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 The City of Edinburgh council area is divided into 17 wards, which have been combined into four operational management areas termed "localities":
North East Leith Leith Walk Craigentinny/Duddingston Portobello/CraigmillarNorth West Almond Drum Brae/Gyle Corstorphine/Murrayfield Forth Inverleith South East City Centre Southside/Newington Morningside Liberton/GilmertonSouth West Sighthill/Gorgie Colinton/Fairmilehead Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart Pentland Hills
The localities are further divided into Neighbourhood Partnership (NP) Areas:
North East Leith NP Craigentinny and Duddingston NP Craigmillar and Portobello NPNorth West Almond NP Western Edinburgh NP Forth NP Inverleith NPSouth East City Centre NP South Central NP Liberton/Gilmerton NPSouth 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).Edmonstone, Gazetteer for Scotland231 Edmonstone, City of Edinburgh Council, October 2007Avant Homes releases new detached houses for sale at The Lanes development in Edmonstone, Avant Homes, 5 December 2023Edmonstone (Phases 1 & 2), Edinburgh, Scarlett Developments
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.
Main residential areas of the Edinburgh urban area:
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 HarbourNorth 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 WarristonSouth 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 EndSouth 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 HailesEast Lothian
Musselburgh Fisherrow Inveresk Levenhall Monktonhall Pinkie Stoneybank Wallyford
Smaller areas Smaller residential areas of the Edinburgh urban area:
See also List of towns and cities in Scotland by population
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