Map of EH8 8EL postcode No longer in use

General information
Postcode EH8 8EL
Post Town Edinburgh
Nearest station Edinburgh (1 km)
Bus stops
Calton Terrace Brae (SW)
Abbeymount (S)
Calton Terrace Brae (NE)
Abbeymount (N)
Montgomery Street (N)
Brunton Place (E)
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 55.955716
Longitude -3.170842
Easting 326992
Northing 674251
Grid reference NT269742
UTM reference 30U 489332 6201164
what3words dining.fries.drop
FixPhrase crystal lure spending upstage
Plus code 9C7RXR4H+7M
Altitude 39 metres (128 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:14
Sunset (today) 21:26
Distance away
Distance to sea 3 KMs (1.9 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Craigentinny/Duddingston S13002932
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 May 2015
Last updated July 2025
User type Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
2,238 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanLarge urban area
Census output area (2021)S00142768
Census output area (2011)S00107208
Lower layer super output area (2011)Abbeyhill - 01S01008686
Middle layer super output area (2011)AbbeyhillS02001624
Travel to work areaEdinburghS22000059
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