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On Humberstone Lane, in Thurmaston
What it's like at LE4 8HJ: every home that has sold on Humberstone Lane since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Humberstone Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
11 of the 200 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 3a, Humberstone LaneTerraced | Oct 2007 | £180,000 | 45 m² | £4,000/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19a, Humberstone LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2002 | £85,000 | 45 m² | £1,889/m² | 2 |
| 21, Humberstone LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2001 | £66,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Humberstone LaneSemi-detached | May 2022 | £244,000 | 114 m² | £2,140/m² | 2 |
| 25, Humberstone LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2006 | £167,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 27, Humberstone LaneTerraced | Jan 2005 | £134,000 | 109 m² | £1,229/m² | 2 |
| 29, Humberstone LaneTerraced | May 2015 | £141,500 | 103 m² | £1,374/m² | 1 |
| 31, Humberstone LaneSemi-detached | Sept 1995 | £41,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 35, Humberstone LaneTerraced | Feb 2016 | £65,000 | 98 m² | £663/m² | 2 |
| 37, Humberstone LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2002 | £60,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 39, Humberstone LaneTerraced | Jul 2026 | £205,000 | 94 m² | £2,181/m² | 6 |
| 41, Humberstone LaneTerraced | Nov 2020 | £163,000 | 106 m² | £1,538/m² | 4 |
| 45, Humberstone LaneTerraced | Jul 2003 | £89,000 | 97 m² | £918/m² | 3 |
| 47, Humberstone LaneTerraced | Jun 2011 | £115,000 | 110 m² | £1,045/m² | 4 |
| 49, Humberstone LaneSemi-detached | Aug 1997 | £71,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 51, Humberstone LaneDetached | Dec 2010 | £161,000 | 90 m² | £1,789/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Syston, a short drive or bike ride (2.7 km), with 213k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leicester.
The nearest bus stop is Maple Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (route 6); 38 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Sandfield Close Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 64% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Soar Valley College, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 51.5 · 14.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Rushey Mead Academy (2.5 km) and Brook Mead Academy (5.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 300 m away, with Local Convenience Store closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Thurmaston Health Centre (150 m), with Pattani P the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Males Men's Salon is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Leicester Royal Infirmary, 6.3 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: 11 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Costa Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Harrow Inn the nearest pub (300 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 83 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 22% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 24% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Jesse Jackson Park, 650 m away; for exercise, Elizabeth Park Sports Centre (1.0 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 23 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 51 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
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.
27 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.
Melton and Syston constituency: Edward Argar MP (Conservative), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 5,396 (11.7%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Conservative 38%, Labour 26%, Reform UK 20%, Green Party 8%.
16 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near LE4 8HJ →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Charnwood since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 200 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 45 min
Nearest: Colwick Country Park (West Lake) · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 3 of 142 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.6% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 96.4% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.8% | 4.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.