EH8 8BU maps, stats, and open data

EH8 8BU 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.

EH8 8BU maps

EH8 8BU map - OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)

EH8 8BU 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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EH8 8BU geodata

Easting	326682
Northing	673927
Latitude	55.952754
Longitude	-3.175715

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is EH8 8BU?

Country	Scotland
Postcode District	EH8
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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 EH8 8BU

Whitefoord House (Canongate)	Holyrood	31m
Whitefoord House (Canongate)	Holyrood	76m
Scottish Parliament (Horse Wynd)	Holyrood	138m
Abbeyhill Crescent (Abbeyhill)	Holyrood	169m
Abbeyhill Crescent (Abbeyhill)	Holyrood	183m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to EH8 8BU

York Place (Edinburgh Trams) (York Place)	Edinburgh	906m
St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams) (St Andrew Street)	Edinburgh	1,057m
Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams) (Princes Street)	Edinburgh	1,426m

Nearest railway stations to EH8 8BU

Edinburgh Station	0.8km
Haymarket Station	2.8km
Brunstane Station	4.8km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

Broadband access in EH8 8BU (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	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 EH8 8BU (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	60.0Mbps
Average download speed	47.3Mbps
Maximum download speed	73.40Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	18.7Mbps
Average upload speed	13.4Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in EH8 8BU (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%

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Source: Ofcom
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EH8 8BU gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in EH8 8BU by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	193,264
Meter count	17
Mean (kWh/meter)	11,368
Median (kWh/meter)	10,900

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	59,173
Meter count	14
Mean (kWh/meter)	4,227
Median (kWh/meter)	2,289

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in EH8 8BU, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in EH8 8BU.
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

65.3% of Scottish postcodes are less deprived than EH8 8BU:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene information scheme ratings to EH8 8BU (metres)

Scottish Veterans Residences

53 Canongate

31m

Tinies

1 Horse Wynd

100m

Scottish Parliament - All Food Locations

1 Horse Wynd

100m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to EH8 8BU

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Holyrood Post Office	17:30	11:45	204m
1 Regent Terrace	17:30	11:45	225m
18 Holyrood Road	17:30	12:00	335m

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Source: Dracos
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EH8 8BU ITL and EH8 8BU 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 8BU:

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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EH8 8BU 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 8BU:

	Code	Name
OA	S00107202
LSOA	S01008685	Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes - 06
MSOA	S02001623	Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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