Latitude: 55.9697 / 55°58'10"N
Longitude: -3.1722 / 3°10'19"W
OS Eastings: 326935
OS Northings: 675807
OS Grid: NT269758
Mapcode National: GBR 8S7.YJ
Mapcode Global: WH6SM.76PX
Plus Code: 9C7RXR9H+V4
Maidenhead Locator System: IO85jx92
What Three Birds: nightjar.pelican.needletail
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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EH6 8LS is a mixed residential and non-residential postcode in Leith, Edinburgh. It was first introduced in January 1980.
The most common council tax band is B.
Commercial rateable values range from £9,000 to £21,700 with an average of £15,440. The most common recorded business types are Hot Food Take Away and Bank.
EH6 8LS is in the Edinburgh travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Edinburgh Community Health Partnership Primary Care Trust.
EH6 8LS is approximately 15m (49ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing EH6 8LS
2c2: Cosmopolitans - Comfortable Cosmopolitans - Migrant Commuters
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for EH6 8LS
Scotland 1: a major city
Healthy Living Index
10/10 (Very high)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
10/10 (Very high)
Area Retail Diversity Index
8/10 (High)
Supermarkets near EH6 8LS include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Farmfoods, Iceland, Lidl, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of EH6 8LS are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Unitary Authority
City of Edinburgh Council
Ward
Leith
Councillors
Chas Booth (Green)
Adam McVey (SNP)
Katrina Faccenda (Labour)
Scottish Parliament
Region
Lothian
Regional MSPs
Jeremy Balfour (Conservative)
Sarah Boyack (Labour)
Miles Briggs (Conservative)
Neil Findlay (Labour)
Alison Johnstone (Green)
Gordon Lindhurst (Conservative)
Andy Wightman (Green)
 
Scottish Parliament constituency
Edinburgh Northern and Leith
MSP
Ben Macpherson (SNP)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith
MP
Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for EH6 8LS.
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near EH6 8LS.
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