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EH8 9SS 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 9SS?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	EH8

Politics

Ward	Southside/Newington
Constituency	Edinburgh East

Transport

Nearest bus stops to EH8 9SS

Richmond Place (West Richmond Street)	St Leonard's	56m
Richmond Lane (West Richmond Street)	St Leonard's	75m
New Arthur Place (Pleasance)	St Leonard's	105m
New Arthur Place (Pleasance)	St Leonard's	108m
Surgeons' Hall (Nicolson Street)	South Side	124m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to EH8 9SS

St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams) (St Andrew Street)	Edinburgh	1,095m
Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams) (Princes Street)	Edinburgh	1,141m
York Place (Edinburgh Trams) (York Place)	Edinburgh	1,193m

Nearest railway stations to EH8 9SS

Edinburgh Station	0.8km
Haymarket Station	2.2km
Slateford Station	4.4km

Broadband

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

Download

Median download speed	14.2Mbps
Average download speed	28.6Mbps
Maximum download speed	80.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	2.7Mbps
Average upload speed	8.0Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

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

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	279,598
Meter count	32
Mean (kWh/meter)	8,737
Median (kWh/meter)	8,546

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	68,440
Meter count	32
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,139
Median (kWh/meter)	1,960

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

Food Standards Agency

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

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Nearest post box to EH8 9SS

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
63 Pleasance	18:30	12:15	95m
Nicolson Street Post Office	18:30	12:00	148m
Festival Theatre	18:30	12:00	176m

EH8 9SS ITL and EH8 9SS 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 9SS:

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 9SS 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 9SS:

	Code	Name
OA	S00106545
LSOA	S01008681	Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes - 02
MSOA	S02001623	Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes