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Market Harborough Area Guide

LE16 9BZ · Harborough · Leicestershire

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WEATHER

Weather this week

Forecast for LE16 9BZ.

Fri · 11 Sep
20°high
Partly cloudy12° low
Sat23°10° lowCloudy12 Sep
Sun22°16° lowPartly cloudy13 Sep
Mon21°15° lowCloudy14 Sep
Today18°13° lowFair15 Sep
Tomorrow17°10° lowCloudy16 Sep
Thu19°13° lowFair17 Sep
OVERVIEW

Overview

A concise snapshot before the detail below.

YOUR LOCAL PICTURE

Around Market Harborough

LE16 9BZ is in the Harborough local authority area. The nearest listed railway station is Market Harborough, about 0.7 miles from this location. Explore local services and travel connections below, alongside housing and planning records.

HOUSING MARKET

Housing market

Completed property sales and the wider area price trend.

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Median recorded sold price£336,250LE16 postcode district

11 Sep 2025 – 20 Jul 2026

472 recorded sales · HM Land Registry
Official average house price£345,848Harborough

June 2026

UK House Price Index · wider-area benchmark
Official annual price change+9.7%Harborough

June 2026 compared with a year earlier

UK House Price Index · same area, year on year

The median is the middle recorded sale in the sample above. The official index adjusts for the mix of homes sold across a wider area. Recent registrations can arrive late; neither figure values an individual home.

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Use sold-price median: £336,250 Use area average: £345,848
PLANNING

Planning

Recent nearby applications and a route to the full planning view.

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NEARBY FINDS

Things for sale nearby

Pre-loved, useful and just around the corner in Market Harborough.

A LITTLE LESS CLUTTER. A NEW LOCAL HOME.

Got something to sell?

Someone nearby might be looking for it.

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LOCAL LIFE

What’s around here?

A lighter snapshot of useful local places, showing only the results available in each section.

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Some unclaimed business pages use category illustrations until the business adds its own photographs.

Food hygiene data: Food Standards Agency / local authorities, OGL.
LIVING HERE

Living here

Schools, population, reported crime and employment.

Schools
  1. St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary AcademyPrimary · Ages 4–110.0 mi
  2. Market Harborough Church of England AcademyPrimary · Ages 5–110.2 mi
  3. Welland Park AcademySecondary · Ages 11–160.3 mi
  4. The Divergent School HarboroughOther independent special school · Ages 11–160.3 mi
Immediate neighbourhood1,267 residents

Population of the small statistical area surrounding LE16 9BZ—not the whole town. 2024.

0–15 · 11.9%16–64 · 60.0%65+ · 28.1%
What area does this cover?

Harborough 008C (LSOA) is a defined statistical boundary, not a mileage radius.

Reported crime130

Reports within about one mile in the latest mapped month · 2026-07.

Violence & sexual offences · 52Anti-social behaviour · 16Shoplifting · 13
Employment3.1%

Unemployment estimate for Harborough · Latest available period.

REPRESENTATION

Who represents this area?

Current representation and recent general-election history for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston.

Local councilHarboroughLocal authority for LE16 9BZ
Latest general election · 2024Conservative36.9% vote share
How this area has votedWinning party, vote share and turnout at recent general elections.
2024Conservative36.9% of votes65.4% turnout
2019Conservative54.5% of votes70.3% turnout

Constituency boundaries changed in 2024, so older results may not cover exactly the same streets.

GETTING AROUND

Getting around

Roads, rail, nearby car parks, EV charging, driving charges and airports.

Nearest motorway / major roadA145.0 miles
Clean air & driving chargesNo local clean-air or driving-charge zone identifiedCheck official rules before travelling.
EV CHARGING

Nearby EV charging

Nearest public charging locations with useful charger details where available.

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No reliable nearby EV-charger result is available right now.

NEAREST MAJOR AIRPORT

East Midlands Airport

About 29.7 miles away. Distance alone does not show whether a property is under a flight path.

No strategic aircraft-noise band is shown for this postcode. That does not guarantee aircraft will never be heard.

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NEARBY PLACES & OUTDOORS

Nearby places & outdoors

Useful nearby places, green space and walking routes.

Useful nearby places

Nearest prison
Gartree Prison2.0 miles away

Green space and walks

Green space
  1. Brocks Hill10.1 mi
  2. Brixworth10.7 mi
  3. Bradgate Park And Swithland Wood18.4 mi
From Vet Reviews

Vets near this area

Explore practice profiles, owner reviews and contact details around LE16 9BZ.

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Mobile coverage
Coverage at a glanceIndoor and outdoor coverage around LE16 9BZ
EE
Indoor: LikelyOutdoor: Likely
Three
Indoor: LimitedOutdoor: Likely
O2
Indoor: LimitedOutdoor: Likely
Vodafone
Indoor: LimitedOutdoor: Likely
UTILITIES & BROADBAND

Utilities & broadband

Electricity networkVaries by exact addressThe exact distribution network depends on the property address.Check exact network →
BIN DAYS

Collection dates are address-specific

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Data, sources and limitationsSources, refresh dates and important context
Key sources

Weather: MET Norway, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Mobile coverage and broadband: Ofcom. Population: ONS via Nomis. Property sales: HM Land Registry. Local places may include Food Standards Agency and OpenStreetMap data. Elections use published constituency results and current representative data.

How to read the figures

Small-area population is a defined statistical geography, not a town total or mileage radius. Distances are approximate straight-line or mapped distances unless a module states otherwise. Older election results may use pre-2024 constituency boundaries.

Dataset dates
  • Weather: 11 Sep 2026, 10:16
  • Sold prices: most recent displayed sale 20 Jul 2026
  • Reported crime: 2026-07