EH17 postcode district: Edinburgh and around
EH17 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 598 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Edinburgh. It is split between 2 councils: City of Edinburgh (596 postcodes) and Midlothian (2).
- Postcodes in use
- 598
- Sectors
- 2
- Councils
- 2 councils
- Places
- Edinburgh
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in EH17, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 6
- Some can get gigabit: 42
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 549
- Ofcom gives no figure: 1
Of the 598 postcodes in EH17 that ONS places, 6 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 42 have some that can, 549 can all get it and 1 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. 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 55.9047, longitude -3.1430. 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
What broadband can you get in EH17?
Ofcom reports on 597 of the 598 postcodes in EH17. At 549 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 EH17
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in EH17
Towns and villages with postcodes in EH17, and how many each has here.
Who covers EH17
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 South596
- Midlothian2
Police force areas
- Scotland598
Next to EH17
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after EH17 in the EH area.
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