EH49 postcode district: Linlithgow and around
EH49 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 435 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Linlithgow. It is split between 2 councils: West Lothian (381 postcodes) and Falkirk (54).
- Postcodes in use
- 435
- Sectors
- 3
- Councils
- 2 councils
- Places
- Linlithgow
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in EH49, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 73
- Some can get gigabit: 86
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 256
- Ofcom gives no figure: 20
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 435 postcodes in EH49 that ONS places, 73 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 86 have some that can, 256 can all get it and 20 have no Ofcom figure.
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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 190 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 55.9760, longitude -3.5983. 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; gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; 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
Postcodes without gigabit
73 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together
What broadband can you get in EH49?
Ofcom reports on 415 of the 435 postcodes in EH49. At 256 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 4 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in EH49
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in EH49
Towns and villages with postcodes in EH49, and how many each has here.
Who covers EH49
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- West Lothian381
- Falkirk54
Constituencies
- Bathgate and Linlithgow402
- Falkirk33
Police force areas
- Scotland435
Next to EH49
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after EH49 in the EH area.
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