EH42 postcode area guide — East Lothian
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the EH42 postcode district in East Lothian — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in EH42
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
91.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
84.1%
Gigabit-capable
84.1%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.7%
Broadband availability in the EH42 postcode district (East Lothian) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 350 postcodes Ofcom measures in EH42, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 91.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 84.1%.
Around 0.7% of premises in EH42 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 EH42
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| EH42 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| EH42 1AB | 100% | 81.8% |
| EH42 1AD | 100% | 0% |
| EH42 1AE | 100% | 95.7% |
| EH42 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| EH42 1AG | 100% | 100% |
| EH42 1AH | 100% | 100% |
| EH42 1AJ | 100% | 100% |
| EH42 1AL | 100% | 100% |
| EH42 1AN | 100% | 100% |
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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 EH42
100 rated food businesses operate in EH42. 96 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 4 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: Café Lauderdale, 1650 Coffee Shop, A Little Catering at Dunbar Golf Club, Adrianos, Aitken Pharmacy.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for East Lothian
Landlines around EH42 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.