| Postcode | EH8 9DB | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Edinburgh | 
| Nearest station | Edinburgh (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | Chapel Street (SE) Surgeons' Hall (SW) Surgeons' Hall (NW) Surgeons' Hall (SE) Student Shuttle Service (E) Potterow (NW) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 39 View | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 55.944686 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -3.185447 | |
| Easting | 326059 | |
| Northing | 673039 | |
| Grid reference | NT260730 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 488417 6199938 | |
| what3words | park.rival.notes | |
| FixPhrase | crystal lure slobbery unwarlike | |
| Plus code | 9C7RWRV7+VR | |
| Altitude | 86 metres (283 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:18 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:36 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 4.7 KMs (2.9 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 | 
| Population (2011) | 39 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 19 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Large Urban Areas | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Large urban area | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00143312 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 2B1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes - 01 | S01008680 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes | S02001623 | 
| Travel to work area | Edinburgh | S22000059 |