UK area codes and dialling codes

Updated: 17/09/2026

A UK area code starts with 01 or 02 and shows where a landline number was issued. An international dialling code starts with + or 00 and shows the country. In the international format the 0 is dropped: 0161 becomes +44 161.

UK area codes

Most UK landline numbers have 11 digits including the leading 0. The area code is 3 to 5 digits long and the local number fills the rest, so numbers are split differently: 020 XXXX XXXX, 0121 XXX XXXX, 01204 XXXXXX.

Code Area Region
0113 Leeds Yorkshire and the Humber
0114 Sheffield Yorkshire and the Humber
0115 Nottingham East Midlands
0116 Leicester East Midlands
0117 Bristol South West England
0118 Reading South East England
01202 Bournemouth South West England
01204 Bolton North West England
01205 Boston East Midlands
01206 Colchester East of England
01207 Consett North East England
01208 Bodmin South West England
01209 Redruth South West England
0121 Birmingham West Midlands
01223 Cambridge East of England
01224 Aberdeen Scotland
01225 Bath South West England
01226 Barnsley Yorkshire and the Humber
01227 Canterbury South East England
01228 Carlisle North West England
01229 Barrow-in-Furness North West England
01233 Ashford (Kent) South East England
01234 Bedford East of England
01235 Abingdon South East England
01236 Coatbridge Scotland
01237 Bideford South West England
01239 Cardigan Wales
01241 Arbroath Scotland
01242 Cheltenham South West England
01243 Chichester South East England
01244 Chester North West England
01245 Chelmsford East of England
01246 Chesterfield East Midlands
01248 Bangor (Gwynedd) Wales
01249 Chippenham South West England
01252 Aldershot and Farnborough South East England
01253 Blackpool North West England
01254 Blackburn North West England
01255 Clacton-on-Sea East of England
01256 Basingstoke South East England
01257 Chorley North West England
01259 Alloa Scotland
01260 Congleton North West England
01262 Bridlington Yorkshire and the Humber
01263 Cromer East of England
01264 Andover South East England
01267 Carmarthen Wales
01268 Basildon East of England
01270 Crewe North West England
01271 Barnstaple South West England
01273 Brighton South East England
01274 Bradford Yorkshire and the Humber
01275 Clevedon South West England
01276 Camberley South East England
01277 Brentwood East of England
01278 Bridgwater South West England
01279 Bishop's Stortford and Harlow East of England
01280 Buckingham South East England
01282 Burnley North West England
01283 Burton upon Trent West Midlands
01284 Bury St Edmunds East of England
01285 Cirencester South West England
01286 Caernarfon Wales
01288 Bude South West England
01289 Berwick-upon-Tweed North East England
01291 Chepstow Wales
01292 Ayr Scotland
01293 Crawley South East England
01294 Ardrossan Scotland
01295 Banbury South East England
01296 Aylesbury South East England
01297 Axminster South West England
01298 Buxton East Midlands
01302 Doncaster Yorkshire and the Humber
01303 Folkestone South East England
01304 Dover South East England
01305 Dorchester South West England
01306 Dorking South East England
01307 Forfar Scotland
01308 Bridport South West England
01309 Forres Scotland
0131 Edinburgh Scotland
01322 Dartford South East England
01323 Eastbourne South East England
01324 Falkirk Scotland
01325 Darlington North East England
01326 Falmouth South West England
01327 Daventry East Midlands
01328 Fakenham East of England
01329 Fareham South East England
01332 Derby East Midlands
01334 St Andrews Scotland
01335 Ashbourne East Midlands
01342 East Grinstead South East England
01343 Elgin Scotland
01344 Bracknell South East England
01346 Fraserburgh Scotland
01348 Fishguard Wales
01349 Dingwall Scotland
01352 Mold Wales
01353 Ely East of England
01355 East Kilbride Scotland
01356 Brechin Scotland
01361 Duns Scotland
01362 Dereham East of England
01363 Crediton South West England
01366 Downham Market East of England
01368 Dunbar Scotland
01369 Dunoon Scotland
01371 Great Dunmow East of England
01372 Esher and Epsom South East England
01373 Frome South West England
01375 Grays East of England
01376 Braintree East of England
01377 Driffield Yorkshire and the Humber
01379 Diss East of England
01380 Devizes South West England
01382 Dundee Scotland
01383 Dunfermline Scotland
01384 Dudley West Midlands
01386 Evesham West Midlands
01387 Dumfries Scotland
01388 Bishop Auckland North East England
01389 Dumbarton Scotland
01392 Exeter South West England
01394 Felixstowe East of England
01395 Exmouth South West England
01397 Fort William Scotland
01403 Horsham South East England
01404 Honiton South West England
01405 Goole Yorkshire and the Humber
01406 Holbeach East Midlands
01407 Holyhead Wales
0141 Glasgow Scotland
01420 Alton South East England
01422 Halifax Yorkshire and the Humber
01423 Harrogate Yorkshire and the Humber
01424 Hastings South East England
01425 Ringwood South East England
01427 Gainsborough East Midlands
01428 Haslemere South East England
01429 Hartlepool North East England
01432 Hereford West Midlands
01434 Hexham North East England
01436 Helensburgh Scotland
01437 Haverfordwest Wales
01438 Stevenage East of England
01440 Haverhill East of England
01442 Hemel Hempstead East of England
01443 Pontypridd Wales
01444 Haywards Heath South East England
01446 Barry Wales
01449 Stowmarket East of England
01450 Hawick Scotland
01452 Gloucester South West England
01453 Stroud and Dursley South West England
01455 Hinckley East Midlands
01457 Glossop East Midlands
01458 Glastonbury South West England
01460 Chard South West England
01462 Hitchin East of England
01463 Inverness Scotland
01467 Inverurie Scotland
01472 Grimsby Yorkshire and the Humber
01473 Ipswich East of England
01474 Gravesend South East England
01475 Greenock Scotland
01476 Grantham East Midlands
01480 Huntingdon East of England
01481 Guernsey Channel Islands
01482 Hull Yorkshire and the Humber
01483 Guildford South East England
01484 Huddersfield Yorkshire and the Humber
01485 Hunstanton East of England
01488 Hungerford South East England
01491 Henley-on-Thames South East England
01492 Colwyn Bay Wales
01493 Great Yarmouth East of England
01494 High Wycombe South East England
01495 Pontypool Wales
01502 Lowestoft East of England
01503 Looe South West England
01505 Johnstone Scotland
01506 Bathgate Scotland
01507 Louth East Midlands
01509 Loughborough East Midlands
0151 Liverpool North West England
01522 Lincoln East Midlands
01524 Lancaster North West England
01525 Leighton Buzzard East of England
01527 Redditch West Midlands
01529 Sleaford East Midlands
01530 Coalville East Midlands
01531 Ledbury West Midlands
01534 Jersey Channel Islands
01535 Keighley Yorkshire and the Humber
01536 Kettering East Midlands
01539 Kendal North West England
01543 Cannock West Midlands
01553 King's Lynn East of England
01554 Llanelli Wales
01555 Lanark Scotland
01556 Castle Douglas Scotland
01562 Kidderminster West Midlands
01563 Kilmarnock Scotland
01565 Knutsford North West England
01566 Launceston South West England
01568 Leominster West Midlands
01569 Stonehaven Scotland
01570 Lampeter Wales
01572 Oakham East Midlands
01573 Kelso Scotland
01576 Lockerbie Scotland
01577 Kinross Scotland
01579 Liskeard South West England
01580 Cranbrook South East England
01582 Luton East of England
01584 Ludlow West Midlands
01586 Campbeltown Scotland
01590 Lymington South East England
01592 Kirkcaldy Scotland
01594 Lydney South West England
01595 Lerwick (Shetland) Scotland
01597 Llandrindod Wells Wales
01600 Monmouth Wales
01603 Norwich East of England
01604 Northampton East Midlands
01606 Northwich North West England
01608 Chipping Norton South East England
01609 Northallerton Yorkshire and the Humber
0161 Manchester North West England
01620 North Berwick Scotland
01621 Maldon East of England
01622 Maidstone South East England
01623 Mansfield East Midlands
01624 Isle of Man Isle of Man
01625 Macclesfield North West England
01626 Newton Abbot South West England
01628 Maidenhead South East England
01629 Matlock East Midlands
01630 Market Drayton West Midlands
01631 Oban Scotland
01633 Newport Wales
01634 Medway (Chatham, Gillingham, Rochester) South East England
01635 Newbury South East England
01636 Newark-on-Trent East Midlands
01637 Newquay South West England
01638 Newmarket East of England
01639 Neath Wales
01642 Middlesbrough North East England
01643 Minehead South West England
01646 Milford Haven Wales
01652 Brigg Yorkshire and the Humber
01653 Malton Yorkshire and the Humber
01654 Machynlleth Wales
01656 Bridgend Wales
01661 Prudhoe North East England
01664 Melton Mowbray East Midlands
01665 Alnwick North East England
01666 Malmesbury South West England
01667 Nairn Scotland
01670 Morpeth North East England
01671 Newton Stewart Scotland
01672 Marlborough South West England
01673 Market Rasen East Midlands
01674 Montrose Scotland
01675 Coleshill West Midlands
01677 Bedale Yorkshire and the Humber
01678 Bala Wales
01683 Moffat Scotland
01684 Malvern West Midlands
01685 Merthyr Tydfil Wales
01686 Newtown and Llanidloes Wales
01689 Orpington Greater London
01691 Oswestry West Midlands
01692 North Walsham East of England
01695 Skelmersdale North West England
01698 Motherwell and Hamilton Scotland
01700 Rothesay Scotland
01702 Southend-on-Sea East of England
01704 Southport North West England
01706 Rochdale North West England
01707 Welwyn Garden City East of England
01708 Romford Greater London
01709 Rotherham Yorkshire and the Humber
01720 Isles of Scilly South West England
01721 Peebles Scotland
01722 Salisbury South West England
01723 Scarborough Yorkshire and the Humber
01724 Scunthorpe Yorkshire and the Humber
01726 St Austell South West England
01727 St Albans East of England
01728 Saxmundham East of England
01729 Settle Yorkshire and the Humber
01730 Petersfield South East England
01732 Sevenoaks South East England
01733 Peterborough East of England
01736 Penzance South West England
01737 Redhill South East England
01738 Perth Scotland
01743 Shrewsbury West Midlands
01744 St Helens North West England
01745 Rhyl Wales
01746 Bridgnorth West Midlands
01747 Shaftesbury South West England
01748 Richmond (North Yorkshire) Yorkshire and the Humber
01749 Shepton Mallet South West England
01750 Selkirk Scotland
01751 Pickering Yorkshire and the Humber
01752 Plymouth South West England
01753 Slough South East England
01754 Skegness East Midlands
01756 Skipton Yorkshire and the Humber
01757 Selby Yorkshire and the Humber
01758 Pwllheli Wales
01759 Pocklington Yorkshire and the Humber
01760 Swaffham East of England
01763 Royston East of England
01764 Crieff Scotland
01765 Ripon Yorkshire and the Humber
01766 Porthmadog Wales
01767 Sandy East of England
01768 Penrith North West England
01770 Isle of Arran Scotland
01772 Preston North West England
01773 Ripley East Midlands
01775 Spalding East Midlands
01776 Stranraer Scotland
01777 Retford East Midlands
01778 Bourne East Midlands
01779 Peterhead Scotland
01780 Stamford East Midlands
01782 Stoke-on-Trent West Midlands
01784 Staines-upon-Thames South East England
01785 Stafford West Midlands
01786 Stirling Scotland
01787 Sudbury East of England
01788 Rugby West Midlands
01789 Stratford-upon-Avon West Midlands
01790 Spilsby East Midlands
01792 Swansea Wales
01793 Swindon South West England
01794 Romsey South East England
01795 Sittingbourne South East England
01796 Pitlochry Scotland
01797 Rye South East England
01798 Pulborough South East England
01799 Saffron Walden East of England
01803 Torquay South West England
01805 Torrington South West England
01822 Tavistock South West England
01823 Taunton South West England
01824 Ruthin Wales
01825 Uckfield South East England
01827 Tamworth West Midlands
01829 Tarporley North West England
01833 Barnard Castle North East England
01834 Narberth Wales
01837 Okehampton South West England
01840 Camelford South West England
01841 Padstow South West England
01842 Thetford East of England
01843 Thanet (Margate, Ramsgate, Broadstairs) South East England
01844 Thame South East England
01845 Thirsk Yorkshire and the Humber
01847 Thurso Scotland
01851 Stornoway Scotland
01854 Ullapool Scotland
01856 Orkney Scotland
01858 Market Harborough East Midlands
01862 Tain Scotland
01865 Oxford South East England
01869 Bicester South East England
01872 Truro South West England
01873 Abergavenny Wales
01874 Brecon Wales
01875 Tranent Scotland
01877 Callander Scotland
01883 Caterham South East England
01884 Tiverton South West England
01886 Bromyard West Midlands
01887 Aberfeldy Scotland
01888 Turriff Scotland
01889 Rugeley West Midlands
01890 Coldstream Scotland
01892 Tunbridge Wells South East England
01895 Uxbridge Greater London
01896 Galashiels Scotland
01899 Biggar Scotland
01900 Workington North West England
01902 Wolverhampton West Midlands
01903 Worthing South East England
01904 York Yorkshire and the Humber
01905 Worcester West Midlands
01908 Milton Keynes South East England
01909 Worksop East Midlands
0191 Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland and Durham North East England
01920 Ware East of England
01922 Walsall West Midlands
01923 Watford East of England
01924 Wakefield Yorkshire and the Humber
01925 Warrington North West England
01926 Warwick and Leamington Spa West Midlands
01928 Runcorn North West England
01929 Wareham South West England
01932 Weybridge South East England
01933 Wellingborough East Midlands
01934 Weston-super-Mare South West England
01935 Yeovil South West England
01937 Wetherby Yorkshire and the Humber
01938 Welshpool Wales
01939 Wem West Midlands
01942 Wigan North West England
01945 Wisbech East of England
01946 Whitehaven North West England
01947 Whitby Yorkshire and the Humber
01948 Whitchurch West Midlands
01952 Telford West Midlands
01953 Wymondham East of England
01955 Wick Scotland
01959 Westerham South East England
01962 Winchester South East England
01963 Wincanton South West England
01968 Penicuik Scotland
01969 Leyburn Yorkshire and the Humber
01970 Aberystwyth Wales
01977 Pontefract Yorkshire and the Humber
01978 Wrexham Wales
01980 Amesbury South West England
01982 Builth Wells Wales
01983 Isle of Wight South East England
01984 Watchet South West England
01985 Warminster South West England
01986 Bungay East of England
01988 Wigtown Scotland
01989 Ross-on-Wye West Midlands
01992 Hertford and Cheshunt East of England
01993 Witney South East England
01995 Garstang North West England
020 London Greater London
023 Southampton and Portsmouth South East England
024 Coventry West Midlands
028 Belfast and all of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
029 Cardiff Wales

Non-geographic and service numbers

Numbers starting with 03, 080, 084, 087 and 070 have no area code and say nothing about where the caller is. What a call costs depends on the prefix.

Code Type Cost of calling
0300 Public sector and charity number Same as 01/02, included in allowances
0330 Non-geographic number Same as 01/02, included in allowances
0333 Non-geographic number Same as 01/02, included in allowances
0344 Non-geographic number (replaces 0844) Same as 01/02, included in allowances
0345 Non-geographic number (replaces 0845) Same as 01/02, included in allowances
0370 Non-geographic number (replaces 0870) Same as 01/02, included in allowances
0371 Non-geographic number (replaces 0871) Same as 01/02, included in allowances
070 Personal number Depends on your provider
0800 Freephone number Free
0808 Freephone number Free
0844 Business rate number Access charge + service charge
0845 Business rate number Access charge + service charge
0870 Business rate number Access charge + service charge
0871 Business rate number Access charge + service charge

International dialling codes

To call abroad from the UK, dial 00 or + followed by the country code, for example 00 33 or +33 for France.

Code Country Mobile number format
+1 USA and Canada +1 XXX XXX XXXX
+7 Russia and Kazakhstan +7 9XX XXX XX XX
+27 South Africa +27 XX XXX XXXX
+30 Greece +30 69X XXX XXXX
+31 Netherlands +31 6 XXXX XXXX
+32 Belgium +32 4XX XX XX XX
+33 France +33 6 XX XX XX XX
+34 Spain +34 6XX XXX XXX
+36 Hungary +36 XX XXX XXXX
+39 Italy +39 3XX XXX XXXX
+40 Romania +40 7XX XXX XXX
+41 Switzerland +41 7X XXX XX XX
+44 United Kingdom +44 7XXX XXXXXX
+45 Denmark +45 XXXX XXXX
+46 Sweden +46 7X XXX XX XX
+47 Norway +47 XXXX XXXX
+48 Poland +48 XXX XXX XXX
+49 Germany +49 1XX XXXXXXXX
+61 Australia +61 4XX XXX XXX
+63 Philippines +63 9XX XXX XXXX
+86 China +86 1XX XXXX XXXX
+90 Turkey +90 5XX XXX XX XX
+91 India +91 XXXXX XXXXX
+92 Pakistan +92 3XX XXX XXXX
+225 Ivory Coast +225 XX XX XX XX XX
+233 Ghana +233 XX XXX XXXX
+234 Nigeria +234 XXX XXX XXXX
+254 Kenya +254 7XX XXX XXX
+351 Portugal +351 9XX XXX XXX
+353 Ireland +353 8X XXX XXXX
+370 Lithuania +370 6XX XXXXX
+371 Latvia +371 2X XXX XXX
+380 Ukraine +380 XX XXX XX XX
+870 Inmarsat (satellite numbers) –
+880 Bangladesh +880 1XXX XXXXXX
+971 United Arab Emirates +971 5X XXX XXXX

UK area code or international code – how to tell

  • The number starts with + or 00: the digits that follow are the country code.
  • The number starts with 01 or 02 (or +44 1 / +44 2): it is a UK landline and the first digits are the area code.
  • Numbers starting with 07 are mobiles, 03 numbers are non-geographic, 080 is freephone and 084, 087 and 09 are service numbers with extra charges. None of them has an area code.

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