The UB postcode area, also known as the Southall postcode area,[1] is a group of eleven postcode districts in England, within six post towns. These cover parts of western and north-western Greater London, plus a very small part of Buckinghamshire. Despite being known as the Southall postcode area, the letters UB are an abbreviation of Uxbridge.

The main sorting office is in Greenford (Green Park Way) and the area served includes much of the London Borough of Hillingdon and the western part of the London Borough of Ealing, while the western part of UB9 covers a small part of Buckinghamshire, the southern part of UB2 covers a very small part of the London Borough of Hounslow, and a very small part of UB5 lies within the London Borough of Harrow.

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

|- ! UB1 | SOUTHALL | Southall (north) | Ealing |- ! UB2 | SOUTHALL | Southall (south), Norwood Green | Ealing |- ! UB3 | SOUTHALL | | non-geographic[2][3] |- ! UB3 | HAYES | Hayes (south), Harlington | Hillingdon |- ! UB4 | HAYES | Hayes (north), Yeading | Hillingdon |- ! UB5 | GREENFORD | | non-geographic[2][4] |- ! UB5 | NORTHOLT | Northolt | Ealing |- ! UB6 | GREENFORD | Greenford, Perivale | Ealing |- ! UB7 | WEST DRAYTON | West Drayton, Harmondsworth, Sipson, Yiewsley, Longford | Hillingdon |- ! UB8 | WEST DRAYTON | | non-geographic[2][5] |- ! UB8 | UXBRIDGE | Uxbridge, Cowley, Hillingdon (part) | Hillingdon |- ! UB9 | UXBRIDGE | Denham, Harefield, Tatling End (east) | Hillingdon, Buckinghamshire |- ! UB10 | UXBRIDGE | Hillingdon, Ickenham | Hillingdon |- ! UB11 | UXBRIDGE | Stockley Park | Hillingdon |- ! UB18 | GREENFORD | Spring International | non-geographic[2][6] |}

See also

References

  1. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  2. ^ "Non Geographic Codes" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. July 2012. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  3. ^ "New sectors and localities to 14 December 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 20 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  4. ^ "New sectors and localities to 16 November 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.[dead link]
  5. ^ "New sectors and localities to 19 October 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 19 October 2012. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  6. ^ UB18 includes a series of postcodes where, unusually, the last two letters correspond to the ISO country code for various countries in the trading name of the address, such as "Spring France, GREENFORD, UB18 7FR". Royal Mail – Find an address[dead link]