Map of EH8 9AL postcode

General information
Postcode EH8 9AL
Post Town Edinburgh
Nearest station Edinburgh (1 km)
Bus stops
Potterrow (SE)
Potterow (NW)
Student Shuttle Service (E)
Bristo Place (SE)
Chambers Street (W)
Nicolson Square ()
Number of UPRNs 28 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 55.945981
Longitude -3.188129
Easting 325894
Northing 673186
Grid reference NT258731
UTM reference 30U 488250 6200083
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Plus code 9C7RWRW6+9P
Altitude 91 metres (299 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:32
Sunset (today) 18:14
Distance away
Distance to sea 4.7 KMs (2.9 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Southside/Newington S13002933
Council Area City of Edinburgh S12000036
Constituency (2024) Edinburgh East and Musselburgh S14000078
MPChris MurrayLabour
Police forceScotland
Water companyScottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3 City of Edinburgh
NUTS/ITL 2 East Central Scotland
NUTS/ITL 1 Scotland
Country Scotland S92000003
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated February 2025
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
4,156 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanLarge urban area
Census output area (2021)S00143296
Census output area (2011)S00107235
Lower layer super output area (2011)Meadows and Southside - 08S01008673
Middle layer super output area (2011)Meadows and SouthsideS02001621
Travel to work areaEdinburghS22000059
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