EH1 postcode district: Edinburgh and around
EH1 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 323 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in Edinburgh. Its council is City of Edinburgh.
- Postcodes in use
- 323
- Sectors
- 4
- Council
- City of Edinburgh
- Places
- Edinburgh
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in EH1, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 13
- Some can get gigabit: 122
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 161
- Ofcom gives no figure: 27
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 323 postcodes in EH1 that ONS places, 13 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 122 have some that can, 161 can all get it and 27 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 150 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 55.9508, longitude -3.1928. 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; gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; 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
Postcodes without gigabit
13 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
Further out, not drawn
This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.
Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together
- 5 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. EH1 1QY, is the one nearest the middle of them.
What broadband can you get in EH1?
Ofcom reports on 296 of the 323 postcodes in EH1. At 161 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 EH1
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in EH1
Towns and villages with postcodes in EH1, and how many each has here.
Who covers EH1
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
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh221
- Edinburgh North and Leith81
- Edinburgh South West11
- Edinburgh West10
Police force areas
- Scotland323
Next to EH1
"Next to" is by number: the district after EH1 in the EH area.
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