LE8 8DA
Last sold £122,500 in April 2013
24, Forge Close, Leicester
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Bedrooms
- 2 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 614 sq ft / 57 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 105m — higher than about 80% of homes in Leicester
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Price history in context
- Apr 2013 — £122,500
What this home might be worth today
£211,000
Estimate range £200,000–£222,000
+72.2% since April 2013 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 20 nearby sales within a year · 2-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Fleckney Church of England Primary School 330m
- The Lady Byron School 157m
- South Wigston station 7.8km
- Gumley Wood 4.5km
- The coast (coastline) 62.7km
- Lake 2.1km
- Pond 135m
- Canal 782m
- Burton Brook 1.7km
- Public Park 673m
- Play Area 506m
- Kibworth Convenience Store 3.0km
- Albert Street (Opposite) 73m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more Not available
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more Not available
- 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 South Wigston, 7.8km away
- 45 min Nottingham
- 49 min Birmingham
- 80 min Sheffield
- 85 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
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2 Fleckney Church of England Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.2 miles State Ofsted Good
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,520 hours a year — sunnier than 30% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 175 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 20, Forge Close, Leicester £267,750 · 2025
- 28, Forge Close, Leicester £90,000 · 2000
- 55, Forge Close, Leicester £135,000 · 2010
- 12, Forge Close, Leicester £198,000 · 2025
- 57, Forge Close, Leicester £125,000 · 2006
- 6, Forge Close, Leicester £150,000 · 2016
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Erection of a part single part two storey rear extension Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Notification to determine if Prior Approval is required for a Proposed Larger Home… Apr 2026 source
- Undecided Outline application for the erection of up to 150 dwellings together with highways access… Dec 2025 source
- Undecided Erection of a two storey rear extension Mar 2026 source
- Permitted Discharge of Conditions 4 (Materials) and 13 (Playing Field) of 24/01333/FUL Feb 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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