EH21 postcode district: Musselburgh and around
EH21 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 771 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Musselburgh, Wallyford and Edinburgh. It is split between 3 councils: East Lothian (733 postcodes), City of Edinburgh (36) and Midlothian (2).
- Postcodes in use
- 771
- Sectors
- 3
- Councils
- 3 councils
- Places
- 3 places
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in EH21, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 66
- In use before 2020: 705
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 771 postcodes in EH21 that ONS places, 66 are new since 2020 and 705 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.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 55.9380, longitude -3.0453. 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
- 12 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EH21 8JN, is the newest of them.
- 12 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EH21 8GE, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EH21 8TR, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EH21 7FT, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EH21 8TU, is the newest of them.
What broadband can you get in EH21?
Ofcom reports on 751 of the 771 postcodes in EH21. At 529 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 EH21
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in EH21
Towns and villages with postcodes in EH21, and how many each has here.
Who covers EH21
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 Musselburgh428
- Lothian East341
- Midlothian2
Police force areas
- Scotland771
Next to EH21
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after EH21 in the EH area.
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