EH11 3PL

Sighthill/Gorgie · City of Edinburgh · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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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 3PN	72 m
EH11 3PB	79 m
EH11 3QB	88 m
EH11 3PD	93 m
EH11 3PJ	99 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EH11 3PL
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: EH
Postcode district: EH11
Postcode sector: EH11 3
Latitude: 55.928824
Longitude: -3.266908
British National Grid easting: 320,939
British National Grid northing: 671,365

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: S00144464
Lower layer super output area: Longstone - 02 · S01014499
Middle layer super output area: Longstone · S02002690

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

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Open schools: 1
Primary: 0
Secondary: 0

Merchiston Castle School

Offshore schools
2.0 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

Saughton Mains Avenue

BCT · Saughton
0.1 miles
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BCT · Saughton
0.1 miles
Saughton Mains

BCT · Saughton
0.2 miles
Whinpark Medical

BCT · Saughton
0.2 miles
Whinpark Medical

BCT · Saughton
0.2 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 1.3 miles.

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