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{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=LE}}
The '''LE postcode area''', also known as the '''Leicester postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of 21 postcode districts in [[Midlands|central England]], within 12 [[post town]]s. 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]].

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==Coverage==
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

{{postcode area table start}}
|-
! LE1
| LEICESTER
| [[Leicester]]
| Leicester
|-
! LE2
| LEICESTER
| [[Oadby]], [[Knighton, Leicester|Knighton]], [[Highfields, Leicester|Highfields]], [[Aylestone]], [[Eyres Monsell]], [[Glen Parva]], [[Stoughton, Leicestershire|Stoughton]], [[Little Stretton, Leicestershire|Little Stretton]]
| Leicester, [[Oadby and Wigston]], [[Harborough District|Harborough]], [[Blaby District|Blaby]]
|-
! LE3
| LEICESTER
| [[Braunstone Town|Braunstone]], [[Glenfield, Leicestershire|Glenfield]], [[New Parks]], [[A50 road|Groby Road (A50)]], [[Leicester Forest East]], [[Westcotes]]
| Leicester, Blaby
|-
! LE4
| LEICESTER
| [[Beaumont Leys]], [[Belgrave, Leicester|Belgrave]], [[Rushey Mead]], [[Birstall, Leicestershire|Birstall]], [[Thurmaston]]
| Leicester, [[Borough of Charnwood|Charnwood]]
|-
! LE5
| LEICESTER
| [[Hamilton, Leicestershire|Hamilton]], [[Thurnby Lodge]], [[Evington]]
| Leicester
|-
! LE6
| LEICESTER
| [[Ratby]], [[Groby]], [[Newtown Linford]]
| [[Hinckley and Bosworth]], Charnwood
|-
! LE7
| LEICESTER
| [[Scraptoft]], [[Thurnby]], [[Anstey, Leicestershire|Anstey]], [[Billesdon]], [[Gaddesby]], [[Hungarton]], [[Rearsby]], [[Tilton on the Hill]], [[Tugby]], [[Cropston]], [[Thurcaston]], [[Rothley]], [[Barkby]], [[Syston]], [[Wanlip]]
| Charnwood, Harborough, [[Borough of Melton|Melton]]
|-
! LE8
| LEICESTER
| [[Blaby]], [[Great Glen, Leicestershire|Great Glen]], [[Fleckney]], [[Kibworth]], [[Peatling Magna]], [[Countesthorpe]], [[Whetstone, Leicestershire|Whetstone]]
| Blaby, Harborough
|-
! LE9
| LEICESTER
| [[Kirby Muxloe]], [[Stoney Stanton]], [[Cosby, Leicestershire|Cosby]], [[Huncote]], [[Croft, Leicestershire|Croft]], [[Desford]], [[Newbold Verdon]], [[Kirkby Mallory]], [[Earl Shilton]], [[Barwell]], [[Sapcote]], [[Sutton in the Elms]], [[Broughton Astley]], [[Thurlaston, Leicestershire|Thurlaston]], [[Potters Marston]]
| Hinckley and Bosworth, Blaby, Harborough
|-
! LE10
| HINCKLEY
| [[Hinckley]], [[Burbage, Leicestershire|Burbage]], [[Wolvey]], [[Sharnford]], [[Aston Flamville]], [[Copston Magna]]
| Hinckley and Bosworth, Blaby, [[Borough of Rugby|Rugby]]
|-
! LE11
| LOUGHBOROUGH
| [[Loughborough]], [[Nanpantan]]
| Charnwood
|-
! LE12
| LOUGHBOROUGH
| [[East Leake]], [[West Leake]], [[Sutton Bonington]], [[Long Whatton]], [[Mountsorrel]], [[Shepshed]], [[Belton, Leicestershire|Belton]], [[Hathern]], [[Quorn, Leicestershire|Quorn]], [[Barrow Upon Soar]], [[Sileby]], [[Wymeswold]]
| Charnwood, [[North West Leicestershire]], [[Rushcliffe]]
|-
! LE13
| MELTON MOWBRAY
| [[Melton Mowbray]]
| Melton
|-
! LE14
| MELTON MOWBRAY
| [[Ashby Folville]], [[Brooksby]], [[Harby, Leicestershire|Harby]], [[Hickling, Nottinghamshire|Hickling]], [[Hoby, Leicestershire|Hoby]], [[Ragdale, Leicestershire|Ragdale]], [[Rotherby]], [[Scalford]], [[Somerby, Leicestershire|Somerby]], [[Stonesby]], [[Waltham on the Wolds]], [[Wymondham, Leicestershire|Wymondham]]
| Melton, Rushcliffe
|-
! LE15
| OAKHAM
| [[Oakham]], [[Cold Overton]], [[Empingham]], [[Knossington]], [[Langham, Rutland|Langham]], [[Manton, Rutland|Manton]], [[Owston and Newbold]], [[Thistleton]], [[Uppingham]], [[Whissendine]]
| [[Rutland]], Melton, Harborough
|-
! LE16
| MARKET HARBOROUGH
| [[Market Harborough]], [[Arthingworth]], [[Ashley, Northamptonshire|Ashley]], [[Braybrooke]], [[Caldecott, Rutland|Caldecott]], [[Clipston, Northamptonshire|Clipston]], [[East Carlton]], [[East Farndon]], [[East Langton]], [[Great Oxendon]], [[Hallaton]], [[Marston Trussell]], [[Medbourne]], [[Rockingham, Northamptonshire|Rockingham]], [[Sibbertoft]], [[Stoke Albany]]
| Harborough, [[West Northamptonshire]], [[North Northamptonshire]], Rutland
|-
! LE17
| LUTTERWORTH
| [[Lutterworth]], [[Leire]], [[Swinford, Leicestershire|Swinford]], [[Bitteswell]], [[Ullesthorpe]], [[Theddingworth]], [[Gilmorton]], [[Catthorpe]], [[Claybrooke Magna]], [[Wibtoft]]
| Harborough, Rugby
|-
! LE18
| WIGSTON
| [[Wigston Magna|Wigston]], [[South Wigston]], [[Kilby]]
| Oadby and Wigston, Blaby
|-
! LE19
| LEICESTER
| [[Narborough, Leicestershire|Narborough]], [[Enderby, Leicestershire|Enderby]], [[Littlethorpe, Leicestershire|Littlethorpe]]
| Blaby
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LE21
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LEICESTER
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LE41
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LEICESTER
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''Large user (otherwise in LE4)''
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LE55
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LEICESTER
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|-
! LE65
| ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH
| [[Ashby-de-la-Zouch]], [[Boundary, Derbyshire|Boundary]], [[Calke]], [[Smisby]], [[Willesley]], [[Worthington, Leicestershire|Worthington]]
| North West Leicestershire, [[South Derbyshire]]
|-
! rowspan="3"| LE67
| COALVILLE
| [[Coalville]]
| North West Leicestershire
|-
| IBSTOCK
| [[Ibstock]]
| North West Leicestershire
|-
| MARKFIELD
| [[Markfield]]
| Hinckley and Bosworth
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LE87
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LEICESTER
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LE94
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LEICESTER
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LE95
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LEICESTER
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''
|}

The LE65 and LE67 districts were formed from LE6 circa 1992.

The LE19 district was formed in 2002 from parts of the LE3 and LE9 districts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beacon-dodsworth.co.uk/site/support/postcode_update_34/ |title=Royal Mail Update 34 |publisher=Beacon Dodsworth |access-date=22 October 2016}}</ref>

The LE2, LE3 and LE4 postcode districts are all among the top five by population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/business-transparency/freedom-of-information/previous-foi-requests/people--population-and-community/population-for-every-postcode-district-in-england-and-wales/index.html |title=FOI request: Population for every postcode district in England and Wales |website=The National Archives |access-date=26 April 2021 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/business-transparency/freedom-of-information/previous-foi-requests/people--population-and-community/population-for-every-postcode-district-in-england-and-wales/index.html |archive-date=5 January 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Map==
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{{Postcode area imagemap|map=LE postcode area|size=550x550px}}

==See also==
*[[Postcode Address File]]
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180926234202/https://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]

{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:Leicester]]
[[Category:Postcode areas covering the East Midlands]]

LE postcode area - Revision history

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