Measuring the distances…
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Thinking of living at LE12 8RA? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
Most daily things are within reach on foot; the station and supermarket are further.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodhouse Eaves St Paul's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 750 m | 79% met the expected standard |
| Swithland St Leonard's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2.6 km | 100% met the expected standard |
| Outwoods Edge Primary School | Primary | 3.7 km | 71% met the expected standard |
| Newtown Linford Primary School | Primary | 3.8 km | 60% met the expected standard |
| St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3.9 km | 63% met the expected standard |
| Woodbrook Vale School | Secondary | 3.6 km | Attainment 8: 51.2 · 14.8% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Rawlins | Secondary | 4.5 km | Attainment 8: 45 · 12.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Martin High School Anstey | Secondary | 4.9 km | Attainment 8: 44.6 · 11% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Humphrey Perkins School | Secondary | 6.2 km | Attainment 8: 48.6 · 11% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Nanpantan Hall Nurture Centre | Independent | 4.2 km | – |
| Hardwick House School | Independent | 4.9 km | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Quorn Hall School | Independent | 5.2 km | Attainment 8: 2.3 · 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golf | Lingdale Golf Club | 770 m | 5 |
| Tennis | King Georges Field (Woodhouse Eaves) | 910 m | 5 |
| Football | Quorn Football Club | 4.4 km | 5 |
| Cricket | Newtown Linford CC | 3.9 km | 4 |
| Bowls | Brush Bowls Club | 4.0 km | 2 |
| Basketball | Farnham Road Multi Use Games Area | 4.5 km | 1 |
| Beachvolleyball | Beach Park | 4.6 km | 1 |
| Autograss | Melton Raceway | 4.7 km | 1 |
| Rugby | Holywell 1 Rugby Pitch | 4.8 km | 1 |
| American football | Holywell American Football Pitch | 4.8 km | 1 |
| Squash | Loughborough Greenfields Sports And Social Club | 4.9 km | 1 |
Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 43% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Barrow upon Soar, a drive away (6.2 km), with 102k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leicester.
The nearest bus stop is Nanhill Drive, 550 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 154).
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Woodhouse Eaves St Paul's Church of England Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 79% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Woodbrook Vale School, 3.6 km away; Attainment 8: 51.2 · 14.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 4.3 km away, with Le Fevre's Stores closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Dr Sjc Clay'S Practice (950 m), with Oakwood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, The Barbers Lounge @ Quorn is 4.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Leicester Royal Infirmary, 10 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 15 restaurants and cafés, 13 pubs and bars.
Gino's Pear Tree is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and The Curzon Arms the nearest pub (450 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 33% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Woodhouse Eaves, Newtown Linford).
There are 180 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 62% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Beacon Hill Country Park, 1.8 km away; for exercise, Markfield Community Centre (5.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 16 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 47 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 52% of households own their home outright.
7 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Every primary near LE12 8RA, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 44% of adults have a degree.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.