DIY InventoryLeicester: neighbourhoods, postcodes and homes
The areas of Leicester, their postcodes and the kind of homes you’ll find, with what to record at check-in.
Postcode districts: LE1, LE2, LE3, LE4, LE5
City centre LE1
Converted factories and warehouses, Victorian buildings, and large purpose-built student blocks.
Clarendon Park LE2
Victorian and Edwardian terraces, many let to students of the University of Leicester.
Highfields LE2
Large Victorian houses and terraces, many split into flats.
Stoneygate LE2
Large Victorian and Edwardian villas, some converted into flats, and terraces in the selective licensing area.
Westcotes and Fosse LE3
Dense Victorian terraces west of the centre, many privately let, in the selective licensing area.
Braunstone LE3
A large interwar council-built estate of semis and terraces, partly regenerated.
Saffron LE2
Interwar and post-war council-built estates and terraces in the selective licensing area.
Belgrave and Rushey Mead LE4
Victorian terraces along Belgrave Road and interwar semis to the north.
Evington LE5
Interwar and post-war semis and detached houses, with an old village core.
Beaumont Leys LE4
Estates built from the 1970s of houses and low-rise flats on the north-west edge.
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Leicester postcodes: questions
Which postcodes are in Leicester?
Leicester covers all or part of these postcode districts: LE1, LE2, LE3, LE4, LE5. Some districts cross into neighbouring areas.
Can I get a report for one postcode?
Yes. The free property report shows the EPC, sold prices nearby, crime, flood risk and a rental yield calculator for any UK postcode.