EH13 9QS

Colinton/Fairmilehead · City of Edinburgh · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Colinton/Fairmilehead
Local authority: City of Edinburgh
Constituency: Edinburgh South West
Postcode district: EH13
Postcode sector: EH13 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EH13 9QR	108 m
EH13 9NX	306 m
EH10 7HU	314 m
EH13 9QN	323 m
EH13 9QW	324 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EH13 9QS
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 March 2010
Postcode area: EH
Postcode district: EH13
Postcode sector: EH13 9
Latitude: 55.901165
Longitude: -3.234306
British National Grid easting: 322,921
British National Grid northing: 668,250

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: City of Edinburgh · S12000036
Electoral ward: Colinton/Fairmilehead · S13002926
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Edinburgh South West · S14000081
Output area: S00145283
Lower layer super output area: Colinton and Kingsknowe - 01 · S01014461
Middle layer super output area: Colinton and Kingsknowe · S02002683

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 EH13

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 1
Primary: 0
Secondary: 0

Merchiston Castle School

Offshore schools
1.7 km

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 0%
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: 0%
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

Dreghorn Drive

BCT · Oxgangs
0.2 miles
Dreghorn Drive

BCT · Oxgangs
0.2 miles
Dreghorn Park

BCT · Colinton
0.2 miles
Dreghorn Park

BCT · Colinton
0.3 miles
Hunter's Tryst

BCT · Swanston
0.3 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 1.1 miles.

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