# EH6 8QS

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 55.966158, -3.174441
- **Open Location Code:** 9C7RXR8G+F6
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO85jx
- **Qibla:** 119.5°
- **Grid reference:** NT 26787 75418
- **UTM:** 30U 489110 6202326
- **Elevation:** 14m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** Scotland (S92000003)
- **Admin district:** City of Edinburgh (S12000036)
- **Ward:** Leith Walk (S13002930)
- **Constituency:** Edinburgh North and Leith (S14000079)
- **Travel to work area:** S22000059
- **Police force area:** S23000009
- **European electoral region:** Scotland (S15000001)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** S01014846
- **2021 MSOA:** S02002750
- **2021 output area:** S00142023
- **2011 LSOA:** S01008797
- **2011 MSOA:** S02001644
- **2011 output area:** S00104260
- **2011 workplace zone:** S34003848
- **Rural/urban classification:** Large urban area (Scotland)
- **Output area classification:** Cosmopolitans (2C2)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 4432
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **ICB location:** S03000042

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Edinburgh Waverley | 1750 |
| School | Lorne Primary School | 0 |
| Airport | Edinburgh Airport | 12443 |
| Bus stop | Balfour Street | 63 |
| Food bank | Edinburgh NE | 342 |
| Defibrillator | Merkur Slots (Cashino) - Edinburgh -Leith Walk | 62 |
| Pharmacy | Crighton Pharmacy | 450 |
| Post office | Leith Walk Post Office | 84 |
| Library | McDonald Road Library | 688 |
| Coast | — | 3294 |
| Central London | — | 534625 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** SP Energy Networks (region N, MPAN 18)
- **Water:** Scottish Water
- **Sewerage:** Scottish Water
- **Broadband:** 100% gigabit, 100% superfast, 100% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [EH6 8NY](https://openpostcodes.uk/EH6%208NY)
- [EH6 8QU](https://openpostcodes.uk/EH6%208QU)
- [EH6 8QR](https://openpostcodes.uk/EH6%208QR)
- [EH6 8NZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/EH6%208NZ)
- [EH6 8QT](https://openpostcodes.uk/EH6%208QT)
- [EH6 8PB](https://openpostcodes.uk/EH6%208PB)

## Boundary

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