Map of EH17 8RX postcode

General information

Postcode	EH17 8RX
Post Town	Edinburgh
Nearest station	Shawfair (3 km)
Bus stops	Gilmerton Station Road (NW)
Roads in this postcode	A720 Drum Street Old Dalkeith Road
Number of UPRNs	13 View
Businesses	DRUM FARM LLP EDINBURGH ANTIQUE RESTORATION LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	55.906969
	Longitude	-3.119238
	Easting	330126
	Northing	668773
	Grid reference	NT301687
	UTM reference	30U 492545 6195731
	what3words	perky.slug.unable
	Plus code	9C7RWV4J+Q8
	Altitude	93 metres (304 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:23
	Sunset (today)	18:20
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	5.4 KMs (3.4 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Liberton/Gilmerton	S13002934
Council Area	City of Edinburgh	S12000036
Constituency (2024)	Edinburgh South	S14000080
MP	Ian Murray	Labour
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish 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

Population (2011)	12
Households (2011)	7
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,517 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Accessible rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00144697
Census output area (2011)	S00106690
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Gilmerton South and the Murrays - 03	S01008549
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Gilmerton South and the Murrays	S02001600
Travel to work area	Edinburgh	S22000059

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