Does LE8 flood?

Yes — parts of the LE8 district carry real flood risk: 24 of its 88 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The LE8 postcode district covers North Whetstone, Blaby, Glen, Kibworths, close to South Wigston, Whetstone, Oadby, and surrounding villages in parts of Leicestershire and City of Leicester.

88 postcodes in the LE8 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 24 high, 13 medium, 51 low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which LE8 postcodes are at risk?

LE8 0HD up to High LE8 0HU up to High LE8 0NX up to High LE8 0PR up to High LE8 0QP up to High LE8 0SA up to High LE8 0SB up to High LE8 0SD up to High LE8 0SL up to High LE8 4FE up to High LE8 4FG up to High LE8 4GB up to High LE8 6LB up to High LE8 6LF up to High LE8 6LW up to High LE8 6UL up to High LE8 8AJ up to High LE8 8AN up to High LE8 8EP up to High LE8 8EQ up to High LE8 8ER up to High LE8 9EZ up to High LE8 9FA up to High LE8 9GF up to High LE8 0RB up to Medium LE8 0RD up to Medium LE8 4FJ up to Medium LE8 4FW up to Medium LE8 4GQ up to Medium LE8 4GR up to Medium LE8 4GU up to Medium LE8 4GX up to Medium LE8 4HW up to Medium LE8 6LQ up to Medium LE8 6QZ up to Medium LE8 8LL up to Medium LE8 9GQ up to Medium LE8 0LP up to Low LE8 0QF up to Low LE8 4EZ up to Low LE8 4FA up to Low LE8 4FD up to Low LE8 4FH up to Low LE8 4FL up to Low LE8 4FU up to Low LE8 4GE up to Low LE8 4GH up to Low LE8 4GT up to Low LE8 4GY up to Low LE8 4GZ up to Low LE8 4HU up to Low LE8 4HX up to Low LE8 4JZ up to Low LE8 5FD up to Low LE8 5UT up to Low LE8 6AA up to Low LE8 6AG up to Low LE8 6EY up to Low LE8 6FA up to Low LE8 6LA up to Low LE8 6LG up to Low LE8 6LJ up to Low LE8 6LR up to Low LE8 6LU up to Low LE8 6LY up to Low LE8 6ND up to Low LE8 6NE up to Low LE8 6NP up to Low LE8 6NQ up to Low LE8 6NX up to Low LE8 6NY up to Low LE8 6PJ up to Low LE8 6PL up to Low LE8 6PN up to Low LE8 6QT up to Low LE8 6QX up to Low LE8 6XA up to Low LE8 6ZN up to Low LE8 6ZU up to Low LE8 6ZW up to Low LE8 9AP up to Low LE8 9DJ up to Low LE8 9FE up to Low LE8 9FJ up to Low LE8 9FL up to Low LE8 9GG up to Low LE8 9GJ up to Low LE8 9HA up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near LE8

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

413 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (54 at warning level or above), most recently 28 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

LE7 LE9 LE10 LE6 LE11 LE5 LE12 LE4

Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.