LE13 0JJ Melton
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Melton Egerton. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Melton in 2026-27: Band D £2,430 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,620 | £1,890 | £2,160 | £2,430 | £2,970 | £3,510 | £4,049 | £4,859 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (60% of about 600 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
- The Presbytery, 77 Welby Lane, Melton Mowbray: up to 53 homes, permissioned (580 m)
- Pera Business Park; Nottingham Road; Melton Mowbray (720 m)
- 49 Nottingham Street, Melton Mowbray: up to 5 homes, permissioned (930 m)
- Wycliffe House; Snow Hill; Melton Mowbray, not permissioned (940 m)
- The Kings Head 54 Nottingham Street, Melton Mowbray: up to 30 homes, permissioned (940 m)
- Top End Cattle Market, Melton Mowbray: up to 26 homes, not permissioned (1.0 km)
- Top End Cattle Market; Melton Mowbray, not permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 3 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 39 addresses are between 76 m and 88 m above sea level (81 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 | Melton Mowbray 257,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km |
| Sileby 153,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.6 km | |
| Syston 213,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m, 19 within 800 m; nearest Dorothy Avenue Melton Mowbray | 150 m |
| Car parks | Burton Street Car Park | 1.2 km |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.3 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 29.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Latham House Medical Practice | 1.3 km |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Boots | 1.0 km |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 610 m |
| Hospital | Melton Mowbray Hospital | 1.7 km |
| Police station | Melton Police Station | 1.2 km |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 820 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,110 m² | 300 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 3,740 m² | 600 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 80 m² | 240 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.6 ha | 230 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Lake Terrace Allotments 1.1 ha | 630 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 0.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray, a scheduled monument, 850 m south-east. 34 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray | Scheduled monument | 850 m south-east |
| Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km east |
| Medieval settlement remains immediately north east and 210m south east of White House Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km south |
| Sysonby Grange, 450m west of Sysonby Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cliff Spinney | Wood | 1.7 km west |
| Stanton Plantation | Wood | 2.1 km west |
| Fishponds Spinney | Wood | 2.1 km north-west |
| Priory Water | Wetland | 3.0 km west |
| Brown's Hill | Hill | 3.7 km north |
| Kirby Lake | Lake or reservoir | 3.8 km west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.5 | 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 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 32 | 39 |
7 of the postcode's 39 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 | 39 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 70% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 25% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 17% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 21% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 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) | 24% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 10% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 6 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.