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, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in the LE1 6 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 119 postcodes in the LE1 6 sector that ONS places, 7 are new since 2020 and 112 were in use before 2020. Places named: Leicester. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A563 LE1 6AA: before 2020LE1 6AF: before 2020LE1 6AG: before 2020LE1 6AN: before 2020LE1 6AR: before 2020LE1 6AS: before 2020LE1 6AT: before 2020LE1 6AU: before 2020LE1 6AX: before 2020LE1 6AY: before 2020LE1 6AZ: before 2020LE1 6BD: before 2020LE1 6BG: before 2020LE1 6BT: before 2020LE1 6BU: before 2020LE1 6DS: before 2020LE1 6EH: before 2020LE1 6EJ: before 2020LE1 6ES: before 2020LE1 6EY: before 2020LE1 6FA: before 2020LE1 6FJ: before 2020LE1 6GF: before 2020LE1 6HG: before 2020LE1 6HH: before 2020LE1 6HJ: before 2020LE1 6HL: before 2020LE1 6HW: before 2020LE1 6JJ: before 2020LE1 6JL: before 2020LE1 6LB: before 2020LE1 6LP: before 2020LE1 6NB: before 2020LE1 6NL: before 2020LE1 6NU: before 2020LE1 6PA: before 2020LE1 6PL: before 2020LE1 6PT: before 2020LE1 6PW: before 2020LE1 6QD: before 2020LE1 6QJ: before 2020LE1 6QL: before 2020LE1 6RH: before 2020LE1 6RJ: before 2020LE1 6RL: before 2020LE1 6RN: before 2020LE1 6RP: before 2020LE1 6RS: before 2020LE1 6RT: before 2020LE1 6RU: before 2020LE1 6RX: before 2020LE1 6TB: before 2020LE1 6TE: before 2020LE1 6TF: before 2020LE1 6TP: before 2020LE1 6TQ: before 2020LE1 6TR: before 2020LE1 6TT: before 2020LE1 6TU: before 2020LE1 6UF: before 2020LE1 6UJ: before 2020LE1 6UN: before 2020LE1 6UP: before 2020LE1 6WA: before 2020LE1 6WB: before 2020LE1 6WH: before 2020LE1 6WJ: before 2020LE1 6WL: before 2020LE1 6WP: before 2020LE1 6WR: before 2020LE1 6WS: before 2020LE1 6WT: before 2020LE1 6WU: before 2020LE1 6XB: before 2020LE1 6XL: before 2020LE1 6XN: before 2020LE1 6XP: before 2020LE1 6YE: before 2020LE1 6YF: before 2020LE1 6YG: before 2020LE1 6YH: before 2020LE1 6YJ: before 2020LE1 6YT: before 2020LE1 6YU: before 2020LE1 6ZH: before 2020LE1 6BJ: new since 2020LE1 6BL: new since 2020LE1 6BN: new since 2020LE1 6BW: new since 2020LE1 6BX: new since 2020LE1 6FL: new since 2020LE1 6SZ: new since 2020 Leicester Map of every postcode in the LE1 6 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 119 postcodes in the LE1 6 sector that ONS places, 7 are new since 2020 and 112 were in use before 2020. Places named: Leicester. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A563A47A5460 Leicester
  • New since 2020: 7
  • In use before 2020: 112

Of the 119 postcodes in the LE1 6 sector that ONS places, 7 are new since 2020 and 112 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. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

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

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What do homes sell for in LE1 6?

Homes in LE1 6 sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 7 sales, up 28.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£205,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£160,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 28.1% on the 12 months before
  • Semi-detached 1 sale, too few to price
  • Flat or maisonette £160,000 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 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

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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed. See all our data sources

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