thumb|The Edinburgh urban area comprises the adjoined [[List of towns and cities in Scotland by population#Localities|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

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

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

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North East

  • Leith
  • Leith Walk
  • Craigentinny/Duddingston
  • Portobello/Craigmillar

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North West

  • Almond
  • Drum Brae/Gyle
  • Corstorphine/Murrayfield
  • Forth
  • Inverleith

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South East

  • City Centre
  • Southside/Newington
  • Morningside
  • Liberton/Gilmerton

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South West

  • Sighthill/Gorgie
  • Colinton/Fairmilehead
  • Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart
  • Pentland Hills

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The localities are further divided into Neighbourhood Partnership (NP) Areas:

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North East

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

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North West

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

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South East

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

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South West

  • South West NP
  • Pentlands NP

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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).

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.

thumb|Map of the city centre, showing [[Old Town, Edinburgh|Old Town, New Town and West End.]]

Main residential areas of the Edinburgh urban area:

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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

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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

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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

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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

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East Lothian

  • Musselburgh
  • Fisherrow
  • Inveresk
  • Levenhall
  • Monktonhall
  • Pinkie
  • Stoneybank
  • Wallyford

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Smaller areas

Smaller residential areas of the Edinburgh urban area:

  • Telford