Shepshed
Shepshed is covered by postcode districts LE11 and LE12. It is in the Charnwood council area, Leicestershire.
Every postcode in Shepshed, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 37
- In use before 2020: 267
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 304 postcodes in Shepshed that ONS places, 37 are new since 2020 and 267 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 180 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 52.7682, longitude -1.2932. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Shepshed?
Homes sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2% on the 12 months before. At 237 of the 274 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 304 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Loughborough (Leics), 6.6 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 Shepshed?
Homes in Shepshed sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 201 sales, down 2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £315,750 54 sales
- Semi-detached £222,500 82 sales
- Terraced £175,000 56 sales
- Flat or maisonette £110,000 9 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole LE12 district, Shepshed's main postcode district: a typical £280,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Shepshed: 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 Shepshed?
37 of the 304 postcodes now in use in Shepshed came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 239 homes sold in Shepshed were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LE12 district, 18%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Shepshed | Across the LE12 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 1 of 201 (Under 1%) | 38 of 964 (4%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 7 of 239 (3%) | 247 of 1,347 (18%) |
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 Shepshed?
Ofcom reports on 274 of the 304 postcodes in Shepshed. At 237 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Shepshed at risk of flooding?
2 of the 304 postcodes in Shepshed 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 5 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Shepshed?
The open schools at the postcodes in Shepshed. 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
- Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire500 m 169 pupils, 210 places
- Oxley Primary School Shepshed550 m
- Newcroft Primary Academy650 m 442 pupils, 420 places
- St Botolph's Church of England Primary School650 m 380 pupils, 600 places
- Bowman Academy750 m 61 pupils, 64 places
Secondary
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 Shepshed?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shepshed is Loughborough (Leics) Rail Station, 6.6 km away in a straight line.
- Loughborough (Leics) Rail Station Railway station 6.6 kmDrive
- Barrow upon Soar Rail Station Railway station 10.2 kmDrive
- East Midlands Parkway Rail Station Railway station 10.7 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 Shepshed?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Shepshed. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Field Street Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 01509 601201 400 mWalk
- Forest House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2024 · Phone 01509 508412 450 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Shepshed safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,274 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Shepshed 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
- 123 September 2025
- 78 October 2025
- 103 November 2025
- 116 December 2025
- 99 January 2026
- 92 February 2026
- 110 March 2026
- 108 April 2026
- 103 May 2026
- 128 June 2026
- 103 July 2026
- 111 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 30, drugs 12, possession of weapons 10, theft from the person 6, robbery 6, bicycle theft 4.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Shepshed?
- District, borough or city council
- Charnwood
- County council
- Leicestershire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Loughborough
- Police force area
- Leicestershire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- MP
- Dr Jeevun Sandher (Labour)
All 304 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
Moving to Shepshed
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Charnwood about council tax Council tax, on charnwood.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Shepshed
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Shepshed postcodes
304 postcodes in use in Shepshed, by district:
Those districts are all in the LE postcode area.
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Places near Shepshed
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Shepshed's £225,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Shepshed
- What is it like to live in Shepshed?
- Homes sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2% on the 12 months before. At 237 of the 274 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 304 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Loughborough (Leics), 6.6 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 Shepshed?
- Shepshed is covered by postcode districts LE11 and LE12, across 304 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Shepshed in?
- Shepshed is in the Charnwood council area, and Leicestershire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Shepshed?
- Shepshed is in the Loughborough parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Dr Jeevun Sandher (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Shepshed?
- Homes in Shepshed sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 201 sales, down 2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Shepshed?
- In Shepshed, primary schools at its postcodes include Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire, Oxley Primary School Shepshed and Newcroft Primary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Bowman Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Shepshed have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shepshed is Loughborough (Leics), 6.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Shepshed?
- Ofcom reports on 274 of the 304 postcodes in Shepshed. At 237 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Shepshed at risk of flooding?
- 2 of the 304 postcodes in Shepshed 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 5 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 Shepshed?
- 37 of the 304 postcodes now in use in Shepshed came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 239 homes sold in Shepshed were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LE12 district, 18%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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