Great Glen

Great Glen is covered by postcode district LE8. It is in the Harborough council area, Leicestershire.

Typical price £370,000 Homes sold in Great Glen, last 12 months. ▲ 23.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 65 of 79 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 11 of 82 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 6 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Great Glen, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Great Glen, by flood risk Of the 82 postcodes in Great Glen that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 71 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Great Glen. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A6 LE8 9AD: not on the flood risk listLE8 9AE: not on the flood risk listLE8 9AF: not on the flood risk listLE8 9AG: not on the flood risk listLE8 9AH: not on the flood risk listLE8 9AJ: not on the flood risk listLE8 9AL: not on the flood risk listLE8 9AN: not on the flood risk listLE8 9DG: not on the flood risk listLE8 9DU: not on the flood risk listLE8 9DW: not on the flood risk listLE8 9DX: not on the flood risk listLE8 9DY: not on the flood risk listLE8 9DZ: not on the flood risk listLE8 9EA: not on the flood risk listLE8 9EB: not on the flood risk listLE8 9ED: not on the flood risk listLE8 9EE: not on the flood risk listLE8 9EF: not on the flood risk listLE8 9EG: not on the flood risk listLE8 9EH: not on the flood risk listLE8 9EJ: not on the flood risk listLE8 9EL: not on the flood risk listLE8 9EN: not on the flood risk listLE8 9EP: not on the flood risk listLE8 9EQ: not on the flood risk listLE8 9ER: not on the flood risk listLE8 9ES: not on the flood risk listLE8 9ET: not on the flood risk listLE8 9EU: not on the flood risk listLE8 9EX: not on the flood risk listLE8 9FB: not on the flood risk listLE8 9FF: not on the flood risk listLE8 9FG: not on the flood risk listLE8 9FR: not on the flood risk listLE8 9FS: not on the flood risk listLE8 9FW: not on the flood risk listLE8 9FX: not on the flood risk listLE8 9FY: not on the flood risk listLE8 9FZ: not on the flood risk listLE8 9GA: not on the flood risk listLE8 9GB: not on the flood risk listLE8 9GD: not on the flood risk listLE8 9GE: not on the flood risk listLE8 9GH: not on the flood risk listLE8 9GL: not on the flood risk listLE8 9GN: not on the flood risk listLE8 9GR: not on the flood risk listLE8 9GS: not on the flood risk listLE8 9GT: not on the flood risk listLE8 9GU: not on the flood risk listLE8 9GW: not on the flood risk listLE8 9GX: not on the flood risk listLE8 9GY: not on the flood risk listLE8 9HB: not on the flood risk listLE8 9HD: not on the flood risk listLE8 9HE: not on the flood risk listLE8 9HF: not on the flood risk listLE8 9HG: not on the flood risk listLE8 9HH: not on the flood risk listLE8 9HJ: not on the flood risk listLE8 9HL: not on the flood risk listLE8 9HN: not on the flood risk listLE8 9HP: not on the flood risk listLE8 9HQ: not on the flood risk listLE8 9HR: not on the flood risk listLE8 9JY: not on the flood risk listLE8 9PX: not on the flood risk listLE8 9ST: not on the flood risk listLE8 9UZ: not on the flood risk listLE8 9AP: low flood risk at worstLE8 9FE: low flood risk at worstLE8 9FJ: low flood risk at worstLE8 9FL: low flood risk at worstLE8 9GG: low flood risk at worstLE8 9GJ: low flood risk at worstLE8 9HA: low flood risk at worstLE8 9GQ: medium flood risk at worstLE8 9EZ: high flood riskLE8 9FA: high flood riskLE8 9GF: high flood risk Great Glen Map of every postcode in Great Glen, by flood risk Of the 82 postcodes in Great Glen that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 71 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Great Glen. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A6 Great Glen
  • A home or business at high risk: 3
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 7
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 71

Of the 82 postcodes in Great Glen that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 71 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.5766, longitude -1.0300. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

LE8 9GF2 at high riskLE8 9FA1 at high riskLE8 9EZ1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Great Glen?

Homes sold for a typical £370,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 23.3% on the 12 months before. At 65 of the 79 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 6 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 11 of its 82 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Croft Medical Centre, 3.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is South Wigston, 7.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Great Glen?

Homes in Great Glen sold for a typical £370,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 49 sales, up 23.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£370,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£300,000
12 months to August 2026
£370,000

▲ up 23.3% on the 12 months before

Detached£434,250 30 sales
Semi-detached£277,750 10 sales
Terraced£237,500 8 sales
Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole LE8 district, Great Glen's main postcode district: a typical £290,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Great Glen: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Great Glen?

7 of the 82 postcodes now in use in Great Glen came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 67 homes sold in Great Glen were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LE8 district, 9%.

The newest postcodes

LE8 9UZsince June 2023LE8 9HRsince February 2023LE8 9HQsince July 2021LE8 9HNsince December 2020LE8 9EZsince August 2020LE8 9APsince April 2020

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Great GlenAcross the LE8 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 49 (0%) 13 of 473 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 67 (0%) 62 of 653 (9%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Great Glen?

Ofcom reports on 79 of the 82 postcodes in Great Glen. At 65 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit65 of 79
Postcodes where every home can get superfast78 of 79

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Great Glen at risk of flooding?

11 of the 82 postcodes in Great Glen have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 6 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 11 of 82 postcodes High: 4Medium: 2Low: 64

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Great Glen?

The open schools at the postcodes in Great Glen. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Great Glen?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Great Glen is South Wigston Rail Station, 7.1 km away in a straight line.

  • South Wigston Rail Station Railway station 7.1 kmDrive
  • Leicester Rail Station Railway station 8.9 kmDrive
  • Narborough Rail Station Railway station 11.7 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Great Glen?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Great Glen. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Great Glen safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 200 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Great Glen over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 8 September 2025
  2. 17 October 2025
  3. 16 November 2025
  4. 14 December 2025
  5. 22 January 2026
  6. 18 February 2026
  7. 21 March 2026
  8. 15 April 2026
  9. 13 May 2026
  10. 15 June 2026
  11. 22 July 2026
  12. 19 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences75 reports
Anti-social behaviour24 reports
Public order24 reports
Criminal damage and arson18 reports
Shoplifting16 reports
Other theft16 reports
Vehicle crime13 reports
Burglary7 reports

Also: drugs 3, other crime 3, bicycle theft 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Great Glen?

District, borough or city council
Harborough
County council
Leicestershire
Parliamentary constituency
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
Police force area
Leicestershire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
MP
Neil O'Brien (Conservative)

All 82 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Great Glen postcodes

82 postcodes in use in Great Glen, by district:

LE8 postcode district,82 postcodes

That district is in the LE postcode area.

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Places near Great Glen

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Great Glen's £370,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Oadby3.8 km, £331,000Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt4.6 km, £300,000Fleckney4.9 km, £273,450Wigston5.6 km, £255,000Countesthorpe8.1 km, £295,000Leicester9.3 km, £250,000Blaby and Whetstone9.6 km, £272,000Cosby11.4 km, £280,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Great Glen

What is it like to live in Great Glen?
Homes sold for a typical £370,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 23.3% on the 12 months before. At 65 of the 79 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 6 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 11 of its 82 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Croft Medical Centre, 3.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is South Wigston, 7.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Great Glen?
Great Glen is covered by postcode district LE8, across 82 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Great Glen in?
Great Glen is in the Harborough council area, and Leicestershire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Great Glen?
Great Glen is in the Harborough, Oadby and Wigston parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Neil O'Brien (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Great Glen?
Homes in Great Glen sold for a typical £370,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 49 sales, up 23.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Great Glen?
In Great Glen, primary schools at its postcodes include Great Glen St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School and Leicester Grammar School Trust; secondary schools at its postcodes include Leicester Grammar School Trust. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Great Glen have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Great Glen is South Wigston, 7.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Great Glen?
Ofcom reports on 79 of the 82 postcodes in Great Glen. At 65 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Great Glen at risk of flooding?
11 of the 82 postcodes in Great Glen have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 6 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Great Glen?
7 of the 82 postcodes now in use in Great Glen came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 67 homes sold in Great Glen were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LE8 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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