EH53 postcode district: East Calder and around
EH53 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 326 postcodes in use in 1 sector. It has postcodes in East Calder, Mid Calder and Livingston. It is split between 2 councils: West Lothian (324 postcodes) and City of Edinburgh (2).
- Postcodes in use
- 326
- Sectors
- 1
- Councils
- 2 councils
- Places
- 3 places
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in EH53, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 72
- In use before 2020: 254
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 326 postcodes in EH53 that ONS places, 72 are new since 2020 and 254 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 55.8957, longitude -3.4679. 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 22 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EH53 0UW, is the newest of them.
- 22 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EH53 0UG, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EH53 0WJ, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EH53 0XG, is the newest of them.
What broadband can you get in EH53?
Ofcom reports on 314 of the 326 postcodes in EH53. At 253 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 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 EH53
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in EH53
Towns and villages with postcodes in EH53, and how many each has here.
Who covers EH53
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
- Livingston324
- Edinburgh West2
Police force areas
- Scotland326
Next to EH53
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after EH53 in the EH area.
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