EH12 9AR

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 9AT	41 m
EH12 9AW	68 m
EH12 9AP	69 m
EH12 9AS	101 m
EH11 3SP	104 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EH12 9AR
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: EH
Postcode district: EH12
Postcode sector: EH12 9
Latitude: 55.931846
Longitude: -3.280565
British National Grid easting: 320,092
British National Grid northing: 671,717

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: S00144284
Lower layer super output area: Corstorphine South - 03 · S01015046
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

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 2
Primary: 0
Secondary: 0

Merchiston Castle School

Offshore schools
2.8 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%

Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Broomhouse Gardens

BCT · Broomhouse
0.1 miles
Broomhouse Gardens

BCT · Broomhouse
0.1 miles
Saughton House

BCT · Broomhouse
0.1 miles
Saughton House

BCT · Broomhouse
0.2 miles
Broomhouse Avenue

BCT · Broomhouse
0.2 miles

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

2 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Merchiston Castle School is the nearest published school at 1.7 miles.

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