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EH8 8AA is located in the City Centre 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 EH8 8AA?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	EH8

Politics

Ward	City Centre
Constituency	Edinburgh East

Transport

Nearest bus stops to EH8 8AA

Royal Mile (St Mary's Street)	Canongate	52m
Royal Mile (St Mary's Street)	Canongate	52m
New Street (Canongate)	Canongate	55m
Museum Of Childhood (High Street)	Canongate	118m
New Street (Canongate)	Canongate	126m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to EH8 8AA

St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams) (St Andrew Street)	Edinburgh	706m
York Place (Edinburgh Trams) (York Place)	Edinburgh	731m
Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams) (Princes Street)	Edinburgh	940m

Nearest railway stations to EH8 8AA

Edinburgh Station	0.4km
Haymarket Station	2.2km
Slateford Station	4.6km

Broadband

Broadband access in EH8 8AA (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	0.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

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

Broadband speed in EH8 8AA (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	40.0Mbps
Average download speed	39.7Mbps
Maximum download speed	80.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	10.0Mbps
Average upload speed	10.3Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in EH8 8AA (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%

EH8 8AA gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in EH8 8AA by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	131,354
Meter count	18
Mean (kWh/meter)	7,297
Median (kWh/meter)	5,607

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	43,663
Meter count	15
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,911
Median (kWh/meter)	1,950

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in EH8 8AA, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in EH8 8AA.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

57.1% of Scottish postcodes are less deprived than EH8 8AA:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene information scheme ratings to EH8 8AA (metres)

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Nearest post box to EH8 8AA

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
St Marys Street Post Office	18:30	12:00	105m
227 Canongate	17:30	12:00	129m
80 High Street	18:30	12:15	225m

EH8 8AA ITL and EH8 8AA 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 EH8 8AA:

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

EH8 8AA 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 EH8 8AA:

	Code	Name
OA	S00104646
LSOA	S01008677	Old Town, Princes Street and Leith Street - 04
MSOA	S02001622	Old Town, Princes Street and Leith Street