LE8 8DA
Last sold £179,950 in April 2005
39, Forge Close, Leicester
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
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Price history in context
- Apr 2005 — £179,950 · +76.4% · 41 pts ahead of the UK market
- Jun 2002 — £102,000 · +58.1% · 34 pts behind the UK market
- Aug 1996 — £64,500
What this home might be worth today
£343,000
Estimate range £326,000–£360,000
+90.6% since April 2005 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 80 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Fleckney Church of England Primary School 366m
- The Lady Byron School 136m
- South Wigston station 7.9km
- Gumley Wood 4.4km
- The coast (coastline) 62.7km
- Lake 2.1km
- Pond 154m
- Canal 777m
- Burton Brook 1.8km
- Public Park 637m
- Play Area 485m
- Kibworth Convenience Store 3.0km
- Co-Op (Outside) 87m
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, 7.9km 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
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3 Kibworth Church of England Primary School · Primary · Church of England 2.0 miles State Ofsted Outstanding
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 169 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 35, Forge Close, Leicester £46,450 · 1995
- 36, Forge Close, Leicester £79,950 · 1995
- 26, Forge Close, Leicester £84,750 · 1995
- 43, Forge Close, Leicester £85,500 · 1996
- 45, Forge Close, Leicester £73,000 · 1996
- 40, Forge Close, Leicester £78,950 · 1996
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 Erection of a two storey rear extension Mar 2026 source
- Undecided Outline application for the erection of up to 150 dwellings together with highways access… Dec 2025 source
- Undecided Ground floor side extension with toilet facilities for disabled person and new roof to… May 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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