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LE12 8NS

Barrow upon Soar · Charnwood · England

Updated September 2026

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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 8NU 37 m
LE12 8UB 111 m
LE12 8GW 121 m
LE12 8PB 121 m
LE12 8PL 148 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE12 8NS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE12
Postcode sector
LE12 8
Latitude
52.750975
Longitude
-1.145367
British National Grid easting
457,782
British National Grid northing
317,380

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
E00130283
Lower layer super output area
Charnwood 011B · E01025675
Middle layer super output area
Charnwood 011 · E02005355

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Property

At this postcode

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53 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
85, Melton Road, Barrow Upon Soar, Loughborough, LE12 8NS 18 December 2025 £363,500
39, Flat 5, Melton Road, Barrow Upon Soar, Loughborough, LE12 8NS 12 July 2024 £136,000
71, Melton Road, Barrow Upon Soar, Loughborough, LE12 8NS 3 April 2023 £265,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
13
Secondary
3

  1. Barrow Hall Orchard Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    214 m

  2. Quorn Hall School

    Other independent special school

    369 m

  3. Humphrey Perkins School

    Academy converter

    665 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
478
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 179
  • Criminal damage and arson 64
  • Anti social behaviour 62
  • Public order 43
  • Burglary 33

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
90

45 female, 45 male

Postcode households
40
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 0.6% 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
73.8%
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

10

within 5 km

  • BARROW HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code C82062

    261 m

  • QUORN MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 STATION ROAD, QUORN, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 8BP

    ODS code C82034

    1.5 km

  • ALPINE HOUSE SURGERY

    86 ROTHLEY ROAD, MOUNTSORREL, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 7JU

    ODS code C82095

    2.9 km

  • CHARNWOOD SURGERY

    39 LINKFIELD ROAD, MOUNTSORREL, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 7DJ

    ODS code C82097

    3.3 km

  • THE BANKS SURGERY

    9 THE BANKS, SILEBY, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 7RD

    ODS code C82600

    3.5 km

  • DR MK LAKHANI'S PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C82644

    3.7 km

  • PARK VIEW SURGERY

    24-28 LEICESTER ROAD, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE11 2AG

    ODS code C82035

    4.3 km

  • PINFOLD MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C82011

    4.5 km

  • BRIDGE STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    20 BRIDGE STREET, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE11 1NQ

    ODS code C82026

    4.9 km

  • WOODBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    28 BRIDGE STREET, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE11 1NH

    ODS code C82070

    5.0 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

  • Beveridge Street

    BCT · Barrow-upon-Soar

    0.0 miles

  • Grove Lane

    BCT · Barrow-upon-Soar

    0.1 miles

  • Station Approach

    BCT · Barrow-upon-Soar

    0.1 miles

  • Barrow upon Soar Rail Station

    RSE · Barrow-upon-Soar

    0.1 miles

  • Rail Station

    BCT · Barrow-upon-Soar

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Charnwood 011B, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,357 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
4 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
2
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.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £175,500 from 10 recorded sales in LE12 8NS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Charnwood is £276,865 in June 2026, up 3.8% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

23 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. Barrow Hall Orchard Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 214 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

478 published events cover 12 months, averaging 39.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 179 events.

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