EH6 6LY

Leith · City of Edinburgh · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Leith
Local authority: City of Edinburgh
Constituency: Edinburgh North and Leith
Postcode district: EH6
Postcode sector: EH6 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EH6 6LJ	0 m
EH6 6JH	7 m
EH6 6LN	7 m
EH6 6LW	7 m
EH6 6LL	22 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EH6 6LY
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 September 2025
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: EH
Postcode district: EH6
Postcode sector: EH6 6
Latitude: 55.980310
Longitude: -3.173428
British National Grid easting: 326,877
British National Grid northing: 676,992

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: City of Edinburgh · S12000036
Electoral ward: Leith · S13002931
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Edinburgh North and Leith · S14000079
Output area: S00141194
Lower layer super output area: Western Harbour and Leith Docks - 03 · S01014816
Middle layer super output area: Western Harbour and Leith Docks · S02002746

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+: 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

Scottish Exective Turning Circle

BCT · North Leith
0.1 miles
Ocean Terminal

BCT · North Leith
0.2 miles
Ocean Terminal (Edinburgh Trams)

PLT · North Leith
0.2 miles
Ocean Terminal (Edinburgh Trams)

PLT · North Leith
0.2 miles
Ocean Terminal

BCT · North Leith
0.2 miles