| Postcode | EH13 0BY |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Edinburgh |
| Nearest station | Kingsknowe (2 km) |
| Bus stops |
Thorburn Road (SW)
Redford Drive (NW)
Old Farm Place (SE)
Merchiston Castle School (SW)
Westgarth Avenue (NW)
Merchiston Castle School (NE)
|
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 55.905787 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -3.248225 | |
| Easting | 322060 | |
| Northing | 668779 | |
| Grid reference | NT220687 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 484481 6195621 | |
| what3words | gates.tapes.things | |
| FixPhrase | crystal lurch scariness uselessly | |
| Plus code | 9C7RWQ42+8P | |
| Altitude | 127 metres (417 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:56 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:02 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 8.6 KMs (5.3 miles) |
| Ward | Colinton/Fairmilehead | S13002926 |
|---|---|---|
| Council Area | City of Edinburgh | S12000036 |
| Constituency (2024) | Edinburgh South West | S14000081 |
| MP | Dr Scott Arthur | 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 1990 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | July 1992 |
| Last updated | September 2025 |
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Large Urban Areas | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Large urban area | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00145238 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6A4 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Colinton and Kingsknowe - 03 | S01008446 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Colinton and Kingsknowe | S02001581 |
| Travel to work area | Edinburgh | S22000059 |