LE12 8SW

Barrow upon Soar · Charnwood · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Loughborough
Local authority
Charnwood
Constituency
Loughborough
Postcode district
LE12
Postcode sector
LE12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE12 8NX 92 m
LE12 8HH 97 m
LE12 8NN 113 m
LE12 8NQ 118 m
LE12 8NT 122 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE12 8SW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1998
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE12
Postcode sector
LE12 8
Latitude
52.750434
Longitude
-1.140103
British National Grid easting
458,138
British National Grid northing
317,324

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Charnwood · E07000130
Parish or community
E04005368
Westminster constituency
Loughborough · E14001342
Output area
E00178594
Lower layer super output area
Charnwood 011A · E01025674
Middle layer super output area
Charnwood 011 · E02005355

Postcode source versions

Explore LE12

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Illston Gardens, Barrow Upon Soar, Loughborough, LE12 8SW 11 July 2014 £279,950
3, Illston Gardens, Barrow Upon Soar, Loughborough, LE12 8SW 20 October 1998 £117,000
2, Illston Gardens, Barrow Upon Soar, Loughborough, LE12 8SW 18 September 1998 £117,000

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

    486 m
  2. Quorn Hall School

    Other independent special school

    491 m
  3. Humphrey Perkins School

    Academy converter

    974 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
437
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 165
  • Criminal damage and arson 59
  • Anti social behaviour 58
  • Public order 36
  • Burglary 30

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

4 female, 2 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
1.2
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% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LE12 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

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%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

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

GP practices

8

within 5 km

  • BARROW HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code C82062

    621 m

  • QUORN MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 STATION ROAD, QUORN, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 8BP

    ODS code C82034

    1.8 km

  • ALPINE HOUSE SURGERY

    86 ROTHLEY ROAD, MOUNTSORREL, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 7JU

    ODS code C82095

    2.8 km

  • THE BANKS SURGERY

    9 THE BANKS, SILEBY, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 7RD

    ODS code C82600

    3.2 km

  • CHARNWOOD SURGERY

    39 LINKFIELD ROAD, MOUNTSORREL, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 7DJ

    ODS code C82097

    3.2 km

  • DR MK LAKHANI'S PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C82644

    3.3 km

  • PARK VIEW SURGERY

    24-28 LEICESTER ROAD, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE11 2AG

    ODS code C82035

    4.7 km

  • PINFOLD MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C82011

    4.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • New Street

    BCT · Barrow-upon-Soar

    0.1 miles
  • The Banks

    BCT · Barrow-upon-Soar

    0.1 miles
  • New Street

    BCT · Barrow-upon-Soar

    0.1 miles
  • The Banks

    BCT · Barrow-upon-Soar

    0.1 miles
  • Grove Lane

    BCT · Barrow-upon-Soar

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Charnwood 011A, 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

19,762 of 33,755

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

Schools

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 486 m.

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

Recorded crime

437 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 165 events.

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