LE1 6 postcode sector in the LE1 district

LE1 6 is a sector of the LE1 district: every postcode that starts LE1 6. It has 119 postcodes in use, 10 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 6 sector, by gigabit broadband

Map of every postcode in the LE1 6 sector, by gigabit broadband Of the 119 postcodes in the LE1 6 sector that ONS places, 12 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 34 have some that can, 62 can all get it and 11 have no Ofcom figure. One group of postcodes without gigabit is outlined: 5 postcodes without gigabit. Places named: Leicester. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A563 LE1 6AU: no Ofcom figureLE1 6BG: no Ofcom figureLE1 6BX: no Ofcom figureLE1 6UJ: no Ofcom figureLE1 6AA: gigabit for allLE1 6AF: gigabit for allLE1 6AX: gigabit for allLE1 6AY: gigabit for allLE1 6AZ: gigabit for allLE1 6BL: gigabit for allLE1 6DS: gigabit for allLE1 6EJ: gigabit for allLE1 6ES: gigabit for allLE1 6FJ: gigabit for allLE1 6FL: gigabit for allLE1 6HG: gigabit for allLE1 6HH: gigabit for allLE1 6HL: gigabit for allLE1 6JL: gigabit for allLE1 6LB: gigabit for allLE1 6LP: gigabit for allLE1 6NB: gigabit for allLE1 6PA: gigabit for allLE1 6PL: gigabit for allLE1 6PT: gigabit for allLE1 6PW: gigabit for allLE1 6QD: gigabit for allLE1 6QJ: gigabit for allLE1 6RH: gigabit for allLE1 6RL: gigabit for allLE1 6RS: gigabit for allLE1 6RT: gigabit for allLE1 6RU: gigabit for allLE1 6RX: gigabit for allLE1 6TT: gigabit for allLE1 6TU: gigabit for allLE1 6UF: gigabit for allLE1 6UP: gigabit for allLE1 6WB: gigabit for allLE1 6WL: gigabit for allLE1 6WP: gigabit for allLE1 6WR: gigabit for allLE1 6WS: gigabit for allLE1 6WU: gigabit for allLE1 6XP: gigabit for allLE1 6YH: gigabit for allLE1 6YT: gigabit for allLE1 6YU: gigabit for allLE1 6ZH: gigabit for allLE1 6FD: gigabit for allLE1 6AG: some gigabitLE1 6AS: some gigabitLE1 6AT: some gigabitLE1 6BT: some gigabitLE1 6BU: some gigabitLE1 6EH: some gigabitLE1 6HJ: some gigabitLE1 6HW: some gigabitLE1 6NL: some gigabitLE1 6NU: some gigabitLE1 6QL: some gigabitLE1 6RJ: some gigabitLE1 6RN: some gigabitLE1 6RP: some gigabitLE1 6TE: some gigabitLE1 6TF: some gigabitLE1 6TP: some gigabitLE1 6TQ: some gigabitLE1 6TR: some gigabitLE1 6WA: some gigabitLE1 6WJ: some gigabitLE1 6WT: some gigabitLE1 6XB: some gigabitLE1 6XL: some gigabitLE1 6XN: some gigabitLE1 6YF: some gigabitLE1 6YG: some gigabitLE1 6YJ: some gigabitLE1 6SL: some gigabitLE1 6FE: some gigabitLE1 6WY: some gigabitLE1 6AN: no gigabitLE1 6BJ: no gigabitLE1 6BW: no gigabitLE1 6FA: no gigabitLE1 6JJ: no gigabitLE1 6SZ: no gigabitLE1 6TB: no gigabitLE1 6UN: no gigabitLE1 6YE: no gigabitLE1 6FF: no gigabitLE1 6HB: no gigabit Leicester 5 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to LE1 6YL, the one nearest the middle of them5 postcodes without gigabit Map of every postcode in the LE1 6 sector, by gigabit broadband Of the 119 postcodes in the LE1 6 sector that ONS places, 12 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 34 have some that can, 62 can all get it and 11 have no Ofcom figure. One group of postcodes without gigabit is outlined: 5 postcodes without gigabit. Places named: Leicester. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A563A47A5460 Leicester 5 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to LE1 6YL, the one nearest the middle of them5 postcodes without gigabit
  • No home or business can get gigabit: 12
  • Some can get gigabit: 34
  • Every home and business can get gigabit: 62
  • Ofcom gives no figure: 11
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together

Of the 119 postcodes in the LE1 6 sector that ONS places, 12 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 34 have some that can, 62 can all get it and 11 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.

Postcodes without gigabit

LE1 6ANLE1 6BJLE1 6BWLE1 6FALE1 6FFLE1 6HBLE1 6JJLE1 6SZLE1 6TBLE1 6UNLE1 6YELE1 6YL

Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together

  • 5 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. LE1 6YL, is the one nearest the middle of them.

What do homes sell for in LE1 6?

Homes in LE1 6 sold for a typical £115,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 7 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £185,000 from 17 sales. With fewer than 30 sales a year, a change can come from which homes happened to sell, so we do not give one.

£115,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£185,000 12 months to September 2025
  • Semi-detached 1 sale, too few to price
  • Flat or maisonette £112,500 6 sales

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start LE1 6. 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.

Postcodes in LE1 6

Pick a postcode to see its council and MP, broadband, flood risk, what homes sell for, council tax, the nearest schools and stations, and crime around it.

LE1 6AALE1 6AFLE1 6AGLE1 6ANLE1 6ARLE1 6ASLE1 6ATLE1 6AULE1 6AXLE1 6AYLE1 6AZLE1 6BBLE1 6BDLE1 6BGLE1 6BHLE1 6BJLE1 6BLLE1 6BNLE1 6BTLE1 6BULE1 6BWLE1 6BXLE1 6DNLE1 6DPLE1 6DSLE1 6EHLE1 6EJLE1 6ESLE1 6EYLE1 6FALE1 6FBLE1 6FDLE1 6FELE1 6FFLE1 6FJLE1 6FLLE1 6GBLE1 6GDLE1 6GFLE1 6HBLE1 6HGLE1 6HHLE1 6HJLE1 6HLLE1 6HNLE1 6HWLE1 6JJLE1 6JLLE1 6LBLE1 6LPLE1 6NBLE1 6NLLE1 6NULE1 6NWLE1 6PALE1 6PBLE1 6PLLE1 6PNLE1 6PPLE1 6PTLE1 6PWLE1 6QDLE1 6QHLE1 6QJLE1 6QLLE1 6RHLE1 6RJLE1 6RLLE1 6RNLE1 6RPLE1 6RSLE1 6RTLE1 6RULE1 6RXLE1 6SALE1 6SLLE1 6SZLE1 6TBLE1 6TELE1 6TFLE1 6TPLE1 6TQLE1 6TRLE1 6TSLE1 6TTLE1 6TULE1 6UFLE1 6UJLE1 6UNLE1 6UPLE1 6WALE1 6WBLE1 6WHLE1 6WJLE1 6WLLE1 6WPLE1 6WRLE1 6WSLE1 6WTLE1 6WULE1 6WYLE1 6XBLE1 6XELE1 6XFLE1 6XLLE1 6XNLE1 6XPLE1 6XQLE1 6XYLE1 6YELE1 6YFLE1 6YGLE1 6YHLE1 6YJLE1 6YLLE1 6YTLE1 6YULE1 6ZHLE1 6ZX

Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed.

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