EH11 3EX

Sighthill/Gorgie · City of Edinburgh · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Sighthill/Gorgie
Local authority: City of Edinburgh
Constituency: Edinburgh West
Postcode district: EH11
Postcode sector: EH11 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EH11 3BZ	67 m
EH11 3DB	88 m
EH11 3EY	91 m
EH11 3DA	102 m
EH11 3EL	117 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EH11 3EX
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: EH
Postcode district: EH11
Postcode sector: EH11 3
Latitude: 55.935347
Longitude: -3.261759
British National Grid easting: 321,274
British National Grid northing: 672,085

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: City of Edinburgh · S12000036
Electoral ward: Sighthill/Gorgie · S13002925
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Edinburgh West · S14000082
Output area: S00144036
Lower layer super output area: Stenhouse and Saughton Mains - 04 · S01014493
Middle layer super output area: Stenhouse and Saughton Mains · S02002689

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore EH11

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools

Open schools: 2
Primary: 0
Secondary: 0

Merchiston Castle School

Offshore schools
2.6 km
Cargilfield School

Offshore schools
4.5 km

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 100%
Gigabit-capable: 100%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Stenhouse Grove

BCT · Saughton
0.1 miles
Stenhouse Grove

BCT · Saughton
0.1 miles
Saughton Mains Street

BCT · Saughton
0.2 miles
Stenhouse Cross

BCT · Stenhouse
0.2 miles
Stenhouse Cross

BCT · Stenhouse
0.2 miles

Evidence in context

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Merchiston Castle School is the nearest published school at 1.6 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.