EH12 5XH

Corstorphine/Murrayfield · City of Edinburgh · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Corstorphine/Murrayfield
Local authority: City of Edinburgh
Constituency: Edinburgh West
Postcode district: EH12
Postcode sector: EH12 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EH12 5SA	64 m
EH12 5SB	83 m
EH12 5XQ	102 m
EH11 3AU	127 m
EH11 3BP	141 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EH12 5XH
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 May 2017
Postcode area: EH
Postcode district: EH12
Postcode sector: EH12 5
Latitude: 55.938571
Longitude: -3.250513
British National Grid easting: 321,983
British National Grid northing: 672,431

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: City of Edinburgh · S12000036
Electoral ward: Corstorphine/Murrayfield · S13002924
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Edinburgh West · S14000082
Output area: S00143700
Lower layer super output area: Balgreen and Roseburn - 04 · S01014932
Middle layer super output area: Balgreen and Roseburn · S02002768

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 EH12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools

Open schools: 2
Primary: 0
Secondary: 0

Merchiston Castle School

Offshore schools
3.0 km
Cargilfield School

Offshore schools
4.6 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+: 0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 0%
Gigabit-capable: 0%

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

Balgreen Tram Stop

BCT · Balgreen
0.0 miles
Balgreen (Edinburgh Trams)

PLT · Balgreen
0.1 miles
Balgreen (Edinburgh Trams)

MET · Balgreen
0.1 miles
Balgreen Road

BCT · Balgreen
0.1 miles
Balgreen (Edinburgh Trams)

PLT · Balgreen
0.1 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 1.8 miles.

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