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EH6 8BU is located in the Leith electoral ward, within the council area of City of Edinburgh and the Scottish Parliamentary constituency of Edinburgh East. The Community Health Partnership is Edinburgh Community Health Partnership and the police force is Scotland. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

Where is EH6 8BU?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	EH6

Politics

Ward	Leith
Constituency	Edinburgh East

Transport

Nearest bus stops to EH6 8BU

Hermitage Park Grove (Lochend Road)	Lochend	18m
Hermitage Park Grove (Lochend Road)	Lochend	34m
Woodville Terrace (Lochend Road)	Lochend	157m
Hawkhill Close (Hawkhill Avenue)	Lochend	167m
Lochend Road (Hawkhill Avenue)	Lochend	181m

Nearest railway stations to EH6 8BU

Edinburgh Station	2.1km
Haymarket Station	4.1km
Brunstane Station	4.6km

Broadband

Broadband access in EH6 8BU (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in EH6 8BU (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	90.0Mbps
Average download speed	109.2Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	10.0Mbps
Average upload speed	9.4Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in EH6 8BU (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

EH6 8BU gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in EH6 8BU by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	296,054
Meter count	24
Mean (kWh/meter)	12,336
Median (kWh/meter)	12,806

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	72,939
Meter count	24
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,039
Median (kWh/meter)	2,959

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in EH6 8BU, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in EH6 8BU.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

19.2% of Scottish postcodes are less deprived than EH6 8BU:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene information scheme ratings to EH6 8BU (metres)

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Nearest post box to EH6 8BU

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Woodville Terrace	17:30	12:30	166m
Hawkhill Villas	17:45	12:30	288m
Ryehil Terrace	17:30	12:45	299m

EH6 8BU ITL and EH6 8BU LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for EH6 8BU:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLM	Scotland
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLM7	Eastern Scotland
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLM75	City of Edinburgh
LAU 1 Code	Name
S30000008	City of Edinburgh

EH6 8BU census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for EH6 8BU:

	Code	Name
OA	S00104284
LSOA	S01008762	Leith (Hermitage and Prospect Bank) - 01
MSOA	S02001639	Leith (Hermitage and Prospect Bank)