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EH8 8AJ 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 8AJ?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	EH8

Politics

Ward	City Centre
Constituency	Edinburgh East

Transport

Nearest bus stops to EH8 8AJ

Hammerman's Entry (Holyrood Road)	Canongate	22m
Hammerman's Entry (Holyrood Road)	Canongate	39m
Scotsman Office (Holyrood Road)	Canongate	120m
Scotsman Office (Holyrood Road)	Canongate	131m
Viewcraig Street Terminus (Viewcraig Street)	St Leonard's	142m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to EH8 8AJ

York Place (Edinburgh Trams) (York Place)	Edinburgh	978m
St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams) (St Andrew Street)	Edinburgh	1,024m
Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams) (Princes Street)	Edinburgh	1,284m

Nearest railway stations to EH8 8AJ

Edinburgh Station	0.7km
Haymarket Station	2.6km
Slateford Station	4.8km

Broadband

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

Download

Median download speed	25.9Mbps
Average download speed	32.0Mbps
Maximum download speed	79.98Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	5.3Mbps
Average upload speed	7.9Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

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

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	123,768
Meter count	26
Mean (kWh/meter)	4,760
Median (kWh/meter)	4,233

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	94,417
Meter count	39
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,421
Median (kWh/meter)	2,219

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

Deprivation

79.9% of Scottish postcodes are less deprived than EH8 8AJ:

Food Standards Agency

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

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Nearest post box to EH8 8AJ

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
18 Holyrood Road	17:30	12:00	16m
Holyrood Post Office	17:30	11:45	187m
227 Canongate	17:30	12:00	240m

EH8 8AJ ITL and EH8 8AJ 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 8AJ:

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 8AJ 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 8AJ:

	Code	Name
OA	S00107197
LSOA	S01008684	Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes - 05
MSOA	S02001623	Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes