Areas of Edinburgh

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.

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

Localities and Neighbourhood Partnerships

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

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

Main areas

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 Abbeyhill Bingham Bonnington Broughton Brunstane Craigentinny Craigmillar Duddingston Easter Road Great Junction Street Joppa Leith Lochend Meadowbank Mountcastle Niddrie Northfield Piershill Pilrig Portobello Restalrig Willowbrae Western Harbour

North West Balgreen Barnton Blackhall Boswall Canonmills Cammo Carrick Knowe Clermiston Comely Bank Corstorphine Craigleith Cramond Crewe Toll Davidson's Mains Dean Village Drumbrae Drylaw East Craigs Goldenacre Granton Inverleith Muirhouse Murrayfield Newhaven Pilton Ravelston Silverknowes South Gyle Stockbridge Trinity Warriston

South East Alnwickhill Blackford Braid Hills Bruntsfield Burdiehouse Canongate Clovenstone Comiston Dumbiedykes Fernieside Gilmerton Gracemount Greenbank Greendykes Hillside and Calton Hill Liberton Marchmont Moredun Morningside Mortonhall New Town Newington Old Town Prestonfield Sciennes Southhouse Southside The Inch The Grange Tollcross West Coates West End

South West Baberton Balerno Bankhead Bonaly Broomhouse Chesser Colinton Currie Craiglockhart Dalry Fairmilehead Firrhill Fountainbridge Gorgie Greenhill Juniper Green Kingsknowe Longstone Merchiston Oxgangs Parkhead Polwarth Roseburn Saughton Shandon Sighthill Slateford Stenhouse The Calders Wester Hailes

East Lothian Musselburgh Fisherrow Inveresk Levenhall Monktonhall Pinkie Stoneybank Wallyford

Smaller areas

Smaller residential areas of the Edinburgh urban area:

• Ardmillan
• Bellevue^[9]
• Buckstone^[9]
• Bughtlin
• Caiystane
• Cameron Toll^[9]
• Church Hill^[9]
• Cleikimin
• Clerwood^[a]
• Colinton Mains^[b]
• Constitution Street^[c]
• Craigcrook
• Craighouse^[d]
• Craigmount^[e]
• Craigour^[f]
• Dalkeith Road^[g]
• Dalry Colonies
• Duddingston Village^[h]
• Dumbryden^[9]
• Eastfield
• Ferniehill^[i]
• Fettes^[9]
• Forrester^[9]
• Frogston
• Gayfield^[j]
• Gilberstoun^[k]
• Gogarloch
• Granton Harbour
• Greenside
• Hawkhill Avenue^[l]
• Haymarket^[9]
• Holy Corner
• Holyrood^[9]
• Hunter's Tryst
• Hutchison^[m]
• Hyvots^[n]
• Inglis Green^[o]
• Jock's Lodge
• Kaimes
• Lauriston^[9]
• Leith Links^[9]
• Leith Docks^[p]
• Little France^[9]
• Magdalene^[q]
• Marionville^[9]
• Maybury^[9]
• Mayfield^[r]
• Meadows^[s]
• Murrayburn^[t]
• Newcraighall^[u]
• Niddrie House^[9]
• Niddrie Mains
• Niddrie Marischal
• North Gyle^[v]
• Orchard Brae^[w]
• Parkgrove
• Powderhall^[x]
• Quartermile
• Redford
• Redhall^[o]
• Royston Mains^[y]
• Salvesen^[z]
• Saughton Mains^[aa]
• Saughtonhall^[ab]
• Seafield^[9]
• Shaw Colonies
• Silvermills
• St Leonard's^[9]
• Stockbridge Colonies
• Swanston^[ac]
• Telford^[9]
• The Christians^[q]
• The Dudleys^[ad]
• The Durhams^[ae]
• The Jewel^[af]
• The Mound
• The Murrays^[ag]
• The Shore^[c]
• Tynecastle
• Wardie^[ah]
• Wardieburn^[ai]
• West Craigs
• West Mains^[aj]
• Westburn
• Wester Broom

1. Listed as Corstorphine/Clerwood in ref.^[9]
2. Listed as Colinton Mains and Firrhill in ref.^[9]
3. 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. Listed as Redhall/Inglis Green in ref.^[9]
16. Listed as Western Harbour and Leith Docks in ref.^[10]
17. 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

• List of towns and cities in Scotland by population