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EH8 8AU 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 8AU?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	EH8

Politics

Ward	City Centre
Constituency	Edinburgh East

Transport

Nearest bus stops to EH8 8AU

Scotsman Office (Holyrood Road)	Canongate	58m
Scotsman Office (Holyrood Road)	Canongate	77m
Hammerman's Entry (Holyrood Road)	Canongate	79m
Hammerman's Entry (Holyrood Road)	Canongate	82m
Canongate Kirk (Canongate)	Canongate	149m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to EH8 8AU

York Place (Edinburgh Trams) (York Place)	Edinburgh	954m
St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams) (St Andrew Street)	Edinburgh	1,021m
Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams) (Princes Street)	Edinburgh	1,305m

Nearest railway stations to EH8 8AU

Edinburgh Station	0.7km
Haymarket Station	2.6km
Brunstane Station	4.9km

Broadband

Broadband access in EH8 8AU (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	10.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	10.0%
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 8AU (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	7.7Mbps
Average download speed	7.1Mbps
Maximum download speed	10.15Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.0Mbps
Average upload speed	1.0Mbps
Maximum upload speed	1.20Mbps

Broadband limitations in EH8 8AU (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	90.0%

EH8 8AU gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	67,334
Meter count	10
Mean (kWh/meter)	6,733
Median (kWh/meter)	7,263

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	27,316
Meter count	11
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,483
Median (kWh/meter)	1,771

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

Food Standards Agency

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

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Nearest post box to EH8 8AU

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
18 Holyrood Road	17:30	12:00	59m
Holyrood Post Office	17:30	11:45	133m
227 Canongate	17:30	12:00	248m

EH8 8AU ITL and EH8 8AU 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 8AU:

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 8AU 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 8AU:

	Code	Name
OA	S00107198
LSOA	S01008684	Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes - 05
MSOA	S02001623	Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes