LE3 5HS Leicester
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Fosse. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
- Tudor Road, Leicester: 45 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Leicester in 2026-27: Band D £2,529 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,686 | £1,967 | £2,248 | £2,529 | £3,091 | £3,653 | £4,215 | £5,058 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (94% of about 1,210 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): Leicester City Council HMO Article 4 Direction 2021.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Former Merlin Works - Bath Lane (No 1 Westbridge), permissioned (230 m)
- Bath Lane/Blackfriars - Phase 2 and 3, permissioned (310 m)
- 47 Vaughan Way - Kimberley House, permissioned (450 m)
- Northgate Street/Soar Lane, permissioned (460 m)
- 61 Great Central Street, permissioned (480 m)
- Vaughan Way - Highcross Street, permissioned (570 m)
- 125-129 Vaughan Way, permissioned (760 m)
- 52 Western Road, permissioned (790 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 27 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 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 30 homes the Environment Agency counts, 30 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 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 addresses are about 54 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 | Leicester 5.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km |
| South Wigston 134,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.0 km | |
| Syston 213,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m, 58 within 800 m; nearest Tudor Road West Bridge | 170 m |
| Bus or coach station | St Margaret's Bus Station Leicester | 1.0 km |
| Car parks | 2 within 800 m; nearest NCP Leicester St Nicholas Circle | 460 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest Blink | 520 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 25.0 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 13 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Fosse Medical Centre (Dr H Mukadam) | 370 m |
| Pharmacies | 11 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Vision Pharmacy | 620 m |
| NHS dentists | 16 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 430 m |
| Hospital | Leicester Royal Infirmary | 1.2 km |
| Police station | Hinckley Road Police Station | 500 m |
| Cash machines | 6 machines within 800 m; nearest Tudor Groceries Cashzone | 130 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 6 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3,690 m² | 90 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | The Rally Community Park 5.5 ha | 120 m |
| Play area | 9 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 670 m² | 300 m |
| Playing field | St Margaret's Pastures 2.4 ha | 1.0 km |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Sandhurst Road Allotments 2.7 ha | 590 m |
Within 800 m: 6 parks and gardens, 16 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Jewry Wall: remains of a Roman bath house, palaestra and Anglo-Saxon church, a scheduled monument, 400 m east. 144 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 10 of them Grade I and 13 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Jewry Wall: remains of a Roman bath house, palaestra and Anglo-Saxon church | Scheduled monument | 400 m east |
| Jewry Wall | Listed building, Grade I | 410 m east |
| Church of St Nicholas | Listed building, Grade I | 420 m east |
| Former County Court and remains of castle | Listed building, Grade I | 530 m south-east |
| Former Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade I | 550 m north-east |
| Leicester Castle and the Magazine Gateway | Scheduled monument | 570 m south-east |
| Greyfriars, Leicester | Scheduled monument | 740 m east |
| Abbey Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.4 km north-east |
| New Walk, Leicester | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.6 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Old Mill Race | Lake or reservoir | 570 m north |
| Old Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 720 m north |
| Shoulder of Mutton Hill | Hill | 1.9 km west |
| Freemens Common | Wood | 2.1 km south-east |
| Little Gorse | Wood | 2.4 km west |
| The Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.6 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 14.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 16 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 29 | 45 |
16 of the postcode's 45 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 | 31 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 23% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 3% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 13% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 10% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 15% | 17% |
| Private rented | 72% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 64% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 12% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 5% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 10% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 15% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 21% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 63% | 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) | 22% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 31% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 52% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 12% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 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 Tudor Road.