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The UB postcode area, also known as the Southall postcode area,[2] 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.

Southall
UB is located in the United Kingdom
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Coordinates: 51°31′44″N 0°24′58″W / 51.529°N 0.416°W / 51.529; -0.416
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
UB
Postcode area name
Southall
Post towns6
Postcode districts12
Postcode sectors41
Postcodes (live)7,112
Postcodes (total)11,514
Statistics as at May 2020[1]

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

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The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town Coverage Local authority area(s)
UB1 SOUTHALL Southall (north) Ealing
UB2 SOUTHALL Southall (south), Norwood Green Ealing
UB3 SOUTHALL non-geographic[3][4]
UB3 HAYES Hayes (south), Harlington Hillingdon
UB4 HAYES Hayes (north), Yeading Hillingdon
UB5 GREENFORD non-geographic[3][5]
UB5 NORTHOLT Northolt Ealing
UB6 GREENFORD Greenford, Perivale Ealing
UB7 WEST DRAYTON West Drayton, Harmondsworth, Sipson, Yiewsley, Longford Hillingdon
UB8 WEST DRAYTON non-geographic[3][6]
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[3][7]
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 HA postcode areaHP postcode areaNW postcode areaSL postcode areaTW postcode areaW postcode areaWD postcode areaWD postcode area
UB postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby HA, SL, TW, W and WD postcode areas.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. ^ a b c d "Non Geographic Codes" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  4. ^ "New sectors and localities to 14 December 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 20 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  5. ^ "New sectors and localities to 16 November 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "New sectors and localities to 19 October 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 19 October 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  7. ^ 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[permanent dead link]
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