Map of EH8 8DA postcode No longer in use

General information
Postcode EH8 8DA
Post Town Edinburgh
Nearest station Edinburgh (1 km)
Bus stops
Scottish Parliament ()
Scottish Parliament (NE)
Holyrood Gait (W)
Holyrood Gait (E)
Dynamic Earth (N)
Dynamic Earth (W)
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 55.952142
Longitude -3.176211
Easting 326650
Northing 673859
Grid reference NT266738
UTM reference 30U 488996 6200767
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Plus code 9C7RXR2F+VG
Altitude 43 metres (140 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:32
Sunset (today) 21:52
Distance away
Distance to sea 3.6 KMs (2.2 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward City Centre S13002929
Council Area City of Edinburgh S12000036
Constituency (2024) Edinburgh East and Musselburgh S14000078
MPChris MurrayLabour
Police forceScotland
Water companyScottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3 City of Edinburgh
NUTS/ITL 2 East Central Scotland
NUTS/ITL 1 Scotland
Country Scotland S92000003
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Date usage ended June 1997
Last updated June 2025
User type Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
2,611 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanLarge urban area
Census output area (2021)S00142930
Census output area (2011)S00107202
Lower layer super output area (2011)Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes - 06S01008685
Middle layer super output area (2011)Canongate, Southside and DumbiedykesS02001623
Travel to work areaEdinburghS22000059
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