EH8 8BQ maps, stats, and open data

EH8 8BQ 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.

EH8 8BQ maps

EH8 8BQ map - OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)

EH8 8BQ map - OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)
Source: OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)
Licence: Open Government Licence (requires attribution)

EH8 8BQ geodata

Easting	326229
Northing	673735
Latitude	55.950955
Longitude	-3.182916

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
Licence: Open Government Licence

Where is EH8 8BQ?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	EH8
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
Licence: Open Government Licence

Politics

Ward	City Centre
Constituency	Edinburgh East

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
Licence: Open Government Licence

Transport

Nearest bus stops to EH8 8BQ

New Street (Canongate)	Canongate	22m
New Street (Canongate)	Canongate	77m
Royal Mile (St Mary's Street)	Canongate	103m
Royal Mile (St Mary's Street)	Canongate	106m
East Market Street (Jeffrey Street)	Canongate	161m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to EH8 8BQ

St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams) (St Andrew Street)	Edinburgh	714m
York Place (Edinburgh Trams) (York Place)	Edinburgh	715m
Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams) (Princes Street)	Edinburgh	975m

Nearest railway stations to EH8 8BQ

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

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Source: NaPTAN
Licence: Open Government Licence

Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for EH8 8BQ

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

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Median download speed	40.0Mbps
Average download speed	41.5Mbps
Maximum download speed	72.46Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	10.0Mbps
Average upload speed	11.5Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in EH8 8BQ (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%

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for EH8 8BQ

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Source: Ofcom
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EH8 8BQ gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	225,148
Meter count	24
Mean (kWh/meter)	9,381
Median (kWh/meter)	8,898

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	99,188
Meter count	30
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,306
Median (kWh/meter)	2,543

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

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Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Licence: Open Government Licence

Deprivation

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

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene information scheme ratings to EH8 8BQ (meters)

Wedgwood The Restaurant

267 Canongate

Luscious Edinburgh

261 Canongate

15m

Ali's Ice Cream

263 Canongate

24m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to EH8 8BQ

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
227 Canongate	17:30	12:00	84m
St Marys Street Post Office	18:30	12:00	148m
80 High Street	18:30	12:15	272m

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Source: Dracos
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

EH8 8BQ ITL and EH8 8BQ 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 8BQ:

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

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
Licence: Open Government Licence

EH8 8BQ 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 8BQ:

	Code	Name
OA	S00104650
LSOA	S01008677	Old Town, Princes Street and Leith Street - 04
MSOA	S02001622	Old Town, Princes Street and Leith Street

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
Licence: Open Government Licence