Livingston
Livingston is covered by postcode districts EH52, EH53 and EH54. It is in the West Lothian council area, Scotland.
Every postcode in Livingston, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 106
- Some can get gigabit: 128
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 720
- Ofcom gives no figure: 68
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 1,022 postcodes in Livingston that ONS places, 106 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 128 have some that can, 720 can all get it and 68 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 200 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 55.8928, longitude -3.5226. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.
Postcodes without gigabit
106 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
What is it like to live in Livingston?
At 720 of the 954 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has 18 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes within 12 km of its centre. The nearest railway station is Livingston North, 1.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
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Sources: Ofcom Connected Nations; Scottish Government school list; NaPTAN. Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.
Are new homes being built in Livingston?
82 of the 1,022 postcodes now in use in Livingston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Livingston?
Ofcom reports on 954 of the 1,022 postcodes in Livingston. At 720 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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.
Which schools are in Livingston?
The open schools at the postcodes in Livingston (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Toronto Primary School700 m School website
- Harrysmuir Primary School850 m School website
- Peel Primary School850 m School website
- Howden St Andrew's Primary School900 m School website
- Livingston Village Primary School1.4 km School website
- Bankton Primary School1.7 km School website
- Riverside Primary School1.8 km School website
- Knightsridge Primary School1.8 km School website
Source: Scottish Government school list, read 27 October 2026. Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Each school opens its website, where the council lists one.
How far is the station from Livingston?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Livingston is Livingston North Rail Station, 1.7 km away in a straight line.
- Livingston North Rail Station Railway station 1.7 kmCycle
- Livingston South Rail Station Railway station 2.7 kmCycle
- Uphall Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
Who runs Livingston?
- Council
- West Lothian
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Livingston (1,018) and Bathgate and Linlithgow (4)
- Police force area
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; National Records of Scotland localities.
Moving to Livingston
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell West Lothian about council tax Council tax, on westlothian.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
Livingston postcodes
1,022 postcodes in use in Livingston, by district:
Those districts are all in the EH postcode area.
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Places near Livingston
Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Livingston
- What is the postcode for Livingston?
- Postcode districts EH52, EH53 and EH54, with 1,022 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Livingston in?
- West Lothian. Source: ONS.
- What schools are in Livingston?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Toronto Primary School, Harrysmuir Primary School and Peel Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include St Margaret's Academy, Inveralmond Community High School and The James Young High School. Source: Scottish Government.
- Does Livingston have a railway station?
- The nearest is Livingston North station, 1.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Livingston?
- Ofcom reports on 954 of the 1,022 postcodes in Livingston. At 720 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 4 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom.
- Are new homes being built in Livingston?
- 82 of the 1,022 postcodes now in use in Livingston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. Source: ONS.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- National Records of Scotland localities
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- Scottish Government school list
- Department for Transport: NaPTAN
Contains National Records of Scotland data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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