LE5 2LD Leicester
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Thurncourt. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
- Croyland Green, Leicester: 24 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 (98% of about 620 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: 11 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Telford Way Garages, Telford Way, Thurnby: up to 9 homes, not permissioned (390 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is 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: 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 24 addresses are between 84 m and 86 m above sea level (85 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 | Leicester 5.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.0 km |
| Syston 213,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km | |
| South Wigston 134,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m, 50 within 800 m; nearest Croyland Green Thurnby Lodge | 140 m |
| Bus or coach station | Charles Street Leicester | 5.3 km |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 1.6 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 28.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest St Elizabeth's Medical Centre (Ja Wood) | 1.3 km |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Well | 210 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 1.0 km |
| Hospital | Leicester General Hospital | 2.2 km |
| Police station | Leicestershire Constabulary | 2.0 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Central England Co-op - Thurncourt Road | 260 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Ocean Road Open Space 6.2 ha | 510 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 620 m² | 160 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Willowbrook Park 14 ha | 140 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2.3 ha | 1.4 km |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 7.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Churchyard cross, All Saints' churchyard, a scheduled monument, 850 m north-east. 12 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Churchyard cross, All Saints' churchyard | Scheduled monument | 850 m north-east |
| Cross at Churchyard of All Saints | Listed building, Grade II* | 850 m north-east |
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade I | 870 m north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Scraptoft Long Spinneys | Wood | 1.8 km north-east |
| Scraptoft Gorse | Wood | 2.1 km east |
| Bushby Spinney | Wood | 2.3 km south-east |
| Square Spinney | Wood | 2.3 km east |
| Rally Bank | Wood | 2.4 km west |
| Jones's Spinney | Wood | 2.5 km south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.6 | 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 | 24 | 24 |
None of the postcode's 24 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 | 35 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 28% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 11% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 55% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 22% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 29% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 14% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 16% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 11% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 68% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 19% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 27% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 84% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 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 Croyland Green.