LE4 1ED
Last sold £127,000 in November 2003
3, Lapwing Close, Leicester
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 85m — higher than about 60% of homes in Leicester
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Price history in context
- Nov 2003 — £127,000 · +62.8% · 29 pts ahead of the UK market
- Jul 2001 — £78,000
What this home might be worth today
£279,000
Estimate range £265,000–£293,000
+119.7% since November 2003 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 46 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Beaumont Lodge Primary School 6-min walk
- Glebelands Primary School 21-min walk
- Leicester North station 2.3km
- Sheet Hedges Wood 3.3km
- The coast (coastline) 61.2km
- Cropston Reservoir 2.5km
- Pond 430m
- Canal 2.8km
- Rothley Brook 747m
- Castle Hill Country Park 43m
- Play Area 441m
- Family Choice Superstore 1.6km
- Kingsbridge Crescent (Opp) 33m
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, 5.6km 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
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,480 hours a year — sunnier than 20% 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 — 145 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 2, Lapwing Close, Leicester £45,000 · 1996
- 6, Lapwing Close, Leicester £131,000 · 2006
- 8, Lapwing Close, Leicester £158,000 · 2008
- 14, Lapwing Close, Leicester £271,000 · 2019
- 10, Lapwing Close, Leicester £180,000 · 2019
- 4, Lapwing Close, Leicester £135,000 · 2013
Planning activity nearby
- Conditions Demolition of existing garage and construction of new garage at side of house (Class C3) Jan 2026 source
- Conditions Construction of single storey and first floor extension at side of house (Class C3) Mar 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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