| Postcode | EH8 9LH | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Edinburgh | 
| Nearest station | Edinburgh (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Potterow (NW) 
Chapel Street (NW) 
Chapel Street (SE) 
Bristo Square (SW) 
Potterrow (SE) 
Sylvan Place (E) 
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 9 View | 
| Businesses | 
                     
                        No businesses found
                     
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| Latitude | 55.942881 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -3.188178 | |
| Easting | 325885 | |
| Northing | 672842 | |
| Grid reference | NT258728 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 488246 6199738 | |
| what3words | sing.flag.yard | |
| FixPhrase | crystal lure slept violin | |
| Plus code | 9C7RWRV6+5P | |
| Altitude | 84 metres (275 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:27 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:28 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 5 KMs (3.1 miles) | 
| Ward | Southside/Newington | S13002933 | 
|---|---|---|
| Council Area | City of Edinburgh | S12000036 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | S14000078 | 
| MP | Chris Murray | Labour | 
| Police force | Scotland | |
| Water company | Scottish Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | City of Edinburgh | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | East Central Scotland | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | Scotland | |
| Country | Scotland | S92000003 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 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 | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | 
                     Most deprivedLeast deprived 
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|---|---|---|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Large Urban Areas | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Large urban area | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00143296 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 2B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Meadows and Southside - 08 | S01008673 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Meadows and Southside | S02001621 | 
| Travel to work area | Edinburgh | S22000059 |