EH8 8BQ

City Centre · City of Edinburgh · Scotland

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map

Ward: City Centre
Local authority: City of Edinburgh
Constituency: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Postcode district: EH8
Postcode sector: EH8 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EH8 8BH	30 m
EH8 8AB	36 m
EH8 8DQ	48 m
EH8 8AA	55 m
EH8 8BJ	66 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EH8 8BQ
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: EH
Postcode district: EH8
Postcode sector: EH8 8
Latitude: 55.950955
Longitude: -3.182917
British National Grid easting: 326,229
British National Grid northing: 673,735

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: City of Edinburgh · S12000036
Electoral ward: City Centre · S13002929
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh · S14000078
Output area: S00142890
Lower layer super output area: Old Town, Princes Street and Leith Street - 04 · S01014713
Middle layer super output area: Old Town, Princes Street and Leith Street · S02002727

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

Explore EH8

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+: 15.2%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 15.2%
Gigabit-capable: 15.2%

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

New Street

BCT · Canongate
0.0 miles
St Mary's Street

BCT · Canongate
0.1 miles
St Mary's Street

BCT · Canongate
0.1 miles
Jeffrey Street

BCT · Canongate
0.1 miles
Museum of Childhood

BCT · Canongate
0.1 miles