The LE postcode area, also known as the Leicester postcode area,[2] is a group of 21 postcode districts in central England, within 12 post towns. These cover most of Leicestershire (including Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray, Coalville, Market Harborough, Ashby de la Zouch, Lutterworth, Wigston, Markfield and Ibstock) and most of Rutland (including Oakham), plus small parts of south Nottinghamshire and north Northamptonshire, and very small parts of Derbyshire and Warwickshire.
Leicester | |
|---|---|
  LE | |
| Coordinates: 52°38′35″N 1°08′02″W / 52.643°N 1.134°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Postcode area | LE |
| Postcode area name | Leicester |
| Post towns | 12 |
| Postcode districts | 28 |
| Postcode sectors | 152 |
| Postcodes (live) | 22,458 |
| Postcodes (total) | 34,512 |
| Statistics as at May 2020[1] | |
Coverage
editThe approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
The LE65 and LE67 districts were formed from LE6 circa 1992.
The LE19 district was formed in 2002 from parts of the LE3 and LE9 districts.[3]
The LE2, LE3 and LE4 postcode districts are all among the top five by population.[4]
Map
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
- ^ "Royal Mail Update 34". Beacon Dodsworth. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ "FOI request: Population for every postcode district in England and Wales". The National Archives. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
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