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Transport in EH6 8EA

Stations, bus stops and tram stops near EH6 8EA, and how the people who live here get to work.

Neighbourhood
Leith (Hermitage and Prospect Bank)
Council
City of Edinburgh
Region
Scotland
Neighbourhood population
655 (2024)
Transport

How well connected EH6 8EA is

72 bus stops within a ten-minute walk (800m) and 5 stations and tram stops within a mile, measured from EH6 8EA itself. Connectivity scores 6.0 out of 10: very good.

Connectivity
6.0/ 10

Very good. Based on stops within walking distance rather than service frequency, with rail and metro weighted above buses.

Bus stops
72
Within 800m
Rail
0
Within a mile
Metro & tram
5
Within a mile
Stations

The nearest stations

  • 01
    Foot of the Walk (Edinburgh Trams)
    Metro, tram or underground
    0.3 miles
  • 02
    The Shore (Edinburgh Trams)
    Metro, tram or underground
    0.5 miles
  • 03
    Balfour Street (Edinburgh Trams)
    Metro, tram or underground
    0.5 miles
  • 04
    Port of Leith (Edinburgh Trams)
    Metro, tram or underground
    0.7 miles
  • 05
    McDonald Road (Edinburgh Trams)
    Metro, tram or underground
    0.8 miles
  • 06
    Ocean Terminal (Edinburgh Trams)
    Metro, tram or underground
    1 mile
  • 07
    Picardy Place (Edinburgh Trams)
    Metro, tram or underground
    1.2 miles
  • 08
    Newhaven (Edinburgh Trams)
    Metro, tram or underground
    1.3 miles
  • 09
    Edinburgh Rail Station
    Rail station
    1.4 miles
  • 10
    St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams)
    Metro, tram or underground
    1.4 miles
  • 11
    Leith Newhaven Harbour Ferry Landing
    Ferry
    1.6 miles
  • 12
    Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams)
    Metro, tram or underground
    1.7 miles

Nearest bus stop: Burns Street, 145 yards away.

Commuting

How people get to work

How peopleget to work isn't published in a comparable form for Scotland.
Cars

Car ownership

28.3% of households in the EH6 8EA area have no car or van, broadly in line with the Scotland average of 26.4%.

EH6 8EAScotland
No car or van28.3%26.4%
156%43.1%
217.4%23.6%
3 or more1.4%6.9%

Sources: Department for Transport NaPTAN stop register; Census 2021 (ONS) / Scotland's Census 2022 (NRS). Distances are straight-line. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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