar 102,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km | |
| Sileby 153,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 15 stops within 400 m, 55 within 800 m; nearest Angus Drive Loughborough | 40 m |
| Car parks | National Car Parks | 1.5 km |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km; nearest Roam Charging Station | 590 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 9.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Charnwood Medical Group | 770 m |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest The Medicine Box | 380 m |
| NHS dentists | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Loughborough Students Union | 380 m |
| Hospital | Loughborough Hospital | 430 m |
| Police station | Loughborough Police Station | 1.8 km |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest One Stop Loughborough Cashzone | 310 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4,320 m² | 460 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 3.4 ha | 680 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 360 m² | 60 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6,390 m² | 470 m |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.1 ha | 480 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 3.8 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is All Saints' Church, Dishley, a scheduled monument, 1.7 km north-west. 8 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| All Saints' Church, Dishley | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km north-west |
| Cistercian abbey and mansion, with fishpond and mound at Garendon | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km west |
| Garendon | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.0 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Booth Wood | Wood | 1.1 km west |
| Ingle Pingle Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km east |
| Gorse Covert | Wood | 1.3 km north-west |
| Shepherd's Hill | Hill | 1.6 km south-west |
| Holywell Wood | Wood | 1.9 km south-west |
| Bailey's Plantation | Wood | 2.0 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.8 | 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 | 64 | 64 |
None of the postcode's 64 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 | 20 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 2% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 4% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 27% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 17% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 32% | 17% |
| Private rented | 41% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 14% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 34% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 4% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 22% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 24% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 50% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 24% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 13% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 4% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | under 1% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 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 Garendon Road.