LE6 3EA

Hermitage · North West Leicestershire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Postcode district
LE6
Postcode sector
LE6 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE67 5EA 2 m
LE67 5FE 88 m
LE67 5EX 117 m
LE67 5ED 137 m
LE67 5FF 139 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE6 3EA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1992
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE6
Postcode sector
LE6 3
Latitude
52.736266
Longitude
-1.355860
British National Grid easting
443,589
British National Grid northing
315,596

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Electoral ward
Hermitage · E05010109
Parish or community
E04012149
Output area
E00131783
Lower layer super output area
North West Leicestershire 007A · E01025966
Middle layer super output area
North West Leicestershire 007 · E02005403

Postcode source versions

Explore LE6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
17
Secondary
2
  1. Holy Cross School A Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    787 m
  2. Whitwick St John The Baptist Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.0 km
  3. New Swannington Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
681
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 225
  • Anti social behaviour 117
  • Shoplifting 82
  • Criminal damage and arson 61
  • Public order 59

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
Postcode sector residents
Not available

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 not available.

GP practices

6

within 5 km

  • DR AM LEWIS' PRACTICE

    WHITWICK HEALTH CENTRE, 67 NORTH STREET, WHITWICK, COALVILLE, LE67 5HX

    ODS code C82052

    775 m

  • WHITWICK HEALTH CENTRE

    67 NORTH STREET, WHITWICK, COALVILLE, LE67 5HX

    ODS code C82120

    775 m

  • WHITWICK ROAD SURGERY

    WHITWICK ROAD, COALVILLE, LE67 3FA

    ODS code C82045

    1.3 km

  • BROOM LEYS SURGERY

    BROOM LEYS ROAD, COALVILLE, LE67 4DE

    ODS code C82072

    1.5 km

  • LONG LANE SURGERY

    BEACON HOUSE, LONG LANE, COALVILLE, LE67 4DR

    ODS code C82050

    1.6 km

  • HUGGLESCOTE SURGERY

    151 GRANGE ROAD, HUGGLESCOTE, COALVILLE, LE67 2BS

    ODS code C82096

    2.9 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Grove Road

    BCT · Whitwick

    0.1 miles
  • Grove Road

    BCT · Whitwick

    0.1 miles
  • Ferrers Road

    BCT · Whitwick

    0.1 miles
  • George Street

    BCT · Whitwick

    0.1 miles
  • Ferrers Road

    BCT · Whitwick

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North West Leicestershire 007A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

13,282 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 2 secondary schools. Holy Cross School A Catholic Voluntary Academy is the nearest published school at 787 m.

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

Recorded crime

681 published events cover 12 months, averaging 56.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 225 events.

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