Calling Codes in the UK: The Complete Guide

What is the United Kingdom's calling code?

The United Kingdom's calling code +44. This means that if you are calling from outside the UK, you will need to input +44 before any number. If you are calling from inside the United Kingdom, you can simply use the prefix 07, if you are looking to contact a mobile phone number.

What is a UK calling code?

A UK calling code is also known as an area code. When referring to local numbers, is the unique prefix of a local number. Local numbers are landline numbers associated with a specific area in the UK. Each local number begins with a unique prefix, known as a caller code or an area code.

A UK calling code, also known as an area code, is a unique prefix for a specific local area. An example of this would be Barnsley's area code being 1226, so every landline number in Barnsley will begin with 1226.

Each area code has its own unique number, which can help decipher where in the country the call is coming from. Some famous calling codes include Manchester's 121 and London's 20.

What do UK caller codes look like?

UK area codes start with 01 or 02, so if you see a number starting with 01 or 02, it's likely to be a home or business landline.

List of UK area codes by location:

A

• Aberdeen - 1224
• Aberfeldy - 1887
• Abergavenny - 1873
• Aberystwyth - 1970
• Abingdon - 1235
• Abington - 1864
• Aboyne - 13398
• Aboyne/Ballater - 1339
• Aldershot - 1252
• Alford (Aberdeen) - 19755
• Alford (Aberdeen)/Strathdon - 1975
• Alford/Louth/Horncastle - 1507
• Alloa - 1259
• Alnwick - 1665
• Alton - 1420
• Amesbury - 1980
• Ammanford - 1269
• Andover - 1264
• Anstruther - 1333
• Appleby - 17683
• Arbroath - 1241
• Ardgay - 1863
• Ardrossan - 1294
• Arrochar - 1301
• Ashbourne - 1335
• Ashburton - 1364
• Ashford (Kent) - 1233
• Axminster - 1297
• Aylesbury - 1296
• Ayr - 1292
• Ayton/Coldstream - 1890

B

• Bala - 1678
• Ballachulish - 1855
• Ballater - 13397
• Ballindalloch - 1807
• Bamburgh - 1668
• Banbury - 1295
• Banchory - 1330
• Banff - 1261
• Bangor (Gwynedd) - 1248
• Barmouth - 1341
• Barnard Castle - 1833
• Barnsley - 1226
• Barnstaple - 1271
• Barra, Outer Hebrides - 1871
• Barrow-in-Furness/Millom - 1229
• Barry - 1446
• Basildon - 1268
• Basingstoke - 1256
• Bath - 1225
• Bathgate - 1506
• Bedale - 677
• Bedford - 1234
• Bellingham/Haltwhistle/Hexham - 1434
• Benebecula, Outer Hebrides - 1870
• Berwick-on-Tweed - 1289
• Betws-y-Coed - 1690
• Bewdley - 1299
• Bicester - 1869
• Bideford - 1237
• Biggar - 1899
• Birmingham - 121
• Bishop Auckland/Stanhope - 1388
• Bishop's Castle - 1588
• Bishops Stortford - 1279
• Bishops Waltham - 1489
• Blackburn - 1254
• Blackpool - 1253
• Blairgowrie - 1250
• Blandford - 1258
• Bodmin - 1208
• Bolton - 1204
• Boroughbridge/Harrogate - 1423
• Boston - 1205
• Bourne - 1778
• Bournemouth - 1202
• Bracknell - 1344
• Bradford - 1274
• Braintree - 1376
• Brampton - 16977
• Brampton - 1697
• Brechin - 1356
• Brecon - 1874
• Brentwood - 1277
• Bridgend - 1656
• Bridgnorth - 1746
• Bridgwater - 1278
• Bridlington - 1262
• Bridport - 1308
• Brigg - 1652
• Brighton - 1273
• Bristol - 117
• Bromyard - 1885
• Brooke - 1508
• Buckingham - 1280
• Bude - 1288
• Budleigh Salterton - 1395
• Builth Wells - 1982
• Bungay - 1986
• Burnley - 1282
• Burton-on-Trent - 1283
• Bury-St-Edmunds - 1284
• Buxton - 1298

C

• Caernarfon - 1286
• Callander - 1877
• Camberley - 1276
• Cambridge - 1223
• Camelford - 1840
• Campbeltown - 1586
• Cannock - 1543
• Canterbury - 1227
• Cardiff - 29
• Cardigan - 1239
• Carlisle - 1228
• Carmarthen - 1267
• Carradale - 1583
• Castle Douglas - 1556
• Caterham - 1883
• Cemmaes Road - 1650
• Cerne Abbas - 1300
• Chard - 1460
• Chatteris - 1354
• Chelmsford - 1245
• Cheltenham - 1242
• Chepstow - 1291
• Chester - 1244
• Chesterfield - 1246
• Chichester - 1243
• Chippenham - 1249
• Chipping Norton - 1608
• Chipping Sodbury - 1454
• Church Stretton - 1694
• Cirencester - 1285
• Clacton-on-Sea - 1255
• Clevedon - 1275
• Clitheroe - 1200
• Clopton - 1832
• Clynderwen/Haverfordwest - 1437
• Coalville - 1530
• Coatbridge - 1236
• Colchester - 1206
• Coleshill - 1675
• Colonsay - 1951
• Colwyn Bay - 1492
• Congleton - 1260
• Consett - 1207
• Coppull - 1257
• Corwen - 1490
• Coupar Angus - 1828
• Coventry - 24
• Craigellachie - 1340
• Cranbrook - 1580
• Crawley - 1293
• Crediton - 1363
• Crewe - 1270
• Crieff - 1764
• Cromer - 1263
• Cumnock - 1290

D

• Dalmally - 1838
• Darlington - 1325
• Dartford - 1322
• Daventry - 1327
• Derby - 1332
• Dereham - 1362
• Devizes - 1380
• Dingwall - 1349
• Diss - 1379
• Doncaster - 1302
• Dorchester - 1305
• Dorking - 1306
• Dover - 1304
• Downham Market - 1366
• Driffield - 1377
• Dudley - 1384
• Dulverton - 1398
• Dumbarton - 1389
• Dumfries - 1387
• Dunbar - 1368
• Dundee - 1382
• Dunfermline - 1383
• Dunkeld - 1350
• Dunoon - 1369
• Duns - 1361
• Dursley - 1453

E

• Easingwold - 1347
• East Grinstead - 1342
• East Kilbride - 1355
• Eastbourne - 1323
• Ebbsfleet - 1987
• Edinburgh - 131
• Elgin - 1343
• Ellon - 1358
• Ely - 1353
• Esher - 1372
• Evesham - 1386
• Exeter - 1392

F

• Fakenham - 1328
• Falkirk - 1324
• Falmouth - 1326
• Fareham - 1329
• Faringdon - 1367
• Felixstowe - 1394
• Fishguard - 1348
• Folkestone - 1303
• Forfar - 1307
• Forres - 1309
• Fort Augustus - 1320
• Fort William - 1397
• Fortrose - 1381
• Fraserburgh - 1346
• Frome - 1373

G

• Gainsborough - 1427
• Gairloch - 1445
• Galashiels - 1896
• Garstang - 1995
• Girvan - 1465
• Glasgow - 141
• Glastonbury - 1458
• Glenborrodale - 1972
• Glenurquhart - 1456
• Glossop - 1457
• Gloucester - 1452
• Golspie - 1408
• Goole - 1405
• Gosforth - 19467
• Grange-Over-Sands - 15395
• Grantham - 1476
• Grantown-on-Spey - 1479
• Gravesend - 1474
• Grays Thurrock - 1375
• Great Dunmow - 1371
• Great Yarmouth - 1493
• Greenock - 1475
• Gretna - 1461
• Grimsby - 1472
• Guernsey - 1481
• Guildford - 1483
• Guisborough - 1287
• Guiseley - 1943

H

• Halifax - 1422
• Harris, Outer Hebrides - 1859
• Harthill - 1501
• Hartlepool - 1429
• Haslemere - 1428
• Hastings - 1424
• Hathersage - 1433
• Haverhill - 1440
• Hawick - 1450
• Hawkshead - 15394
• Hay-on-Wye - 1497
• Haywards Heath - 1444
• Heathfield - 1435
• Helensburgh - 1436
• Helmsdale - 1431
• Helmsley - 1439
• Hemel Hempstead - 1442
• Henley-on-Thames - 1491
• Hereford - 1432
• High Wycombe - 1494
• Hinckley - 1455
• Hitchin - 1462
• Holbeach - 1406
• Holmes Chapel - 1477
• Holsworthy - 1409
• Holyhead - 1407
• Honington - 1400
• Honiton - 1404
• Hornby - 15242
• Hornsea/Patrington - 1964
• Horsham - 1403
• Huddersfield - 1484
• Hull - 1482
• Hungerford - 1488
• Hunstanton - 1485
• Huntingdon - 1480
• Huntly - 1466

I

• Isle of Skye – Broadford - 1471
• Insch - 1464
• Inveraray - 1499
• Inverness - 1463
• Inverurie - 1467
• Ipswich - 1473
• Islay and Jura - 1496
• Isle of Arran - 1770
• Isle of Man - 1624
• Isle of Mull – Craignure - 1680
• Isle of Mull – Fionnphort - 1681
• Isle of Mull – Tobermory - 1688
• Isle of Skye – Broadford - 1471
• Isle of Skye – Edinbane - 1470
• Isle of Skye – Portree - 1478
• Isle of Wight - 1983
• Isles of Scilly - 1720

J

• Jersey - 1534
• Johnstone - 1505

K

• Keighley - 1535
• Keith - 1542
• Kelso - 1573
• Kendal - 1539
• Keswick - 17687
• Kettering - 1536
• Kidderminster - 1562
• Kilchrenan - 1866
• Killearn - 1360
• Killin - 1567
• Killingholme - 1469
• Kilmarnock - 1563
• Kilmelford - 1852
• King's Lynn - 1553
• Kingsbridge - 1548
• Kington - 1544
• Kingussie - 1540
• Kinloch Rannoch - 1882
• Kinross - 1577
• Kinrossie - 1821
• Kirkcaldy - 1592
• Kirkcudbright - 1557
• Kirkwhelpington - 1830
• Kirriemuir - 1575
• Knighton - 1547
• Knightwick - 1886
• Knutsford - 1565
• Kyle - 1599

L

• Ladybank - 1337
• Laggan - 1528
• Lairg - 1549
• Lampeter - 1570
• Lanark - 1555
• Lancaster - 1524
• Langholm - 13873
• Lapworth - 1564
• Lauder - 1578
• Launceston - 1566
• Laurencekirk - 1561
• Lea Valley - 1992
• Ledbury - 1531
• Leeds - 113
• Leek - 1538
• Leicester - 116
• Leighton Buzzard - 1525
• Leominster - 1568
• Lerwick, Shetland Islands - 1595
• Lewis and Great Bernera, Outer Hebrides - 1851
• Leyburn - 1969
• Lincoln - 1522
• Liskeard - 1579
• Liverpool - 151
• Llanarth - 1545
• Llandeilo - 1558
• Llandovery - 1550
• Llandrindod Wells - 1597
• Llandysul - 1559
• Llanelli - 1554
• Llanidloes/Newtown - 1686
• Llanon - 1974
• Llanwrtyd Wells - 1591
• Lochcarron - 1520
• Lochgilphead - 1546
• Lochinver - 1571
• Lockerbie - 1576
• London - 20
• Looe - 1503
• Loughborough - 1509
• Lowestoft - 1502
• Ludlow - 1584
• Luton - 1582
• Lybster - 1593
• Lydney - 1594
• Lymington - 1590
• Lynton - 1598

M

• Macclesfield - 1625
• Machynlleth - 1654
• Madingley - 1954
• Maidenhead - 1628
• Maidstone - 1622
• Maldon - 1621
• Mallaig - 1687
• Malmesbury - 1666
• Malton - 1653
• Malvern - 1684
• Manchester - 161
• Mansfield - 1623
• Market Drayton - 1630
• Market Harborough - 1858
• Market Rasen - 1673
• Market Weighton/North Cave - 1430
• Marlborough - 1672
• Martin - 1526
• Matlock - 1629
• Maud - 1771
• Maybole - 1655
• Medway - 1634
• Melton Mowbray - 1664
• Meriden - 1676
• Merthyr Tydfil - 1685
• Mid Yell, Shetland Islands - 1957
• Middlesbrough - 1642
• Milford Haven - 1646
• Milton Keynes - 1908
• Minehead - 1643
• Moffat - 1683
• Mold - 1352
• Monmouth - 1600
• Montrose - 1674
• Moretonhampstead - 1647
• Morpeth - 1670
• Moscow - 1560
• Motherwell - 1698

N

• Nairn - 1667
• Narberth - 1834
• Neath - 1639
• New Galloway - 1644
• New Luce - 1581
• New Mills - 1663
• Newark - 1636
• Newbury - 1635
• Newmarket - 1638
• Newport - 1633
• Newquay - 1637
• Newton Abbot - 1626
• Newton Stewart - 1671
• North Berwick - 1620
• North Uist, Outer Hebrides - 1876
• North Walsham - 1692
• Northallerton - 1609
• Northampton - 1604
• Northern Ireland - 28
• Northwich - 1606
• Norwich - 1603
• Nottingham - 115

O

• Oakham - 1572
• Oban - 1631
• Okehampton - 1837
• Oldmeldrum - 1651
• Orkney - 1856
• Orpington - 1689
• Oswestry - 1691
• Oxford - 1865

P

• Padstow - 1841
• Pakenham - 1359
• Peebles - 1721
• Penicuik - 1968
• Penrith - 1768
• Penzance - 1736
• Perth - 1738
• Peterborough - 1733
• Peterhead - 1779
• Petersfield - 1730
• Pickering - 1751
• Pitlochry - 1796
• Plymouth - 1752
• Pocklington - 1759
• Pontefract - 1977
• Pontypool - 1495
• Pontypridd - 1443
• Pooley Bridge - 17684
• Porthmadog - 1766
• Preston - 1772
• Prudhoe - 1661
• Pulborough - 1798
• Pwllheli - 1758

R

• Raughton Head - 16974
• Reading - 118
• Redditch - 1527
• Redhill - 1737
• Redruth - 1209
• Retford - 1777
• Rhyl - 1745
• Richmond - 1748
• Ringwood - 1425
• Ripley - 1773
• Ripon - 1765
• Rochdale - 1706
• Rockbourne - 1725
• Romford - 1708
• Romsey - 1794
• Ross-on-Wye - 1989
• Rothbury - 1669
• Rotherham - 1709
• Rothesay - 1700
• Royston - 1763
• Rugby - 1788
• Rugeley - 1889
• Runcorn - 1928
• Ruthin - 1824
• Rye - 1797

S

• Saffron Walden - 1799
• Salisbury - 1722
• Sanday - 1857
• Sandwick, Shetland Islands - 1950
• Sandy - 1767
• Sanquhar - 1659
• Saxmundham - 1728
• Scarborough - 1723
• Scourie - 1971
• Scunthorpe - 1724
• Sedbergh - 15396
• Sedgefield - 1740
• Selby - 1757
• Selkirk - 1750
• Settle - 1729
• Sevenoaks - 1732
• Shaftesbury - 1747
• Shap - 1931
• Sheffield - 114
• Shepton Mallet - 1749
• Shrewsbury - 1743
• Sittingbourne - 1795
• Skegness - 1754
• Skelmersdale - 1695
• Skipton - 1756
• Sleaford - 1529
• Slough - 1753
• South Molton - 1769
• South Uist, Outer Hebrides - 1878
• Southampton/Portsmouth - 23
• Southend-on-Sea - 1702
• Southport - 1704
• Spalding - 1775
• Spilsby - 1790
• St Albans - 1727
• St Andrews - 1334
• St Austell - 1726
• St Boswells - 1835
• St Clears - 1994
• St Helens - 1744
• Stafford - 1785
• Staines - 1784
• Stamford - 1780
• Stevenage - 1438
• Stirling - 1786
• Stoke-on-Trent - 1782
• Stonehaven - 1569
• Stow-on-the-Wold - 1451
• Stowmarket - 1449
• Stranraer - 1776
• Stratford-upon-Avon - 1789
• Strathaven - 1357
• Strathdon - 19756
• Strathpeffer - 1997
• Strathy - 1641
• Strontian - 1967
• Sudbury - 1787
• Sullom Voe, Shetland Islands - 1806
• Swaffham - 1760
• Swansea - 1792
• Swindon - 1793

T

• Tain - 1862
• Tamworth - 1827
• Tarbert - 1880
• Tarporley - 1829
• Taunton - 1823
• Tavistock - 1822
• Telford - 1952
• Temple Cloud - 1761
• Thame - 1844
• Thanet - 1843
• Thetford - 1842
• Thirsk - 1845
• Thornhill - 1848
• Thurso/Tongue - 1847
• Tiree and Coll - 1879
• Tiverton - 1884
• Tomatin - 1808
• Tomdoun - 1809
• Torquay - 1803
• Torrington - 1805
• Tranent - 1875
• Truro - 1872
• Tunbridge Wells - 1892
• Turriff - 1888
• Tyneside/Durham/Sunderland - 191

U

• Uckfield - 1825
• Ullapool - 1854
• Uxbridge - 1895

W

• Wakefield - 1924
• Walsall - 1922
• Warboys - 1487
• Ware - 1920
• Wareham - 1929
• Warminster - 1985
• Warrington - 1925
• Warwick - 1926
• Watchet - 1984
• Watford - 1923
• Wellingborough - 1933
• Welshpool - 1938
• Welwyn Garden City - 1707
• Wem - 1939
• West Heslerton - 1944
• Westerham - 1959
• Weston-Super-Mare - 1934
• Wetherby - 1937
• Weybridge - 1932
• Whatton - 1949
• Whitby - 1947
• Whitchurch - 1948
• Whitehaven - 1946
• Wick - 1955
• Wigan - 1942
• Wigton - 16973
• Wigtown - 1988
• Wincanton - 1963
• Winchester - 1962
• Wisbech - 1945
• Witney - 1993
• Wolverhampton - 1902
• Worcester - 1905
• Workington - 1900
• Worksop - 1909
• Wormbridge - 1981
• Worthing - 1903
• Wrexham - 1978
• Wymondham - 1953

Y

• Yeovil - 1935
• York - 1904

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• 0300

• 0302

• 0303

• 0306

• 0330

• 0331

• 0332

• 0333

• 0343

• 0344

• 0345

• 0370

• 0371

• 0372

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Other UK calling codes

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• 05511

• 05516

• 05555

• 05588

• 05600

• 05601

• 05602

• 05603

• 070

• 071

• 073

• 074

• 075

• 076

• 077

• 078

• 079

• 0800

• 0808

• 0843

• 0844

• 0845

• 0870

• 0871

• 0872

• 08979

• 0899

• 090

• 091

• 098

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