LE8 5 postcode sector in the LE8 district

LE8 5 is a sector of the LE8 district: every postcode that starts LE8 5. It has 172 postcodes in use, one of them a large-user postcode. 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 LE8 5 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the LE8 5 sector, by flood risk Of the 172 postcodes in the LE8 5 sector that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 171 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Wigston, Countesthorpe. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A5199 LE8 5AA: not on the flood risk listLE8 5AD: not on the flood risk listLE8 5AE: not on the flood risk listLE8 5AF: not on the flood risk listLE8 5AG: not on the flood risk listLE8 5AH: not on the flood risk listLE8 5AL: not on the flood risk listLE8 5BX: not on the flood risk listLE8 5BY: not on the flood risk listLE8 5LA: not on the flood risk listLE8 5LW: not on the flood risk listLE8 5LZ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PA: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PB: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PD: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PE: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PF: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PG: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PH: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PJ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PL: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PN: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PP: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PQ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PR: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PS: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PT: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PU: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PW: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PX: not on the flood risk listLE8 5PY: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QA: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QB: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QE: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QF: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QG: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QH: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QJ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QL: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QN: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QP: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QQ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QR: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QS: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QT: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QU: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QW: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QX: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QY: not on the flood risk listLE8 5QZ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RA: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RB: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RD: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RE: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RF: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RG: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RH: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RJ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RL: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RN: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RP: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RQ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RR: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RS: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RT: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RU: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RW: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RX: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RY: not on the flood risk listLE8 5RZ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5SA: not on the flood risk listLE8 5SB: not on the flood risk listLE8 5SD: not on the flood risk listLE8 5SE: not on the flood risk listLE8 5SF: not on the flood risk listLE8 5SG: not on the flood risk listLE8 5SH: not on the flood risk listLE8 5SJ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5SL: not on the flood risk listLE8 5SP: not on the flood risk listLE8 5SQ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5SS: not on the flood risk listLE8 5ST: not on the flood risk listLE8 5SU: not on the flood risk listLE8 5SW: not on the flood risk listLE8 5SX: not on the flood risk listLE8 5SY: not on the flood risk listLE8 5SZ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5TA: not on the flood risk listLE8 5TB: not on the flood risk listLE8 5TD: not on the flood risk listLE8 5TE: not on the flood risk listLE8 5TF: not on the flood risk listLE8 5TG: not on the flood risk listLE8 5TH: not on the flood risk listLE8 5TJ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5TL: not on the flood risk listLE8 5TN: not on the flood risk listLE8 5TP: not on the flood risk listLE8 5TR: not on the flood risk listLE8 5TT: not on the flood risk listLE8 5TU: not on the flood risk listLE8 5TW: not on the flood risk listLE8 5TX: not on the flood risk listLE8 5TY: not on the flood risk listLE8 5TZ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5UA: not on the flood risk listLE8 5UB: not on the flood risk listLE8 5UD: not on the flood risk listLE8 5UE: not on the flood risk listLE8 5UF: not on the flood risk listLE8 5UG: not on the flood risk listLE8 5UH: not on the flood risk listLE8 5UL: not on the flood risk listLE8 5UN: not on the flood risk listLE8 5UP: not on the flood risk listLE8 5UQ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5UR: not on the flood risk listLE8 5US: not on the flood risk listLE8 5UU: not on the flood risk listLE8 5UX: not on the flood risk listLE8 5UY: not on the flood risk listLE8 5UZ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WA: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WB: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WD: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WE: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WF: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WG: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WH: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WJ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WL: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WN: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WP: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WQ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WR: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WS: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WT: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WU: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WW: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WX: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WY: not on the flood risk listLE8 5WZ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5XA: not on the flood risk listLE8 5XD: not on the flood risk listLE8 5XE: not on the flood risk listLE8 5XG: not on the flood risk listLE8 5XH: not on the flood risk listLE8 5XJ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5XL: not on the flood risk listLE8 5XN: not on the flood risk listLE8 5XP: not on the flood risk listLE8 5XQ: not on the flood risk listLE8 5XR: not on the flood risk listLE8 5XS: not on the flood risk listLE8 5XT: not on the flood risk listLE8 5XU: not on the flood risk listLE8 5XW: not on the flood risk listLE8 5XX: not on the flood risk listLE8 5XY: not on the flood risk listLE8 5YA: not on the flood risk listLE8 5YX: not on the flood risk listLE8 5UT: low flood risk at worst WigstonCountesthorpe Map of every postcode in the LE8 5 sector, by flood risk Of the 172 postcodes in the LE8 5 sector that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 171 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Wigston, Countesthorpe. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A5199 WigstonCountesthorpe
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 171

Of the 172 postcodes in the LE8 5 sector that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 171 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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

What do homes sell for in LE8 5?

Homes in LE8 5 sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 87 sales, up 2.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£295,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£287,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 2.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £369,950 31 sales
  • Semi-detached £284,500 40 sales
  • Terraced £235,000 13 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

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

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start LE8 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 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 LE8 5

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.

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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