EH6 postcode area guide — City of Edinburgh
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the EH6 postcode district in City of Edinburgh — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in EH6
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98.1%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
93.5%
Gigabit-capable
91%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the EH6 postcode district (City of Edinburgh) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 1,004 postcodes Ofcom measures in EH6, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.1% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 91%.
Around 0.1% of premises in EH6 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 EH6
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| EH6 4AA | 97.2% | 97.2% |
| EH6 4AD | 100% | 96% |
| EH6 4AE | 100% | 100% |
| EH6 4AF | 100% | 96.9% |
| EH6 4AG | 100% | 100% |
| EH6 4AH | 100% | 100% |
| EH6 4AJ | 100% | 100% |
| EH6 4AL | 100% | 100% |
| EH6 4AN | 100% | 100% |
| EH6 4AP | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around City of Edinburgh
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider City Of Edinburgh district (290,710 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
99.5%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
96.5%
Voice indoors — all networks
99.7%
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 EH6
447 rated food businesses operate in EH6. 339 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 64 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: J R Gowans Fishmonger (SJ71 GGF), A Haven Townhouse, AAA GUEST HOUSE, Abbots House B & B, ADM Milling Ltd.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for City of Edinburgh
Landlines around EH6 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.