EH38 5YB

Galashiels and District · Scottish Borders · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Galashiels and District
Local authority: Scottish Borders
Constituency: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Postcode district: EH38
Postcode sector: EH38 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EH38 5YN	285 m
EH38 5YW	324 m
EH38 5YP	371 m
EH38 5YA	720 m
EH38 5YR	748 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EH38 5YB
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: EH
Postcode district: EH38
Postcode sector: EH38 5
Latitude: 55.777588
Longitude: -2.953453
British National Grid easting: 340,292
British National Grid northing: 654,219

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Scottish Borders · S12000026
Electoral ward: Galashiels and District · S13002763
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk · S14000108
Output area: S00173771
Lower layer super output area: Galawater Valley · S01019594
Middle layer super output area: Gala Water Valley and Earlston Area · S02003624

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 0%
Gigabit-capable: 0%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

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