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EH8 8AE 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 8AE?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	EH8

Politics

Ward	City Centre
Constituency	Edinburgh East

Transport

Nearest bus stops to EH8 8AE

Viewcraig Gardens (Holyrood Road)	Canongate	37m
Viewcraig Gardens (Holyrood Road)	Canongate	54m
Royal Mile (St Mary's Street)	Canongate	103m
Viewcraig Gardens (Holyrood Road)	Canongate	109m
Royal Mile (St Mary's Street)	Canongate	120m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to EH8 8AE

St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams) (St Andrew Street)	Edinburgh	833m
York Place (Edinburgh Trams) (York Place)	Edinburgh	874m
Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams) (Princes Street)	Edinburgh	1,015m

Nearest railway stations to EH8 8AE

Edinburgh Station	0.5km
Haymarket Station	2.3km
Slateford Station	4.6km

Broadband

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

Download

Median download speed	7.6Mbps
Average download speed	20.0Mbps
Maximum download speed	58.05Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.0Mbps
Average upload speed	4.1Mbps
Maximum upload speed	11.19Mbps

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

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	125,311
Meter count	16
Mean (kWh/meter)	7,832
Median (kWh/meter)	4,937

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	25,842
Meter count	14
Mean (kWh/meter)	1,846
Median (kWh/meter)	1,583

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

Deprivation

86.2% of Scottish postcodes are less deprived than EH8 8AE:

Food Standards Agency

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

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Nearest post box to EH8 8AE

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
St Marys Street Post Office	18:30	12:00	54m
227 Canongate	17:30	12:00	188m
63 Pleasance	18:30	12:15	280m

EH8 8AE ITL and EH8 8AE 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 8AE:

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 8AE 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 8AE:

	Code	Name
OA	S00104647
LSOA	S01008679	Old Town, Princes Street and Leith Street - 06
MSOA	S02001622	Old Town, Princes Street and Leith Street