Coordinates: 51°31′44″N 0°24′58″W / 51.529°N 0.416°W / 51.529; -0.416

The UB postcode area, also known as the Uxbridge postcode area, is a group of ten postcode districts covering part of north west and west London, which are subdivisions of six post towns. The main sorting office is in Greenford (Green Park Way) and the area served includes parts of the London Borough of Ealing and the London Borough of Hillingdon. Part of the South Bucks district of Buckinghamshire is also covered by the UB9 postcode district.

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: W (London W), TW (Twickenham), SL (Slough), WD (Watford), HA (Harrow).

For the purposes of directing mail, the United Kingdom is divided by Royal Mail into postcode areas. The postcode area is the largest geographical unit used and forms the initial characters of the alphanumeric UK postcode. There are currently 121 postal areas in use in the UK and a further 3 often combined with these covering the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man.

Each postcode area is further divided into post towns and postcode districts. There are on average 20 postcode districts to a postcode area. The London post town is instead divided into several postcode areas.

The single or pair of letters chosen for postcode areas are generally intended as a mnemonic for the places served. Postcode areas, post towns and postcode districts do not follow political boundaries and usually serve much larger areas than the placenames with which they are associated. For example, within the PA postcode area the PA1 and PA78 postcode districts are 140 miles apart; and the eight postcode areas of the London post town cover only 40% of Greater London. The remainder of its area is covered by sections of twelve adjoining postcode areas: EN, IG, RM, DA, BR, TN, CR, SM, KT, TW, HA and UB.