Latitude: 52.6557 / 52°39'20"N
Longitude: -1.188 / 1°11'16"W
OS Eastings: 455024
OS Northings: 306752
OS Grid: SK550067
Mapcode National: GBR F29.TW
Mapcode Global: WHDJ9.QHGX
Plus Code: 9C4WMR46+7Q
Maidenhead Locator System: IO92jp77
What Three Birds: kingfisher.stone-curlew.raven
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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LE3 8SW is a large user postcode in Leicester, Leicestershire. It was first introduced in January 1993.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Leicestershire County Council, County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8SW.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
Leicester is a city, which had a population of 443,760 in the 2011 census.
LE3 8SW is in the Leicester travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Leicestershire County and Rutland Primary Care Trust.
LE3 8SW is approximately 92m (302ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing LE3 8SW
6a1: Suburbanites - Suburban Achievers - Indian Tech Achievers
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for LE3 8SW
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
5/10 (Moderate)
Area Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near LE3 8SW include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Iceland, Lidl, Sainsbury's and Tesco. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of LE3 8SW are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
District Council
Blaby District Council
Ward
Fairestone
Councillors
Roy Denney (Conservative)
Lee Breckon (Conservative)
County Council
Leicestershire
Electoral Division
Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe and Leicester Forests
County Councillors
Lee Breckton (Conservative)
Nick Chapman (Conservative)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Charnwood
MP
Edward Argar (Conservative)
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