EH26 postcode area guide — Midlothian
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the EH26 postcode district in Midlothian — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in EH26
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
95.1%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
86.2%
Gigabit-capable
86.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
1%
Broadband availability in the EH26 postcode district (Midlothian) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 534 postcodes Ofcom measures in EH26, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 95.1% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 86.2%.
Around 1% of premises in EH26 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in EH26
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| EH26 0AA | 100% | 100% |
| EH26 0AB | 100% | 100% |
| EH26 0AD | 100% | 100% |
| EH26 0AE | 100% | 50% |
| EH26 0AF | 100% | 100% |
| EH26 0AG | 100% | 100% |
| EH26 0AH | 100% | 100% |
| EH26 0AJ | 100% | 100% |
| EH26 0AL | 100% | 100% |
| EH26 0AN | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Midlothian
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Midlothian district (47,071 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
92.8%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.4%
5G outdoors — all networks
82.2%
Voice indoors — all networks
94.8%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Food hygiene ratings in EH26
95 rated food businesses operate in EH26. 75 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 12 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: Aaron House Care Home, Amethyst Cakes and Candles, Aramark Defence Services Ltd, B & M Retail Ltd, Basque Co.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Midlothian
Landlines around EH26 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.