LU5 6 postcode sector in the LU5 district
LU5 6 is a sector of the LU5 district: every postcode that starts LU5 6. It has 284 postcodes in use, 2 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 LU5 6 sector, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 96
- In use before 2020: 188
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 284 postcodes in the LU5 6 sector that ONS places, 96 are new since 2020 and 188 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. 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.
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
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 40 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LU5 6XH, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LU5 6TD, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LU5 6SR, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LU5 6UD, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LU5 6TZ, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LU5 6TB, is the newest of them.
What do homes sell for in LU5 6?
Homes in LU5 6 sold for a typical £400,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 145 sales, down 1.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £525,000 49 sales
- Semi-detached £390,000 56 sales
- Terraced £304,000 31 sales
- Flat or maisonette £115,000 9 sales
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 LU5 6. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.
How we work this out: house prices by postcodeSource: 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 LU5 6
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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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