EH16 postcode district: Edinburgh and around
EH16 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 892 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in Edinburgh and Danderhall. It is split between 2 councils: City of Edinburgh (890 postcodes) and Midlothian (2).
- Postcodes in use
- 892
- Sectors
- 4
- Councils
- 2 councils
- Places
- 2 places
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in EH16, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 63
- In use before 2020: 829
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 892 postcodes in EH16 that ONS places, 63 are new since 2020 and 829 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 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. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 55.9227, longitude -3.1516. 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
- 21 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EH16 4DE, is the newest of them.
- 14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EH16 9ER, is the newest of them.
- 12 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EH16 4AN, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EH16 4GP, is the newest of them.
What broadband can you get in EH16?
Ofcom reports on 861 of the 892 postcodes in EH16. At 752 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 EH16
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in EH16
Towns and villages with postcodes in EH16, and how many each has here.
Who covers EH16
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 South611
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh279
- Midlothian2
Police force areas
- Scotland892
Next to EH16
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after EH16 in the EH area.
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