Map of EH8 9AY postcode

General information
Postcode EH8 9AY
Post Town Edinburgh
Nearest station Edinburgh (1 km)
Bus stops
Chapel Street (SE)
Student Shuttle Service (E)
Potterow (NW)
Surgeons' Hall (SW)
Surgeons' Hall (NW)
Nicolson Square (NE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 25 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 55.944592
Longitude -3.185909
Easting 326030
Northing 673030
Grid reference NT260730
UTM reference 30U 488388 6199928
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Plus code 9C7RWRV7+RJ
Altitude 87 metres (286 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
Population (2011) 26
Households (2011) 11
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
4,134 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanLarge urban area
Census output area (2021)S00143312
Census output area (2011)S00104707
Lower layer super output area (2011)Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes - 01S01008680
Middle layer super output area (2011)Canongate, Southside and DumbiedykesS02001623
Travel to work areaEdinburghS22000059
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