EH12 9AE

Drum Brae/Gyle · City of Edinburgh · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Drum Brae/Gyle
Local authority: City of Edinburgh
Constituency: Edinburgh South West
Postcode district: EH12
Postcode sector: EH12 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EH12 9FR	82 m
EH12 9AF	189 m
EH12 9AD	241 m
EH12 9AB	249 m
EH12 9AU	252 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EH12 9AE
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: EH
Postcode district: EH12
Postcode sector: EH12 9
Latitude: 55.930994
Longitude: -3.289804
British National Grid easting: 319,513
British National Grid northing: 671,633

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: City of Edinburgh · S12000036
Electoral ward: Drum Brae/Gyle · S13002921
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Edinburgh South West · S14000081
Output area: S00144095
Lower layer super output area: Corstorphine South - 05 · S01015048
Middle layer super output area: Corstorphine South · S02002788

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

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Open schools: 2
Primary: 0
Secondary: 0

Merchiston Castle School

Offshore schools
3.1 km
Cargilfield School

Offshore schools
4.4 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

Bankhead Drive

BCT · South Gyle
0.1 miles
Forrester High School

BCT · South Gyle
0.1 miles
Bankhead Drive

BCT · South Gyle
0.1 miles
South Gyle Access

BCT · Sighthill
0.1 miles
Forester Park Avenue

BCT · Broomhouse
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 1.9 miles.

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