EH8 postcode area guide — City of Edinburgh
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the EH8 postcode district in City of Edinburgh — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in EH8
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96.4%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
73.7%
Gigabit-capable
73.9%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the EH8 postcode district (City of Edinburgh) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 550 postcodes Ofcom measures in EH8, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96.4% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 73.9%.
Around 0% of premises in EH8 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 EH8
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| EH8 7AA | 100% | 100% |
| EH8 7AB | 100% | 100% |
| EH8 7AD | 100% | 100% |
| EH8 7AE | 100% | 100% |
| EH8 7AF | 100% | 100% |
| EH8 7AG | 100% | 100% |
| EH8 7AH | 100% | 100% |
| EH8 7AJ | 100% | 100% |
| EH8 7AL | 100% | 100% |
| EH8 7AN | 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 EH8
329 rated food businesses operate in EH8. 247 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 57 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: 10 Hill Place Hotel, 56 North, Abdul Halal Market, Adagio Edinburgh Royal Mile, AFSCOT LTD.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for City of Edinburgh
Landlines around EH8 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.