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EH8 9RU 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 9RU?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	EH8

Politics

Ward	Southside/Newington
Constituency	Edinburgh East

Transport

Nearest bus stops to EH8 9RU

East Crosscauseway (Pleasance)	St Leonard's	38m
Richmond Lane (West Richmond Street)	St Leonard's	153m
Richmond Place (West Richmond Street)	St Leonard's	161m
St Patrick Square (Clerk Street)	South Side	185m
Bowmont Place (St Leonard's Street)	St Leonard's	188m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to EH8 9RU

St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams) (St Andrew Street)	Edinburgh	1,309m
Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams) (Princes Street)	Edinburgh	1,328m
York Place (Edinburgh Trams) (York Place)	Edinburgh	1,406m

Nearest railway stations to EH8 9RU

Edinburgh Station	1km
Haymarket Station	2.3km
Slateford Station	4.4km

Broadband

Broadband access in EH8 9RU (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	25.7%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	25.7%

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

Broadband speed in EH8 9RU (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	66.9Mbps
Average download speed	49.4Mbps
Maximum download speed	80.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	19.2Mbps
Average upload speed	12.3Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

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

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	423,110
Meter count	44
Mean (kWh/meter)	9,616
Median (kWh/meter)	7,231

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	73,693
Meter count	38
Mean (kWh/meter)	1,939
Median (kWh/meter)	1,655

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

Food Standards Agency

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

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Nearest post box to EH8 9RU

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
St Leonards Street	18:30	12:15	53m
Nicolson Street Post Office	18:30	12:00	205m
St Patricks Square	18:30	12:00	215m

EH8 9RU ITL and EH8 9RU 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 9RU:

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 9RU 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 9RU:

	Code	Name
OA	S00107223
LSOA	S01008681	Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes - 02
MSOA	S02001623	Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes