Latitude: 52.5578 / 52°33'27"N
Longitude: -1.1337 / 1°8'1"W
OS Eastings: 458831
OS Northings: 295899
OS Grid: SP588958
Mapcode National: GBR 8NF.N6V
Mapcode Global: WHDJQ.KZC1
Plus Code: 9C4WHV58+4G
Maidenhead Locator System: IO92kn33
What Three Birds: spoonbill.bobolink.dunnock
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LE8 5QP is a mixed residential and non-residential postcode in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire. It was first introduced in May 1994.
The most common council tax band is A.
Residential buildings are typically terraced (including end-terrace) and detached. Domestic properties are primarily houses.
Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £95,688 to £11,000,000 with an average of £698,837.
Residential buildings were typically constructed between 1900 and 1929.
None of the residential properties sold since 1995 have been new builds or newly converted.
Domestic properties are predominantly owner occupied.
The most common Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating is D.
Commercial rateable values range from £1,450 to £78,500 with an average of £44,629. The most common recorded business types are Garden Centre and Sewage Treatment Works.
Countesthorpe is a village, which had a population of 6,377 in the 2011 census.
In the 2011 census, there were 40 people resident in LE8 5QP, of which 18 were male and 22 were female. This also includes overnight visitors at domestic properties, and residents of non-domestic properties such as hotels, prisons and halls of residence.
LE8 5QP is in the Leicester travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Leicestershire County and Rutland Primary Care Trust.
LE8 5QP is approximately 88m (289ft) above sea level.
See recent residential property sales in LE8 5QP
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing LE8 5QP
8a1: Hard-Pressed Living - Industrious Communities - Industrious Transitions
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for LE8 5QP
England D1: a small town or larger village, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
3/10 (Low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
3/10 (Low)
Area Retail Diversity Index
5/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near LE8 5QP include Aldi, Co-Operative Food, Farmfoods, Iceland, Lidl, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of LE8 5QP are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
District Council
Blaby District Council
Ward
Countesthorpe
Councillors
Adrian Clifford (Conservative)
Royston Bayliss (Liberal Democrat)
John Holdridge (Liberal Democrat)
County Council
Leicestershire
Electoral Division
Cosby and Countesthorpe
County Councillor
Les Phillimore CC (Conservative)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
South Leicestershire
MP
Alberto Costa (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for LE8 5QP.
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near LE8 5QP.
Greenfield Primary School
Gwendoline Drive, Countesthorpe, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE8 5SG
Community School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary School
Hospital Lane, Blaby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE8 4FE
Community School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Thythorn Field Community Primary School
Bideford Close, Wigston, Leicestershire, LE18 2QU
Community School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Parkland Primary School South Wigston
St Thomas Road, Wigston, Leicestershire, LE18 4TA
Academy Converter
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Blaby Stokes Church of England Primary School
Queen's Road, Blaby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE8 4EG
Voluntary Controlled School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Countesthorpe Leysland Community College
Winchester Road, Countesthorpe, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE8 5PR
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 19
Outstanding
South Wigston High School
St Thomas Road, Wigston, Leicestershire, LE18 4TA
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 16
Good
Wigston College
Station Road, Wigston, Leicestershire, LE18 2DS
Academy Converter
Ages 14 - 18
Inadequate
Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, A Church of England School
Trenant Road, Leicester, LE2 6UA
Academy Sponsor Led
Ages 3 - 16
Inadequate
Gartree High School Oadby
Ridge Way, Oadby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 5TQ
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 16
Outstanding
Beauchamp College
Ridge Way, Oadby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 5TP
Academy Converter
Ages 14 - 18
Outstanding
Sir Jonathan North Community College
Knighton Lane East, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 6FU
Community School
Ages 11 - 16
Outstanding
The Lancaster School
Knighton Lane East, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 6FU
Community School
Ages 11 - 16
Inadequate
Brockington College
Blaby Road, Enderby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE19 4AQ
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 16
Good
The overall school grade in this area is high.