EH11 3LG

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 South West
Postcode district: EH11
Postcode sector: EH11 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EH11 3XX	51 m
EH11 3LE	75 m
EH11 3FB	95 m
EH14 1SZ	113 m
EH11 3AL	143 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EH11 3LG
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 June 1996
Terminated: 1 August 2005
Postcode area: EH
Postcode district: EH11
Postcode sector: EH11 3
Latitude: 55.929779
Longitude: -3.254423
British National Grid easting: 321,721
British National Grid northing: 671,457

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 South West · S14000081
Output area: S00144387
Lower layer super output area: Slateford and Chesser - 01 · S01014504
Middle layer super output area: Slateford and Chesser · S02002691

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

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 1
Primary: 0
Secondary: 0

Merchiston Castle School

Offshore schools
2.0 km

Nearby transport

Chesser Avenue

BCT · Stenhouse
0.1 miles
Stenhouse Crescent

BCT · Stenhouse
0.1 miles
Chesser Grove

BCT · Slateford
0.1 miles
Chesser Grove

BCT · Slateford
0.1 miles
Stenhouse Mill Lane

BCT · Saughton
0.1 miles

Evidence in context

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Merchiston Castle School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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