LE9 9JP postcode in Desford, Leicestershire

LE9 9JP is a postcode in Desford, in the Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton ward of Hinckley and Bosworth. It is in the Hinckley and Bosworth 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 100% of homes and businesses at LE9 9JP can get it Across Hinckley and Bosworth: 84% Typical price £284,500 Homes sold in LE9 9, last 12 months. ▲ 3.5% on the year before Nearest station Narborough 8.7 km in a straight line

Where LE9 9JP is, and what is near it

Map of LE9 9JP and what is near it Map of LE9 9JP: its centre point, with the 182 other postcodes in the LE9 9 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 4 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 100 m. LE9 9DU: also in LE9 9LE9 9DW: also in LE9 9LE9 9DX: also in LE9 9LE9 9DY: also in LE9 9LE9 9FN: also in LE9 9LE9 9FR: also in LE9 9LE9 9FX: also in LE9 9LE9 9FZ: also in LE9 9LE9 9GA: also in LE9 9LE9 9GB: also in LE9 9LE9 9GD: also in LE9 9LE9 9GE: also in LE9 9LE9 9GF: also in LE9 9LE9 9GH: also in LE9 9LE9 9GJ: also in LE9 9LE9 9GL: also in LE9 9LE9 9GP: also in LE9 9LE9 9GR: also in LE9 9LE9 9GS: also in LE9 9LE9 9GT: also in LE9 9LE9 9HD: also in LE9 9LE9 9HG: also in LE9 9LE9 9HZ: also in LE9 9LE9 9JF: also in LE9 9LE9 9JG: also in LE9 9LE9 9JH: also in LE9 9LE9 9JR: also in LE9 9LE9 9QB: also in LE9 9LE9 9QN: also in LE9 9LE9 9QY: also in LE9 9LE9 9QZ: also in LE9 9 Bosworth Academy 600 mClovelly House School 2.9 kmGP 3.4 kmSchool 3.4 kmRatby Medical Centre 4.0 kmNarborough station 8.7 kmHinckley station 11.4 kmDesford LE9 9JP Map of LE9 9JP and what is near it Map of LE9 9JP: its centre point, with the 182 other postcodes in the LE9 9 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 4 bus stops (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 200 m. Clovelly House School 2.9 kmGP 3.4 kmDesford LE9 9JP
  • LE9 9JP
  • Other postcodes in LE9 9: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 4 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 52.6263, longitude -1.2945)

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 LE9 9JP?

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 LE9 9JP?

Every home and business at LE9 9JP can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

LE9 9JP 100% Hinckley and Bosworth 84%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

LE9 9JP 100% Hinckley and Bosworth 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 LE9 9JP?

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council gives bin days for each home rather than each postcode. BinDayBuddy finds yours from your house number, from the council's own system.

Find the bin days for your home 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 LE9 9JP 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 LE9 9JP.

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 Hinckley and Bosworth

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for LE9 9JP: 1,158 properties in Hinckley and Bosworth are at high risk (1.8% of all its properties). All the figures for Hinckley and Bosworth

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 LE9 9JP 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 LE9 9JP?

Homes in LE9 9 sold for a typical £284,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 104 sales, up 3.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£284,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£275,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 3.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £370,000 46 sales
  • Semi-detached £248,000 46 sales
  • Terraced £225,500 11 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Across the whole LE9 district: a typical £270,000 from 741 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 LE9 9JP

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in LE9 9JP 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

Food hygiene ratings at LE9 9JP

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at LE9 9JP. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 23 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near LE9 9JP?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 690 homes in the neighbourhood around LE9 9JP. The largest share of them, 20%, are in council tax band C. More were built before 1900 than in any other period (24%). 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 LE9 9JP

Band D in Hinckley and Bosworth for 2026‑27: £2,383. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,588 (band A) to £3,971 (band G); band C, the most common, is £2,118.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 30 (4%)£1,588
Band Babout 110 (16%)£1,853
Band Cabout 140 (20%)£2,118
Band Dabout 110 (16%)£2,383
Band Eabout 110 (16%)£2,912
Band Fabout 130 (19%)£3,442
Band Gabout 60 (9%)£3,971
Band Hwithheld£4,765

When the homes were built

  1. 24% Before 1900
  2. 3% 1900 to 1918
  3. 10% 1919 to 1939
  4. 21% 1945 to 1964
  5. 18% 1965 to 1982
  6. 16% 1983 to 1999
  7. 3% 2000 to 2009
  8. 3% 2010 to 2019
  9. 3% 2020 or later

Averages for Hinckley and Bosworth 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 LE9 9JP is in (ONS area E01025873), 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 LE9 9JP?

The nearest open schools to LE9 9JP, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near LE9 9JP, 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 LE9 9JP?

The nearest railway station to the centre of LE9 9JP is Narborough Rail Station, 8.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Narborough Rail Station Railway station 8.7 kmDrive
  • Hinckley Rail Station Railway station 11.4 kmDrive

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

4 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Main Street, 66 m away.

More stations near LE9 9JP, 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 LE9 9JP?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of LE9 9JP, 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 LE9 9JP?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of LE9 9JP on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

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 LE9 9JP?

The nearest to the centre of LE9 9JP, 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 LE9 9JP?

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 LE9 9JP?

The nearest care homes to the centre of LE9 9JP, 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 LE9 9JP?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of LE9 9JP, 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 LE9 9JP?

The nearest vets to the centre of LE9 9JP 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 LE9 9JP in a conservation area?

The centre of LE9 9JP is in one area with planning rules of its own, as planning.data.gov.uk holds them:

Work on a home here, and on its trees, may need permission that it would not need elsewhere. The council's planning team has the rules for one address. Not every council has sent all its data.

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 LE9 9JP?

Police.uk records 41 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of LE9 9JP in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Anti-social behaviour12 reports
Burglary9 reports
Shoplifting8 reports
Violence and sexual offences6 reports
Criminal damage and arson3 reports
Public order1 report

Also: vehicle crime 1, other crime 1.

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 LE9 9JP

Ward
Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton
Parish
Desford
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
Built-up area
Desford
Rural or urban
Larger 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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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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