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EH6 8LU is located in the Leith electoral ward, within the council area of City of Edinburgh and the Scottish Parliamentary constituency of Edinburgh North and Leith. 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 8LU?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	EH6

Politics

Ward	Leith
Constituency	Edinburgh North And Leith

Transport

Nearest bus stops to EH6 8LU

Casselbank Street (Leith Walk)	Leith	41m
Casselbank Street (Leith Walk)	Leith	63m
Academy Street (Duke Street)	Leith	121m
Academy Street (Duke Street)	Leith	155m
Foot Of Leith Walk (Great Junction Street)	Leith	193m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to EH6 8LU

York Place (Edinburgh Trams) (York Place)

Edinburgh

1,776m

Nearest railway stations to EH6 8LU

Edinburgh Station	2.2km
Haymarket Station	3.9km
Brunstane Station	5.3km

Broadband

Broadband access in EH6 8LU (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 8LU (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	60.0Mbps
Average download speed	81.2Mbps
Maximum download speed	200.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.2Mbps
Average upload speed	7.2Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in EH6 8LU (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 8LU gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	220,330
Meter count	32
Mean (kWh/meter)	6,885
Median (kWh/meter)	6,621

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	110,968
Meter count	33
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,363
Median (kWh/meter)	2,741

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

Deprivation

77.2% of Scottish postcodes are less deprived than EH6 8LU:

Food Standards Agency

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

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Nearest post box to EH6 8LU

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Central Station	17:45	12:15	88m
Halmyre Street	17:45	12:15	228m
Leith Walk Post Office	18:00	12:00	330m

EH6 8LU ITL and EH6 8LU 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 8LU:

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 8LU 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 8LU:

	Code	Name
OA	S00104270
LSOA	S01008793	South Leith - 02
MSOA	S02001644	South Leith