LE3 8QF
Last sold £95,000 in April 1996
11, Forge Close, Leicester
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 74m — higher than about 40% of homes in Leicester
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Price history in context
- Apr 1996 — £95,000
What this home might be worth today
£492,000
Estimate range £467,000–£516,000
+417.5% since April 1996 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid above the local norm at the time
vs 76 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Glenfield Primary School 486m
- Lady Jane Grey Primary School 1.3km
- Station 5.0km
- Martinshaw Wood 2.1km
- The coast (coastline) 65.4km
- Lake 2.4km
- Pond 155m
- Canal 4.6km
- Rothley Brook 228m
- Optimus Point Nature Area 882m
- Ellis Park 338m
- Morrisons 703m
- Forge Close (Adj) 50m
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
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,480 hours a year — sunnier than 20% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on a gentle north-west-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 4% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 105 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 2, Forge Close, Leicester £275,000 · 2005
- 7, Forge Close, Leicester £205,000 · 2014
- 15, Forge Close, Leicester £370,000 · 2022
- 17, Forge Close, Leicester £83,000 · 1995
- 1, Forge Close, Leicester £250,000 · 2015
- 17, Crofters Close, Leicester £420,000 · 2026
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 Erection of four sponsorship signs Apr 2025 source
- Permitted Retention of existing fence Jun 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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