The United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies have adopted an open telephone numbering plan in the public switched telephone network. The national telephone numbering plan is maintained by Ofcom, the regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries. This list is based on the official standard, but includes defunct codes and historical changes, including the derivation of the two-letter identities, where known. — contains largely the same information as this page. Dialling codes do not correspond to political boundaries: for example, the Coventry dialling code covers a large area of Warwickshire, and the Manchester code covers part or all of several neighbouring towns.
When dialling within the country, all area codes are preceded by the national trunk prefix 0, which has been included in all listings in this article. 0 was traditionally the number dialled for the operator for long-distance calls before subscriber trunk dialling (STD) was introduced, and so was retained as a prefix for direct-dialled calls. In the majority of areas, the area code still corresponds to the original STD letter code. When dialling from abroad, the 0 prefix is not dialled. When dialling within the same area, the area code is not needed, save for a few areas that do require this. When calling from a mobile telephone or through a voice over IP service, the area code is always needed.
Code prefixes Initial digits Service type 00 International call prefix 01 Geographic area codes since 1995 02 Geographic area codes since 2000 03 Non-geographic numbers charged at geographic rates 04 Reserved 05 Reserved (previously, corporate numbering and VoIP) 06 Reserved 07 Mobile telephony, paging services and personal numbering 08 Freephone and revenue share non-geographic numbers 09 Premium-rate services
List of dialling codes Short codes 02x yyyy yyyy [eight-digit local number] 011x yyy yyyy [seven-digit local number] 01x1 yyy yyyy [seven-digit local number] 020 to 029 0113 to 0119 0121 to 0191 020 London(020) The codes 0207 & 0208 do not exist: London is under a single code, 020. Local numbers have eight digits and currently begin 0, 3, 4, 7, or 8. Area code changed as a part of the Big Number Change in 2000. 0121 Birmingham (B1) Area code changed as a part of phONEday in 1995. 023 Southampton and Portsmouth(023) Wide area. Southampton numbers begin 80, 81, 82. Portsmouth numbers begin 92, 93, 94. Local numbers have eight digits. 0113 Leeds 0131 Edinburgh (E1) 024 Coventry(024) Wide area. Coventry numbers begin 75, 76, 77. Local numbers have eight digits. 0114 Sheffield 0141 Glasgow (G1) 0115 Nottingham 0151 Liverpool (L1) 0116 Leicester 0161 Manchester (M1) 0117 Bristol 028 Northern Ireland(028) Eight-digit local numbers begin as follows: Ballycastle: 20, Martinstown: 21, Ballymena: 25, Ballymoney: 27, Larne: 28, Kilrea: 29, Newry: 30, Armagh: 37, Portadown: 38, Banbridge: 40, Rostrevor: 41, Kircubbin: 42, Newcastle (Co. Down): 43, Downpatrick: 44, Enniskillen: 66, Lisnaskea: 67, Kesh: 68, Coleraine: 70, Derry: 71, Limavady: 77, Magherafelt: 79, Carrickmore: 80, Newtownstewart: 81, Omagh: 82, Ballygawley: 85, Cookstown: 86, Dungannon: 87, Fivemiletown: 89, Belfast: 90 and 95, Bangor (Co. Down): 91, Lisburn: 92, Ballyclare: 93, Antrim: 94, Saintfield: 97. When dialling Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland, it may be cheaper to dial 048 xxxx xxxx rather than the normal 00 44 28 xxxx xxxx (see ComReg website ). 0118 Reading Area code changed in 1998. Area code changed in 1990. 029 Cardiff(029) Wide area. Cardiff numbers begin 20, 21, 22. Local numbers have eight digits. 0191 Tyne & Wear and Durham, i.e., Tyneside, Sunderland, and Durham(0191) ELNS area. Tyneside numbers begin 2, 4, 6, 8 (North Tyneside/Newcastle 2, 6 – South Tyneside/Gateshead 4, 8). Durham numbers begin 3, 9. Sunderland numbers begin 5, 7. Local numbers have seven digits.
For an explanation of the two-letter STD codes used below, see Introduction of area codes.
ELNS denotes Extended Linked Numbering Scheme areas, where an area code is associated with more than one place name.
Long codes 01xxx [mostly six-digit local numbers]There are some places with the standard (01xxx) four-digit area code but which have both six-digit and five-digit local numbers, as described at Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom. These codes include 01204, 01208, 01254, 01276, 01297, 01298, 01363, 01364, 01384, 01386, 01404, 01420, 01460, 01461, 01480, 01488, 01524 (mixed), 01527, 01562, 01566, 01606, 01629, 01635, 01647, 01659, 01695, 01726, 01744, 01750, 01768 (mixed), 01827, 01837, 01884, 01900, 01905, 01935, 01946 (mixed), 01949, 01963 and 01995. and 01xxxx [mostly five-digit local numbers]There are some places with an (01xx xx) five-digit area code. These areas can potentially have either or both five-digit and four-digit local numbers. Nowadays only Brampton (0169 77) has four-digit local numbers (0169 77) 2xxx and (0169 77) 3xxx, as well as five-digit local numbers (0169 77) 4xxxx to (0169 77) 9xxxx, as described at Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom and at (but not 01x1 codes) 01200 to 01470 01471 to 01762 01763 to 0199901200 — Clitheroe (CO0) —
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, as this code would have changed again (mostly by adding the '1' after initial zero) on PhONEday.
01202 — Bournemouth (BO2) —
01204 — Bolton (BO4) 01205 — Boston (BO5) 01206 — Colchester (CO6) 01207 — Consett (CO7) 01208 — Bodmin (BO8) 01209 — Redruth, Cornwall (CO9) 01210 – 01219
See 0121 — Birmingham (B1)
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01223 — Cambridge (CA3) 01224 — Aberdeen (AB4) 01225 — Bath (BA5) 01226 — Barnsley (BA6) 01227 — Canterbury (CA7) 01228 — Carlisle (CA8) 01229 — Barrow-in-Furness and Millom (BA9)(01229) ELNS area. Barrow-in-Furness numbers begin 2, 4, 5, 6, 8. Millom numbers begin 3, 7, 9. —
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01233 — Ashford (Kent) (AD3) 01234 — Bedford (BE4) 01235 — Abingdon (AD5) 01236 — Coatbridge (CE6) 01237 — Bideford (BD7) —
01239 — Cardigan (CD9) —
01241 — Arbroath (AH1) 01242 — Cheltenham (CH2) 01243 — Chichester, West Sussex (CH3) 01244 — Chester (CH4) 01245 — Chelmsford (CH5) 01246 — Chesterfield (CH6) —
All Northern Ireland 01xx xx "mixed" areas migrated to the new 028 area code in the Big Number Change in 2000.
01248 — Bangor (Gwynedd) (BG8) 01249 — Chippenham (CH9) 01250 — Blairgowrie (BL0) —
01252 — Aldershot (AL2) 01253 — Blackpool (BL3) 01254 — Blackburn (BL4) 01255 — Clacton-on-Sea (CL5) 01256 — Basingstoke (BK6) 01257 — Coppull, Chorley (CL7) 01258 — Blandford (BL8) 01259 — Alloa (AL9) 01260 — Congleton (CN0) 01261 — Banff (BN1) 01262 — Bridlington (BN2) 01263 — Cromer (CM3) 01264 — Andover (AN4) —
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01267 — Carmarthen (CM7) 01268 — Basildon (BN8) 01269 — Ammanford (AM9) 01270 — Crewe (CR0) 01271 — Barnstaple (BP1) —
01273 — Brighton (BR3) 01274 — Bradford (BR4) 01275 — Clevedon, Bristol (BR5) 01276 — Camberley (CR6)
01277 — Brentwood (BR7) 01278 — Bridgwater (BR8) 01279 — Bishop's Stortford (BS9) 01280 — Buckingham (BU0) —
01282 — Burnley (BU2) 01283 — Burton upon Trent (BU3) 01284 — Bury St Edmunds (BU4) 01285 — Cirencester (CT5) 01286 — Caernarfon (CV6)
01287 — Guisborough, Cleveland (CV7) 01288 — Bude (BU8) 01289 — Berwick-upon-Tweed (BT9) 01290 — Cumnock, Ayrshire (AY0) 01291 — Chepstow (CW1) 01292 — Ayr (AY2) 01293 — Crawley (CY3) 01294 — Ardrossan, Ayrshire (AY4) 01295 — Banbury (BY5) 01296 — Aylesbury (AY6) 01297 — Axminster (AX7) 01298 — Buxton (BX8) 01299 — Bewdley (BY9)
01300 — Cerne Abbas, Dorset (DO0) 01301 — Arrochar 01302 — Doncaster (DO2) 01303 — Folkestone (FO3) 01304 — Dover (DO4) 01305 — Dorchester (DO5) 01306 — Dorking (DO6) 01307 — Forfar (FO7) 01308 — Bridport, Dorset (DO8) 01309 — Forres (FO9) 01310 – 01319
See 0131 — Edinburgh (E1)
01320 — Fort Augustus (FA0) —
01322 — Dartford (DA2) 01323 — Eastbourne (EA3) 01324 — Falkirk (FA4) 01325 — Darlington (DA5) 01326 — Falmouth (FA6) 01327 — Daventry (DA7) 01328 — Fakenham (FA8) 01329 — Fareham (FA9) 01330 — Banchory, Deeside (DE0) —
01332 — Derby (DE2) 01333 — Peat Inn, Fife (FF3) 01334 — St Andrews, Fife (FF4) 01335 — Ashbourne, Derbyshire (DE5) —
01337 — Ladybank, Fife (FF7) —
01339 — Aboyne and Ballater, Deeside (DE9)(01339) ELNS area. Aboyne numbers begin 2, 3, 5, 8. Ballater numbers begin 4, 6, 7, 9. 01340 — Craigellachie, Elgin (EG0) 01341 — Barmouth, Dolgellau (DG1) 01342 — East Grinstead (EG2) 01343 — Elgin (EG3) 01344 — Bracknell, Easthampstead (EH4) —
01346 — Fraserburgh (FH6) 01347 — Easingwold (EG7) 01348 — Fishguard (FG8) 01349 — Dingwall (DG9) 01350 — Dunkeld (DK0) —
01352 — Mold, Flint (FL2) 01353 — Ely (EL3) 01354 — Fenland, Cambridgeshire (FL4) 01355 — East Kilbride (EK5) 01356 — Brechin, Edzell (EL6) 01357 — Strathaven, East Kilbride (EK7) 01358 — Ellon (EL8) 01359 — Pakenham, Elmswell (EL9) 01360 — Killearn, Drymen (DM0) 01361 — Duns (DN1) 01362 — Dereham (DM2) 01363 — Crediton (CN3) 01364 — Ashburton, Devon (DN4) —
01366 — Downham Market (DM6) 01367 — Faringdon (FN7) 01368 — Dunbar (DN8) 01369 — Dunoon (DN9) —
01371 — Great Dunmow, Essex (ES1) 01372 — Esher (ES2) 01373 — Frome (FR3) —
01375 — Grays Thurrock, Essex (ES5) 01376 — Braintree, Essex (ES6) 01377 — Driffield (DR7) —
01379 — Diss (DS9) 01380 — Devizes (DV0) 01381 — Fortrose (FT1) 01382 — Dundee (DU2) 01383 — Dunfermline (DU3) 01384 — Dudley (DU4) —
(0191) Numbers in Newcastle, Durham, Sunderland, Tyneside, and Wearside were migrated to 091, now 0191, between 1982 and 1988.
01386 — Evesham (EV6) 01387 — Dumfries (DU7)(01387) Mixed area. Dumfries numbers begin 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 0138 73 — Langholm 01388 — Bishop Auckland, Durham and Stanhope (Eastgate), Durham (DU8)(01388) ELNS area. Bishop Auckland numbers begin 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. Stanhope (Eastgate) numbers begin 2, 5. 01389 — Dumbarton (DU9) —
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01392 — Exeter (EX2) —
01394 — Felixstowe (FX4) 01395 — Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth (EX5) —
01397 — Fort William (FW7) 01398 — Dulverton, Exmoor (EX8) —
01400 — Honington (HO0) —
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01403 — Horsham (HO3)
01404 — Honiton (HO4) 01405 — Goole (GO5) 01406 — Holbeach (HO6) 01407 — Holyhead (HO7) 01408 — Golspie (GO8)
01409 — Holsworthy (HO9) 01410 — See 0141 — Glasgow (G1)
01411 — See 0141 — Glasgow (G1)
01412 – 01419
See 0141 — Glasgow (G1)
01420 — Alton, Hampshire (HA0) —
01422 — Halifax (HA2) 01423 — Boroughbridge and Harrogate (HA3)(01423) ELNS area. Boroughbridge numbers begin 3, 4, 9. Harrogate numbers begin 2, 5, 6, 7, 8. 01424 — Hastings (HA4) 01425 — Ringwood, New Milton and Highcliffe, Hampshire (HA5) —
01427 — Gainsborough (GA7) 01428 — Haslemere (HA8) 01429 — Hartlepool (HA9) 01430 — Market Weighton and North Cave, Howden (HD0)(01430) ELNS area. Market Weighton numbers begin 6, 7, 8, 9. North Cave numbers begin 2, 3, 4, 5. 01431 — Helmsdale (HE1) 01432 — Hereford (HE2)
01433 — Hathersage (HE3) 01434 — Bellingham, Haltwhistle and Hexham (HE4)(01434) ELNS area. Bellingham numbers begin 2, 4, 9. Haltwhistle numbers begin 3, 5. Hexham numbers begin 6, 7, 8. 01435 — Heathfield (HE5) 01436 — Helensburgh (HE6) 01437 — Clynderwen (Clunderwen) and Haverfordwest (HF7)(01437) ELNS area. Clynderwen (Clunderwen) numbers begin 2, 3, 4, 5. Haverfordwest numbers begin 6, 7, 8, 9. 01438 — Stevenage, Hertfordshire (HE8) 01439 — Helmsley (HE9) 01440 — Haverhill (HH0) —
01442 — Hemel Hempstead (HH2) 01443 — Pontypridd, Glamorgan (GG3) 01444 — Haywards Heath (HH4) (also covers Burgess Hill) 01445 — Gairloch (GH5) 01446 — Barry, Glamorgan (GG6) —
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01449 — Stowmarket, Gipping (GG9) 01450 — Hawick (HK0) 01451 — Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire (GL1) 01452 — Gloucester (GL2) 01453 — Dursley, Gloucestershire (GL3) 01454 — Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire (GL4) 01455 — Hinckley (HK5) 01456 — Glenurquhart (GL6)
01457 — Glossop (GL7), Saddleworth