East Midlands
Getting a Lidl shop home in Leicester
No Lidl in Britain delivers its own groceries, and Leicester is no exception. Which changes very little for Leicester in practice. Three things work here, starting with the fastest for New Found Pool.
The short version
Some 540,000 people live close enough to Black Friars for a delivery to make sense. Most of them are in Leicester, Oadby and North Evington. The nearest is Black Friars, 0.9 miles to the north. Another 6 Lidls sit within five miles of Black Friars.
- Where it is
- 2b, Upperton RoadLE3 0AD
- People within 3 miles
- 540,000
- Neighbourhoods in range
- 10
- Other Lidl within 5 miles
- 6
Three ways to get your shopping home
A local helper works anywhere around Black Friars, so begin there. An app may be faster if it covers you.
Ask a local helper
Plenty of households in Leicester simply ask someone nearby to go for them. They collect everything on the list at Upperton Road, not just what fits in a bag. You know the total before anyone sets off for Upperton Road. Taskerama shows people working around Leicester.
Order through an app
Deliveroo lists a good many Lidl shops now, Upperton Road among the likelier ones. Drop your LE3 postcode into the box and Leicester either appears or it does not. A yes here beats the other routes for speed in Leicester.
The Lidl online shop
There is a Lidl website too, though it will not stock your Leicester groceries. Homeware, garden bits and cases of wine, sent by courier to Black Friars. The Leicester food shop it is not, but the offers are worth a look. See what Lidl has online.
The ground this shop covers
Here is the ground around Upperton Road: each area, its distance and which way it lies. That ring is about as far as deliveries from Upperton Road usually go. That puts 10 areas well within range and leaves 2 further out.
- Black FriarsIn range0.9 miles north
- LeicesterIn range1.1 miles north east · about 370,000 people
- North EvingtonIn range2.2 miles north east · about 19,000 people
- OadbyIn range3 miles south east · about 24,000 people
- WigstonJust outside3.2 miles south east
- Aylestone ParkIn range1.4 miles south
- Glen ParvaIn range2.9 miles south · about 17,000 people
- Rowley FieldsIn range1.2 miles south west
- BraunstoneIn range1.4 miles west · about 17,000 people
- Kirby MuxloeJust outside3.4 miles west · about 9,700 people
- New ParksIn range1.9 miles north west · about 17,000 people
- New Found PoolIn range1 mile north
Our mark out of ten
For Leicester the mark is 8.4, or very well placed in plain words. Busy streets around New Found Pool mean more people available to deliver. See what we look at.
- People within 3 miles540,000
- Neighbourhoods in range10
- People per square mile19,190
- Nearest neighbourhood0.4 miles
- People within 5 miles660,000
- Directions covered7 of 8
- Biggest area nearbyOadby
- Other Lidl within 5 miles6
- Areas within a mile4
- To the town centre1.1 miles
Out towards Wigston and Kirby Muxloe the answer changes from one day to the next. Opening times move about at Upperton Road, so look before you set out.