🇬🇧 United Kingdom · England

Leicester postcodes

Leicester, England, has 14 postcode districts, from LE1 to LE95. Which one applies depends on the street address.

Postcode Districts
14
Population
368,600
Region
England
Coordinates
52.6386, -1.1317

All Leicester postcode districts

LE1LE2LE3LE4LE5LE6LE7LE9LE18LE19LE21LE41LE87LE95

Includes codes within a few kilometres of the city centre. Data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) and zipcodestack.

UK postcodes have two parts. These lists show the first part, the postcode district (outward code), e.g. SW1A. A full postcode such as SW1A 1AA covers around 15 addresses; the zipcodestack API covers 2.6 million full UK postcodes.

Frequently asked questions

What is the postcode of Leicester?

Leicester has 14 postcode districts in England. The right code depends on the street address; the list on this page shows all of them, starting with LE1.

How many postcode districts does Leicester have?

Our data lists 14 postcode districts for Leicester, United Kingdom. The list includes codes of the city centre and surrounding districts.

How do I find the exact postcode for an address in Leicester?

Use the official postal service lookup or a geocoding API with the full street address. For software, the zipcodestack API returns city, region and coordinates for any postcode and can search codes by city or by radius.

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{
  "query": { "city": "Leicester", "country": "gb" },
  "results": ["LE1", "…"]
}

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