EH8 9HX

Southside/Newington · City of Edinburgh · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Southside/Newington
Local authority: City of Edinburgh
Constituency: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Postcode district: EH8
Postcode sector: EH8 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EH8 9JH	36 m
EH8 9HY	49 m
EH8 9HF	57 m
EH8 9EY	64 m
EH8 9EZ	71 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EH8 9HX
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: EH
Postcode district: EH8
Postcode sector: EH8 9
Latitude: 55.942693
Longitude: -3.182408
British National Grid easting: 326,245
British National Grid northing: 672,815

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: City of Edinburgh · S12000036
Electoral ward: Southside/Newington · S13002933
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh · S14000078
Output area: S00143558
Lower layer super output area: Southside - 05 · S01014704
Middle layer super output area: Southside · S02002725

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

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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