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The Edinburgh urban area comprises the adjoined localities: Edinburgh, Musselburgh, and Wallyford.

This page lists residential areas in the urban area (settlement) which covers Edinburgh – the capital city of Scotland – and is located mainly in the City of Edinburgh council area and partly in East Lothian.

Localities and Neighbourhood Partnerships

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The City of Edinburgh council area is divided into 17 wards, which have been combined into four operational management areas termed "localities":[1][2]

The four locality areas of the City of Edinburgh council area shown with the urban area boundary overlaid.

North East

North West

South East

South West

The localities are further divided into Neighbourhood Partnership (NP) Areas:[3][4]

North East

  • Leith NP
  • Craigentinny and Duddingston NP
  • Craigmillar and Portobello NP

North West

  • Almond NP
  • Western Edinburgh NP
  • Forth NP
  • Inverleith NP

South East

  • City Centre NP
  • South Central NP
  • Liberton/Gilmerton NP

South West

  • South West NP
  • Pentlands NP

Two of the Neighbourhood Partnership areas, Almond NP and Pentlands NP, extend into the rural hinterland in the west of the City of Edinburgh council area, taking in villages such as Kirkliston and Ratho which are not part of the settlement of Edinburgh (however, Juniper Green, Baberton, Currie and Balerno are considered to be contiguous and are included). For the same reason, less than 50% of the North West and the South West localities' territory is with the urban area. to the east of the city, Musselburgh and Wallyford in East Lothian are considered to be contiguous with the main Edinburgh settlement and are also included in the urban area; however, other nearby localities such as Loanhead and Danderhall are not included (this may be adjusted in the future, particularly for Danderhall where 2020s housing developments at the former Edmonstone estate on the local authority boundary with Edinburgh will almost close the gap between the localities).[5][6][7][8]

Other definitions

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Main areas

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Residential areas can be situated inside or located across borders of the larger Neighbourhood Partnership areas or locality areas. The edges of the residential areas are generally defined by main roads, though actual lines on the ground are not defined precisely. The names of areas are often given to roads and streets in those areas, although this is not always the case.

Map of the city centre, showing Old Town, New Town and West End.

Main residential areas of the Edinburgh urban area:[9][10][11]

North East

North West

South East

South West

East Lothian

Smaller areas

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Smaller residential areas of the Edinburgh urban area:

  1. ^ Listed as Corstorphine/Clerwood in ref.[9]
  2. ^ Listed as Colinton Mains and Firrhill in ref.[9]
  3. ^ a b Listed as The Shore and Constitution Street in ref.[10]
  4. ^ Listed as Morningside and Craighouse in ref.[10]
  5. ^ Listed as Corstorphine/Craigmount in ref.[9]
  6. ^ Listed as Moredun and Craigour in ref.[10]
  7. ^ Listed as Newington and Dalkeith Road in ref.[10]
  8. ^ Listed as Willowbrae and Duddingston Village in ref.[10]
  9. ^ Listed as Fernieside/Ferniehill in ref.[9]
  10. ^ Listed as New Town East and Gayfield in ref.[10]
  11. ^ Listed as Brunstane/Gilberstoun in ref.[9]
  12. ^ Listed as Easter Road and Hawkhill Avenue in ref.[10]
  13. ^ Listed as Hutchison/Slateford in ref.[9]
  14. ^ Listed as Hyvots and Gilmerton in ref.[10]
  15. ^ a b Listed as Redhall/Inglis Green in ref.[9]
  16. ^ Listed as Western Harbour and Leith Docks in ref.[10]
  17. ^ a b Listed as Bingham, Magdalene and The Christians in ref.[10]
  18. ^ Listed as Blackford, West Mains and Mayfield Road in ref.[10]
  19. ^ Listed as Meadows and Southside in ref.[10]
  20. ^ Listed as Murrayburn and Wester Hailes North in ref.[10]
  21. ^ Listed as Jewel, Brunstane and Newcraighall in ref.[10]
  22. ^ Listed as Corstorphine/North Gyle in ref.[9]
  23. ^ Listed as Craigleith, Orchard Brae and Crewe Toll in ref.[10]
  24. ^ Listed as Broughton North and Powderhall in ref.[10]
  25. ^ Listed as Granton and Royston Mains in ref.[10]
  26. ^ Listed as Granton West and Salvesen in ref.[10]
  27. ^ Listed as Stenhouse and Saughton Mains in ref.[10]
  28. ^ Listed as Balgreen/Saughtonhall in ref.[9]
  29. ^ Listed as Comiston and Swanston in ref.[10]
  30. ^ Listed as Trinity East and The Dudleys in ref.[10]
  31. ^ Listed as Duddingston/The Durhams in ref.[9]
  32. ^ Listed as Jewel, Brunstane and Newcraighall in ref.[10]
  33. ^ Listed as Gilmerton South and the Murrays in ref.[10]
  34. ^ Listed as Boswall/Wardie in ref.[9]
  35. ^ Listed as Granton South and Wardieburn in ref.[10]
  36. ^ Listed as Blackford, West Mains and Mayfield Road in ref.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Locality Improvement Plans" (PDF). City of Edinburgh Council. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  2. ^ "Localities - EVOC". EVOC. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  3. ^ "Update on locality working - South East and City Centre". City of Edinburgh Council. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  4. ^ "Localities summary and localities map" (PDF). Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council (EVOC ). Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  5. ^ Edmonstone, Gazetteer for Scotland
  6. ^ 231 Edmonstone, City of Edinburgh Council, October 2007
  7. ^ Avant Homes releases new detached houses for sale at The Lanes development in Edmonstone, Avant Homes, 5 December 2023
  8. ^ Edmonstone (Phases 1 & 2), Edinburgh, Scarlett Developments
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Natural Neighbourhoods, City of Edinburgh Council Open Spatial Data Portal". City of Edinburgh Council. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "statistics.gov.scot, City of Edinburgh Council Area, 2011 Intermediate Zones". Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  11. ^ "Musselburgh Paths Leaflet" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-04-19.