LE8 0RE

Glen · Harborough · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Glen
Local authority
Harborough
Postcode district
LE8
Postcode sector
LE8 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE8 9FQ 583 m
LE8 9FN 680 m
LE8 9FT 759 m
LE8 9FH 793 m
LE8 0FT 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE8 0RE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2021
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE8
Postcode sector
LE8 0
Latitude
52.563300
Longitude
-1.069014
British National Grid easting
463,205
British National Grid northing
296,568

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Harborough · E07000131
Electoral ward
Glen · E05011970
Parish or community
E04005488
Output area
E00130818
Lower layer super output area
Harborough 003A · E01025781
Middle layer super output area
Harborough 003 · E02005369

Postcode source versions

Explore LE8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
30
Primary
19
Secondary
6
  1. Kilby St Mary's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.6 km
  2. Leicester Grammar School Trust

    Other independent school

    2.3 km
  3. Thythorn Field Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
16
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Other theft 3
  • Burglary 2
  • Public order 2
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LE8 0 residents
8,376

Age bands in LE8 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.1%

1,510 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

810 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.2%

1,930 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

2,259 residents

Age 65 and over
21.8%

1,817 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
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 straight-line

  • THE CROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 GLEN ROAD, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 4PE

    ODS code C82067

    3.4 km

  • ROSEMEAD DRIVE SURGERY

    103 ROSEMEAD DRIVE, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 5PP

    ODS code C82048

    3.5 km

  • BUSHLOE SURGERY

    TWO STEEPLES MED CENTRE, ABINGTON CLOSE, WIGSTON, LE18 2EW

    ODS code C82013

    3.9 km

  • WIGSTON CENTRAL SURGERY

    TWO STEEPLES MEDICAL CENTRE, 10 ABINGTON CLOSE, WIGSTON, LE18 2EW

    ODS code C82071

    3.9 km

  • SEVERN SURGERY

    159 UPLANDS ROAD, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 4NW

    ODS code C82112

    4.0 km

  • THE CENTRAL SURGERY

    BROOKSBY DRIVE, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 5AA

    ODS code C82021

    4.1 km

  • SOUTH WIGSTON HEALTH CTR.

    80 BLABY ROAD, SOUTH WIGSTON, WIGSTON, LE18 4SE

    ODS code C82079

    4.5 km

  • COUNTESTHORPE HEALTH CENTRE

    CENTRAL STREET, COUNTESTHORPE, LEICESTER, LE8 5QJ

    ODS code C82002

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Wistow Rural Centre

    BCT · Wistow

    0.6 miles
  • Dog & Gun

    BCT · Kilby

    1.0 miles
  • Dog & Gun

    BCT · Kilby

    1.0 miles
  • Breton Close

    BCT · Kilby

    1.0 miles
  • Breton Close

    BCT · Kilby

    1.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harborough 003A, 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

27,027 of 33,755

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

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 6 secondary schools. Kilby St Mary's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

16 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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