| Postcode | EH1 2RX | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Edinburgh | 
| Nearest station | Edinburgh (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       West Port (W) 
Castle Terrace (E) 
Lauriston Street (W) 
Chalmers Street (W) 
Castle Esplanade (E) 
King's Stables Road () 
                     | 
                  
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 62 View | 
| Businesses | 
                     
                        No businesses found
                     
                   | 
                
| Latitude | 55.946589 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -3.199548 | |
| Easting | 325182 | |
| Northing | 673266 | |
| Grid reference | NT251732 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 487537 6200153 | |
| what3words | paint.match.lock | |
| FixPhrase | crystal lure smashing unnerve | |
| Plus code | 9C7RWRW2+J5 | |
| Altitude | 77 metres (252 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:27 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:28 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 4.6 KMs (2.9 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) | 68 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 55 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | 
                     Most deprivedLeast deprived 
                   | 
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Large Urban Areas | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Large urban area | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00143278 | |
| 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 |