EH16 6AU

Liberton/Gilmerton · City of Edinburgh · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Ward: Liberton/Gilmerton
Local authority: City of Edinburgh
Constituency: Edinburgh South
Postcode district: EH16
Postcode sector: EH16 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EH16 6AX	58 m
EH16 6AY	89 m
EH16 6AT	115 m
EH16 5TJ	117 m
EH16 6BQ	118 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EH16 6AU
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: EH
Postcode district: EH16
Postcode sector: EH16 6
Latitude: 55.918918
Longitude: -3.157826
British National Grid easting: 327,736
British National Grid northing: 670,143

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: City of Edinburgh · S12000036
Electoral ward: Liberton/Gilmerton · S13002934
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Edinburgh South · S14000080
Output area: S00144873
Lower layer super output area: The Inch - 01 · S01014613
Middle layer super output area: The Inch · S02002711

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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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

Ivanhoe Crescent

BCT · The Inch
0.0 miles
Glenvarloch Crescent

BCT · The Inch
0.1 miles
Glenvarloch Crescent

BCT · The Inch
0.1 miles
Glenallan Drive

BCT · The Inch
0.2 miles
Glenallan Drive

BCT · The Inch
0.2 miles