EH2 1EL

City Centre · City of Edinburgh · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: City Centre
Local authority: City of Edinburgh
Constituency: Edinburgh North and Leith
Postcode district: EH2
Postcode sector: EH2 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EH2 2HN	28 m
EH2 1EE	42 m
EH2 1DX	46 m
EH2 1EW	55 m
EH2 2PA	61 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EH2 1EL
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: EH
Postcode district: EH2
Postcode sector: EH2 1
Latitude: 55.953902
Longitude: -3.197853
British National Grid easting: 325,302
British National Grid northing: 674,079

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: City of Edinburgh · S12000036
Electoral ward: City Centre · S13002929
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Edinburgh North and Leith · S14000079
Output area: S00142874
Lower layer super output area: New Town West - 01 · S01014902
Middle layer super output area: New Town West · S02002762

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+: 76.9%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 76.9%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 76.9%
Gigabit-capable: 76.9%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 76.9%
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.

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