Edinburgh | |
|---|---|
  EH | |
| Coordinates: 55°55′26″N 3°13′41″W / 55.924°N 3.228°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Postcode area | EH |
| Postcode area name | Edinburgh |
| Post towns | 38 |
| Postcode districts | 57 |
| Postcode sectors | 167 |
| Postcodes (live) | 24,416 |
| Postcodes (total) | 32,363 |
| Statistics as at May 2020[1] | |
The EH postcode area, also known as the Edinburgh postcode area,[2] is a group of 55 postcode districts for post towns: Armadale, 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, Ormiston, Pathhead, Peebles, Penicuik, Prestonpans, Rosewell, Roslin, South Queensferry, Tranent, Walkerburn, West Calder and West Linton in Scotland.
It replaced a system of postal district numbers introduced in 1935, with the postcode incorporating the old one or two-digit district number for example, "45, York Place, Edinburgh, 1"[3] became ""45 York Place, Edinburgh EH1 3HP".[4]
- ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
- ^ The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, Volume 30, 1959, page 217
- ^ RIBA Directory, Royal Institute of British Architects, W. Heffer & Sons, 1985, page M-97