EH12 5WS

City Centre · City of Edinburgh · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: City Centre
Local authority: City of Edinburgh
Constituency: Edinburgh West
Postcode district: EH12
Postcode sector: EH12 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EH12 5WN	0 m
EH12 5WT	1 m
EH12 5XR	1 m
EH12 5HD	67 m
EH12 5BH	85 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EH12 5WS
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 December 1998
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: EH
Postcode district: EH12
Postcode sector: EH12 5
Latitude: 55.945219
Longitude: -3.221954
British National Grid easting: 323,780
British National Grid northing: 673,139

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: City of Edinburgh · S12000036
Electoral ward: City Centre · S13002929
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Edinburgh West · S14000082
Output area: S00143306
Lower layer super output area: Wester Coates - 04 · S01014925
Middle layer super output area: Wester Coates · S02002766

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
4.2 km

Nearby transport

Magdala Crescent

BCT · Coates
0.1 miles
Haymarket Station

BCT · Haymarket
0.1 miles
Haymarket (Edinburgh Trams)

PLT · Haymarket
0.1 miles
Haymarket (Edinburgh Trams)

MET · Haymarket
0.1 miles
Haymarket (Edinburgh Trams)

PLT · Haymarket
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 2.6 miles.

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