Leicester | |
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Coordinates: 52°38′35″N 1°08′02″W / 52.643°N 1.134°W | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Postcode area | LE |
Postcode area name | Leicester |
Post towns | 12 |
Postcode districts | 28 |
Postcode sectors | 152 |
Postcodes (live) | 22,458 |
Postcodes (total) | 34,512 |
Statistics as at May 2020[1] |
The LE postcode area, also known as the Leicester postcode area,[2] is a group of 21 postcode districts in central England, within 12 post towns. These cover most of Leicestershire (including Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray, Coalville, Market Harborough, Ashby de la Zouch, Lutterworth, Wigston, Markfield and Ibstock) and most of Rutland (including Oakham), plus small parts of south Nottinghamshire and north Northamptonshire, and very small parts of Derbyshire and Warwickshire.