Areas of Edinburgh

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

This page lists residential areas of Edinburgh situated in the Edinburgh (settlement) urban area. The urban area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is located in the City of Edinburgh council area and in East Lothian. The City of Edinburgh council area is divided into wards areas that are combined into four operational management areas termed "localities":<ref name="locality_improvement_plans">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="localilies_evoc">Template:Cite web</ref>

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

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:<ref name="update_south_east_and_city">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="evoc">Template:Cite web</ref>

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

The Edinburgh urban area covers most of the Neighbourhood Partnership areas, however, some of the areas are only covered partly, in particular Almond NP and Pentlands NP. Likewise, less than half of the North West and the South West localities are part of the urban area. In addition to the areas inside the City of Edinburgh council area, Musselburgh and Wallyford in East Lothian also take part of the Edinburgh urban area.

Residential areas are 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 roads, though actual lines on the ground are not defined precisely. The names of areas are often given to major roads in those areas, although this is not always the case.

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

Main residential areas of the Edinburgh urban area:<ref name="edinburghcouncilmaps">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="intermediate_zones_edinburgh">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="musselburgh_paths">Template:Cite web</ref>

North East Abbeyhill Bingham Bonnington Broughton Brunstane Craigentinny Craigmillar Duddingston Easter Road Great Junction Street Joppa Leith Leith Docks Lochend Magdalene 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 Gracemount Granton Inverleith Muirhouse Murrayfield Newhaven Pilton Ravelston Silverknowes South Gyle Stockbridge Trinity Warriston

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

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

East Lothian Musselburgh Fisherrow Inveresk Levenhall Monktonhall Pinkie Stoneybank Wallyford

Smaller residential areas of the Edinburgh urban area:

See also

• Edinburgh
• City of Edinburgh council area
• List of towns and cities in Scotland by population