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, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 17
In use before 2020: 418
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 435 postcodes in EH49 that ONS places, 17 are new since 2020 and 418 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 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; 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

EH49 6FNJuly 2026 EH49 6FHMay 2026 EH49 9BSMay 2026 EH49 9BZMarch 2026 EH49 6FBFebruary 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EH49 9BS, is the newest of them.

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).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit256 of 415

Postcodes where every home can get superfast382 of 415

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband4 of 415

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 checker

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