EH3 9HZ
a large user postcode in Lauriston, Edinburgh
Coordinates
Latitude: 55.9444 / 55°56'39"N
Longitude: -3.2009 / 3°12'3"W
OS Eastings: 325092
OS Northings: 673025
OS Grid: NT250730
Location Encoding
Mapcode National: GBR 8MJ.3L
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.SVYB
Plus Code: 9C7RWQVX+QJ
Maidenhead Locator System: IO85jw56
What Three Birds: junco.redpoll.catbird
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9HZ
Summary
EH3 9HZ is a large user postcode in Lauriston, Edinburgh. It was first introduced in June 1998.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Best Western Hotel, 79 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9HZ.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
EH3 9HZ is in the Edinburgh travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Edinburgh Community Health Partnership Primary Care Trust.
EH3 9HZ is approximately 82m (269ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing EH3 9HZ
2b1: Cosmopolitans - Inner-City Students - Students and Commuters
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for EH3 9HZ
Scotland 1: a major city
Healthy Living Index
10/10 (Very high)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
10/10 (Very high)
Area Retail Diversity Index
8/10 (High)
Supermarkets near EH3 9HZ include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Farmfoods, Iceland, Lidl, M&S Simply Food, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
Other nearby postcodes
EH3 9HZ at other websites
- Air quality forecast for EH3 9HZ at Smogwatch
- Sunrise and sunset times at EH3 9HZ at The Time and Place
- River levels and flood warnings near EH3 9HZ at River Levels UK
- Listed Buildings near EH3 9HZ at British Listed Buildings
- Food Hygiene Ratings near EH3 9HZ at Hygiene Ratings UK
- Nearest beaches to EH3 9HZ at British Beaches
- Electric vehicle charge points near EH3 9HZ at Plugpoint
- See which government petitions are popular near EH3 9HZ at Repetition.me
- Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs) near EH3 9HZ at UPRN Data UK
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Councils, constituencies and elected representatives
Residents of EH3 9HZ are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Unitary Authority
City of Edinburgh Council
Ward
City Centre
Councillors
Joanna Mowat (Conservative)
Claire Miller (Green)
Margaret Arma Graham (Labour)
Finlay McFarlane (SNP)
Scottish Parliament
Region
Lothian
Regional MSPs
Jeremy Balfour (Conservative)
Sarah Boyack (Labour)
Miles Briggs (Conservative)
Neil Findlay (Labour)
Alison Johnstone (Green)
Gordon Lindhurst (Conservative)
Andy Wightman (Green)
Scottish Parliament constituency
Edinburgh Central
MSP
Ruth Davidson (Conservative)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Edinburgh East
MP
Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party)
Broadband Internet
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for EH3 9HZ.
- Definitions
- Ultrafast: 300Mbit/s or greater
- Superfast: 30Mbit/s to less than 300Mbit/s
- Universal Service Obligation: Download speeds at or above 10Mbit/s and upload speeds at or above 1Mbit/s
Schools
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near EH3 9HZ.
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