Garsdale Wigston
9 addresses across 1 postcode (LE18), about 70 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 29200255.
- Sales: 12 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £315,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Oadby and Wigston cost £257,504 in August 2026 (-1.5% on a year); private rents averaged £1,022 a month.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 4, E: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Oadby and Wigston costs £2,407 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is South Wigston, about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 270 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 105 to 106 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 9 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Rosemead Drive Surgery, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: About 230 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 75% of households owned their home and 25% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 14 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £315,000 | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £150,000 | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £150,000 | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | £180,000 | £140,000 | £220,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £136,000 | £136,000 | £136,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £160,000 | £160,000 | £160,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £133,000 | £133,000 | £133,000 |
| 2002 | 3 | £120,000 | £64,500 | £159,950 |
| 1998 | 1 | £48,000 | £48,000 | £48,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jun 2024 | 1 LE18 3XQ | Detached | £315,000 | |
| 9 Apr 2015 | 7 LE18 3XQ | Semi-detached | £150,000 | |
| 31 Jan 2014 | 3 LE18 3XQ | Semi-detached | £150,000 | |
| 29 Jun 2012 | 3 LE18 3XQ | Semi-detached | £140,000 | |
| 3 Feb 2012 | 8 LE18 3XQ | Detached | £220,000 | |
| 10 Feb 2011 | 6 LE18 3XQ | Semi-detached | £136,000 | |
| 5 Nov 2010 | 1 LE18 3XQ | Detached | £160,000 | |
| 13 Apr 2007 | 4 LE18 3XQ | Semi-detached | £133,000 | |
| 1 Aug 2002 | 8 LE18 3XQ | Detached | £159,950 | |
| 28 Mar 2002 | 1 LE18 3XQ | Detached | £120,000 | |
| 20 Mar 2002 | 4 LE18 3XQ | Semi-detached | £64,500 | |
| 30 Jun 1998 | 5 LE18 3XQ | Semi-detached | £48,000 |
House prices and rents in Oadby and Wigston
A typical home in Oadby and Wigston cost £257,504 in August 2026, 1.5% less than a year before. That is 9% more than five years earlier and 38% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £402,803 |
| Semi-detached | £257,178 |
| Terraced | £188,570 |
| Flat or maisonette | £111,646 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £229,143 |
Private renters in Oadby and Wigston paid £1,022 a month on average in September 2026, 2.2% more than a year before. That is 38% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £730 |
| Two bedrooms | £887 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,120 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,556 |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 70 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (4); House, detached (2). Built: 1976-1982 (4); 1983-1990 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Oadby and Wigston in 2026-27: Band D £2,407 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,605 | £1,872 | £2,139 | £2,407 | £2,942 | £3,477 | £4,011 | £4,814 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (39% of about 540 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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 km (0.6 miles)
- 26-32 Bull Head Street, Wigston, permissioned (810 m (0.5 miles))
- 107 Moat Street, Wigston, permissioned (830 m (0.5 miles))
- 34 Bell Street, Wigston, permissioned (920 m (0.6 miles))
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 9 addresses are between 105 m and 106 m above sea level (106 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LE18 3XQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | South Wigston 134,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Leicester 5.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) | |
| Narborough 294,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 24 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Kelmarsh Avenue Wigston Magna | 40 m |
| Bus or coach station | Charles Street Leicester | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Car parks | Fairfield Inn Car Park | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | evyve Charging Station | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 31.9 km (20 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Rosemead Drive Surgery Good Nov 2016 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 950 m (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Briarmead Dental | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Stoneygate Eye Hospital Good Feb 2024 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Care homes | 13 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Linford House Good Jul 2021 | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Police station | Wigston Police Station | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | Cashpoint® 61 Leicester Road Lloyds Bank | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.7 ha | 270 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 400 m² | 290 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7,710 m² | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 2.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Saffron Hill Cemetery, a registered park or garden (Grade II*), 2.9 km (1.8 miles) west. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Saffron Hill Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lucas Marsh | Wetland | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Knighton Spinney | Wood | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-west |
| Tythorn Hill | Hill | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south-east |
| Half Moon Spinney | Wood | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-east |
| Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 3 km (1.8 miles) west |
| The Islands | Island | 3.2 km (2 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 6 | 9 |
3 of the street's 9 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Oadby and Wigston: see them on the Oadby and Wigston page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Meadow Community Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 570 m (0.4 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Glenmere Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 760 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (Sep 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good |
| Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Nov 2025): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Requires improvement (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Brocks Hill Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Outstanding (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Wigston Menphys Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Oct 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Gartree High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Little Hill Primary | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Beauchamp College | Secondary | 11–19 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Mar 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Langmoor Primary School Oadby | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Thythorn Field Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Wigston Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Good (Jun 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Nurseries and childcare
8 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 800 m (0.5 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiddy Kapers Daycare LE18 3RD | Full day care | 50 | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| Moat Street Pre school LE18 2HE | Full day care | 24 | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Busy Bees at Leicester Wigston Magna LE18 2AJ | Full day care | 54 | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Little Fishes Pre School LE18 2HR | Sessional day care | 32 | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Preparing Pathways at Thythorn Centre LE18 2HR | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | |
| The Hunny Comb Day Nursery LE2 5WP | Full day care | 63 | Good (Oct 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| The Hunny Pot Day Nursery LE18 2GZ | Full day care | 103 | Outstanding (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Langmoor Pre-School LE2 5HS | Sessional day care | 35 | Good (Jun 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 346 childminders and 19 home childcarers (nannies) in Leicestershire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Nidderdale Road (5); On or near Lamport Close (2); On or near Farndale (2); On or near Hampton Close (1); On or near Craythorne Way (1).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 75% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 52% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 22% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 19% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 74% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 25% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- LE18 3XQ: 9 addresses
Nearby streets
Farndale · Wheeldale · Nidderdale Road · Westerdale Road · Meadow Way · Staindale · Bransdale Road · Baysdale · Upton Drive · Rosedale Road · Caldecott Close · Sywell Drive
All the streets in LE18 and across Oadby and Wigston.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.