The UB postcode area, also known as the Southall postcode area,Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) is a group of eleven postcode districts in England, within six

post town A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, Ireland, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system.Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) Including the correct post town in t ...

s. These cover parts of western and north-western

Greater London Greater London is an administrative area in England, coterminous with the London region, containing most of the continuous urban area of London. It contains 33 local government districts: the 32 London boroughs, which form a Ceremonial count ...

, plus a very small part of

Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (, abbreviated ''Bucks'') is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-east, Hertfordshir ...

. 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 The London Borough of Hillingdon () is a London borough in Greater London, England. It forms part of outer London and West London, being the westernmost London borough. It was formed in 1965 from the districts of Hayes and Harlington Urban Distr ...

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 The London Borough of Hounslow ( ) is a London borough in west London, England, forming part of Outer London. It is governed by Hounslow London Borough Council. The borough stretches from near Central London in the east (Chiswick) to the b ...

, and a very small part of UB5 lies within the

London Borough of Harrow The London Borough of Harrow () is a London boroughs, London borough in northwest London, England; it forms part of Outer London. It borders four other London boroughs London Borough of Barnet, Barnet to the east of ancient Watling Street, Watl ...

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The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: , - ! UB1 , SOUTHALL , Southall (north) ,

Ealing Ealing () is a district in west London (sub-region), west London, England, west of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Ealing. It is the administrative centre of the borough and is identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Pl ...

, - ! UB2 , SOUTHALL , Southall (south),

Norwood Green Norwood Green is a place in the London Borough of Ealing in London, England, that forms the southern part of Southall. It is a suburban development centred west of Charing Cross and ENE of Heathrow Airport. Its origin coincides with the 12 ...

, - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", UB3 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", SOUTHALL , style="background:#FFFFFF;", , style="background:#FFFFFF;", '' non-geographic'' , - ! UB3 , HAYES , Hayes (south), Harlington ,

Hillingdon Hillingdon is an area of Uxbridge within the London Borough of Hillingdon, centred 14.2 miles (22.8 km) west of Charing Cross. It was an ancient parish in Middlesex that included the market town of Uxbridge. During the 1920s the civil pari ...

, - ! UB4 , HAYES , Hayes (north),

Yeading Yeading ( ) is a settlement in west London, forming part of the London Borough of Hillingdon, having been developed after the Second World War. Etymology Yeading is very early Saxon and was originally ''Geddingas'' or ''Geddinges'', meaning " ...

, Hillingdon , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", UB5 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", GREENFORD , style="background:#FFFFFF;", , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' , - ! UB5 , NORTHOLT , Northolt ,

, - ! 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'' , - ! UB8 , UXBRIDGE ,

Uxbridge Uxbridge () is a suburban town in west London, England, and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon, northwest of Charing Cross. Uxbridge formed part of the parish of Hillingdon in the county of Middlesex. As part ...

, Cowley,

(part) , Hillingdon , - ! UB9 , UXBRIDGE , Denham, Harefield, Tatling End (east) , Hillingdon,

, - ! UB10 , UXBRIDGE ,

Ickenham Ickenham is an area in Greater London, forming the northern part of Uxbridge and within the London Borough of Hillingdon. While no major historical events have taken place in Ickenham, settlements dating back to the Roman occupation of Britai ...

, Hillingdon , - ! UB11 , UXBRIDGE , Stockley Park , Hillingdon , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", UB18 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", GREENFORD , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''Spring International'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic''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"
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Royal Mail's Postcode Address FileA quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)
{{London postcode areas Postcode areas covering London Postcode areas covering South East England Media and communications in the London Borough of Ealing Media and communications in the London Borough of Hillingdon

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