LE3 8QF
Last sold £250,000 in October 2015
1, Forge Close, Leicester
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 5 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,216 sq ft / 113 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
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Price history in context
- Oct 2015 — £250,000
What this home might be worth today
£362,000
Estimate range £344,000–£380,000
+44.8% since October 2015 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 130 nearby sales within a year · 5-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Glenfield Primary School 444m
- Lady Jane Grey Primary School 1.3km
- Station 5.0km
- Martinshaw Wood 2.1km
- The coast (coastline) 65.4km
- Lake 2.4km
- Pond 186m
- Canal 4.5km
- Rothley Brook 257m
- Optimus Point Nature Area 894m
- Ellis Park 296m
- Morrisons 669m
- Forge Close (Adj) 15m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Leicester, 6.2km away
- 29 min Nottingham
- 48 min Birmingham
- 57 min Sheffield
- 67 min London
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 105 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 7, Forge Close, Leicester £205,000 · 2014
- 11, Forge Close, Leicester £95,000 · 1996
- 2, Forge Close, Leicester £275,000 · 2005
- 1, St Peters Close, Leicester £282,000 · 2017
- 1, Elm Tree Avenue, Leicester £265,000 · 2016
- 6, Elm Tree Avenue, Leicester £295,000 · 2016
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted T1 Ash - thin canopy by 30% Aug 2025 source
- Permitted Pollarding Ash trees to 4 m (T1, T2, T3 and T4). Removal of dead Hawthorn tree (T5). Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Application for a certificate of proposed lawful use in respect of a bedroom/en suite… Mar 2025 source
- Permitted Retention of existing fence Jun 2026 source
- Undecided Two storey rear extension Feb 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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