EH36 postcode area guide — East Lothian
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the EH36 postcode district in East Lothian — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in EH36
Limited coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
24.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
24.8%
Gigabit-capable
24.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.8%
Broadband availability in the EH36 postcode district (East Lothian) is Limited — fixed broadband speeds are below the UK average here. Across the 11 postcodes Ofcom measures in EH36, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 24.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 24.8%.
Around 0.8% of premises in EH36 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 EH36
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| EH36 5PA | 63.2% | 63.2% |
| EH36 5PB | 28.6% | 28.6% |
| EH36 5PD | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| EH36 5PE | 40.7% | 40.7% |
| EH36 5PH | 0% | 0% |
| EH36 5PJ | 0% | 0% |
| EH36 5PL | 54.5% | 54.5% |
| EH36 5PN | 0% | 0% |
| EH36 5PP | 0% | 0% |
| EH36 5PW | 0% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around East Lothian
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider East Lothian district (57,578 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
88%
4G outdoors — all networks
98.9%
5G outdoors — all networks
27.4%
Voice indoors — all networks
90.5%
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 EH36
1 rated food businesses operate in EH36. 1 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, and none currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: Humbie Hub.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for East Lothian
Landlines around EH36 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.