Edinburgh
Edinburgh is covered by postcode districts EH4, EH6, EH11, EH12, EH14, EH16 and 17 more. It is mostly in the City of Edinburgh council area: 12,922 of its 12,924 postcodes. The others are in East Lothian and Midlothian.
Every postcode in Edinburgh, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 325
- Some can get gigabit: 1,734
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 10,406
- Ofcom gives no figure: 459
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 12,924 postcodes in Edinburgh that ONS places, 325 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 1,734 have some that can, 10,406 can all get it and 459 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 55.9425, longitude -3.2120. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.
Postcodes without gigabit
325 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together
- 23 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. EH8 9UL, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 16 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. EH16 5AZ, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 14 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. EH4 3AJ, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 11 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. EH3 8FQ, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 8 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. EH8 9EL, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 6 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. EH12 6PG, is the one nearest the middle of them.
What is it like to live in Edinburgh?
At 10,406 of the 12,465 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has 82 primary schools and 22 secondary schools at its postcodes within 12 km of its centre. The nearest railway station is Haymarket, 550 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Sources: Ofcom Connected Nations; Scottish Government school list; NaPTAN. Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.
Are new homes being built in Edinburgh?
575 of the 12,924 postcodes now in use in Edinburgh came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Edinburgh?
Ofcom reports on 12,465 of the 12,924 postcodes in Edinburgh. At 10,406 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.
Which schools are in Edinburgh?
The open schools at the postcodes in Edinburgh (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Tollcross Primary School350 m School website
- Bruntsfield Primary School600 m School website
- Dalry Primary School700 m School website
- James Gillespie's Primary School900 m School website
- St Peter's RC Primary School1.5 km School website
- Roseburn Primary School1.5 km School website
- Craiglockhart Primary School1.5 km School website
- Canaan Lane Primary School1.6 km
Source: Scottish Government school list, read 27 October 2026. Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Each school opens its website, where the council lists one.
How far is the station from Edinburgh?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Edinburgh is Haymarket Rail Station, 550 m away in a straight line.
- Haymarket Rail Station Railway station 550 mWalk
- Edinburgh Rail Station Railway station 1.8 kmCycle
- Slateford Rail Station Railway station 2.6 kmCycle
- Haymarket (Edinburgh Trams) Underground, metro or tram 600 mWalk
- West End - Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams) Underground, metro or tram 650 mWalk
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
Who runs Edinburgh?
- Councils
- City of Edinburgh (12,922), East Lothian (1) and Midlothian (1)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Edinburgh North and Leith (2,972), Edinburgh South West (2,531), Edinburgh South (2,500) and 3 others
- Police force area
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; National Records of Scotland localities.
Moving to Edinburgh
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Edinburgh is in City of Edinburgh; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell City of Edinburgh about council tax Council tax, on edinburgh.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
Edinburgh postcodes
12,924 postcodes in use in Edinburgh, by district:
Those districts are all in the EH postcode area.
Check a Edinburgh postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
Do not know the postcode? What is my postcode?
Places near Edinburgh
Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Edinburgh
- What is the postcode for Edinburgh?
- Postcode districts EH4, EH6, EH11, EH12, EH14, EH16 and 17 more, with 12,924 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- What schools are in Edinburgh?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Tollcross Primary School, Bruntsfield Primary School and Dalry Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Boroughmuir High School, St Thomas Of Aquin's High School and James Gillespie's High School. Source: Scottish Government.
- Does Edinburgh have a railway station?
- Yes: Haymarket station, 550 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Edinburgh?
- Ofcom reports on 12,465 of the 12,924 postcodes in Edinburgh. At 10,406 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom.
- Are new homes being built in Edinburgh?
- 575 of the 12,924 postcodes now in use in Edinburgh came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. Source: ONS.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- National Records of Scotland localities
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- Scottish Government school list
- Department for Transport: NaPTAN
Contains National Records of Scotland data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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