EH postcode area

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Edinburgh postcode area

Postcode area	EH
Postcode area name	Edinburgh
Post towns	38
Postcode districts	56
Postcode sectors	141
Postcodes (live)	23,873
Postcodes (total)	29,249
Statistics as at October 2006 ^[1]

The EH postcode area, also known as the Edinburgh postcode area^[2], is a group of postal districts around Balerno, Bathgate, Bo'ness, Bonnyrigg, Broxburn, Currie, Dalkeith, Dunbar, East Linton, Edinburgh, Gorebridge, Gullane, Haddington, Heriot, Humbie, Innerleithen, Juniper Green, Kirkliston, Kirknewton, Lasswade, Linlithgow, Livingston, Loanhead, Longniddry, Musselburgh, Newbridge, North Berwick, Pathhead, Peebles, Penicuik, Prestonpans, Rosewell, Roslin, South Queensferry, Tranent, Walkerburn, West Calder and West Linton in Scotland.

1 Coverage
- 1.1 Edinburgh EH1 to EH17
- 1.2 Outside Edinburgh - EH18 onwards
2 Adjacent areas
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

[edit] Edinburgh EH1 to EH17

Postal district	Post town	Coverage
EH1	EDINBURGH	Mostly consists of Edinburgh's Old Town. Also hosts the old GPO building (at EH1 1AA) and the areas immediately to the north of this are also included, that is St. James Centre and the areas down Leith Street and Broughton Street.
EH2	EDINBURGH	The New Town and central commercial area of Edinburgh which includes Princes Street.
EH3	EDINBURGH	An odd shaped area surrounding EH1 and EH2 to the north, west and south. It can be divided into three distinct areas: The New Town area, north of Queen Street and northwards to Stockbridge. The West End, including some of Edinburgh's financial district The Tollcross and Fountainbridge areas.
EH4	EDINBURGH	Radiates from the older and more central areas out to the suburban areas added to them, as the city grew outwards during the 20th century. EH4, then, branches out from Dean Village and Comely Bank along a corridor centred on the A90 as far as Barnton and Cramond. Central to this area is the Sainsbury's in Craigleith Retail Park adjacent to the A90.
EH5	EDINBURGH	Based on a village formerly separate from the city; in this case, Granton on the Firth of Forth. EH5 extends inwards from the coast to Ferry Road.
EH6	EDINBURGH	Covers Leith, as well as Newhaven bordering it on the west.
EH7	EDINBURGH	The inner city area between central Edinburgh and Leith, and radiates out to Restalrig and Craigentinny.
EH8	EDINBURGH	The inner city Southside, Newington and Canongate areas, in the west of the postcode area. It spreads eastwards around Holyrood Park to take in areas like Northfield and Mountcastle; being in east Edinburgh these areas have no obvious connection with the Southside. However the postcode effectively takes in the area surrounding Holyrood Park.
EH9	EDINBURGH	The inner city, well-to-do areas of Marchmont and Grange, and around Minto Street, including Causewayside.
EH10	EDINBURGH	A corridor along the A702 from Bruntsfield, through Morningside as far as Fairmilehead.
EH11	EDINBURGH	A corridor (rather thin in shape) along the A71 from Haymarket Station, through Gorgie and Stenhouse to Sighthill.
EH12	EDINBURGH	A corridor along the A8 from Haymarket through Murrayfield and Corstorphine as far as the Gyle.
EH13	EDINBURGH	Based on the previously separate village of Colinton, and including Oxgangs.
EH14	BALERNO, CURRIE, EDINBURGH, JUNIPER GREEN	A corridor in south-west Edinburgh starting at Slateford, through Longstone, Wester Hailes, Juniper Green, Currie and on to Balerno.
EH15	EDINBURGH	Based on Portobello and Duddingston, formerly separate settlements to Edinburgh.
EH16	EDINBURGH	Based on the formerly separate village of Liberton. It extends north and north-east to Cameron Toll, Craigmillar and Niddrie.
EH17	EDINBURGH	Based on the formerly separate village of Gilmerton, taking in Moredun and extending westwards as far as Mortonhall.
EH95	EDINBURGH	Special postcode used by Scottish Gas.
EH99	EDINBURGH	Special postcode used by the Scottish Parliament.

[edit] Outside Edinburgh - EH18 onwards

Postal district	Post town	Coverage
EH18	LASSWADE	Lasswade, extending up the valley of the River North Esk to Polton
EH19	BONNYRIGG	Bonnyrigg
EH20	LOANHEAD	Loanhead
EH21	MUSSELBURGH	Musselburgh, Wallyford, Whitecraig
EH22	DALKEITH	Dalkeith, Danderhall, Mayfield, Newtongrange
EH23	GOREBRIDGE	Gorebridge
EH24	ROSEWELL	Rosewell
EH25	ROSLIN	Roslin, Bilston
EH26	PENICUIK	Penicuik
EH27	KIRKNEWTON	Kirknewton
EH28	NEWBRIDGE	Newbridge, Ratho
EH29	KIRKLISTON	Kirkliston
EH30	SOUTH QUEENSFERRY	South Queensferry
EH31	GULLANE	Gullane
EH32	LONGNIDDRY, PRESTONPANS	Prestonpans, Cockenzie, Port Seton
EH33	TRANENT	Tranent
EH34	TRANENT	Pencaitland
EH35	TRANENT	Ormiston
EH36	HUMBIE	Humbie
EH37	PATHHEAD	Pathhead
EH38	HERIOT	North Middleton, Heriot
EH39	NORTH BERWICK	North Berwick
EH40	EAST LINTON	East Linton
EH41	HADDINGTON	Haddington
EH42	DUNBAR	Dunbar, Broxburn, East Lothian
EH43	WALKERBURN	Walkerburn
EH44	INNERLEITHEN	Innerleithen
EH45	PEEBLES	Peebles
EH46	WEST LINTON	West Linton
EH47	BATHGATE	Whitburn, Bathgate, Fauldhouse
EH48	BATHGATE	Armadale, Bathgate
EH49	LINLITHGOW	Linlithgow
EH51	BO'NESS	Bo'ness
EH52	BROXBURN	Broxburn, West Lothian, including Winchburgh
EH53	LIVINGSTON	Livingston, incorporating Mid Calder, Pumpherston
EH54	LIVINGSTON	Livingston
EH55	WEST CALDER	West Calder