EH49 postcode area guide — Falkirk
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the EH49 postcode district in Falkirk — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in EH49
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
94.3%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
70.3%
Gigabit-capable
69%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.7%
Broadband availability in the EH49 postcode district (Falkirk) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 418 postcodes Ofcom measures in EH49, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 94.3% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 69%.
Around 0.7% of premises in EH49 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 EH49
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| EH49 6AA | 100% | 0% |
| EH49 6AB | 100% | 72.7% |
| EH49 6AD | 100% | 0% |
| EH49 6AE | 100% | 0% |
| EH49 6AF | 100% | 100% |
| EH49 6AG | 100% | 90% |
| EH49 6AJ | 50% | 25% |
| EH49 6AL | 100% | 100% |
| EH49 6AN | 100% | 100% |
| EH49 6AP | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Falkirk
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Falkirk district (79,131 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
91.2%
4G outdoors — all networks
98.8%
5G outdoors — all networks
65.8%
Voice indoors — all networks
92.5%
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 EH49
113 rated food businesses operate in EH49. 91 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 2 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: 1st Step Cafe, Aran, Ashmaan Tandoori Restaurant, Bamboo Inn, Bar Leo.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Falkirk
Landlines around EH49 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.