Council area · Scotland

City of Edinburgh

City of Edinburgh is a council area. It is a single-tier authority, so it runs both local and larger services.

What this council is responsible for

City of Edinburgh
Council area · S12000036
  • Planning applications
  • Bin and recycling collection
  • Council tax and business rates collection
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Licensing
  • Environmental health
  • Parks and leisure
  • Local elections
  • Schools and education
  • Adult social care
  • Children’s services
  • Roads and highways
  • Waste disposal
  • Libraries
  • Trading standards
  • Public health

Policing and fire are national services in Scotland, not council functions.

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Type
Council area
Single tier
Official code
S12000036
ONS GSS code
Nation
Scotland
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.
86
Postcode sectors
17
Wards
5
Constituencies

6 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.

Boundary

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Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →

Parliamentary constituencies

Wards

17 wards recorded in this council area.

Almond · City Centre · Colinton/Fairmilehead · Corstorphine/Murrayfield · Craigentinny/Duddingston · Drum Brae/Gyle · Forth · Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart · Inverleith · Leith · Leith Walk · Liberton/Gilmerton · Morningside · Pentland Hills · Portobello/Craigmillar · Sighthill/Gorgie · Southside/Newington

Postcode sectors

EH1 1 · EH1 2 · EH1 3 · EH1 9 · EH10 4 · EH10 5 · EH10 6 · EH10 7 · EH10 9 · EH11 1 · EH11 2 · EH11 3 · EH11 4 · EH12 0 · EH12 1 · EH12 5 · EH12 6 · EH12 7 · EH12 8 · EH12 9 · EH13 0 · EH13 9 · EH14 1 · EH14 2 · EH14 3 · EH14 4 · EH14 5 · EH14 6 · EH14 7 · EH14 9 · EH15 1 · EH15 2 · EH15 3 · EH15 9 · EH16 4 · EH16 5 · EH16 6 · EH16 9 · EH17 7 · EH17 8 · EH2 1 · EH2 2 · EH2 3 · EH2 4 · EH2 9 · EH28 8 · EH29 9 · EH3 1 · EH3 5 · EH3 6 · EH3 7 · EH3 8 · EH3 9 · EH30 9 · EH4 1 · EH4 2 · EH4 3 · EH4 4 · EH4 5 · EH4 6 · EH4 7 · EH4 8 · EH4 9 · EH5 1 · EH5 2 · EH5 3 · EH6 4 · EH6 5 · EH6 6 · EH6 7 · EH6 8 · EH6 9 · EH7 4 · EH7 5 · EH7 6 · EH7 9 · EH8 7 · EH8 8 · EH8 9 · EH9 1 · EH9 2 · EH9 3 · EH9 8 · EH91 5 · EH95 1 · EH99 1

Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code S12000036.