Map of EH55 8LW postcode

General information

Postcode	EH55 8LW
Post Town	West Calder
Nearest station	Addiewell (9 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	A70 Tarbrax Road
Number of UPRNs	13 View
Businesses	GLK (SCOTLAND) LIMITED TARBRAXUS CONSULTANCY LIMITED TARBRAXUS DISTILLERS LTD

Geography

	Latitude	55.771423
	Longitude	-3.552178
	Easting	302723
	Northing	654212
	Grid reference	NT027542
	UTM reference	30U 465359 6180778
	what3words	cookies.trifle.lavished
	FixPhrase	crying lunchroom staunch uneasily
	Plus code	9C7RQCCX+H4
	Altitude	291 metres (955 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	7:27
	Sunset (today)	16:30
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	26.3 KMs (16.3 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Clydesdale North	S13003096
Council Area	South Lanarkshire	S12000029
Constituency (2024)	Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke	S14000099
MP	Pamela Nash	Labour
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3	South Lanarkshire
NUTS/ITL 2	Southern Scotland
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

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

Demographics

Population (2011)	16
Households (2011)	6
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,157 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Accessible Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Accessible rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00176798
Census output area (2011)	1B1
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Biggar, Symington, Thankerton and Dolphinton - 07	S01012580
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Biggar, Symington, Thankerton and Dolphinton	S02002355
Travel to work area	Edinburgh	S22000059

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