Schools
72 open schools are in scope, including 51 primary and 10 secondary schools. The Hall School is the nearest published school at 675 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LE3 8HD
Glenfield Faire · Blaby · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Leicester
- Ward
- Glenfield Faire
- Local authority
- Blaby
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire
- Postcode district
- LE3
- Postcode sector
- LE3 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LE3 8HD
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- LE
- Postcode district
- LE3
- Postcode sector
- LE3 8
- Latitude
- 52.656349
- Longitude
- -1.186539
- British National Grid easting
- 455,122
- British National Grid northing
- 306,822
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- Blaby · E07000129
- Electoral ward
- Glenfield Faire · E05015271
- Parish or community
- E04005349
- Westminster constituency
- Mid Leicestershire · E14001364
- Output area
- E00130059
- Lower layer super output area
- Blaby 013E · E01025630
- Middle layer super output area
- Blaby 013 · E02006820
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore LE3
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Fire Station, Anstey Frith, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8HD | 10 January 2014 | £1,050,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 72
- Primary
- 51
- Secondary
- 10
- 675 m
The Hall School
Academy converter
- 1.3 km
Forest Lodge Academy
Academy converter
- 1.4 km
Buswells Lodge Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,215
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 946
- Criminal damage and arson 262
- Public order 198
- Shoplifting 169
- Anti social behaviour 167
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- LE3 8 residents
- 11,439
Age bands in LE3 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26%
- Age 65 and over
- 23.3%
1,997 residents
1,117 residents
2,793 residents
3,018 residents
2,704 residents
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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 0%
- 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
31
within 5 km straight-line
THE GLENFIELD SURGERY
111 STATION ROAD, GLENFIELD, LEICESTER, LE3 8GS
ODS code C82056
687 m
THE PARKS MEDICAL CENTRE (B HAINSWORTH)
340 AIKMAN AVENUE, LEICESTER, LE3 9PW
ODS code C82610
1.3 km
BEAUMONT LODGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 BAXTERS CLOSE, BEAUMONT LEYS, LEICESTER, LE4 0QR
ODS code C82094
1.8 km
THE ANSTEY SURGERY
21A THE NOOK, ANSTEY, LEICESTER, LE7 7AZ
ODS code C82032
1.8 km
OAKMEADOW SURGERY (GJ INGRAMS)
87 TATLOW ROAD, GLENFIELD, LEICESTER, LE3 8NF
ODS code C82008
1.9 km
SPIRIT PRIMARY CARE LTD-BEAUMONT LEYS
BEAUMONT LEYS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 LITTLE WOOD CLOSE, LEICESTER, LE4 0UZ
ODS code C82624
2.3 km
GROBY SURGERY
26 ROOKERY LANE, GROBY, LEICESTER, LE6 0GL
ODS code C82628
2.7 km
GROBY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE (ID PATCHETT)
9 GROBY ROAD, LEICESTER, LE3 9ED
ODS code C82005
2.8 km
HOCKLEY FARM MED PRACT (A NANA)
39 HOCKLEY FARM ROAD, LEICESTER, LE3 1HN
ODS code C82053
2.8 km
MANOR PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
122 PARKER DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE4 0JF
ODS code C82018
2.9 km
FOSSE MEDICAL CENTRE (DR H MUKADAM)
FOSSE MEDICAL CENTRE, 334 FOSSE ROAD NORTH, LEICESTER, LE3 5RR
ODS code C82086
3.2 km
WESTEND MEDICAL PRACTICE
FOSSE ROAD SOUTH, LEICESTER, LE3 0LP
ODS code C82639
3.6 km
DR U K ROY
FOSSE FAMILY PRACTICE, 16 FOSSE ROAD SOUTH, LEICESTER, LE3 0QD
ODS code C82114
3.7 km
WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (ONE)
2 WESTCOTES DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 0QR
ODS code C82059
3.9 km
WESTCOTES GP SURGERY (TWO)
2 WESTCOTES DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 0QR
ODS code C82653
3.9 km
INCLUSION HEALTHCARE
CHARLES BERRY HOUSE, 45 EAST BOND STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 4SX
ODS code C82670
4.0 km
LEICESTER CITY ASSIST PRACTICE
CHARLES BERRY HOUSE, 45 EAST BOND STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 4SX
ODS code Y00344
4.0 km
DR S SHAFI
5 BRITON STREET, LEICESTER, LE3 0AA
ODS code C82620
4.1 km
RATBY MEDICAL CENTRE
1A DESFORD LANE, RATBY, LEICESTER, LE6 0LE
ODS code C82634
4.2 km
NARBOROUGH ROAD SURGERY
193 NARBOROUGH ROAD, NARBOROUGH, LEICESTER, LE3 0PE
ODS code C82119
4.2 km
Showing 20 of 31 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
County Hall
BCT · Glenfield
- 0.2 miles
Glenfield Hospital
BCT · Leicester
- 0.2 miles
County Hall
BCT · Glenfield
- 0.2 miles
Glenfield Frith Drive
BCT · Glenfield
- 0.3 miles
Gynsill Lane
BCT · Glenfield
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blaby 013E, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
28,539 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 10 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
- 0
- 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
Recorded crime
2,215 published events cover 12 months, averaging 184.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 946 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.