EH38 5YD

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 5YR	1.0 km
EH38 5YB	1.6 km
EH38 5YN	1.8 km
EH38 5YW	1.9 km
EH38 5YP	1.9 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EH38 5YD
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: EH
Postcode district: EH38
Postcode sector: EH38 5
Latitude: 55.764789
Longitude: -2.943515
British National Grid easting: 340,896
British National Grid northing: 652,786

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+: 93.8%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 93.8%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 93.8%
Gigabit-capable: 93.8%

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.

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