EH8 9SW
a primarily residential postcode in St Leonard's, Edinburgh
Coordinates
Latitude: 55.9425 / 55°56'32"N
Longitude: -3.179 / 3°10'44"W
OS Eastings: 326460
OS Northings: 672786
OS Grid: NT264727
Location Encoding
Mapcode National: GBR 8RK.K8
Mapcode Global: WH6SM.4WGT
Plus Code: 9C7RWRRC+XC
Maidenhead Locator System: IO85jw86
What Three Birds: chiffchaff.loon.puffin
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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64, St. Leonards Street, Edinburgh EH8 9SW
Summary
EH8 9SW is a primarily residential postcode in St Leonard's, Edinburgh. It was first introduced in May 1983.
The most common council tax band is E.
The average commercial rateable value is £18,000. The most common recorded business type is Car Park.
EH8 9SW is in the Edinburgh travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Edinburgh Community Health Partnership Primary Care Trust.
EH8 9SW is approximately 81m (266ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing EH8 9SW
2b1: Cosmopolitans - Inner-City Students - Students and Commuters
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for EH8 9SW
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 EH8 9SW include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Farmfoods, Iceland, Lidl, M&S Simply Food, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
Other nearby postcodes
EH8 9SW at other websites
- Air quality forecast for EH8 9SW at Smogwatch
- Sunrise and sunset times at EH8 9SW at The Time and Place
- River levels and flood warnings near EH8 9SW at River Levels UK
- Listed Buildings near EH8 9SW at British Listed Buildings
- Food Hygiene Ratings near EH8 9SW at Hygiene Ratings UK
- Nearest beaches to EH8 9SW at British Beaches
- Electric vehicle charge points near EH8 9SW at Plugpoint
- See which government petitions are popular near EH8 9SW at Repetition.me
- Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs) near EH8 9SW at UPRN Data UK
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Councils, constituencies and elected representatives
Residents of EH8 9SW 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
Southside/Newington
Councillors
Alison Dickie (SNP)
Ian Perry (Labour)
Steve Burgess (Green)
Cameron Rose (Conservative)
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 EH8 9SW.
- 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 EH8 9SW.
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