2 Bed House - Need To Upsize
Twycross Street, Leicester, LE2
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At a glance
This 2-bedroom house in Leicester is a council home let by Leicester City Council, offered for mutual exchange. It has a ground floor entrance, a private garden and on-road parking. Pets are allowed. The rent is £510.00 a month. The tenant wants a bigger home, ideally a house or maisonette with 3 bedrooms, in or near Bradford.
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What tenants say about Leicester City Council
Sources: Regulator of Social Housing Tenant Satisfaction Measures 2024/25; Housing Ombudsman decisions archive (checked 10 Oct 2026).
Rent and demand around Leicester
How the rent compares
Averages are social rents in the Leicester council area, 2024/25. This home's monthly rent is shown as a weekly figure. A listed rent may include service charges, which the averages leave out.
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Nearby
Schools
- Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College 1 mi
- Boost Trampoline Park Leicester 1 mi
- WQE College (Regent Road Campus) 1 mi
- Judgemeadow Community College 2 mi
- The Herewoode Academy 3 mi
Supermarkets
- Falcon Cash & Carry 1 mi
- Morrisons 1 mi
- Tesco Superstore 1 mi
- Tesco Extra 2 mi
- Sainsbury's 4 mi
Train stations
- Leicester 1 mi
- South Wigston 3 mi
- Leicester North 3 mi
Bus stops
- Haymarket bus station 1 mi
- Leicester 1 mi
- Royal Infirmary Hospital (Stand GF) 1 mi
- Glenfield Hospital (Main Entrance) 3 mi
- South Wigston 3 mi
Distances are as the crow flies. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Local crime
Like every neighbourhood, this area has police incidents logged each month: 1205 within about a mile in August 2026, most of them minor. A one-mile circle around a busy street or station always records far more than the quiet roads inside it. Source: data.police.uk (Open Government Licence; locations are approximate).
The landlord
Council · Council tenancy
- 19,407 social homes
- 77% Ombudsman maladministration rate
The full landlord profile shows their complaints history, typical rents and the areas they cover. Tenant satisfaction scores are further down this page.
The tenant
Listed 15 Sep 2026
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