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Getting Boots shopping home in Edinburgh
Does the Boots on Ocean Drive deliver?
If tomorrow is too late, someone in North Leith can pick it up from Ocean Drive for you.
Need it sooner? Someone in Edinburgh can fetch it
Boots delivers to EH6 postcodes, and next day delivery costs £5.95, any day of the week. Standard orders, Boots says, should arrive within 5 days.
- Where it is
- 98, Ocean DriveEH6 6JJ
- People within 1 mile
- 30,000
- People within 3 miles
- 200,000
- Neighbourhoods within 3 miles
- 5
- Other Boots stores within 5 miles
- 20
- Opening hours
- Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-18:00; Su 10
Who lives near the Boots on Ocean Drive
Count three miles out from Ocean Drive and you take in about 200,000 people. The main places in range are Edinburgh and Leith. The nearest is South Leith, 0.5 miles to the south east. Edinburgh has 20 more Boots stores inside five miles.
Boots delivery in Edinburgh: what works
Only the first starts at the shelves of Ocean Drive. The second comes from Boots’s warehouse, and the third needs a trip in.
Someone local
A person near South Leith picks up what you need from Ocean Drive and drops it at your door. Shampoo, nappies, razor blades, the foundation you always buy: list it and they find it at Ocean Drive. You choose whether an offer works for Edinburgh, and you see the full price first. You can find a helper for North Leith on Taskerama.
Boots home delivery
Standard delivery to Edinburgh costs £3.95, or nothing once you spend £25. Boots says its aim is for standard orders to arrive within 5 days. On-demand apps carry Boots from over 500 stores, Boots says, so Deliveroo, Just Eat or Uber Eats may cover Edinburgh. See Boots’s delivery options.
Collect it yourself
Click & Collect costs £1.50, or nothing on online orders over £15, and you order by 8pm to collect on the day you choose. It waits at Ocean Drive for 7 days after your chosen date, then goes back for a refund. It suits anyone in South Leith who is going into town regardless.
The ground around the Boots on Ocean Drive
This is what surrounds Ocean Drive, from South Leith outwards. The shaded circle marks three miles from Ocean Drive. All 5 sit comfortably inside, starting with South Leith.
- South LeithWithin 3 miles0.5 miles south east
- LeithWithin 3 miles0.7 miles south · about 50,000 people
- EdinburghWithin 3 miles2.1 miles south · about 510,000 people
- Comely BankWithin 3 miles2.3 miles south west
- North LeithWithin 3 miles0.6 miles west
Our mark out of ten
Ocean Drive scores 7.3 out of ten, which we would call well placed. The more people living near South Leith, the more people there are who could fetch your shopping. Here is what goes into it.
- People within 3 miles200,000
- Neighbourhoods in range5
- People per square mile7,180
- Nearest neighbourhood0.5 miles
- People within 5 miles390,000
- Directions covered3 of 8
- Biggest area nearbyEdinburgh
- Other Boots stores within 5 miles20
- Areas within a mile5
- To the town centre2.1 miles
More Boots shops near Edinburgh
Nothing around South Leith is far from Ocean Drive. Boots says an online repeat prescription can be collected from store or delivered to your home; ask the pharmacy at Ocean Drive about anything else.