| Postcode | EH1 2LQ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Edinburgh | 
| Nearest station | Edinburgh (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | West Port (W) Castle Terrace (E) Castle Esplanade (E) Lauriston Street (W) Chalmers Street (W) King's Stables Road () | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 14 View | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 55.946805 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -3.199555 | |
| Easting | 325182 | |
| Northing | 673291 | |
| Grid reference | NT251732 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 487537 6200177 | |
| what3words | short.gear.trains | |
| FixPhrase | crystal lure smashing upwind | |
| Plus code | 9C7RWRW2+P5 | |
| Altitude | 77 metres (254 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:18 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:36 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 4.6 KMs (2.8 miles) | 
| Ward | City Centre | S13002929 | 
|---|---|---|
| Council Area | City of Edinburgh | S12000036 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | S14000078 | 
| MP | Chris Murray | Labour | 
| Police force | Scotland | |
| Water company | Scottish Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | City of Edinburgh | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | East Central Scotland | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | Scotland | |
| Country | Scotland | S92000003 | 
| Date introduced | June 1984 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Population (2011) | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 7 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Large Urban Areas | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Large urban area | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00143234 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 2B1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Old Town, Princes Street and Leith Street - 02 | S01008675 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Old Town, Princes Street and Leith Street | S02001622 | 
| Travel to work area | Edinburgh | S22000059 |