EH8 9BL maps, stats, and open data

EH8 9BL is located in the Southside/Newington 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 9BL maps

EH8 9BL map - OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)

EH8 9BL map - OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)
Source: OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)
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EH8 9BL geodata

Easting	325953
Northing	673234
Latitude	55.946412
Longitude	-3.187197

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is EH8 9BL?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	EH8
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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Politics

Ward	Southside/Newington
Constituency	Edinburgh East

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to EH8 9BL

Potterrow	South Side	43m
Nicolson Square	South Side	94m
Bristo Square (Lothian Street)	South Side	118m
Nicolson Square	South Side	126m
Potterow	South Side	139m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to EH8 9BL

Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams) (Princes Street)	Edinburgh	918m
St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams) (St Andrew Street)	Edinburgh	967m
York Place (Edinburgh Trams) (York Place)	Edinburgh	1,131m

Nearest railway stations to EH8 9BL

Edinburgh Station	0.7km
Haymarket Station	2km
Slateford Station	4.1km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for EH8 9BL

Broadband access in EH8 9BL (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 9BL (2019 data)

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Median download speed	76.5Mbps
Average download speed	58.6Mbps
Maximum download speed	80.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	19.5Mbps
Average upload speed	14.3Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in EH8 9BL (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 9BL

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Source: Ofcom
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EH8 9BL gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in EH8 9BL by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	42,281
Meter count	6
Mean (kWh/meter)	7,047
Median (kWh/meter)	7,178

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	12,377
Meter count	7
Mean (kWh/meter)	1,768
Median (kWh/meter)	2,037

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in EH8 9BL, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in EH8 9BL.
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)
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Deprivation

46.8% of Scottish postcodes are less deprived than EH8 9BL:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene information scheme ratings to EH8 9BL (meters)

The Festival Theatre & Cafe

13-29 Nicolson Street

41m

Potter Coffee

5 Bristo Square

57m

Potter Shop (EUSA)

5 Bristo Square

57m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to EH8 9BL

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Festival Theatre	18:30	12:00	92m
Lothian Street	18:30	12:00	134m
Chapel Street	18:30	12:15	169m

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Source: Dracos
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

EH8 9BL ITL and EH8 9BL 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 9BL:

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
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EH8 9BL 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 9BL:

	Code	Name
OA	S00104710
LSOA	S01008678	Old Town, Princes Street and Leith Street - 05
MSOA	S02001622	Old Town, Princes Street and Leith Street

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
Licence: Open Government Licence