UB postcode area explained

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. The letters in the postcodes are the phonemic 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.

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

|-! UB1| SOUTHALL| Southall (north)| Ealing|-! UB2| SOUTHALL| Southall (south), Norwood Green| Ealing|-! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|UB3| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|SOUTHALL| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|non-geographic^{[2] [3]} |-! UB3| HAYES| Hayes (south), Harlington| Hillingdon|-! UB4| HAYES| Hayes (north), Yeading| Hillingdon|-! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|UB5| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|GREENFORD| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|non-geographic^{[2] [4]} |-! UB5| NORTHOLT| Northolt| Ealing|-! UB6| GREENFORD| Greenford, Perivale| Ealing|-! UB7| WEST DRAYTON| West Drayton, Harmondsworth, Sipson, Yiewsley, Longford| Hillingdon|-! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|UB8| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|WEST DRAYTON| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|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|-! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|UB18| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|GREENFORD| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|Spring International| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|non-geographic^{[2] [6]} |}

See also

• Postcode Address File
• List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom

External links

• Royal Mail's Postcode Address File
• A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)

Notes and References

1. Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
2. Web site: Non Geographic Codes . PDF . Royal Mail Address Management Unit . July 2012 . 20 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120916141140/http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/12July_current_non-geos-original.pdf . 16 September 2012 .
3. Web site: New sectors and localities to 14 December 2012 . PDF . Royal Mail Address Management Unit . 20 December 2012 . 20 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150202184830/http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/122012_new_localities.pdf . 2 February 2015 .
4. Web site: New sectors and localities to 16 November 2012 . PDF . Royal Mail Address Management Unit . 19 November 2012 . 29 November 2012 .
5. Web site: New sectors and localities to 19 October 2012 . PDF . Royal Mail Address Management Unit . 19 October 2012 . 25 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130513003735/http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/102012_new_localities.pdf . 13 May 2013 .
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