EH42 postcode district: Dunbar and around, East Lothian

EH42 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 373 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Dunbar. Its council is East Lothian. ONS gives no location for 11 of its postcodes, and so no council.

Postcodes in use
373
Sectors
2
Council
East Lothian
Places
Dunbar

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in EH42, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in EH42, by new since 2020 Of the 362 postcodes in EH42 that ONS places, 15 are new since 2020 and 347 were in use before 2020. One group of new postcodes is outlined: 5 new postcodes since 2020. Places named: Dunbar. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2.5 km. 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EH42, by new since 2020 Of the 362 postcodes in EH42 that ONS places, 15 are new since 2020 and 347 were in use before 2020. One group of new postcodes is outlined: 5 new postcodes since 2020. Places named: Dunbar. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2.5 km. Dunbar 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined: this goes to EH42 1BW, the newest of them5 new postcodes since 2020
  • New since 2020: 15
  • In use before 2020: 347
  • Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 362 postcodes in EH42 that ONS places, 15 are new since 2020 and 347 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 170 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 55.9936, longitude -2.5253. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

EH42 1SNMarch 2026EH42 1BWJanuary 2026EH42 1RZDecember 2025EH42 1EJOctober 2025EH42 1EBJune 2025

Where the new postcodes lie together

  • 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EH42 1BW, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in EH42?

Ofcom reports on 357 of the 373 postcodes in EH42. At 272 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 8 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit272 of 357
Postcodes where every home can get superfast314 of 357
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband8 of 357

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Postcodes in EH42

Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.

EH42 1362 postcodesEH42 911 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in EH42

Towns and villages with postcodes in EH42, and how many each has here.

Dunbar postcodes,268

Who covers EH42

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.

Councils

What council am I in?

Constituencies

  • Lothian East362

Police force areas

  • Scotland362

Next to EH42

EH41 postcode district EH43 postcode district All EH districts Dunbar postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after EH42 in the EH area.

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