LE1 5 postcode sector in the LE1 district

LE1 5 is a sector of the LE1 district: every postcode that starts LE1 5. It has 113 postcodes in use, 11 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the LE1 5 sector, by gigabit broadband

Map of every postcode in the LE1 5 sector, by gigabit broadband Of the 113 postcodes in the LE1 5 sector that ONS places, 11 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 34 have some that can, 51 can all get it and 17 have no Ofcom figure. One group of postcodes without gigabit is outlined: 7 postcodes without gigabit. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Leicester. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. LE1 5AG: no Ofcom figureLE1 5AH: no Ofcom figureLE1 5AJ: no Ofcom figureLE1 5AR: no Ofcom figureLE1 5AY: no Ofcom figureLE1 5BF: no Ofcom figureLE1 5BH: no Ofcom figureLE1 5BW: no Ofcom figureLE1 5HP: no Ofcom figureLE1 5LR: no Ofcom figureLE1 5WX: no Ofcom figureLE1 5XX: no Ofcom figureLE1 5YB: no Ofcom figureLE1 5AA: gigabit for allLE1 5AD: gigabit for allLE1 5AL: gigabit for allLE1 5AX: gigabit for allLE1 5BD: gigabit for allLE1 5BP: gigabit for allLE1 5BQ: gigabit for allLE1 5DG: gigabit for allLE1 5DR: gigabit for allLE1 5EA: gigabit for allLE1 5EB: gigabit for allLE1 5EQ: gigabit for allLE1 5ET: gigabit for allLE1 5EU: gigabit for allLE1 5EW: gigabit for allLE1 5FA: gigabit for allLE1 5FG: gigabit for allLE1 5HB: gigabit for allLE1 5HJ: gigabit for allLE1 5JP: gigabit for allLE1 5JT: gigabit for allLE1 5LB: gigabit for allLE1 5LD: gigabit for allLE1 5LX: gigabit for allLE1 5NA: gigabit for allLE1 5NS: gigabit for allLE1 5PD: gigabit for allLE1 5PS: gigabit for allLE1 5PY: gigabit for allLE1 5PZ: gigabit for allLE1 5QQ: gigabit for allLE1 5QX: gigabit for allLE1 5SH: gigabit for allLE1 5SP: gigabit for allLE1 5TE: gigabit for allLE1 5TT: gigabit for allLE1 5TU: gigabit for allLE1 5UD: gigabit for allLE1 5UE: gigabit for allLE1 5WL: gigabit for allLE1 5WN: gigabit for allLE1 5WR: gigabit for allLE1 5XQ: gigabit for allLE1 5XU: gigabit for allLE1 5XW: gigabit for allLE1 5XY: gigabit for allLE1 5YA: gigabit for allLE1 5YW: gigabit for allLE1 5WW: gigabit for allLE1 5AS: some gigabitLE1 5AW: some gigabitLE1 5BN: some gigabitLE1 5DB: some gigabitLE1 5DE: some gigabitLE1 5DF: some gigabitLE1 5EH: some gigabitLE1 5EL: some gigabitLE1 5EN: some gigabitLE1 5FL: some gigabitLE1 5FQ: some gigabitLE1 5FT: some gigabitLE1 5GF: some gigabitLE1 5GG: some gigabitLE1 5GW: some gigabitLE1 5GX: some gigabitLE1 5JN: some gigabitLE1 5LS: some gigabitLE1 5NR: some gigabitLE1 5PH: some gigabitLE1 5PX: some gigabitLE1 5RA: some gigabitLE1 5RB: some gigabitLE1 5SJ: some gigabitLE1 5SN: some gigabitLE1 5TH: some gigabitLE1 5TS: some gigabitLE1 5WD: some gigabitLE1 5WH: some gigabitLE1 5XD: some gigabitLE1 5XH: some gigabitLE1 5XZ: some gigabitLE1 5YN: some gigabitLE1 5YP: some gigabitLE1 5AE: no gigabitLE1 5AF: no gigabitLE1 5AN: no gigabitLE1 5BT: no gigabitLE1 5BX: no gigabitLE1 5FX: no gigabitLE1 5JE: no gigabitLE1 5JQ: no gigabitLE1 5NF: no gigabitLE1 5QS: no gigabitLE1 5TN: no gigabit Leicester 7 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to LE1 5BX, the one nearest the middle of them7 postcodes without gigabit Map of every postcode in the LE1 5 sector, by gigabit broadband Of the 113 postcodes in the LE1 5 sector that ONS places, 11 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 34 have some that can, 51 can all get it and 17 have no Ofcom figure. One group of postcodes without gigabit is outlined: 7 postcodes without gigabit. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Leicester. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Leicester 7 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to LE1 5BX, the one nearest the middle of them7 postcodes without gigabit
  • No home or business can get gigabit: 11
  • Some can get gigabit: 34
  • Every home and business can get gigabit: 51
  • Ofcom gives no figure: 17
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together

Of the 113 postcodes in the LE1 5 sector that ONS places, 11 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 34 have some that can, 51 can all get it and 17 have no Ofcom figure.

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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 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.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together

What do homes sell for in LE1 5?

HM Land Registry records 2 sales of homes in LE1 5 in the 12 months to September 2026: too few to give a typical price.

  • Semi-detached 1 sale, too few to price
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start LE1 5. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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