According to data from HM Land Registry, 40, Downing Drive, Leicester sits on a plot of 518 m².

We have plot size data on 19 out of 21 other houses in the postcode and 40, Downing Drive, Leicester sits on the 10th largest plot.

According to HM Land Registry, 40, Downing Drive, Leicester was last sold on 12th August 2015 for £200,000 and was recorded as a freehold house.

The property has had 6 sales since 1995.

Since August 2015, the market for similar properties has risen by 34.2%.

• Sold Aug 2015£200,000
• Sold Sep 2003£168,000
• Sold Feb 2003£142,000

According to the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents, there have been 134 sales of properties similar to 40, Downing Drive, Leicester within a radius of 830 metres since 2013.

The most recent example is 12, Swinstead Road, Leicester, LE5 6JJ, a freehold house which sold for £415,000 on the 9th January 2026.

Read more about house prices in LE5.

• Sold Jan 2026£415,000 | 4 Bed House12, Swinstead Road, Leicester, LE5 6JJ12, Swinstead Road, Leicester, LE5 6JJ
• Sold Nov 2025£460,000 | 4 Bed House13, Holmleigh Gardens, Leicester, LE7 9QH13, Holmleigh Gardens, Leicester, LE7 9QH
• Sold Oct 2025£470,000 | 4 Bed House14, Downing Drive, Leicester, LE5 6PB14, Downing Drive, Leicester, LE5 6PB
• Sold Sep 2025£400,000 | 4 Bed House23, Alcester Drive, Leicester, LE5 6LB23, Alcester Drive, Leicester, LE5 6LB
• Sold Sep 2025£405,000 | 4 Bed House3, Swinstead Road, Leicester, LE5 6JJ3, Swinstead Road, Leicester, LE5 6JJ
• Sold Mar 2025£400,000 | 4 Bed House17, Holmleigh Gardens, Leicester, LE7 9QH17, Holmleigh Gardens, Leicester, LE7 9QH
• Sold Aug 2024£435,000 | 4 Bed House14, Holmleigh Gardens, Leicester, LE7 9QH14, Holmleigh Gardens, Leicester, LE7 9QH
• Sold Jul 2024£320,000 | 4 Bed House174, Wintersdale Road, Leicester, LE5 2GN174, Wintersdale Road, Leicester, LE5 2GN
• Sold Dec 2023£407,500 | 4 Bed House571, Uppingham Road, Leicester, LE5 6QA571, Uppingham Road, Leicester, LE5 6QA
• Sold Apr 2023£348,000 | 4 Bed House20, Valentine Road, Leicester, LE5 2GH20, Valentine Road, Leicester, LE5 2GH
• Sold Jun 2022£385,000 | 4 Bed House14, Bathurst Road, Leicester, LE5 6LD14, Bathurst Road, Leicester, LE5 6LD
• Sold Apr 2021£315,000 | 4 Bed House4, Swinstead Road, Leicester, LE5 6JJ4, Swinstead Road, Leicester, LE5 6JJ
• Sold Jan 2021£348,000 | 4 Bed House14, Newhaven Road, Leicester, LE5 6JF14, Newhaven Road, Leicester, LE5 6JF
• Sold Aug 2020£400,000 | 4 Bed House2, Alcester Drive, Leicester, LE5 6LA2, Alcester Drive, Leicester, LE5 6LA
• Sold Mar 2020£305,000 | 4 Bed House12, Woodnewton Drive, Leicester, LE5 6NJ12, Woodnewton Drive, Leicester, LE5 6NJ
• Sold Jan 2020£265,000 | 4 Bed House8, Kingsbury Avenue, Leicester, LE5 6ND8, Kingsbury Avenue, Leicester, LE5 6ND
• Sold Jan 2016£260,000 | 4 Bed House34, Woodnewton Drive, Leicester, LE5 6NJ34, Woodnewton Drive, Leicester, LE5 6NJ
• Sold Aug 2015£237,000 | 4 Bed House15, Englefield Road, Leicester, LE5 6PH15, Englefield Road, Leicester, LE5 6PH
• Sold May 2015£221,000 | 4 Bed House20, Downing Drive, Leicester, LE5 6PB20, Downing Drive, Leicester, LE5 6PB
• Sold Nov 2013£181,000 | 4 Bed House21, Englefield Road, Leicester, LE5 6PH21, Englefield Road, Leicester, LE5 6PH

Downing Drive, Leicester, LE5 has a total of 108 addresses. According to our analysis of all the public data, 40, Downing Drive, Leicester is the 35th largest and the 18th most expensive property on the street.

When compared to the postcode district it is £167k more expensive than the average property in LE5.

• Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy

  800 m away
• Thurnby Mead Primary Academy

  900 m away
• Krishna Avanti Primary School

  900 m away

• The City of Leicester College

  600 m away
• St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy

  800 m away
• Judgemeadow Community College

  1.2 km away

• Leicester

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  4.6 km away
• Syston

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  7.3 km away
• South Wigston

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  7.5 km away

According to data from the Environment Agency, the flood risk in this area is considered to be Very Low.