LE8 6 postcode sector in the LE8 district

LE8 6 is a sector of the LE8 district: every postcode that starts LE8 6. It has 172 postcodes in use.

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Every postcode in the LE8 6 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the LE8 6 sector, by flood risk Of the 172 postcodes in the LE8 6 sector that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 25 are at low risk at worst and 141 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Blaby and Whetstone, Countesthorpe, Cosby. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. M1A426 LE8 6AB: not on the flood risk listLE8 6AD: not on the flood risk listLE8 6AE: not on the flood risk listLE8 6AF: not on the flood risk listLE8 6AH: not on the flood risk listLE8 6AN: not on the flood risk listLE8 6BA: not on the flood risk listLE8 6BB: not on the flood risk listLE8 6BH: not on the flood risk listLE8 6BJ: not on the flood risk listLE8 6BT: not on the flood risk listLE8 6BU: not on the flood risk listLE8 6BW: not on the flood risk listLE8 6DA: not on the flood risk listLE8 6EA: not on the flood risk listLE8 6EP: not on the flood risk listLE8 6ER: not on the flood risk listLE8 6ES: not on the flood risk listLE8 6ET: not on the flood risk listLE8 6EU: not on the flood risk listLE8 6EW: not on the flood risk listLE8 6EX: not on the flood risk listLE8 6HA: not on the flood risk listLE8 6HL: not on the flood risk listLE8 6HN: not on the flood risk listLE8 6HP: not on the flood risk listLE8 6HT: not on the flood risk listLE8 6HU: not on the flood risk listLE8 6HX: not on the flood risk listLE8 6HZ: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JA: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JB: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JD: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JE: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JF: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JG: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JH: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JJ: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JL: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JP: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JQ: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JR: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JS: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JT: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JU: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JW: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JX: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JY: not on the flood risk listLE8 6JZ: not on the flood risk listLE8 6LD: not on the flood risk listLE8 6LE: not on the flood risk listLE8 6LH: not on the flood risk listLE8 6LL: not on the flood risk listLE8 6LN: not on the flood risk listLE8 6LS: not on the flood risk listLE8 6LT: not on the flood risk listLE8 6LX: not on the flood risk listLE8 6NA: not on the flood risk listLE8 6NB: not on the flood risk listLE8 6NF: not on the flood risk listLE8 6NG: not on the flood risk listLE8 6NH: not on the flood risk listLE8 6NJ: not on the flood risk listLE8 6NL: not on the flood risk listLE8 6NN: not on the flood risk listLE8 6NR: not on the flood risk listLE8 6NS: not on the flood risk listLE8 6NT: not on the flood risk listLE8 6NU: not on the flood risk listLE8 6NW: not on the flood risk listLE8 6NZ: not on the flood risk listLE8 6PB: not on the flood risk listLE8 6PD: not on the flood risk listLE8 6PE: not on the flood risk listLE8 6PF: not on the flood risk listLE8 6PG: not on the flood risk listLE8 6PP: not on the flood risk listLE8 6PQ: not on the flood risk listLE8 6PR: not on the flood risk listLE8 6PS: not on the flood risk listLE8 6PT: not on the flood risk listLE8 6QS: not on the flood risk listLE8 6QU: not on the flood risk listLE8 6QW: not on the flood risk listLE8 6QY: not on the flood risk listLE8 6RA: not on the flood risk listLE8 6RB: not on the flood risk listLE8 6UB: not on the flood risk listLE8 6UD: not on the flood risk listLE8 6UE: not on the flood risk listLE8 6UF: not on the flood risk listLE8 6UG: not on the flood risk listLE8 6UH: not on the flood risk listLE8 6UJ: not on the flood risk listLE8 6WA: not on the flood risk listLE8 6WB: not on the flood risk listLE8 6WD: not on the flood risk listLE8 6WE: not on the flood risk listLE8 6WF: not on the flood risk listLE8 6WG: not on the flood risk listLE8 6WH: not on the flood risk listLE8 6XS: not on the flood risk listLE8 6XU: not on the flood risk listLE8 6XW: not on the flood risk listLE8 6XY: not on the flood risk listLE8 6YB: not on the flood risk listLE8 6YD: not on the flood risk listLE8 6YF: not on the flood risk listLE8 6YJ: not on the flood risk listLE8 6YL: not on the flood risk listLE8 6YN: not on the flood risk listLE8 6YP: not on the flood risk listLE8 6YQ: not on the flood risk listLE8 6YS: not on the flood risk listLE8 6YT: not on the flood risk listLE8 6YU: not on the flood risk listLE8 6YW: not on the flood risk listLE8 6YX: not on the flood risk listLE8 6YZ: not on the flood risk listLE8 6ZA: not on the flood risk listLE8 6ZB: not on the flood risk listLE8 6ZD: not on the flood risk listLE8 6ZE: not on the flood risk listLE8 6ZG: not on the flood risk listLE8 6ZH: not on the flood risk listLE8 6ZL: not on the flood risk listLE8 6ZP: not on the flood risk listLE8 6ZQ: not on the flood risk listLE8 6ZR: not on the flood risk listLE8 6ZS: not on the flood risk listLE8 6ZT: not on the flood risk listLE8 6ZX: not on the flood risk listLE8 6ZY: not on the flood risk listLE8 6ZZ: not on the flood risk listLE8 6AA: low flood risk at worstLE8 6AG: low flood risk at worstLE8 6EY: low flood risk at worstLE8 6FA: low flood risk at worstLE8 6LA: low flood risk at worstLE8 6LG: low flood risk at worstLE8 6LJ: low flood risk at worstLE8 6LR: low flood risk at worstLE8 6LU: low flood risk at worstLE8 6LY: low flood risk at worstLE8 6ND: low flood risk at worstLE8 6NE: low flood risk at worstLE8 6NP: low flood risk at worstLE8 6NQ: low flood risk at worstLE8 6NX: low flood risk at worstLE8 6NY: low flood risk at worstLE8 6PJ: low flood risk at worstLE8 6PL: low flood risk at worstLE8 6QT: low flood risk at worstLE8 6QX: low flood risk at worstLE8 6XA: low flood risk at worstLE8 6ZN: low flood risk at worstLE8 6ZU: low flood risk at worstLE8 6ZW: low flood risk at worstLE8 6LQ: medium flood risk at worstLE8 6QZ: medium flood risk at worstLE8 6LB: high flood riskLE8 6LF: high flood riskLE8 6LW: high flood riskLE8 6UL: high flood risk Blaby and WhetstoneCountesthorpeCosby Map of every postcode in the LE8 6 sector, by flood risk Of the 172 postcodes in the LE8 6 sector that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 25 are at low risk at worst and 141 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Blaby and Whetstone, Countesthorpe, Cosby. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. M1 Blaby and WhetstoneCountesthorpeCosby
  • A home or business at high risk: 4
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 25
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 141

Of the 172 postcodes in the LE8 6 sector that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 25 are at low risk at worst and 141 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

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

What do homes sell for in LE8 6?

Homes in LE8 6 sold for a typical £284,225 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 86 sales, up 1.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£284,225 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£279,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 1.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £378,000 35 sales
  • Semi-detached £260,000 38 sales
  • Terraced £202,500 12 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, 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 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 LE8 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.

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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