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EH8 8AD 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 8AD?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	EH8

Politics

Ward	City Centre
Constituency	Edinburgh East

Transport

Nearest bus stops to EH8 8AD

New Street (Canongate)	Canongate	55m
Royal Mile (St Mary's Street)	Canongate	84m
New Street (Canongate)	Canongate	93m
Royal Mile (St Mary's Street)	Canongate	100m
Viewcraig Gardens (Holyrood Road)	Canongate	110m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to EH8 8AD

St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams) (St Andrew Street)	Edinburgh	782m
York Place (Edinburgh Trams) (York Place)	Edinburgh	792m
Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams) (Princes Street)	Edinburgh	1,016m

Nearest railway stations to EH8 8AD

Edinburgh Station	0.4km
Haymarket Station	2.3km
Slateford Station	4.6km

Broadband

Broadband access in EH8 8AD (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 8AD (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	40.0Mbps
Average download speed	35.7Mbps
Maximum download speed	72.10Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	10.0Mbps
Average upload speed	8.9Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in EH8 8AD (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 8AD gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	370,977
Meter count	30
Mean (kWh/meter)	12,366
Median (kWh/meter)	10,550

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	74,091
Meter count	33
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,245
Median (kWh/meter)	1,828

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in EH8 8AD, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in EH8 8AD.
• 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 8AD:

Food Standards Agency

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

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Nearest post box to EH8 8AD

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
227 Canongate	17:30	12:00	88m
St Marys Street Post Office	18:30	12:00	99m
18 Holyrood Road	17:30	12:00	260m

EH8 8AD ITL and EH8 8AD 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 8AD:

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 8AD 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 8AD:

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