diff --git a/Credits.rst b/Credits.rst
index a2376e64..2da7c61f 100644
--- a/Credits.rst
+++ b/Credits.rst
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ Jen Bradley
 * Added shape families for Archimedean, Catalan, and Johnson solids.
 * Added shape family for prisms and antiprisms.
 * Added shape family for equilateral pyramids and dipyramids.
+* Added edges, edge_vectors, and num_edges methods.
 
 Domagoj Fijan
 * Rewrote point in polygon check to use NumPy vectorized operations.
diff --git a/coxeter/shapes/convex_polyhedron.py b/coxeter/shapes/convex_polyhedron.py
index bb3472e0..2b3bcac6 100644
--- a/coxeter/shapes/convex_polyhedron.py
+++ b/coxeter/shapes/convex_polyhedron.py
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ def asphericity(self):
         """float: Get the asphericity as defined in :cite:`Irrgang2017`."""
         return self.mean_curvature * self.surface_area / (3 * self.volume)
 
+    @property
+    def num_edges(self):
+        """int: Get the number of edges."""
+        # Calculate number of edges from Euler Characteristic
+        return self.num_vertices + self.num_faces - 2
+
     def is_inside(self, points):
         """Determine whether points are contained in this polyhedron.
 
diff --git a/coxeter/shapes/polyhedron.py b/coxeter/shapes/polyhedron.py
index 22cce8f2..3eafe706 100644
--- a/coxeter/shapes/polyhedron.py
+++ b/coxeter/shapes/polyhedron.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 """Defines a polyhedron."""
 
 import warnings
+from functools import cached_property
 
 import numpy as np
 import rowan
@@ -356,9 +357,45 @@ def vertices(self):
 
     @property
     def faces(self):
-        """list(:class:`numpy.ndarray`): Get the polyhedron's faces."""
+        """list(:class:`numpy.ndarray`): Get the polyhedron's faces.
+
+        Results returned as vertex index lists.
+        """
         return self._faces
 
+    @cached_property
+    def edges(self):
+        """:class:`numpy.ndarray`: Get the polyhedron's edges.
+
+        Results returned as vertex index pairs,  with each edge of the polyhedron
+        included exactly once.  Edge (i,j) pairs are ordered by vertex index with i<j.
+        """
+        ij_pairs = np.array(
+            [
+                [i, j]
+                for face in self.faces
+                for i, j in zip(face, np.roll(face, -1))
+                if i < j
+            ]
+        )
+        sorted_indices = np.lexsort(ij_pairs.T[::-1])
+        sorted_ij_pairs = ij_pairs[sorted_indices]
+        # Make edge data read-only so that the cached property of this instance
+        # cannot be edited
+        sorted_ij_pairs.flags.writeable = False
+
+        return sorted_ij_pairs
+
+    @property
+    def edge_vectors(self):
+        """:class:`numpy.ndarray`: Get the polyhedron's edges as vectors."""
+        return self.vertices[self.edges[:, 1]] - self.vertices[self.edges[:, 0]]
+
+    @property
+    def num_edges(self):
+        """int: Get the number of edges."""
+        return len(self.edges)
+
     @property
     def volume(self):
         """float: Get or set the polyhedron's volume."""
diff --git a/tests/test_polyhedron.py b/tests/test_polyhedron.py
index 6bd919e4..c5ad049b 100644
--- a/tests/test_polyhedron.py
+++ b/tests/test_polyhedron.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     named_pyramiddipyramid_mark,
     sphere_isclose,
 )
-from coxeter.families import DOI_SHAPE_REPOSITORIES, PlatonicFamily
+from coxeter.families import DOI_SHAPE_REPOSITORIES, ArchimedeanFamily, PlatonicFamily
 from coxeter.shapes import ConvexPolyhedron, Polyhedron
 from coxeter.shapes.utils import rotate_order2_tensor, translate_inertia_tensor
 from utils import compute_centroid_mc, compute_inertia_mc
@@ -339,6 +339,96 @@ def test___repr__():
     repr(icosidodecahedron)
 
 
+@combine_marks(
+    named_platonic_mark,
+    named_archimedean_mark,
+    named_catalan_mark,
+    named_johnson_mark,
+    named_prismantiprism_mark,
+    named_pyramiddipyramid_mark,
+)
+def test_edges(poly):
+    # Check that the first column is in ascending order.
+    assert np.all(np.diff(poly.edges[:, 0]) >= 0)
+
+    # Check that all items in the first column are greater than those in the second.
+    assert np.all(np.diff(poly.edges, axis=1) > 0)
+
+    # Check the second column is in ascending order for each unique item in the first.
+    # For example, [[0,1],[0,3],[1,2]] is permitted but [[0,1],[0,3],[0,2]] is not.
+    edges = poly.edges
+    unique_values = unique_values = np.unique(edges[:, 0])
+    assert all(
+        [
+            np.all(np.diff(edges[edges[:, 0] == value, 1]) >= 0)
+            for value in unique_values
+        ]
+    )
+
+    # Check that there are no duplicate edges. This also double-checks the sorting
+    assert np.all(np.unique(poly.edges, axis=1) == poly.edges)
+
+    # Check that the edges are immutable
+    try:
+        poly.edges[1] = [99, 99]
+        # If the assignment works, catch that:
+        assert poly.edges[1] != [99, 99]
+    except ValueError as ve:
+        assert "read-only" in str(ve)
+
+
+def test_edge_lengths():
+    known_shapes = {
+        "Tetrahedron": np.sqrt(2) * np.cbrt(3),
+        "Cube": 1,
+        "Octahedron": np.power(2, 5 / 6) * np.cbrt(3 / 8),
+        "Dodecahedron": np.power(2, 2 / 3) * np.cbrt(1 / (15 + np.sqrt(245))),
+        "Icosahedron": np.cbrt(9 / 5 - 3 / 5 * np.sqrt(5)),
+    }
+    for name, edgelength in known_shapes.items():
+        poly = PlatonicFamily.get_shape(name)
+        # Check that edge lengths are correct
+        veclens = np.linalg.norm(
+            poly.vertices[poly.edges[:, 1]] - poly.vertices[poly.edges[:, 0]], axis=1
+        )
+        assert np.allclose(veclens, edgelength)
+        assert np.allclose(veclens, np.linalg.norm(poly.edge_vectors, axis=1))
+
+
+def test_num_edges_archimedean():
+    known_shapes = {
+        "Cuboctahedron": 24,
+        "Icosidodecahedron": 60,
+        "Truncated Tetrahedron": 18,
+        "Truncated Octahedron": 36,
+        "Truncated Cube": 36,
+        "Truncated Icosahedron": 90,
+        "Truncated Dodecahedron": 90,
+        "Rhombicuboctahedron": 48,
+        "Rhombicosidodecahedron": 120,
+        "Truncated Cuboctahedron": 72,
+        "Truncated Icosidodecahedron": 180,
+        "Snub Cuboctahedron": 60,
+        "Snub Icosidodecahedron": 150,
+    }
+    for name, num_edges in known_shapes.items():
+        poly = ArchimedeanFamily.get_shape(name)
+        assert poly.num_edges == num_edges
+
+
+@given(
+    EllipsoidSurfaceStrategy,
+)
+def test_num_edges_polyhedron(points):
+    hull = ConvexHull(points)
+    poly = ConvexPolyhedron(points[hull.vertices])
+    ppoly = Polyhedron(poly.vertices, poly.faces)
+
+    # Calculate correct number of edges from euler characteristic
+    euler_characteristic_edge_count = ppoly.num_vertices + ppoly.num_faces - 2
+    assert ppoly.num_edges == euler_characteristic_edge_count
+
+
 def test_curvature():
     """Regression test against values computed with older method."""
     # The shapes in the PlatonicFamily are normalized to unit volume.