Map of EH2 1EL postcode

General information
Postcode EH2 1EL
Post Town Edinburgh
Nearest station Edinburgh (1 km)
Bus stops
Thistle Street (S)
Hanover Street (N)
Hanover Street (S)
Hanover Street ()
George Street (Assembly Rooms) (W)
George Street (Assembly Rooms) (E)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 23 View
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 55.95401
Longitude -3.19784
Easting 325303
Northing 674090
Grid reference NT253740
UTM reference 30U 487646 6200978
what3words fears.drill.faded
Plus code 9C7RXR32+JV
Altitude 75 metres (245 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:32
Sunset (today) 18:14
Distance away
Distance to sea 3.8 KMs (2.4 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward City Centre S13002929
Council Area City of Edinburgh S12000036
Constituency (2024) Edinburgh North and Leith S14000079
MPTracy GilbertLabour
Police forceScotland
Water companyScottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3 City of Edinburgh
NUTS/ITL 2 East Central Scotland
NUTS/ITL 1 Scotland
Country Scotland S92000003
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated February 2025
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
6,711 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanLarge urban area
Census output area (2021)S00142874
Census output area (2011)S00106886
Lower layer super output area (2011)New Town West - 01S01008849
Middle layer super output area (2011)New Town WestS02001656
Travel to work areaEdinburghS22000059
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025
Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2025
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database rights 2025
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0
Contains data from Wikipedia covered by the Creative Commons license