List of United Kingdom dialling codes

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This is a list of United Kingdom telephony dialling codes including defunct codes.[1]

Prefixes Short codes
02x 011x 01x1
00 International 020 London [2]
01 Geographical codes
02 Geographical codes 0121 Birmingham
03 Non-geographic number range, charged at geographic rates 023 Southampton and Portsmouth[3] 0113 Leeds 0131 Edinburgh
04 Reserved 024 Coventry 0114 Sheffield 0141 Glasgow
05 Corporate Numbering 0115 Nottingham 0151 Liverpool
06 Reserved for Personal Numbering 0116 Leicester 0161 Manchester
07 Personal Numbering, Pagers and Mobile networks 0117 Bristol 0171 unused (was Inner London)
08 Special rates 028 Northern Ireland 0118 Reading 0181 unused (was Outer London)
09 Premium rate 029 Cardiff 0191 Tyne and Wear and Durham
012xx to 014xx 015xx to 017xx 018xx to 019xx
  • 01201 — unused
0201 was Bournemouth (BO) – numbers were transferred to 0202[4]
  • 01203 — unused
was Coventry (CO) – numbers were transferred to 024 on 22 April 2000
  • 01220 — unused
0220 was Cambridge (CA) – numbers were transferred to 0223[4]
  • 01221 — unused
0221 was Bath (BA) – numbers were transferred to 0225[4]
  • 01222 — unused
was Cardiff (CA) – numbers were transferred to 029 on 22 April 2000
  • 01225 — Bath (BA)
  • 01230 — unused
0230 was Bedford (BE) – numbers were transferred to 0234[4]
  • 01231 — unused
0231 was Belfast (BE) – numbers were transferred to 0232[4]
  • 01232 — unused
was Belfast (BE) – numbers were transferred to 028 on 22 April 2000
  • 01240 — unused
0240 was Chiltern (CH) – numbers were transferred to 0494[4]
  • 01247 — unused
was Bangor, NI (BG) – numbers were transferred to 028 on 22 April 2000
  • 01251 — unused
0251 was Aldershot (AL) – numbers were transferred to 0252[4]
  • 01265 — unused
was Coleraine (CN) – numbers were transferred to 028 on 22 April 2000
  • 01266 — unused
was Ballymena (BM) – numbers were transferred to 028 on 22 April 2000
  • 01272 — unused
0272 was Bristol (BR) – numbers were transferred to 0117 on 16 April 1995
  • 01281 — unused
0281 was Buckinghamshire (BU) – numbers were transferred to 0753[4]
  • 01288 — Bude (BU)
  • 01292 — Ayr (AY)
  • 01321 — unused
0321 was Eastbourne (EA) – numbers were transferred to 0323[4]
later used for Vodafone freephone; changed from 0321 to 08080 on 28 April 2001
  • 01331 — unused
0331 was Derby (DE) – numbers were transferred to 0332[4]
later used for Premium rate numbers
  • 01336 — unused
0336 was Deeside (DE) – numbers were transferred to 0975[4]
later used for Premium rate numbers
  • 01338 — unused
0338 was Deeside (DE) – numbers were transferred to 0339[4]
later used for Premium rate numbers
  • 01345 — unused
0345 was Huddersfield – ?? – numbers were transferred to 0484[4]
later used for BT Lo-call; changed from 0345 to 08457 on 28 April 2001
  • 01351 — unused
0351 was Fair Isle (FL) – numbers were transferred to 0595[5]
  • 01352 — Mold, Flint (FL)
  • 01353 — Ely (EL)
  • 01361 — Duns (DN)
  • 01365 — unused
was Enniskillen (EN) – numbers were transferred to 028 on 22 April 2000
  • 01370 — unused
0370 was Hockley, Essex (ES) – numbers were transferred to 0702[4]
later used for Vodafone mobile; changed from 0370 to 07770 on 22 April 2001
  • 01374 — unused
0374 was Basildon, Essex (ES) – numbers were transferred to 0268 [4]
later used for Vodafone mobile; changed from 0374 to 07774 on 22 April 2001
  • 01378 — unused
0378 was Epping (EP) – numbers were transferred to 0992[4]
later used for Vodafone mobile; changed from 0378 to 07778 on 22 April 2001
  • 01379 — Diss (DS)
  • 01385 — unused
0385 was Durham (DU) – numbers were transferred to 091[6]
later used for Vodafone mobile; changed from 0385 to 07785 on 28 April 2001
  • 01390 — unused
0390 was Eyemouth (EY) – numbers were transferred to 0890 [4]
later used for Vodafone mobile; changed from 0390 to 07790 on 28 April 2001
  • 01391 — unused
0391 was Fylde (FY) – numbers were transferred to 0253 [4]
  • 01393 — unused
0393 3 was Foula, Zetland (FZ) – numbers prefixed by 75 and transferred to 01595 on PhONE day
  • 01396 — unused
was Downpatrick (DW) – numbers were transferred to 028 on 22 April 2000
  • 01399 — unused (0399 was Dawley (DY)
allocated to planned Telford new town, but numbers were instead allocated to 0952[4]
later used for Vodafone paging; changed from 0399 to 08454 on 28 April 2001
  • 01401 — unused
0401 was Hornsea (HO) – numbers were transferred to 0964 [4]
later used for Cellnet mobile; changed from 0401 to 07701 on 28 April 2001
  • 01402 — unused
0402 was Hornchurch (HO) – numbers were transferred to 0708[4]
later used for Cellnet mobile; changed from 0402 to 07702 on 28 April 2001
0403 later used for Cellnet mobile; changed from 0403 to 07703 on 28 April 2001
  • 01410 — unused
0410 was used for Cellnet mobile; changed from 0410 to 07710 on 28 April 2001
  • 01411 — unused
0411 was used for Cellnet mobile; changed from 0410 to 07710 on 28 April 2001
  • 01421 — unused
0421 was Southampton, Hampshire (HA) – numbers were transferred to 0703[4]
later used for Vodafone mobile; changed from 0421 to 07721 on 28 April 2001
  • 01425 — Ringwood, Highcliffe; New Milton, Ashley (HC)
  • 01426 — unused (0426 was Hastings (HA)
allocated but never used, all numbers were on 0424[4]
later used for BT Paging; changed from 0426 to 01426 on 28 April 2001
0432 later used for BT paging; changed from 0432 to 07625 on 28 April 2001
  • 01441 — unused
0441 was Swansea, Glamorgan (GG) – numbers were transferred to 0792[4]
later used for Vodfone mobile; changed from 0441 to 07741 on 28 April 2001
  • 01446 — Barry, Glamorgan (GG)
  • 01447 — unused
0447 was Cardiff, Glamorgan (GG) – numbers were transferred to 0222[4]
  • 01448 — unused
0448 was Grange-over-Sands (GG) – numbers were transferred to 0539[4]
  • 01453 — Dursley, Gloucestershire (GL)
  • 01459 — unused
original area allocation unknown
later used for PageOne paging; changed from 0459 to 01459 on 28 April 2001
  • 01460 — Chard, Ilminster (IM)
0467 later used for Vodafone mobile; changed from 0467 to 07767 on 28 April 2001
  • 01468 — unused
0468 was Ingleborough (IN) – numbers were transferred to 0524[4]
later used for Vodafone mobile; changed from 0468 to 07768 on 29 April 2001
  • 01482 — Hull (HU)
  • 01487 — Warboys, Huntingdon (HU)
  • 01490 — Corwen, Gwynedd (GW)
  • 01498 — unused
0498 was Haltwhistle (HW) – numbers were transferred to 0434[4]
later used for Vodafone mobile; changed from 0498 to 07798 on 28 April 2001
  • 01500 — unused
0500 was Edinburgh, Lothian (LO) – numbers were transferred to 031[4]
0500 was later used for C&WC FreeCall. New numbers have not been allocated since 28 April 2001, although numbers active before that date are still in use.
  • 01503 — Looe (LO)
  • 01504 — unused
was Derry (LO) – numbers were transferred to 028 on 22 April 2000
  • 01521 — unused
0521 was Alford, Lincolnshire (LC) – numbers were transferred to 0507[4]
  • 01523 — unused
0523 was Wigan, Lancashire (LA) – numbers were transferred to 0942[4]
  • 01526 — Martin, Lincolnshire (LC)
  • 01532 — unused
0532 was Leeds (LE) – numbers were transferred to 0113 on 16 April 1995
  • 01533 — unused
0533 was Leicester (LE) – numbers were transferred to 0116 on 16 April 1995
  • 01537 — unused
0537 was Leicester (LE) – numbers were transferred to 0533[4]
  • 01541 — unused
0541 was Langholm (LH) – numbers were transferred to 0387[4]
later used for C&WC AreaCall; changed from 0541 to 08701 on 28 April 2001
  • 01543 — Cannock, Lichfield (LH)
  • 01551 — unused
0551 was Llanidloes (LL) – numbers were transferred to 0686[4]
  • 01552 — unused
0552 was Hamilton, Lanarkshire (LK) – numbers were transferred to 0698[4]
  • 01560 — Moscow (Kilmarnock-dependent) (KM)
  • 01572 — Oakham – – Was originally 0023 until changed to 0572 in 1968
  • 01574 — unused
was Larne (LR) – numbers were transferred to 028 on 22 April 2000
allocated but never used; all numbers were on 0473
later used for Cellnet mobile; changed from 0585 to 07885 on 28 April 2001
  • 01587 — unused
0587 was Sedbergh, Lune (LU) – numbers were transferred to 0539[4]
  • 01589 — unused
0589 was Livingston (LV) – numbers were transferred to 0506[4]
later used for Cellnet mobile; changed from 0589 to 07789 on 28 April 2001
  • 01596 — unused (
0596 was Keswick (KW) – numbers were transferred to 0768[4]
  • 01599 — Kyle (KY)
  • 01601 — unused
0601 was Northampton (NO) – numbers were transferred to 0604[4]
  • 01602 — unused
0602 was Nottingham (NO) – numbers were transferred to 0115 on 16 April 1995
  • 01605 — unused
0605 was Norwich (NO) – numbers were transferred to 0603[4]
  • 01607 — unused
0607 was Nottingham (NO) – numbers were transferred to 0602[4]
  • 01627 — unused
0627 was Maidstone (MA) – numbers were transferred to 0622[4]
  • 01631 — Oban – – Was originally 0024 until changed to 0631 in 1968
  • 01632 — unused
0632 was Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) – numbers were transferred to 0191[6]
later used for Premium rate numbers; changed from 0632 to 09xx on 28 April 2001
01632 numbers are now used as fictional numbers for drama purposes
  • 01640 — unused
0640 was Mallaig (MG) – numbers were transferred to 0687[4]
later used for Premium rate numbers; changed from 0640 to 09xx on 28 April 2001
  • 01645 — unused
0645 was Market Harborough (MH) – numbers were transferred to 0858[4]
later used for C&WC LocalCall; changed from 0645 to 08459 on 28 April 2001
  • 01648 — unused
was Magherafelt (MG) – numbers were transferred to 028 on 22 April 2000
  • 01649 — unused
0649 was Middlesbrough (MH) – numbers were transferred to 0642[4]
  • 01651 — Oldmeldrum – – Was originally 0055 until changed to 0651 in 1968
  • 01652 — Brigg, North Kelsey (NK)
  • 01656 — Bridgend – – Was originally 0042 until changed to 0656 in 1968
  • 01657 — unused
0657 was Millom (ML) – numbers were transferred to 0229[4]
  • 01658 — unused
0658 was Mareham le Fen (ML) – numbers were transferred to 0507 [4]
  • 01660 — unused
0660 was Bellingham, Northumberland (NM) – numbers were transferred to 0434[4]
later used for Premium rate numbers; changed from 0660 to 09xx on 28 April 2001
  • 01661 — Prudhoe, Northumberland (NM)
  • 01662 — unused
was Omagh – – Was originally 0063 until changed to 0662 in 1968 – – numbers were transferred to 028 on 22 April 2000)
  • 01665 — Alnwick, Northumberland (NM)
  • 01668 — Bamburgh, Northumberland (NM)
  • 01669 — Rothbury, Northumberland (NM)
  • 01677 — Bedale, North Riding (NR)
  • 01678 — Bala, Meirionydd (MR)
  • 01679 — unused
0679 was New Romney (NR) – numbers were transferred to 0797[4]
  • 01682 — unused
0682 was Nuneaton (until 1982) (NU) – numbers were transferred to 024 on 22 April 2000
  • 01689 — Orpington – – Was originally 0072 until changed to 0689 in 1968
  • 01691 — Oswestry (OW) – was 0073 until changed to 0691 in 1968
  • 01693 — unused
was Newry (NW) – numbers were transferred to 028 on 22 April 2000
  • 01696 — unused
was Market Weighton (MW) – numbers were transferred to 0430[4]
later used for Premium rate numbers; changed from 0696 to 09xx on 28 April 2001
  • 01699 — unused
0699 was Armathwaite – ?? – numbers were transferred to 0697[4]
  • 01701 — unused
0701 was Portsmouth (PO) – numbers were transferred to 0705[4]
  • 01703 — unused
was Southampton (SO) – numbers were transferred to 023 on 22 April 2000
  • 01705 — unused
was Portsmouth (PO) – numbers were transferred to 023 on 22 April 2000
  • 01729 — Settle, Ribblesdale (RB)
  • 01731 — unused
0731 was Peterborough – – numbers were transferred to 0733[5]
  • 01734 — unused
was Reading (RE) – numbers were transferred to 0118 on 9 January 1998
  • 01735 — unused
0735 was Reading (RE) – numbers were transferred to 0734[5]
  • 01739 — unused (0739 was Redditch (RE) – numbers were transferred to 0527 [5])
  • 01741 — unused
0741 was Sheffield (SH) – numbers were transferred to 0742[5]
  • 01742 — unused
0742 was Sheffield (SH) – numbers were transferred to 0114 on 19 April 1995
  • 01745 — Rhyl (RH)
  • 01755 — unused
0755 was Plymouth (PL) – numbers were transferred to 0752 [5]
  • 01762 — unused
was Portadown (PN) – numbers were transferred to 028 on 22 April 2000
  • 01764 — Crieff, Ruthven (RN)
  • 01774 — unused
0774 was Preston – – numbers were transferred to 0772[5]
  • 01781 — unused
0781 was Stoke on Trent (ST) – numbers were transferred to 0782[5]
  • 01783 — unused
0783 was Sunderland (SU) – numbers were transferred to 091[6]
  • 01791 — unused
0791 was Brighton, Sussex (SX) – numbers were transferred to 01273[5]
  • 01797 — Rye (RY)
  • 01800 — unused
0800 was Tongue (TO) – numbers were transferred to 0847[5]
0800 currently used for BT Freefone
  • 01801 — unused
0801 was Thrapston – – Was originally 0085 until changed to 0801 in 1968 – – numbers were transferred to 0832 [5]
  • 01802 — unused
original area allocation unknown
0802 later used for Cellnet mobile; changed from 0802 to 07802 on 28 April 2001
  • 01804 — unused
0804 was Torquay (TO) – numbers were transferred to 0803[5]
  • 01820 — unused
was Banbridge – – numbers were transferred to 028 on 22 April 2000
  • 01824 — Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd (VC)
  • 01830 — Kirkwhelpington – – Was originally 0086 until changed to 0830 in 1968
  • 01831 — unused
original area allocation unknown
0831 later used for Vodafone mobile; changed from 0831 to 07831 on 28 April 2001
  • 01836 — unused
0836 was Eigg – ?? – numbers were transferred to 0687[5]
0836 later used for Vodafone mobile; changed from 0836 to 07836 on 28 April 2001
  • 01837 — Okehampton – – Was originally 0052 until changed to 0837 in 1968
  • 01839 — unused
original area allocation unknown
0839 later used for Vodafone mobile; changed from 0831 to 07831 on 28 April 2001
0845 later used for Telinco
was Lisburn – – numbers were transferred to 028 on 22 April 2000
  • 01849 — unused
was Antrim – – numbers were transferred to 028 on 22 April 2000
  • 01850 — unused
0850 was Callanish, Lewis – – numbers were transferred to 0851 [5] – – Was originally 0040 until changed to 0850 in 1968
0850 later used for Cellnet mobile; changed from 0850 to 07850 on 29 April 2001
  • 01853 — unused
0853 was Ullswater (UL) – numbers were transferred to 0768[5]
0853 later used for Premium rate numbers; changed from 0853 to 09xx on 28 April 2001
  • 01859 — Harris – – Was originally 0046 until changed to 0859 in 1968
  • 01860 — unused
original area allocation unknown
0860 later used for Cellnet mobile; changed from 0860 to 07860 on 28 April 2001
  • 01861 — unused (was Armagh – – numbers were transferred to 028 on 22 April 2000)
  • 01862 — Tain (TN)
  • 01865 — Oxford – – Was originally 0092 until changed to 0865 in 1968
  • 01867 — unused
0867 was Oxford – – Was originally 0096 until changed to 0867 in 1968 – – numbers were transferred to 0865[5]
  • 01868 — unused
was Dungannon – – numbers were transferred to 028 on 22 April 2000
  • 01869 — Bicester, Oxfordshire – – Was originally 0095 until changed to 0869 in 1968
  • 01870 — Isle of Benbecula – – Was originally 0047 until changed to 0870 in 1968
  • 01881 — unused
original area allocation not known
0881 later used for Premium rate numbers; changed from 0881 to 09xx on 28 April 2001
  • 01883 — Caterham – – Was originally 0093 until changed to 0883 in 1968
0890 later used for Premium rate numbers; changed from 0890 to 09xx on 28 April 2001
  • 01891 — unused
original area allocation unknown)
later used for BT ValueCall; changed from 0891 to 09065 on 28 April 2001
  • 01893 — unused
Original area allocation unknown
Later used for BT Paging; changed from 01893 to 07693 on 28 April 2001
  • 01894 — unused
0894 was Tyneside (TY) – numbers were transferred to 0632[6]
0894 later used for Premium rate numbers; changed from 0894 to 09xx on 28 April 2001
0895 later used for Premium rate numbers; changed from 0895 to 09xx on 28 April 2001
0896 later used for Premium rate numbers; changed from 0896 to 09xx on 28 April 2001
  • 01897 — unused
0897 was never used as an area code
0897 later used for Premium rate numbers; changed from 0897 to 09xx on 28 April 2001
  • 01898 — unused
original area allocation not known
0898 later used for Premium rate numbers; changed from 0898 to 09xx on 28 April 2001
  • 01899 — Biggar, Tweed (TW)
  • 01901 — unused
0901 was Boroughbridge, Yorkshire (YO) – numbers were transferred to 0423[5]
  • 01904 — York (YO)
  • 01906 — unused
0906 was Worthing (WO) – numbers were transferred to 0903[5]
  • 01907 — unused
0907 was Wolverhampton (WO) – numbers were transferred to 0902[5]
  • 01920 — Ware (WA)
  • 01921 — unused (area not known)
  • 01927 — unused (0927 was Watford (WA) – numbers were transferred to 0923[5])
  • 01928 — Runcorn, Warrington (WA)
  • 01930 — unused
0930 was Brough, Westmorland (WE) – numbers were transferred to 0768[5]
0930 later used for Premium rate numbers; changed from 0930 to 09xx on 28 April 2001
09307 used for One2One Mobile; changed from 0930 to 079307 on 28 April 2001
  • 01931 — Shap, Westmorland (WE)
  • 01936 — unused
0936 was Weaver (WE) – numbers were transferred to 0270[5]
  • 01939 — Wem (WE)
  • 01940 — unused
0940 was Gosforth, Whitehaven (WH) – numbers were transferred to 0946[5]
  • 01941 — unused
original area allocation not known
0941 later used for Premium rate numbers; changed from 0941 to 07641 on 28 April 2001
  • 01955 — Wick (WK)
  • 01956 — unused
0956 was Weardale (WL) – numbers were transferred to 0388[5]
0956 later used for One2One mobile; changed 0956 to 07956 on 28 April 2001
09567 used for FleXtel personal numbering from 1994; changed from 0956 to 070107 on 28 April 2001
  • 01958 — unused
original area allocation not known
0958 later used for One2One mobile; changed from 0958 to 07958 on 28 April 2001
  • 01960 — unused
was Ballyclare – – numbers were transferred to 028 on 22 April 2000
  • 01961 — unused
original area allocation not known
0961 later used for One2One mobile; changed from 0961 to 07961 on 28 April 2001
  • 01965 — unused
0965 was Wigton (WN) – numbers were transferred to 0697[5]
  • 01966 — unused
0966 was Windermere (WM) – numbers were transferred to 0539[5]
0966 later used for Orange mobile; changed from 0966 to 07966 on 28 April 2001
  • 01969 — Leyburn, Wensleydale (WN)
  • 01973 — unused
0973 was Leeds, West Riding (WR) – numbers were transferred to 0532[5]
0973 later used for Orange mobile; changed from 0973 to 07973 on 28 April 2001
  • 01974 — Llanon, Ystwyth (YS)
  • 01976 — unused
0976 was Bradford, West Riding (WR) – numbers were transferred to 0274[5]
0976 later used for Orange mobile; changed from 0976 to 07976 on 28 April 2001
  • 01979 — unused (area not known)
  • 01986 — Bungay, Waveney (WV)
  • 01990 — unused
0990 was Wentworth (WW) – numbers were transferred to 0344[5]
0990 later used for BT NationalCall; changed from 0990 to 08705 on 28 April 2001
  • 01991 — unused
0991 was Clynderwen, West Wales (WW) – numbers were transferred to 0437[5]
0991 later used for Premium rate numbers; changed from 0991 to 09xx on 28 April 2001
  • 01996 — unused
0996 was Wilmslow (WW) – numbers were transferred to 0625 [5]
  • 01998 — unused (area not known)
  • 01999 — unused (area not known ) might be because the number at one point was 0999 and the emergency telephone is number is 999 so was not used to avoid confusion.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Roger Haworth (1999-11-22). "UK Geographic STD codes". http://www.rhaworth.myby.co.uk/phreak/std_geog.htm. Retrieved on 2007-06-15.  — contains largely the same information as this page
  2. ^ The codes 0207 & 0208 do not exist: London is under a single code, 020.
  3. ^ Southampton numbers begin with 8, Portsmouth begin with 9.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az This change happened prior to PhoneDay (16 April 1995); the new code is not to be confused with the current allocations of dialling codes commencing 02 to 09.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae This change happened prior to PhoneDay (16 April 1995); as above
  6. ^ a b c d Numbers in Newcastle, Durham, Sunderland, Tyneside, and Wearside were migrated between 1982, and 1988.
  7. ^ Telephone Numbering | Ofcom

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