EH postcode district map, Edinburgh
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The EH postcode area covers 57 districts and 25,448 live postcodes, from EH1 to EH99. It is centred on Edinburgh and also covers Musselburgh, Livingston, Dalkeith, Loanhead and Bathgate.
Districts here average 446 postcodes.
Where the EH districts sit
27 districts are plotted without a label where labels would overlap; every one is in the table below.
Where EH sits
It is administratively fragmented, reaching into City of Edinburgh, West Lothian, Midlothian and East Lothian and 3 other authorities.
Every EH postcode is in Scotland. Water there is regulated by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and Temporary Use Bans under the Water Industry Act 1991 do not apply in Scotland at all.
Water supply across EH
All 57 EH districts are supplied by Scottish Water, which is notable at this size: an area with this many districts usually crosses at least one supply boundary, and this one does not.
We are re-checking Scottish Water's status. It was last confirmed on 17 August 2026 as no restrictions, and until it is confirmed again this page does not assert a current position for it.
The shape of the EH area
The districts are wildly uneven: EH4 holds 1,703 postcodes around Edinburgh and EH99 holds 2, a ratio of about 852 to one. They divide into 162 sectors.
The numbering is not continuous. EH runs up to 99 but has only 57 districts, so 42 numbers are unused:.
Several districts share a settlement, which is a common source of confusion when a form rejects an address: EH1, EH2, EH3, EH4, EH5, EH6, EH7, EH8, EH9, EH10, EH11, EH12, EH13, EH14, EH16, EH91, EH95 and EH99 all point at Edinburgh, EH17, EH20, EH24 and EH25 all point at Loanhead and EH33, EH34, EH35 and EH36 all point at Tranent.
What borders EH
EH sits next to KY (Kirkcaldy) to the north, TD (Galashiels) to the south east, ML (Motherwell) to the west, FK (Falkirk) to the north west and G (Glasgow) to the west.
Its neighbours run in 4 different directions, so EH is landlocked by other postcode areas on most sides.
EH districts, settlements and water supply
| District | Principal settlement | Water company | Hosepipe ban status |
|---|---|---|---|
| EH1 | Edinburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH2 | Edinburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH3 | Edinburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH4 | Edinburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH5 | Edinburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH6 | Edinburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH7 | Edinburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH8 | Edinburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH9 | Edinburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH10 | Edinburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH11 | Edinburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH12 | Edinburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH13 | Edinburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH14 | Edinburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH15 | Musselburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH16 | Edinburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH17 | Loanhead | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH18 | Bonnyrigg | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH19 | Bonnyrigg | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH20 | Loanhead | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH21 | Musselburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH22 | Dalkeith | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH23 | Bonnyrigg | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH24 | Loanhead | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH25 | Loanhead | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH26 | Penicuik | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH27 | Broxburn | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH28 | Broxburn | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH29 | Queensferry | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH30 | Queensferry | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH31 | North Berwick | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH32 | Prestonpans | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH33 | Tranent | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH34 | Tranent | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH35 | Tranent | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH36 | Tranent | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH37 | Dalkeith | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH38 | Lauder | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH39 | North Berwick | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH40 | East Linton | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH41 | Haddington | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH42 | Dunbar | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH43 | Innerleithen | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH44 | Innerleithen | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH45 | Peebles | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH46 | Penicuik | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH47 | Whitburn | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH48 | Bathgate | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH49 | Linlithgow | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH51 | Bo'ness | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH52 | Broxburn | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH53 | Livingston | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH54 | Livingston | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH55 | Blackburn | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH91 | Edinburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH95 | Edinburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
| EH99 | Edinburgh | Scottish Water | Check with your supplier |
Principal settlement is the town or city each district sits in or nearest to, derived from OS Open Names. It is not the Royal Mail post town, which is licensed data and not published openly. Status is resolved live from each company’s own notice.
Water hardness in EH
No water company covering EH publishes hardness figures as open data. The gap is named per district below so you know who to ask.
| District | Hardness | As published | Supply zone | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EH1 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH2 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH3 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH4 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH5 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH6 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH7 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH8 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH9 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH10 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH11 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH12 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH13 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH14 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH15 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH16 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH17 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH18 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH19 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH20 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH21 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH22 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH23 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH24 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH25 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH26 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH27 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH28 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH29 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH30 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH31 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH32 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH33 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH34 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH35 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH36 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH37 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH38 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH39 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH40 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH41 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH42 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH43 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH44 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH45 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH46 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH47 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH48 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH49 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH51 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH52 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH53 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH54 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH55 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH91 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH95 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
| EH99 | Not published by Scottish Water. Check with your supplier. | |||
Hardness is published per census area, not per postcode, so these figures characterise a district rather than measuring one address. They are a scale and taste matter, not a safety one. Hardness data version wessex-water@2022-2025+yorkshire-water@2026.
Download the EH data
No signup, no email wall. GeoJSON carries the district points, the supplier and the live status, so it can be dropped straight into a map.
District positions are averaged postcode centroids from OS Code-Point Open. They show roughly where a district sits, not where its boundary runs, and are not legal boundaries.
Frequently asked questions
How many postcode districts are in the EH area?
There are 57 EH postcode districts, running from EH1 to EH99, and they contain 25,448 live postcodes across 162 sectors.
What towns does the EH postcode area cover?
EH covers Edinburgh, Musselburgh, Livingston, Dalkeith, Loanhead and Bathgate. The area takes its name from Edinburgh, and each district is listed with its settlement in the table on this page.
Which water company supplies EH postcodes?
Scottish Water supplies all 57 EH districts. Supply boundaries follow the pipe network rather than postcode geography, so confirm against your water bill if you are near the edge of the area.
Why do EH1 and EH2 both say Edinburgh?
EH1, EH2, EH3, EH4, EH5, EH6, EH7, EH8, EH9, EH10, EH11, EH12, EH13, EH14, EH16, EH91, EH95 and EH99 all serve Edinburgh, covering different parts of it. A single town routinely needs more than one postcode district once it passes a few thousand delivery points, so this is normal rather than an error in an address.
Can I download a free EH postcode map?
Yes. This page offers the EH districts as GeoJSON, CSV and SVG, free and with no signup or email address required. The GeoJSON carries each district's position, its water company and its current restriction status, so it can be dropped straight into a mapping tool.
Which councils cover the EH postcode area?
EH reaches into City of Edinburgh, West Lothian, Midlothian, East Lothian, Scottish Borders, Falkirk and South Lanarkshire. A postcode area is not a council area: they were drawn for different purposes and a single district can sit across a council boundary, so your postcode does not tell you which authority you pay.
Why is there no EH50 postcode district?
EH50 is not in use. Postcode districts are allocated as sorting requirements change rather than numbered straight through, and a code that is retired or never brought into service is not reissued, so gaps in the sequence are normal.