EV Charging Points in LE4

Leicester, England

Public chargers in the Leicester council area

Most of LE4's postcodes are in the Leicester council area. On 1 July 2026, Leicester had 342 public EV chargers, including 101 rated 50kW or more. That is 88.1 per 100,000 people, 293rd of 361 UK local authorities (UK: 174.9). The Department for Transport does not publish figures for individual postcode districts, so these figures cover the whole council area.

Leicester council area, 1 July 2026

342

Public EV chargers

101

Rated 50kW or more

88.1

Per 100,000 people

293rd

Rank of 361 councils (per person)

71.5% of LE4's postcodes are in Leicester. The rest are in Charnwood (28.3%) and Blaby (0.2%).

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Charge points listed near LE4

Open Charge Map lists 6 sites with LE4 postcodes, with 50 sockets between them. This is community-maintained data from October 2026 and is incomplete: across the UK it lists about 48 sockets for every 100 devices the Department for Transport counts. Check the network app before you travel.

Sainsbury's Leicester North 1
POD Point (UK) · LE4 7SJ · up to 7 kW · 2 sockets
checked October 2026
Sainsbury's Leicester North
POD Point (UK) · LE4 7SJ · up to 7 kW · 8 sockets
not recently verified
Leicester East
Electric Highway (UK) · LE4 9LP · up to 360 kW · 6 sockets
not recently verified
Tesco
Osprey Charging · LE4 1DE · up to 150 kW · 24 sockets
not recently verified
ASDA Leicester Abbey Lane Superstore
BP Pulse (UK) · LE4 5NU · up to 7 kW · 2 sockets
not recently verified
Birstall Park & Ride
BP Pulse (UK) · LE4 4NP · up to 7 kW · 8 sockets
not recently verified

Charge point data from Open Charge Map contributors, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Some records contain public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many public EV chargers are there in LE4?

The Department for Transport does not count chargers by postcode district. Most of LE4's postcodes are in the Leicester council area. Figures cover the whole Leicester council area. It had 342 public EV chargers on 1 July 2026, including 101 chargers rated 50kW or more.

How does Leicester compare with the rest of the UK?

Leicester had 88.1 public chargers per 100,000 people on 1 July 2026, ranking 293rd of 361 UK local authorities. The UK figure was 174.9.

How much does public charging cost in LE4?

Prices are set by each charging network, not by area, so ChargeFinder does not publish an area average. Our network pages show prices where we have checked them against the operator's website, with the month checked. Otherwise, the page says the price has not been checked or that prices vary by site.

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