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EH8 9HQ 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 9HQ?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	EH8

Politics

Ward	Southside/Newington
Constituency	Edinburgh East

Transport

Nearest bus stops to EH8 9HQ

East Crosscauseway (Pleasance)	St Leonard's	37m
St Partick Square (Clerk Street)	South Side	144m
St Patrick Square (Clerk Street)	South Side	145m
Bowmont Place (St Leonard's Street)	St Leonard's	145m
Police Station (St Leonard's Street)	St Leonard's	146m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to EH8 9HQ

St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams) (St Andrew Street)	Edinburgh	1,360m
Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams) (Princes Street)	Edinburgh	1,365m
York Place (Edinburgh Trams) (York Place)	Edinburgh	1,462m

Nearest railway stations to EH8 9HQ

Edinburgh Station	1km
Haymarket Station	2.3km
Slateford Station	4.3km

Broadband

Broadband access in EH8 9HQ (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	3.4%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	3.4%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in EH8 9HQ (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	63.0Mbps
Average download speed	48.7Mbps
Maximum download speed	79.98Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	16.6Mbps
Average upload speed	12.2Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in EH8 9HQ (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 9HQ gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	279,236
Meter count	28
Mean (kWh/meter)	9,973
Median (kWh/meter)	6,737

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	63,400
Meter count	26
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,438
Median (kWh/meter)	2,004

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

Deprivation

62% of Scottish postcodes are less deprived than EH8 9HQ:

Food Standards Agency

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

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Nearest post box to EH8 9HQ

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
St Leonards Street	18:30	12:15	35m
St Patricks Square	18:30	12:00	168m
Nicolson Street Post Office	18:30	12:00	235m

EH8 9HQ ITL and EH8 9HQ 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 9HQ:

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 9HQ 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 9HQ:

	Code	Name
OA	S00104691
LSOA	S01008681	Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes - 02
MSOA	S02001623	Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes