Measuring the distances…
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Thinking of living at LE6 0HB? 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.
You'll mostly drive: the nearest station, supermarket, GP are all over 1 km away.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown Linford Primary School | Primary | 700 m | 60% met the expected standard |
| Martinshaw Primary School | Primary | 2.3 km | 57% met the expected standard |
| Elizabeth Woodville Primary School | Primary | 2.5 km | 87% met the expected standard |
| Woolden Hill Primary School | Primary | 2.6 km | 55% met the expected standard |
| The Latimer Primary School | Primary | 2.8 km | 69% met the expected standard |
| The Martin High School Anstey | Secondary | 2.4 km | Attainment 8: 44.6 · 11% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Brookvale Groby Learning Campus | Secondary | 2.8 km | Attainment 8: 49.5 · 11.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Babington Academy | Secondary | 4.9 km | Attainment 8: 38 · 5.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Beaumont Leys School | Secondary | 5.4 km | Attainment 8: 45.2 · 10.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Herewoode Academy | Secondary | 5.4 km | – |
| Wolfdale School | Independent | 3.0 km | Attainment 8: 1.4 · 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Educ8 Leicestershire | Independent | 5.4 km | – |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Newtown Linford Cricket Club | 370 m | 3 |
| Cricket | Newtown Linford CC | 390 m | 3 |
| Cycling | BMX Track | 2.7 km | 3 |
| Football | Anstey Nomads FC | 3.2 km | 3 |
| Golf | Lingdale Golf Club | 3.4 km | 1 |
| Bowls | Glenfield Bowling Club | 4.1 km | 1 |
| Squash | Leicester Leys Leisure Centre | 4.3 km | 1 |
| Swimming | Leicester Leys Leisure Centre | 4.4 km | 1 |
| Speedway | Leicester Lions Speedway | 4.6 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 Leicester, a drive away (8.8 km), with 5.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Bradgate Park, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route LC15); 2 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Newtown Linford Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 60% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Woodhouse Eaves St Paul's Church of England Primary School (1.9 km).
The nearest secondary is The Martin High School Anstey, 2.4 km away; Attainment 8: 44.6 · 11% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Central Coop, 2.1 km away; Bradgate Stores (2.0 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Groby Surgery (2.2 km), with Well the closest pharmacy (2.2 km).
For a haircut, Liberty Hall is 2.8 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.
The Park Kitchen and Deli is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Bradgate at Newtown Linford the nearest pub (650 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 Bradgate Park, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Markfield Community Centre (3.4 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.
9 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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Neighbours tend to stay put: 52% of households own their home outright.
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.