Map of EH8 9DY postcode No longer in use

General information
Postcode EH8 9DY
Post Town Edinburgh
Nearest station Edinburgh (1 km)
Bus stops
West Richmond Street (E)
Surgeons' Hall (SE)
Surgeons' Hall (NW)
New Arthur Place (N)
New Arthur Place (S)
Surgeons' Hall (SW)
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 55.945781
Longitude -3.183285
Easting 326196
Northing 673159
Grid reference NT261731
UTM reference 30U 488552 6200060
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Plus code 9C7RWRW8+8M
Altitude 88 metres (288 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:28
Sunset (today) 22:04
Distance away
Distance to sea 4.5 KMs (2.8 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Southside/Newington S13002933
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 2000
Last updated June 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)
2,868 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanLarge urban area
Census output area (2021)S00143345
Census output area (2011)S00104703
Lower layer super output area (2011)Canongate, Southside and Dumbiedykes - 02S01008681
Middle layer super output area (2011)Canongate, Southside and DumbiedykesS02001623
Travel to work areaEdinburghS22000059
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