| Postcode | EH1 2YJ |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Edinburgh |
| Nearest station | Edinburgh (1 km) |
| Bus stops |
Castle Esplanade (E)
Grassmarket (E)
Johnston Terrace ()
Chalmers Street (W)
West Port (E)
Grassmarket (SW)
|
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 55.947397 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -3.197828 | |
| Easting | 325291 | |
| Northing | 673355 | |
| Grid reference | NT252733 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 487645 6200242 | |
| what3words | pirate.sooner.banks | |
| FixPhrase | crystal lure smock uncross | |
| Plus code | 9C7RWRW2+XV | |
| Altitude | 80 metres (261 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:27 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:28 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 4.5 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 | December 1997 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1999 |
| Last updated | September 2025 |
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Postcode sector mean (mainly PO Boxes) |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Large Urban Areas | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Large urban area | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00143095 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 2C2 | |
| 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 |