EH8 8BX maps, stats, and open data

EH8 8BX 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 8BX maps

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

EH8 8BX 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 8BX geodata

Easting	326721
Northing	673922
Latitude	55.952715
Longitude	-3.175089

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is EH8 8BX?

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 8BX

Whitefoord House (Canongate)	Holyrood	44m
Whitefoord House (Canongate)	Holyrood	98m
Scottish Parliament (Horse Wynd)	Holyrood	105m
Abbeyhill Crescent (Abbeyhill)	Holyrood	151m
Abbeyhill Crescent (Abbeyhill)	Holyrood	162m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to EH8 8BX

York Place (Edinburgh Trams) (York Place)	Edinburgh	943m
St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams) (St Andrew Street)	Edinburgh	1,096m
Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams) (Princes Street)	Edinburgh	1,465m

Nearest railway stations to EH8 8BX

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 8BX (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 8BX (2019 data)

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Median download speed	39.1Mbps
Average download speed	43.4Mbps
Maximum download speed	79.98Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	9.8Mbps
Average upload speed	10.4Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in EH8 8BX (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 8BX gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	275,393
Meter count	27
Mean (kWh/meter)	10,200
Median (kWh/meter)	8,231

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	65,600
Meter count	22
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,982
Median (kWh/meter)	1,391

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

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

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

Scottish Veterans Residences

53 Canongate

65m

Scottish Parliament - All Food Locations

1 Horse Wynd

83m

Tinies

1 Horse Wynd

83m

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

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Holyrood Post Office	17:30	11:45	235m
1 Regent Terrace	17:30	11:45	261m
30b Croft An Righ	17:30	12:00	339m

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Source: Dracos
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EH8 8BX ITL and EH8 8BX 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 8BX:

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 8BX 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 8BX:

	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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