EH1 2QL maps, stats, and open data

EH1 2QL is located in the City Centre 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.

EH1 2QL maps

EH1 2QL map - OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)

EH1 2QL map - OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)
Source: OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)
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EH1 2QL geodata

Easting	325668
Northing	673208
Latitude	55.946139
Longitude	-3.191751

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is EH1 2QL?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	EH1
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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Politics

Ward	City Centre
Constituency	Edinburgh East

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to EH1 2QL

Forrest Road	Old Town	40m
Middle Meadow Walk (Teviot Place)	South Side	108m
Bristo Place	Old Town	114m
Chambers Street (George Iv Bridge)	Old Town	141m
Chambers Street (George Iv Bridge)	Old Town	143m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to EH1 2QL

Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams) (Princes Street)	Edinburgh	749m
St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams) (St Andrew Street)	Edinburgh	944m
York Place (Edinburgh Trams) (York Place)	Edinburgh	1,176m
West End - Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams) (Shandwick Place)	West End	1,296m

Nearest railway stations to EH1 2QL

Edinburgh Station	0.7km
Haymarket Station	1.7km
Slateford Station	3.9km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

Broadband access in EH1 2QL (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	0.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	0.0%
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 speed in EH1 2QL (2019 data)

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Median download speed	9.6Mbps
Average download speed	8.9Mbps
Maximum download speed	12.99Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.0Mbps
Average upload speed	0.9Mbps
Maximum upload speed	1.11Mbps

Broadband limitations in EH1 2QL (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	100.0%

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Source: Ofcom
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EH1 2QL gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in EH1 2QL by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	134,007
Meter count	21
Mean (kWh/meter)	6,381
Median (kWh/meter)	5,449

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	58,519
Meter count	23
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,544
Median (kWh/meter)	1,522

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in EH1 2QL, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in EH1 2QL.
Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

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Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
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Deprivation

41.7% of Scottish postcodes are less deprived than EH1 2QL:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene information scheme ratings to EH1 2QL (metres)

Che's Takeaway

21 Forrest Road

21m

Sandy Bell's Public House

25 Forrest Road

23m

Namaste Kathmandu

17-19 Forrest Road

29m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to EH1 2QL

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Forrest Road Post Office	18:30	12:15	49m
Lothian Street	18:30	12:00	156m
Grassmarket	18:30	12:15	217m

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Source: Dracos
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EH1 2QL ITL and EH1 2QL 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 EH1 2QL:

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

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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EH1 2QL 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 EH1 2QL:

	Code	Name
OA	S00106879
LSOA	S01008674	Old Town, Princes Street and Leith Street - 01
MSOA	S02001622	Old Town, Princes Street and Leith Street

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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