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LE12 8BF

Barrow upon Soar · Charnwood · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Loughborough
Ward
Barrow upon Soar
Local authority
Charnwood
Constituency
Loughborough
Postcode district
LE12
Postcode sector
LE12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE12 8BT 46 m
LE12 8YB 75 m
LE12 8YD 85 m
LE12 8AS 97 m
LE12 8PD 103 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE12 8BF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE12
Postcode sector
LE12 8
Latitude
52.754255
Longitude
-1.138843
British National Grid easting
458,218
British National Grid northing
317,750

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Charnwood · E07000130
Electoral ward
Barrow upon Soar · E05014667
Parish or community
E04005368
Westminster constituency
Loughborough · E14001342
Output area
E00130290
Lower layer super output area
Charnwood 011D · E01025677
Middle layer super output area
Charnwood 011 · E02005355

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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22 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Mallard Road, Barrow Upon Soar, Loughborough, LE12 8BF 31 July 2013 £280,000
1, Mallard Road, Barrow Upon Soar, Loughborough, LE12 8BF 26 March 2010 £233,000
3, Mallard Road, Barrow Upon Soar, Loughborough, LE12 8BF 15 July 2008 £249,950

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
11
Secondary
2

  1. Barrow Hall Orchard Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    514 m

  2. Quorn Hall School

    Other independent special school

    869 m

  3. Humphrey Perkins School

    Academy converter

    895 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
418
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 161
  • Criminal damage and arson 56
  • Anti social behaviour 50
  • Public order 36
  • Burglary 29

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
30

14 female, 16 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
2.3
LE12 8 residents
15,631

Age bands in LE12 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.8%

2,600 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

1,467 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.9%

3,392 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.6%

4,430 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

3,625 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LE12 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

8

within 5 km

  • BARROW HEALTH CENTRE

    HEALTH CTR, 27 HIGH ST, BARROW-UPON-SOAR, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 8PY

    ODS code C82062

    751 m

  • QUORN MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 STATION ROAD, QUORN, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 8BP

    ODS code C82034

    2.0 km

  • ALPINE HOUSE SURGERY

    86 ROTHLEY ROAD, MOUNTSORREL, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 7JU

    ODS code C82095

    3.3 km

  • THE BANKS SURGERY

    9 THE BANKS, SILEBY, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 7RD

    ODS code C82600

    3.4 km

  • DR MK LAKHANI'S PRACTICE

    HIGHGATE SURGERY, 5 STORER CLOSE, SILEBY, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 7UD

    ODS code C82644

    3.5 km

  • CHARNWOOD SURGERY

    39 LINKFIELD ROAD, MOUNTSORREL, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 7DJ

    ODS code C82097

    3.6 km

  • PARK VIEW SURGERY

    24-28 LEICESTER ROAD, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE11 2AG

    ODS code C82035

    4.6 km

  • PINFOLD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, PINFOLD GATE, LOUGHBOROUGH, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE11 1DQ

    ODS code C82011

    4.7 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Newton Close

    BCT · Barrow-upon-Soar

    0.1 miles

  • Newton Close

    BCT · Barrow-upon-Soar

    0.1 miles

  • The Banks

    BCT · Barrow-upon-Soar

    0.2 miles

  • The Banks

    BCT · Barrow-upon-Soar

    0.2 miles

  • Brook Lane

    BCT · Barrow-upon-Soar

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Charnwood 011D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,656 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
8 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

20 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. Barrow Hall Orchard Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 514 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

Published police records

418 published events cover 12 months, averaging 34.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 161 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.