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EH8 9QU 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 9QU?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	EH8

Politics

Ward	Southside/Newington
Constituency	Edinburgh East

Transport

Nearest bus stops to EH8 9QU

Queens Hall (Clerk Street)	South Side	54m
Queens Hall (Clerk Street)	South Side	75m
Parkside Street (St Leonard's Street)	St Leonard's	106m
Kings Hall (South Clerk Street)	Newington	130m
Kings Hall (South Clerk Street)	Newington	134m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to EH8 9QU

Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams) (Princes Street)	Edinburgh	1,572m
St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams) (St Andrew Street)	Edinburgh	1,609m

Nearest railway stations to EH8 9QU

Edinburgh Station	1.3km
Haymarket Station	2.4km
Slateford Station	4.3km

Broadband

Broadband access in EH8 9QU (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	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	100.0%

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

Broadband speed in EH8 9QU (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	20.7Mbps
Average download speed	34.8Mbps
Maximum download speed	80.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.3Mbps
Average upload speed	7.4Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

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

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	282,360
Meter count	38
Mean (kWh/meter)	7,431
Median (kWh/meter)	7,000

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	95,850
Meter count	38
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,522
Median (kWh/meter)	2,341

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

Deprivation

14.6% of Scottish postcodes are less deprived than EH8 9QU:

Food Standards Agency

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

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Nearest post box to EH8 9QU

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Newington Post Office	17:30	12:15	120m
St Patricks Square	18:30	12:00	208m
St Leonards Street	18:30	12:15	274m

EH8 9QU ITL and EH8 9QU 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 9QU:

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 9QU 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 9QU:

	Code	Name
OA	S00104674
LSOA	S01008670	Meadows and Southside - 05
MSOA	S02001621	Meadows and Southside