These postcodes are structurally valid but fictional, for software testing and form design. This is not a Royal Mail postcode lookup: the Edinburgh districts are real, the full postcodes are not assigned to any address.
A random Edinburgh postcode generator combines a real Edinburgh postcode district with a generated inward code, producing a structurally valid postcode that is not assigned to any delivery point.
Every postcode on this page starts from a genuine Edinburgh postcode district. There are 17 of them, in the EH postcode area, and they all belong to the EDINBURGH post town in City of Edinburgh. The three characters after the space are generated to the Royal Mail format rules, so a result validates in any form or database while belonging to no real property.
EH15 9JY — district EH15, sector EH15 9, EDINBURGH, City of EdinburghEH9 5ES — district EH9, sector EH9 5, EDINBURGH, City of EdinburghEH13 7XE — district EH13, sector EH13 7, EDINBURGH, City of EdinburghEH13 8YX — district EH13, sector EH13 8, EDINBURGH, City of EdinburghEH17 7RR — district EH17, sector EH17 7, EDINBURGH, City of EdinburghEH10 3FD — district EH10, sector EH10 3, EDINBURGH, City of EdinburghThis page produces postcodes on their own. For complete Edinburgh addresses — building number, street, locality, post town, City of Edinburgh and postcode, laid out to Royal Mail conventions — use the random Edinburgh address generator.
A UK postcode splits into an outward code and an inward code. The outward code identifies the district; the inward code narrows it to a small group of properties. This generator keeps the first half real and generates the second, which is what makes the output safe to use and still valid.
Edinburgh sits in the EH postcode area. Every district below is a real outward code assigned to the EDINBURGH post town.
| District | Locality | Structural range |
|---|---|---|
| EH1 | Old Town | EH1 0AA – EH1 9ZZ |
| EH2 | New Town | EH2 0AA – EH2 9ZZ |
| EH3 | Tollcross | EH3 0AA – EH3 9ZZ |
| EH4 | Blackhall | EH4 0AA – EH4 9ZZ |
| EH5 | Granton | EH5 0AA – EH5 9ZZ |
| EH6 | Leith | EH6 0AA – EH6 9ZZ |
| EH7 | Abbeyhill | EH7 0AA – EH7 9ZZ |
| EH8 | Newington | EH8 0AA – EH8 9ZZ |
| EH9 | Marchmont | EH9 0AA – EH9 9ZZ |
| EH10 | Morningside | EH10 0AA – EH10 9ZZ |
| EH11 | Gorgie | EH11 0AA – EH11 9ZZ |
| EH12 | Corstorphine | EH12 0AA – EH12 9ZZ |
| EH13 | Colinton | EH13 0AA – EH13 9ZZ |
| EH14 | Juniper Green | EH14 0AA – EH14 9ZZ |
| EH15 | Portobello | EH15 0AA – EH15 9ZZ |
| EH16 | Liberton | EH16 0AA – EH16 9ZZ |
| EH17 | Gilmerton | EH17 0AA – EH17 9ZZ |
The structural range is what the postcode grammar permits for each district, not a list of codes Royal Mail has issued. Which sectors and units are actually allocated is Postcode Address File data, which is licensed and not held here — so a generated postcode inside the range may well be unallocated. For test data that is the point.
A postcode carries more than a location. Reading one from Edinburgh tells you which country's addressing conventions apply, which council area the address sits in, and — if you need a matching telephone number — which dialling code area it falls in.
| Field | Value | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Post town | EDINBURGH | Royal Mail post town, written in capitals on the address |
| Postcode area | EH | The leading letters of every district above |
| Council area | City of Edinburgh | ONS administrative geography |
| Country | Scotland | One of the four countries of the United Kingdom |
| Region | Scotland | The country name |
| Dialling code | 0131 | Ofcom National Telephone Numbering Plan |
Royal Mail has not required a county line on addressed mail since 1996. EDINBURGH plus a correct postcode is sufficient; City of Edinburgh is included because plenty of address forms and legacy databases still expect a county.
What they are not for: sending post, verifying an identity, or implying that a property exists. If you need to know whether a Edinburgh address is deliverable, that is a licensed Royal Mail Postcode Address File lookup, and no generator can answer it.
The districts are real: all 17 of them are Royal Mail outward codes genuinely assigned to the EDINBURGH post town. The three characters after the space are generated, so the full postcode is almost certainly not allocated to any property. That combination is deliberate — the result resolves to Edinburgh in a district lookup and passes validation, but it is not a live delivery point and must never be used to send post.
17, in the EH postcode area: EH1, EH2, EH3, EH4, EH5, EH6, EH7, EH8, EH9, EH10, EH11, EH12, EH13, EH14, EH15, EH16, EH17. That is the count for the EDINBURGH post town as recorded in this site's registry; a post town does not follow council boundaries, so it may not match what a resident would call "Edinburgh".
EH. The postcode area is the leading letter or letters of the outward code, so every Edinburgh postcode begins EH — for example EH1. The digits that follow identify the district within the area.
This page generates postcodes on their own and explains Edinburgh's district structure. The Edinburgh address generator produces complete postal addresses — building number, street, locality, post town, county and postcode — laid out to Royal Mail conventions. Use this page when you need postcodes to test a postcode field; use the address generator when you need whole addresses.
Yes, with no API key. Call GET /api/v1/postcodes/random?location=edinburgh&count=25 for JSON. Add &seed=1 to get the same set back on every request, which keeps snapshot tests stable. The response carries the outward code, inward code, area, district and sector for each postcode alongside the post town and county.
Structural validation, yes: the format, the length and the excluded letters are all respected, so a correctly written regex or a library check will accept them. A validator backed by licensed Postcode Address File data will reject most of them, correctly, because the full postcode is not an allocated delivery point. If your test suite needs addresses that pass a PAF lookup, no generator can supply them.
Postcodes are generated on demand and never stored. They are for software testing and development only, and must not be used to send post, to imply a real address, or for identity verification.