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EH8 9BU 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.

Where is EH8 9BU?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	EH8

Politics

Ward	Southside/Newington
Constituency	Edinburgh East

Transport

Nearest bus stops to EH8 9BU

Nicolson Square	South Side	48m
Potterow	South Side	58m
Potterrow	South Side	62m
Nicolson Square	South Side	65m
Surgeons' Hall (Nicolson Street)	South Side	91m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to EH8 9BU

Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams) (Princes Street)	Edinburgh	1,013m
St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams) (St Andrew Street)	Edinburgh	1,065m
York Place (Edinburgh Trams) (York Place)	Edinburgh	1,221m

Nearest railway stations to EH8 9BU

Edinburgh Station	0.8km
Haymarket Station	2km
Slateford Station	4.1km

Broadband

Broadband access in EH8 9BU (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 limitations in EH8 9BU (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 9BU gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	117,712
Meter count	9
Mean (kWh/meter)	13,079
Median (kWh/meter)	8,900

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	21,706
Meter count	8
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,713
Median (kWh/meter)	2,560

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in EH8 9BU, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in EH8 9BU.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

41.1% of Scottish postcodes are less deprived than EH8 9BU:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene information scheme ratings to EH8 9BU (metres)

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Nearest post box to EH8 9BU

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Chapel Street	18:30	12:15	76m
Festival Theatre	18:30	12:00	105m
Nicolson Street Post Office	18:30	12:00	126m

EH8 9BU ITL and EH8 9BU 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 9BU:

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 9BU 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 9BU:

	Code	Name
OA	S00104707
LSOA	S01008680	Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes - 01
MSOA	S02001623	Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes