UB postcode area

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Southall
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Coordinates: 51°31′44″N0°24′58″W / 51.529°N 0.416°W / 51.529; -0.416
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
UB
Postcode area name
Southall
Post towns 6
Postcode districts 12
Postcode sectors41
Postcodes (live)7,112
Postcodes (total)11,514
Statistics as at May 2020 [1]

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.

Contents

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:

Postcode district Post town CoverageLocal authority area(s)
UB1SOUTHALL Southall (north) Ealing
UB2SOUTHALL Southall (south), Norwood Green Ealing
UB3SOUTHALL non-geographic [3] [4]
UB3HAYES Hayes (south), Harlington Hillingdon
UB4HAYES Hayes (north), Yeading Hillingdon
UB5GREENFORDnon-geographic [3] [5]
UB5NORTHOLT Northolt Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon
UB6GREENFORD Greenford, Perivale Ealing
UB7WEST DRAYTON West Drayton, Harmondsworth, Sipson, Yiewsley, Longford Hillingdon
UB8WEST DRAYTONnon-geographic [3] [6]
UB8UXBRIDGE Uxbridge, Cowley, Hillingdon (part)Hillingdon
UB9UXBRIDGE Denham, Harefield, Tatling End (east)Hillingdon, Buckinghamshire
UB10UXBRIDGE Hillingdon, Ickenham Hillingdon
UB11UXBRIDGE Stockley Park Hillingdon
UB18GREENFORDSpring Internationalnon-geographic [3] [7]

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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. UB postcode area map.svg
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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The SM postcode area, also known as the Sutton postcode area, is a group of seven postcode districts in England, within five post towns. These cover part of south-west London, as well as a small part of north Surrey.

The BR postcode area, also known as the Bromley postcode area, is a group of eight postcode districts in England, within seven post towns. These cover part of south-eastern Greater London, as well as a small part of north-west Kent.

The TW postcode area, also known as the Twickenham postcode area, is a group of twenty postcode districts in south-east England, within thirteen post towns. These cover parts of south-west London and north-west Surrey, plus a very small part of Berkshire.

The HA postcode area, also known as the Harrow postcode area, is a group of ten postcode districts in England, within seven post towns. These cover part of northwest London, plus a very small part of south Hertfordshire.

The WD postcode area, also known as the Watford postcode area, is a group of eleven postcode districts in Greater London and Hertfordshire, within seven post towns. These cover south-west Hertfordshire, plus very small parts of Buckinghamshire and the London Borough of Hillingdon.

The HP postcode area, also known as the Hemel Hempstead postcode area, is a group of twenty-four postcode districts in England, within eleven post towns. These cover north-west Hertfordshire and central Buckinghamshire.

The NW postcode area, also known as the London NW postcode area, is a group of 13 postcode districts covering around 13,895 live postcodes within part of northwest London, England. It is the successor of the NW sector, originally created as part of the London postal district in 1856.

The SG postcode area, also known as the Stevenage postcode area, is a group of nineteen postcode districts in England, within fifteen post towns. These cover north Hertfordshire and east Bedfordshire, plus a small part of south-west Cambridgeshire and a very small part of Essex.

The BA postcode area, also known as the Bath postcode area, is a group of nineteen postcode districts in South West England, within sixteen post towns. These cover east Somerset and west Wiltshire, plus a very small part of north-west Dorset.

The OL postcode area, also known as the Oldham postcode area, is a group of sixteen postcode districts in north-west England, within seven post towns. These cover eastern Greater Manchester, plus small parts of east Lancashire and western West Yorkshire.

The NR postcode area, also known as the Norwich postcode area, is a group of 35 postcode districts in the east of England, within 16 post towns. These cover central and eastern Norfolk and part of north-east Suffolk.

The DL postcode area, also known as the Darlington postcode area, is a group of seventeen postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of fourteen post towns. These districts cover central County Durham, northern North Yorkshire and a very small part of Cumbria.

The LA postcode area, also known as the Lancaster postcode area, is a group of 23 postcode districts in north-west England, within 17 post towns. These cover north Lancashire, south Cumbria and a small part of North Yorkshire.

The SN postcode area, also known as the Swindon postcode area, is a group of eighteen postcode districts in England, within ten post towns. These cover north Wiltshire, plus a small part of south-west Oxfordshire and a very small part of Gloucestershire.

The WR postcode area, also known as the Worcester postcode area, is a group of fifteen postcode districts in England, within seven post towns. These cover central and southern Worcestershire, plus very small parts of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire.

The TN postcode area, also known as the Tunbridge Wells postcode area, is a group of 40 postcode districts in England, within 24 post towns. These cover south Kent and northern and eastern East Sussex, plus very small parts of Surrey and the London Borough of Bromley.

The SL postcode area, also known as the Slough postcode area, is a group of ten postcode districts in South East England, within eight post towns. These cover east Berkshire and south Buckinghamshire, plus a very small part of south-west Hertfordshire.

References

  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. 1 2 3 4 "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 ]