EH1 1RP
a primarily residential postcode in Old Town, Edinburgh
Coordinates
Latitude: 55.9487 / 55°56'55"N
Longitude: -3.189 / 3°11'20"W
OS Eastings: 325845
OS Northings: 673490
OS Grid: NT258734
Location Encoding
Mapcode National: GBR 8PH.J1
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.ZRL0
Plus Code: 9C7RWRX6+FC
Maidenhead Locator System: IO85jw77
What Three Birds: merganser.hawfinch.kittiwake
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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Summary
EH1 1RP is a primarily residential postcode in Old Town, Edinburgh. It was first introduced in September 2006.
The most common council tax bands are C and D.
Commercial rateable values range from £7,900 to £45,100 with an average of £20,967. The most common recorded business type is Office.
EH1 1RP is in the Edinburgh travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Edinburgh Community Health Partnership Primary Care Trust.
EH1 1RP is approximately 83m (272ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing EH1 1RP
2b2: Cosmopolitans - Inner-City Students - Multicultural Student Neighbourhoods
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for EH1 1RP
Scotland 1: a major city
Healthy Living Index
9/10 (Very high)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
10/10 (Very high)
Area Retail Diversity Index
8/10 (High)
Supermarkets near EH1 1RP include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Farmfoods, Iceland, Lidl, M&S Simply Food, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
Other nearby postcodes
EH1 1RP at other websites
- Air quality forecast for EH1 1RP at Smogwatch
- Sunrise and sunset times at EH1 1RP at The Time and Place
- River levels and flood warnings near EH1 1RP at River Levels UK
- Listed Buildings near EH1 1RP at British Listed Buildings
- Food Hygiene Ratings near EH1 1RP at Hygiene Ratings UK
- Nearest beaches to EH1 1RP at British Beaches
- Electric vehicle charge points near EH1 1RP at Plugpoint
- See which government petitions are popular near EH1 1RP at Repetition.me
- Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs) near EH1 1RP at UPRN Data UK
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Councils, constituencies and elected representatives
Residents of EH1 1RP 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 EH1 1RP.
- 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
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
Schools
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near EH1 1RP.
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