LE12 8JH postcode in Charnwood, Leicestershire

LE12 8JH is a postcode in Charnwood, in the The Wolds ward. It is in the Loughborough parliamentary constituency and the Leicestershire police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 50% of homes and businesses at LE12 8JH can get it Across Charnwood: 94% Typical price £325,000 Homes sold in LE12 8, last 12 months. 0% on the year before Nearest station Loughborough (Leics) 2.4 km in a straight line

Where LE12 8JH is, and what is near it

Map of LE12 8JH and what is near it Map of LE12 8JH: its centre point, with the 380 other postcodes in the LE12 8 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 1 Underground, metro or tram station and 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. LE12 8FB: also in LE12 8LE12 8FE: also in LE12 8LE12 8FS: also in LE12 8LE12 8FX: also in LE12 8LE12 8GD: also in LE12 8LE12 8GF: also in LE12 8LE12 8GG: also in LE12 8LE12 8GL: also in LE12 8LE12 8GN: also in LE12 8LE12 8GP: also in LE12 8LE12 8GQ: also in LE12 8LE12 8GR: also in LE12 8LE12 8GS: also in LE12 8LE12 8GT: also in LE12 8LE12 8HT: also in LE12 8LE12 8HY: also in LE12 8LE12 8JA: also in LE12 8LE12 8JR: also in LE12 8LE12 8JT: also in LE12 8LE12 8JX: also in LE12 8LE12 8PG: also in LE12 8LE12 8QJ: also in LE12 8LE12 8QR: also in LE12 8LE12 8QS: also in LE12 8LE12 8QW: also in LE12 8LE12 8SJ: also in LE12 8LE12 8SL: also in LE12 8LE12 8SN: also in LE12 8LE12 8UH: also in LE12 8LE12 8WA: also in LE12 8LE12 8WG: also in LE12 8LE12 8WN: also in LE12 8LE12 8WP: also in LE12 8LE12 8WQ: also in LE12 8LE12 8WR: also in LE12 8LE12 8WU: also in LE12 8LE12 8WW: also in LE12 8LE12 8WY: also in LE12 8LE12 8XB: also in LE12 8LE12 8XU: also in LE12 8LE12 8XY: also in LE12 8LE12 8YA: also in LE12 8LE12 8YG: also in LE12 8LE12 8YL: also in LE12 8LE12 8YQ: also in LE12 8 3 places, 2.2–3.0 kmPark View Surgery 2.8 kmGP 2.8 kmQuorn & Mountsorrel Castle LE12 8JH Map of LE12 8JH and what is near it Map of LE12 8JH: its centre point, with the 380 other postcodes in the LE12 8 sector, 4 schools (4 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 1 Underground, metro or tram station (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. 3 places, 2.2–3.0 kmSchool 2.3 kmLoughborough (Leics) station 2.4 km3 places, 2.4–2.8 kmQuorn & Mountsorrel Castle LE12 8JH
  • LE12 8JH
  • Other postcodes in LE12 8: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 1 Underground, metro or tram station
  • 3 GP practices
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 52.7746, longitude -1.1615)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after LE12 8JH?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at LE12 8JH?

50% of the homes and businesses at LE12 8JH can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, and 50% gigabit, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

LE12 8JH 50% Charnwood 94%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

LE12 8JH 50% Charnwood Over 99%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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

When are the bins collected at LE12 8JH?

BinDayBuddy has not read Charnwood Borough Council's days for LE12 8JH today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for LE12 8JH on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is LE12 8JH at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include LE12 8JH.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

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

From surface water, across Charnwood

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for LE12 8JH: 2,573 properties in Charnwood are at high risk (2.5% of all its properties). All the figures for Charnwood

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of LE12 8JH is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near LE12 8JH?

Homes in LE12 8 sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 197 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£325,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£325,000 12 months to August 2025
■ no change on the 12 months before
  • Detached £510,000 75 sales
  • Semi-detached £297,500 52 sales
  • Terraced £258,000 59 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £240,000 11 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole LE12 district: a typical £280,000 from 964 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in LE12 8JH

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in LE12 8JH from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near LE12 8JH?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 570 homes in the neighbourhood around LE12 8JH. The largest share of them, 21%, are in council tax band E. More were built before 1900 than in any other period (28%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around LE12 8JH

Band D in Charnwood for 2026‑27: £2,406. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,604 (band A) to £4,009 (band G); band E, the most common, is £2,940.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 50 (9%)£1,604
Band Babout 40 (7%)£1,871
Band Cabout 50 (9%)£2,138
Band Dabout 110 (19%)£2,406
Band Eabout 120 (21%)£2,940
Band Fabout 100 (18%)£3,475
Band Gabout 100 (18%)£4,009
Band Hwithheld£4,811

When the homes were built

  1. 28% Before 1900
  2. 2% 1900 to 1918
  3. 4% 1919 to 1939
  4. 19% 1945 to 1964
  5. 28% 1965 to 1982
  6. 13% 1983 to 1999
  7. 4% 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. 2% 2020 or later

2010 to 2019: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Charnwood before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of LE12 8JH is in (ONS area E01025760), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near LE12 8JH?

The nearest open schools to LE12 8JH, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near LE12 8JH, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to LE12 8JH?

The nearest railway station to the centre of LE12 8JH is Loughborough (Leics) Rail Station, 2.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Loughborough (Leics) Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
  • Barrow upon Soar Rail Station Railway station 3.0 kmCycle
  • Loughborough Central (Great Central Railway) Underground, metro or tram 2.4 kmCycle

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

No bus stop within 400 metres in the Department for Transport's register.

More stations near LE12 8JH, and how we find them

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

Which GP surgeries are near LE12 8JH?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of LE12 8JH, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near LE12 8JH?

0 within 1 km 1 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of LE12 8JH, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • A charging point Charging point · No details mapped 2.4 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near LE12 8JH?

The nearest to the centre of LE12 8JH, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to LE12 8JH?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near LE12 8JH?

The nearest care homes to the centre of LE12 8JH, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near LE12 8JH?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of LE12 8JH, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near LE12 8JH?

The nearest vets to the centre of LE12 8JH on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is LE12 8JH in a conservation area?

The centre of LE12 8JH is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near LE12 8JH?

Police.uk records 1 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of LE12 8JH in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Anti-social behaviour1 report

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

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

The official record for LE12 8JH

Ward
The Wolds
Parish
Burton on the Wolds
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
Rural or urban
Smaller rural, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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

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Nearby postcodes

The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

LE12 5TE430 mLE12 8JX510 mLE12 8JR670 mLE12 5TF960 mLE12 5SZ1.1 kmLE12 5TP1.2 km
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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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