UK Geographic Telephone STD codes
(with meaningful letter codes for many of them)
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n was originally part of one of the Northern Ireland code groups
covering more than one charging group - this code never had
any mnemonic significance
o was originally published as 0O.. - this code never had
any mnemonic significance
u never used as a geographic code
Mnemonic Code D/DE Charging Group Notes to/from
BO0 BOlton-by-bow 1200 Clitheroe
BO1 BOurnemouth 1201 was Bournemouth sats. > 1202
BO2 BOurnemouth 1202 Bournemouth
CO3 COventry 1203 Coventry via Coventry
BO4 BOlton 1204 Bolton
BO5 BOston 1205 Boston (Lincs.)
CO6 COlchester 1206 Colchester
CO7 COnsett 1207 Consett
BO8 BOdmin 1208 Bodmin
BO9 BOdmin 1209 Redruth
u 1210 never used
u 1211 never used
u 1212 Birmingham 3 Digit Area Code
u 1213 Birmingham 3 Digit Area Code
u 1214 Birmingham 3 Digit Area Code
u 1215 Birmingham 3 Digit Area Code
u 1216 Birmingham 3 Digit Area Code
u 1217 Birmingham 3 Digit Area Code
u 1218 never used
u 1219 never used
CA0 CAmbridge 1220 was Cambridge sats. > 1223
BA1 BAth 1221 was Bath sats. > 1225
CA2 CArdiff 1222 Cardiff
CA3 CAmbridge 1223 Cambridge
AB4 ABerdeen 1224 Aberdeen
BA5 BAth 1225 Bath
BA6 BArnsley 1226 Barnsley (Yorks.)
CA7 CAnterbury 1227 Canterbury
CA8 CArlisle 1228 Carlisle
BA9 BArrow-in-fur 1229 4 Barrow-in-Furness
BE0 BEdford 1230 was Bedford sats. > 1234
BE1 BElfast 1231 was Belfast sats. > 1232
BE2 BElfast 1232 Belfast
AD3 AshforD 1233 Ashford (Kent)
BE4 BEdford 1234 Bedford
AD5 AbingDon 1235 Abingdon
AD6 AirDrie 1236 Coatbridge
BD7 BiDeford 1237 Bideford
BF8 BelFast 1238 5 Saintfield 4 Digit Area Code
CD9 CarDigan 1239 Cardigan
CH0 CHalfont / CH 1240 was High Wycombe sats. > 1494
AH1 ArbroatH 1241 Arbroath
CH2 CHeltenham 1242 Cheltenham
CH3 CHichester 1243 Chichester
CH4 CHester 1244 Chester
CH5 CHelmsford 1245 Chelmsford
CH6 CHesterfield 1246 Chesterfield
BG7 BanGor 1247 2 Bangor (Co. Down) 4 Digit Area Code
BG8 BanGor 1248 Bangor (N. Wales)
CH9 CHippenham 1249 Chippenham (Wilts.)
BL0 BLairgowrie 1250 Blairgowrie
AL1 ALdershot 1251 was Aldershot sats. > 1252
AL2 ALdershot 1252 Aldershot
BL3 BLackpool 1253 Blackpool
BL4 BLackburn 1254 Blackburn (Lancs.)
CL5 CLacton-on-se 1255 Clacton-on-Sea
BK6 BasingstoKe 1256 Basingstoke
CL7 ChorLey 1257 Coppull
BL8 BLandford 1258 Blandford
AL9 ALloa 1259 Alloa
CN0 CoNgleton 1260 Congleton via Macclesfield
BN1 BaNff 1261 Banff
BN2 BridlingtoN 1262 Bridlington
CM3 CroMer 1263 Cromer
AN4 ANdover 1264 Andover
CN5 ColeraiNe 1265 2 Coleraine 4 Digit Area Code
BM6 BallyMena 1266 3 Ballymena 4 Digit Area Code
CN7 CarmartheN 1267 Carmarthen (S. Wales)
BN8 BasildoN 1268 Stanford-le-Hope via Basildon
AM9 AMmanford 1269 Ammanford
CR0 CRewe 1270 Crewe
BR1 BaRnstaple 1271 Barnstable
BR2 BRistol 1272 was Bristol > 117
BR3 BRighton 1273 Brighton
BR4 BRadford 1274 Bradford (Yorks.)
BR5 BRistol 1275 Bristol sats. untsome > 12
BR6 BRacknell 1276 Ascot (Berks.) via Camberley
BR7 BRentwood 1277 Brentwood (Essex)
BR8 BRidgwater 1278 Bridgwater
BS9 Bishops Stort 1279 Bishops Stortford
BU0 BUckingham 1280 Buckingham
BU1 BUckinghamshi 1281 was Iver via Sloug> 1753
BU2 BUrnley 1282 Burnley
BU3 BUrton-on-tre 1283 Burton-on-Trent
BU4 st edmunds BU 1284 Bury-St-Edmunds
CT5 CirencesTer 1285 Cirencester
CV6 CaernarVon 1286 Caernarfon (N. Wales)
CV7 CleVeland 1287 Guisborough
BU8 BUde 1288 Bude
BT9 Berwick-on-Tw 1289 Berwick-upon-Tweed
AY0 AYrshire 1290 Cumnock
CW1 ChepstoW 1291 Shirenewton
AY2 AYr 1292 Ayr
CY3 CrawleY 1293 Newdigate via Crawley
AY4 AYrshire 1294 Ardrossan-Saltcoats
BY5 BanburY 1295 Banbury
AY6 AYlesbury 1296 Aylesbury (Bucks.)
AX7 AXminster 1297 Axminster
BX8 BuXton 1298 Buxton (Derbys.)
BY9 BewdleY 1299 Bewdley
DO0 DOrset 1300 Cerne Abbas
DO1 DunOon / Dunb 1301 Arrochar
DO2 DOncaster 1302 Doncaster
FO3 FOlkestone 1303 Folkestone
DO4 DOver 1304 Dover
DO5 DOrchester 1305 Dorchester (Dorset)
DO6 DOrking 1306 Newdigate via Dorking
FO7 FOrfar 1307 Forfar
DO8 DOrset 1308 Bridport
FO9 FOrres 1309 Forres
u 1310 never used
u 1311 never used
u 1312 Edinburgh 3 Digit Area Code
u 1313 Edinburgh 3 Digit Area Code
u 1314 Edinburgh 3 Digit Area Code
u 1315 Edinburgh 3 Digit Area Code
u 1316 Edinburgh 3 Digit Area Code
u 1317 Edinburgh 3 Digit Area Code
u 1318 Edinburgh 3 Digit Area Code
u 1319 never used
FA0 Fort Augustus 1320 Fort Augustus
EA1 EAstbourne 1321 was Eastbourne sats. > 1323
DA2 DArtford 1322 Swanley via Dartford
EA3 EAstbourne 1323 Eastbourne
FA4 FAlkirk 1324 Falkirk
DA5 DArlington 1325 Darlington
FA6 FAlmouth 1326 Falmouth
DA7 DAventry 1327 Weedon (Northants.)
FA8 FAkenham 1328 Fakenham (Norfolk)
FA9 FAreham 1329 Fareham (Hants) see also 1489
DE0 river DEe 1330 Banchory
DE1 DErby 1331 was Derby sats. > 1332
DE2 DErby 1332 Derby
FF3 kingdom of Fi 1333 Peat Inn see also 1334
FF4 kingdom of Fi 1334 Peat Inn see also 1333
DE5 DErbyshire 1335 Ashbourne
DE6 river DEe [ac 1336 was Alford (Aberdeen) > 1975 5
FF7 kingdom of Fi 1337 Ladybank
DE8 river DEe 1338 was Ballater > 1339 7
DE9 river DEe 1339 8 Aboyne
EG0 ElGin 1340 Craigellachie
DG1 DolGellau 1341 Barmouth
EG2 East Grinstea 1342 East Grinstead
EG3 ElGin 1343 Elgin
-999 1344 Ascot (Berks.) via Brackpart < 19
u 1345 freed BT Linkline - local call > 345
FH6 FraserburgH 1346 Fraserburgh
EG7 EasinGwold 1347 Easingwold
FI8 FIshguard 1348 Fishguard
DI9 DIngwall 1349 Dingwall
DK0 DunKeld 1350 Dunkeld
FL1 Fair isLe 1351 was Fair Isle > 1595 76
FL2 FLintshire 1352 Mold
EL3 ELy 1353 Ely
EL4 isle of ELy 1354 Doddington (Cambs.)
EK5 East Kilbride 1355 East Kilbride see also 1357
EK6 EsK valley 1356 Brechin (Angus)
EK7 East Kilbride 1357 East Kilbride see also 1355
EL8 ELlon 1358 Ellon
EL9 ELmswell 1359 Pakenham (Suffolk)
DN0 DrymeN 1360 Killearn
DN1 DuNs 1361 Duns
DM2 DerehaM 1362 Dereham
DM3 DartMoor 1363 Crediton
EM4 ExMoor 1364 Ashburton
EN5 ENniskillen 1365 3 Enniskillen 4 Digit Area Code
DM6 Downham Marke 1366 Downham Market
FN7 FaringdoN 1367 Faringdon
DN8 DuNbar 1368 Dunbar
DN9 DunooN 1369 Dunoon
ES0 ESsex 1370 was Southend-on-Sea sats. > 1702
ES1 ESsex 1371 Great Dunmow
ES2 ESher 1372 Esher via Esher
FR3 FRome 1373 Frome
ES4 ESsex 1374 was Stanford-le-Hope via Grays> 1268
ES5 ESsex 1375 Stanford-le-Hope via Grays Thurrock
ES6 ESsex 1376 Braintree
DR7 DRiffield 1377 Driffield
EP8 EPping 1378 was Hoddesdon via Eppin> 1992
DS9 DisS 1379 Diss
DV0 DeVizes 1380 Devizes
FT1 ForTrose 1381 Fortrose
DU2 DUndee 1382 Dundee
DU3 DUnfermline 1383 Dunfermline
DU4 DUdley 1384 Stourbridge via Dudley
DU5 DUrham 1385 was Durham > 191 3
EV6 EVesham 1386 Evesham
DU7 DUmfries 1387 2 Dumfries 4 Digit Area Code
DU8 DUrham 1388 3 Bishop Auckland
DU9 DUmbarton 1389 Dumbarton
EY0 EYemouth 1390 was Ayton > 1890 7
FY1 FYlde 1391 was Blackpool sats. > 1253
EX2 EXeter 1392 Exeter
3 1393 was Foula > 1595 75
FX4 FeliXstowe 1394 Shottisham
EX5 EXeter 1395 Budleigh Salterton
DW6 DoWnpatrick 1396 5 Downpatrick 4 Digit Area Code
FW7 Fort William 1397 Fort William
EX8 EXmoor 1398 Dulverton
u 1399 Vodapage
HO0 HOnington 1400 Honington (Lincs.)
HO1 HOrnsea 1401 was Sigglesthorne aka Hornsvia Anson> 1964 5
HO2 HOrnchurch 1402 was Romford sats. > 1708
HO3 HOrsham 1403 Horsham (Sussex)
HO4 HOniton 1404 Honiton
GO5 GOole 1405 Goole
HO6 HOlbeach 1406 Holbeach
HO7 HOlyhead 1407 Holyhead
GO8 GOlspie 1408 Golspie
HO9 HOlsworthy 1409 Holsworthy
u 1410 never used
u 1411 never used
u 1412 Glasgow 3 Digit Area Code
u 1413 Glasgow 3 Digit Area Code
u 1414 Glasgow 3 Digit Area Code
u 1415 Glasgow 3 Digit Area Code
u 1416 Glasgow 3 Digit Area Code
u 1417 Glasgow 3 Digit Area Code
u 1418 Glasgow 3 Digit Area Code
u 1419 Glasgow 3 Digit Area Code
HA0 HAmpshire 1420 Alton (Hants.)
HA1 HAmpshire 1421 was Southampton sats. > 1703
HA2 HAlifax 1422 Halifax
HA3 HArrogate 1423 5 Harrogate
HA4 HAstings 1424 Hastings
HA5 HAmpshire 1425 Burley (Hants.)
u 1426 BT Radio Paging
GA7 GAinsborough 1427 Gainsborough
HA8 HAslemere 1428 Haslemere
HA9 HArtlepool 1429 Hartlepools
HD0 HowDen 1430 4 North Cave via Anson
HE1 HElmsdale 1431 Helmsdale
HE2 HEreford 1432 Hereford
HE3 HathersagE 1433 Hathersage
HE4 HExham 1434 6 Hexham
HE5 HEathfield 1435 Heathfield
HE6 HElensburgh 1436 Helensburgh
HF7 HaverFordwest 1437 7 Haverfordwest
HE8 HErtfordshire 1438 Knebworth via Stevenage
HE9 HElmsley 1439 Helmsley
HH0 HaverHill 1440 Haverhill
GG1 GlamorGan 1441 was Swansea sats. > 1792
HH2 Hemel Hempste 1442 Markyate (Herts.) via Hemel Hempstea
GG3 GlamorGan 1443 Pontypridd
HH4 Haywards Heat 1444 Haywards Heath
GH5 GairlocH 1445 Gairloch
GG6 GlamorGan 1446 Barry
GG7 GlamorGan 1447 was Cardiff sats. > 1222
GG8 GranGe-over-s 1448 was Grange-over-Sands > 1539 5
IH9 IpswicH 1449 Stowmarket
HK0 HawicK 1450 Hawick
GL1 GLoucestershi 1451 Bourton-on-the-Water
GL2 GLoucester 1452 Gloucester
GL3 GLoucestershi 1453 Dursley
GL4 GLoucestershi 1454 Rangeworthy
HK5 HincKley 1455 Hinckley
GL6 GLenurquhart 1456 Glenurquhart
GL7 GLossop 1457 Glossop
GL8 GLastonbury 1458 Glastonbury
u 1459 1 Vodapage
IM0 IlMinster 1460 Chard
GN1 GretNa 1461 Annan
HN2 HitchiN 1462 Hitchin (Herts.)
IN3 INverness 1463 Inverness
IN4 INsch 1464 Insch
GN5 GirvaN 1465 Girvan
HN6 HuNtly 1466 Huntly
IN7 INverurie 1467 Inverurie (Aberdeen)
HN8 HorNby 1468 was Hornby > 1524 2
IM9 IMmingham 1469 Killingholme
IS0 Island of Sky 1470 Edinbane
IS1 Island of Sky 1471 Broadford (I. of Skye)
GR2 GRimsby 1472 Grimsby
IP3 IPswich 1473 Ipswich
GR4 GRavesend 1474 Gravesend
GR5 GReenock 1475 Greenock
GR6 GRantham 1476 Grantham (Lincs.)
HS7 HolmeS chapel 1477 Congleton via Crewe
IS8 Island of Sky 1478 Portree (I. of Skye)
GR9 GRantown-on-s 1479 Grantown-on-Spey
HU0 HUntingdon 1480 Huntingdon
GU1 GUernsey 1481 Guernsey
HU2 HUll 1482 Hull via Anson
GU3 GUildford 1483 Guildford (Surrey)
HU4 HUddersfield 1484 Huddersfield
HU5 HUnstanton 1485 Docking
GU6 GUildford 1486 was Guildford (Surrey) sats. > 1483
HU7 HUntingdonshi 1487 Warboys
HU8 HUntingdonshi 1488 Great Shefford
HV9 Hamble Valley 1489 Fareham (Hants) see also 1329
GY0 GlYndwr 1490 Corwen
HY1 HenleY-on-tha 1491 Nettlebed
GY2 deGanwY 1492 Colwyn Bay
GY3 Great Yarmout 1493 Great Yarmouth
HW4 High Wycombe 1494 High Wycombe
GW5 GWent 1495 Pontypool
IY6 IslaY 1496 Port Ellen
HW7 Hay-on-Wye 1497 Hay-on-Wye
HX8 HeXham 1498 was Haltwhistle > 1434 3
IY9 InveraraY 1499 Inveraray (Argyll)
LO0 LOthian 1500 was Edinburgh sats. > 131x
LO1 LOthian 1501 Harthill (Lanarks.)
LO2 LOwestoft 1502 Lowestoft
LO3 LOoe 1503 Looe
LO4 LOndonderry 1504 2 Londonderry 4 Digit Area Code
JO5 JOhnstone 1505 Johnstone
LO6 LOthian 1506 Bathgate
LO7 LOuth 1507 3 Louth (Lincs.)
LO8 LOddon 1508 Brooke
LO9 LOughborough 1509 Loughborough
u 1510 never used
u 1511 never used
u 1512 Liverpool 3 Digit Area Code
u 1513 Liverpool 3 Digit Area Code
u 1514 Liverpool 3 Digit Area Code
u 1515 Liverpool 3 Digit Area Code
u 1516 Liverpool 3 Digit Area Code
u 1517 Liverpool 3 Digit Area Code
u 1518 Liverpool 3 Digit Area Code
u 1519 Liverpool 3 Digit Area Code
LC0 LoChcarron 1520 Lochcarron
LC1 LinColnshire 1521 was Alford (Lincs.) > 1507 4
LC2 LinColn 1522 Lincoln
LA3 LAncashire 1523 was Wigan sats. > 1942
LA4 LAncaster 1524 3 Lancaster 4 Digit Area Code
LB5 Leighton Buzz 1525 Leighton Buzzard
LC6 LinColnshire 1526 Martin
LAP LAPworth 1527 Redditch ex Reddit< 1739
LA8 LAggan 1528 Laggan
LC9 LinColnshire 1529 Sleaford
LE0 LEicestershir 1530 Coalville
LE1 LEdbury 1531 Ledbury
LE2 LEeds 1532 was Leeds > 113
LE3 LEicester 1533 was Leicester > 116
JE4 JErsey 1534 Jersey
KE5 KEighley 1535 Keighley
KE6 KEttering 1536 Kettering
LE7 LEicester 1537 was Leicester sats. > 1533 >
LE8 LEek 1538 Ipstones
KE9 KEndal 1539 7 Kendal 4 Digit Area Code
KI0 KIngussie 1540 Kingussie
LG1 LanGholm 1541 was Langholm > 1387 3
KH2 KeitH 1542 Keith
LI3 LIchfield 1543 Burntwood
KI4 KIngton 1544 Kington
LH5 LlanartH 1545 Llanarth
LG6 LochGilphead 1546 Lochgilphead
KG7 KniGhton 1547 Knighton (Radnor)
KI8 KIngsbridge 1548 Kingsbridge
LG9 LairG 1549 Lairg
LL0 LLandovery 1550 Llandovery
LL1 LLanidloes 1551 was Llanidloes > 1686 4
LL2 motherweLL 1552 was Motherwell sats. > 1698
KL3 Kings Lynn 1553 Kings Lynn
LL4 LLanelli 1554 Llanelli
LK5 LanarK 1555 Lanark
KK6 KirKcudbright 1556 Castle Douglas
KK7 KirKcudbright 1557 Kirkcudbright
LL8 LLandeilo 1558 Llandeilo
LL9 LLandyssul 1559 Llandyssul
KM0 KilMarnoch 1560 Moscow
KN1 KiNcardine 1561 Fordoun
KM2 KidderMinster 1562 Stourbridge via Kidderminster
KM3 KilMarnock 1563 Kilmarnock
KN4 KNowle 1564 Lapworth
KN5 KNutsford 1565 Knutsford
LN6 LauncestoN 1566 Launceston
KN7 KilliN 1567 Killin
LM8 LeoMinster 1568 Leominster
KN9 KiNcardine 1569 Stonehaven
LP0 LamPeter 1570 Lampeter
LR1 LochinveR 1571 Lochinver
o 1572 Oakham < 1023
KR3 Kelso Roxburg 1573 Kelso
LR4 LaRne 1574 Larne
KR5 KiRriemuir 1575 Kirriemuir
LR6 LockeRbie 1576 Lockerbie
KS7 KinrosS 1577 Kinross
LR8 LaudeR 1578 Lauder
LS9 LiSkeard 1579 Liskeard
KT0 KenT 1580 Cranbrook
LU1 new LUce 1581 New Luce
LU2 LUton 1582 Markyate (Herts.) via Luton
KT3 KinTyre 1583 Carradale
LU4 LUdlow 1584 Ludlow
KV5 KesgraVe 1585 was Ipswich sat. > 1473
KT6 mull of KinTy 1586 Campbeltown
LV7 Lune Valley 1587 was Sedbergh > 1539 6
LU8 LUdlow 1588 Craven Arms
3 1589 may have Bathgate via Edinb> 1506
LY0 LYmington 1590 Lymington (Hants.)
LW1 Llanwrtyd Wel 1591 Llanwrtyd Wells
KY2 KirkcaldY 1592 Kirkcaldy
LY3 LYbster 1593 Lybster
LY4 LYdney 1594 Lydney
LW5 LerWick 1595 8 Lerwick 4 Digit Area Code
KW6 KesWick 1596 was Keswick > 1768 7
LW7 Llandrindod W 1597 Llandrindod Wells
LY8 LYnton 1598 Brayford
KY9 KYle 1599 Kyle (Ross-shire)
MO0 MOnmouth 1600 Monmouth
NO1 NOrthampton 1601 was Northampton sats. > 1604
NO2 NOttingham 1602 was Nottingham > 115
NO3 NOrwich 1603 Norwich
NO4 NOrthampton 1604 Northampton
NO5 NOrwich 1605 was Norwich sats. > 1603
NO6 NOrthwich 1606 Northwich
NO7 NOttingham 1607 was Nottingham sats. > 1602 >
NO8 chipping NOrt 1608 Chipping Norton
NO9 NOrthallerton 1609 Northallerton
u 1610 never used
u 1611 never used
u 1612 Manchester 3 Digit Area Code
u 1613 Manchester 3 Digit Area Code
u 1614 Manchester 3 Digit Area Code
u 1615 free
u 1616 Manchester 3 Digit Area Code
u 1617 Manchester 3 Digit Area Code
u 1618 Manchester 3 Digit Area Code
u 1619 Manchester 3 Digit Area Code
NB0 North Berwick 1620 North Berwick
MA1 MAldon 1621 Maldon (Essex)
MA2 MAidstone 1622 Maidstone
MA3 MAnsfield 1623 Mansfield
MA4 MAn 1624 Douglas (I. of Man)
MA5 MAcclesfield 1625 Macclesfield via Macclparts < 1
NA6 Newton Abbot 1626 Newton Abbot
MA7 MAidstone 1627 was Maidstone sats. > 1622
MA8 MAidenhead 1628 Maidenhead
MA9 MAtlock 1629 Matlock
MD0 Market Drayto 1630 Market Drayton
o 1631 Oban < 1024
NE2 NEwcastle 1632 was Newcastle upon Tyne > 191 x
NE3 NEwport 1633 Newport (Mon.)
ME4 MEdway 1634 Chatham (Kent) aka Medway
NE5 NEwbury 1635 Newbury (Berks.)
NE6 NEwark 1636 Newark
NE7 NEwquay 1637 Newquay via Truro
NE8 NEwmarket 1638 Newmarket
NE9 NEath 1639 Neath
u 1640 Mercury Premium Rate
MH1 MelvicH 1641 Strathy
MI2 MIddlesboroug 1642 Middlesborough
MI3 MInehead 1643 Minehead (Somerset)
NG4 New Galloway 1644 New Galloway
MH5 Market Harbor 1645 was Market Harborough ? changed> 1858
MI6 MIlford haven 1646 Milford Haven
MH7 MoretonHampst 1647 Moretonhampstead
MG8 MaGherafelt 1648 2 Magherafelt 4 Digit Area Code
MI9 MIddlesboroug 1649 was Middlesborough sats. > 1642
ML0 MachynLleth 1650 Aberangell aka Cemmaes Road
ML1 oldMeLdrum 1651 Oldmeldrum < 1055
NK2 North Kelsey 1652 Brigg
ML3 MaLton 1653 Malton
ML4 MachynLleth 1654 Machynlleth
ML5 MayboLe 1655 Maybole
o 1656 Bridgend (Glam.) < 1042
ML7 MiLlom 1657 was Millom > 1229 7
ML8 Mareham-Le-fe 1658 was Spilsby via Linco> 1507 5
3 1659 Sanquhar
NM0 NorthuMberlan 1660 was Bellingham (Northumberland) > 1434 2
NM1 NorthuMberlan 1661 Wylam
o 1662 2 Omagh 4 Digit A< 1063
NM3 New Mills 1663 New Mills (Derbys.)
MM4 Melton Mowbra 1664 Melton Mowbray
NM5 NorthuMberlan 1665 Alnwick
MM6 MalMesbury 1666 Malmesbury
NN7 NairN 1667 Nairn
NM8 NorthuMberlan 1668 Belford
NM9 NorthuMberlan 1669 Rothbury
MR0 MoRpeth 1670 Morpeth
NS1 Newton Stewar 1671 Newton Stewart (Wigtownshire)
MR2 MaRlborough 1672 Marlborough
MR3 Market Rasen 1673 Market Rasen
MR4 MontRose 1674 Montrose
MR5 MeRiden 1675 Meriden see also 1676
MR6 MeRiden 1676 Meriden see also 1675
NR7 NoRthallerton 1677 Bedale
MR8 MeRioneth 1678 Bala
NR9 New Romney 1679 was Rye (Hastings) via Folke> 1797 ?
MU0 MUll 1680 Craignure
MU1 MUll 1681 Fionnphort
NU2 NUneaton 1682 was Coventry via Nunea> 1203
MT3 MoffaT 1683 Moffat
MV4 MalVern 1684 Hanley Swan
MT5 Merthyr Tydfi 1685 Merthyr Tydfil
NT6 NewTown 1686 6 Newtown (Powys)
MU7 MUll 1687 Mallaig includes Eigg
MU8 MUll 1688 Tobermory
NU9 NU addington 1689 Swanley via Orpin< 1072
NW0 coNWy valley 1690 Betws-y-Coed
o 1691 Oswestry < 1073
NW2 North Walsham 1692 North Walsham
NY3 NewrY 1693 2 Newry 4 Digit Area Code
MY4 long MYnd 1694 Church Stretton
o 1695 Rainford via Skelm< 1074
MW6 Market Weight 1696 was Market Weighton via Anson> 1430 8
-999 1697 7 Brampton (Cumberland) 4 Digit Area Code
MW8 MotherWell 1698 Motherwell
-999 1699 was Raughton Head > 1697 4
RO0 ROthesay 1700 Rothesay
PO1 POrtsmouth 1701 was Portsmouth sats. > 1705
SO2 SOuthend-on-s 1702 Southend-on-Sea
SO3 SOuthampton 1703 Southampton
SO4 SOuthport 1704 Southport
PO5 POrtsmouth 1705 Portsmouth
RO6 ROchdale 1706 Rochdale
PO7 POtters bar 1707 Colney Heath via Potters Bar
RO8 ROmford 1708 Romford
RO9 ROtherham 1709 Rotherham
u 1710 London Inner Area 3 Digit Area Code.
u 1711 London Inner Area 3 Digit Area Code.
u 1712 London Inner Area 3 Digit Area Code
u 1713 London Inner Area 3 Digit Area Code
u 1714 London Inner Area 3 Digit Area Code
u 1715 London Inner Area 3 Digit Area Code
u 1716 London Inner Area 3 Digit Area Code
u 1717 London Inner Area 3 Digit Area Code
u 1718 London Inner Area 3 Digit Area Code
u 1719 London Inner Area 3 Digit Area Code
SC0 SCillonia 1720 Scillonia
PB1 PeeBles 1721 Peebles
SA2 SAlisbury 1722 Salisbury
SC3 SCarborough 1723 Scarborough
SC4 SCunthorpe 1724 Scunthorpe
SA5 SAlisbury 1725 Rockbourne
SA6 St Austell 1726 St Austell
SA7 St Albans 1727 Colney Heath via St Albans
SA8 SAxmundham 1728 Saxmundham
RA9 cRAven 1729 Settle
PE0 PEtersfield 1730 Petersfield (Hants.)
PE1 PEterborough 1731 was Peterborough sats. aft> 1733
SE2 SEvenoaks 1732 Sevenoaks
PE3 PEterborough 1733 Peterborough
RE4 REading 1734 was Reading > 118
RE5 REading 1735 was Reading sats. > 1734 >
PE6 PEnzance 1736 Penzance
RE7 REdhill 1737 Merstham via Redhill
PE8 PErth 1738 Perth
RE9 REdditch 1739 was Redditch ex Birmin> 1527
SG0 SedGefield 1740 Sedgefield
SH1 SHeffield 1741 was Sheffield sats. > 1742 >
SH2 SHeffield 1742 was Sheffield > 114
SH3 SHrewsbury 1743 Shrewsbury
SH4 St Helens 1744 Rainford via St Helens
RH5 RHyl 1745 Rhyl
SH6 SHrewsbury 1746 Bridgnorth
SH7 SHaftesbury 1747 Shaftesbury
RI8 RIchmond 1748 Richmond (Yorks.)
SH9 SHepton malle 1749 Shepton Mallet
SL0 SeLkirk 1750 Selkirk
PK1 PicKering 1751 Pickering
PL2 PLymouth 1752 Plymouth
SL3 SLough 1753 Iver via Slough
SK4 SKegness 1754 Skegness
PL5 PLymouth 1755 was Plymouth sats. > 1752
SK6 SKipton 1756 Skipton
SL7 SeLby 1757 Selby
PL8 PwllheLi 1758 Pwllheli
PK9 PocKlington 1759 Pocklington
SM0 SwaffhaM 1760 Swaffham
SM1 SoMerset 1761 Temple Cloud
PN2 PortadowN 1762 Portadown
RN3 RoystoN 1763 Royston (Herts.)
3 1764 Crieff
RN5 RipoN 1765 Ripon
PM6 PorthMadog 1766 Porthmadog
SN7 SaNdy 1767 Sandy (Beds.)
PN8 PeNrith 1768 2 Penrith 4 Digit Area Code
SM9 South Molton 1769 South Molton
RR0 aRRan 1770 Brodick
PR1 PeteRhead 1771 Maud
PR2 PReston 1772 Preston (Lancs.)
RP3 RiPley 1773 Ripley (Derby)
PR4 PReston 1774 was Preston (Lancs.) sats. > 1772
SP5 SPalding 1775 Spalding
SR6 StranraeR 1776 Stranraer
RR7 RetfoRd 1777 Retford
SP8 SPalding 1778 Bourne
PR9 PeteRhead 1779 Peterhead
ST0 STamford 1780 Stamford
ST1 Stoke-on-Tren 1781 was Stoke-on-Trent sats. > 1782
ST2 Stoke-on-Tren 1782 Stoke-on-Trent
SU3 SUnderland 1783 was Sunderland aka Wearside > 191 5
ST4 STaines 1784 Iver via Staines
ST5 STafford 1785 Stafford
ST6 STirling 1786 Stirling
SU7 SUdbury 1787 Sudbury (Suffolk)
RU8 RUgby 1788 Rugby
SV9 Stratford-upo 1789 Stratford-upon-Avon
SY0 SpilsbY 1790 Spilsby via Skegness
SX1 SusseX 1791 was Brighton sats. > 1273
SW2 SWansea 1792 Swansea
SW3 SWindon 1793 Swindon
RY4 RomseY 1794 Romsey (Hants.)
SY5 isle of Shepp 1795 Sittingbourne
PY6 PitlochrY 1796 Pitlochry
RY7 RYe 1797 Rye (Hastings) via Hastings
SX8 SusseX 1798 Pulborough (Horsham)
SW9 Saffron Walde 1799 Saffron Walden
TO0 TOngue 1800 was Tongue > 1847 5
o 1801 was Clopton (Northants.) < 1085 >
u 1802 never used
TO3 TOrquay 1803 Torquay
TO4 TOrquay 1804 was Torquay sats. > 1803
TO5 TOrrington 1805 Torrington
VO6 VOe 1806 Voe
TO7 TOmintoul 1807 Ballindalloch
TO8 TOmatin 1808 Tomatin
TO9 TOmdoun 1809 Tomdoun
u 1810 London Outer Area 3 Digit Area Code.
u 1811 London Outer Area 3 Digit Area Code.
u 1812 London Outer Area 3 Digit Area Code
u 1813 London Outer Area 3 Digit Area Code
u 1814 London Outer Area 3 Digit Area Code
u 1815 London Outer Area 3 Digit Area Code
u 1816 London Outer Area 3 Digit Area Code
u 1817 London Outer Area 3 Digit Area Code
u 1818 London Outer Area 3 Digit Area Code
u 1819 London Outer Area 3 Digit Area Code
n 1820 6 Banbridge 5 Digit A< 1762 6
TA1 TAyside 1821 Coupar Angus see also 1828
TA2 TAvistock 1822 Tavistock
TA3 TAunton 1823 Taunton
VC4 Vale of Clwyd 1824 Ruthin
UC5 UCkfield 1825 Uckfield
TA6 TAyside 1826 was Dundee sats. aft> 1382
TA7 TAmworth 1827 Tamworth
TA8 TAyside 1828 Coupar Angus see also 1821
TA9 TArporley 1829 Tarporley
o 1830 Kirkwhelpington < 1086
u 1831 never used
o 1832 Clopton (Northants.) < 1082
TE3 TEesdale 1833 Barnard Castle
TE4 TEnby 1834 Narberth
TE5 TEviotdale 1835 St Boswells
u 1836 never used
o 1837 Okehampton < 1052
TD8 TynDrum 1838 Dalmally
u 1839 never used
TI0 TIntagel 1840 Camelford
TH1 Trevose Head 1841 Newquay via Bodmin
TH2 THetford 1842 Thetford
TH3 THanet 1843 Thanet
TH4 THame 1844 Thame (Oxon.)
TH5 THirsk 1845 Thirsk
n 1846 Lisburn < 1238 2
TH7 THurso 1847 8 Thurso 4 Digit Area Code
TH8 THornhill 1848 Thornhill (Dumfries)
n 1849 Antrim < 1238 4
o 1850 was Great Bernera < 1040 >
o 1851 7 Stornoway < 1041
3 1852 Kilmelford
UL3 ULswater 1853 was Pooley Bridge > 1768 4
UL4 ULlapool 1854 Ullapool
3 1855 Ballachulish
3 1856 Kirkwall
3 1857 Sanday
o~ 1858 Market Harborough ? changed< 1645
o 1859 Harris (I. of Lewis) < 1046
u 1860 freed Cellnet Cellular > 860
n 1861 Armagh < 1762 5
TN2 TaiN 1862 Tain
TN3 TaiN 1863 Ardgay
3 1864 Abington (Lanarks.)
TM5 OTMoor 1865 Oxford < 1092
3 1866 Kilchrenan (Argyll)
TM7 OTMoor 1867 was Oxford sats. < 1096 >
n 1868 Dungannon < 1762 7
TM9 OTMoor 1869 Bicester < 1095
o 1870 Benbecula < 1047
US1 UiSt 1871 Castlebay
TR2 TRuro 1872 Truro
US3 USk 1873 Abergavenny
US4 USk 1874 Brecon (Wales)
TR5 TRanent 1875 Tranent
US6 UiSt 1876 Lochmaddy
TR7 TRossachs 1877 Trossachs
US8 UiSt 1878 Lochboisdale
TR9 TiRee 1879 Scarinish
TT0 TarberT 1880 Tarbert (Argyllshire)
u 1881 freed Mercury Premium Rate > 881
TT2 straTh Tummel 1882 Kinloch Rannoch
o 1883 Merstham via Cater< 1093
TV4 TiVerton 1884 Tiverton
TV5 Teme Valley 1885 Bromyard see also 1886
TV6 Teme Valley 1886 Bromyard see also 1885
TT7 straTh Tay 1887 Aberfeldy
TU8 TUrriff 1888 Turriff
TV9 Trent Valley 1889 Dapple Heath
TW0 TWeeddale 1890 2 Coldstream
u 1891 freed BT Premium Rate > 891
TW2 Tunbridge Wel 1892 Tunbridge Wells
u 1893 BT Radio Paging
TY4 TYneside 1894 was Newcastle upon Tyne sats. > 1632 >
UX5 UXbridge 1895 Iver via Uxbridge
TW6 TWeeddale 1896 Galashiels
u 1897 never used
u 1898 freed BT Premium Rate > 898
TW9 TWeeddale 1899 Biggar
WO0 WOrkington 1900 Workington
YO1 YOrkshire 1901 was Boroughbridge (Yorks.) > 1423 3
WO2 WOlverhampton 1902 Wolverhampton via Wolverhampton
WO3 WOrthing 1903 Worthing
YO4 York 1904 York
WO5 WOrcester 1905 Worcester
WO6 WOrthing 1906 was Worthing sats. > 1903
WO7 WOlverhampton 1907 was Wolverhampton sats. > 1902
WO8 WOlverton 1908 Wolverton (Bucks.)
WO9 WOrksop 1909 Worksop
u 1910 freed BT Phonebase > 910
u 1911 never used
u 1912 Newcastle upon Tyne akaNewcastle< 1632
u 1913 Durham Tyneside.< 1385
u 1914 Newcastle upon Tyne akaNewcastle< 1632
u 1915 Sunderland aka WearsideTyneside < 1783
u 1916 Newcastle upon Tyne akaNewcastle< 1632
u 1917 free
u 1918 reserved
u 1919 free
WA0 WAre 1920 Knebworth via Ware
u 1921 never used
WA2 WAlsall 1922 Wolverhampton via Walsall
WA3 WAtford 1923 Watford (Herts.)
WA4 WAkefield 1924 Wakefield
WA5 WArrington 1925 Warrington (Lancs.)
WA6 WArwickshire 1926 Leamington Spa
WA7 WAtford 1927 was Watford (Herts.) sats. > 1923
WA8 WArrington 1928 Frodsham
WA9 WAreham 1929 Wareham
WE0 WEstmorland 1930 was Appleby (Westmorland) > 1768 3
WE1 WEstmorland 1931 Shap
WE2 WEybridge 1932 Esher via Weybridge
WE3 WEllingboroug 1933 Wellingborough
WE4 WEston-super- 1934 Weston-super-Mare
YE5 YEovil 1935 Yeovil
WE6 WEaver valley 1936 was Crewe sats. aft> 1270
WE7 WEtherby 1937 Wetherby
WE8 WElshpool 1938 Welshpool
WE9 WEm 1939 Wem
WH0 WHitehaven 1940 was Gosforth (Cumberland) > 1946 7
u 1941 freed Hutchinson Radiopaging > 941
WI2 WIgan 1942 Wigan
WH3 WHarfedale 1943 Guiseley
WH4 West Heslerto 1944 West Heslerton
WI5 WIsbech 1945 Wisbech
WH6 WHitehaven 1946 5 Whitehaven 4 Digit Area Code
WH7 WHitby 1947 Whitby (Yorks.)
WH8 WHitchurch 1948 Whitchurch (Salop.)
WH9 WHatton 1949 Whatton
YL0 YelL 1950 Sandwick (Shetland)
3 1951 Colonsay
WL2 WeLlington 1952 Wellington (Salop.)
WK3 Wymondham, no 1953 Attleborough
WL4 WiLlingham 1954 Madingley
WK5 WicK 1955 Wick (Caithness)
WL6 WoLsingham 1956 was Stanhope (Weardale) > 1388 5
YP7 YEll 1957 Mid Yell
WL8 WensLeydale 1958 was Leyburn why chang> 1969
WK9 West Kent 1959 Swanley via Sevenoaks
n 1960 Ballyclare < 1238 5
u 1961 never used
WN2 WiNchester 1962 Winchester
WN3 WiNcanton 1963 Templecombe
WN4 WitherNsea 1964 6 Patrington via Anson
WN5 WigtoN 1965 was Wigton (Cumberland) > 1697 3
WN6 WiNdermere 1966 was Hawkshead > 1539 4
3 1967 Strontian includes Salen
WN8 West lintoN 1968 Penicuik
WN9 WeNsleydale 1969 Leyburn why chang< 1958
YS0 river YStwyth 1970 Aberystwth
3 1971 Scourie
3 1972 Salen aka GlenborrodaleSalen not part of
WR3 West Riding 1973 was Leeds sats. > 1532 >
YS4 river YStwyth 1974 Llanon
3 1975 6 Strathdon
WR6 West Riding 1976 was Bradford (Yorks.) sats. > 1274
WR7 West Riding 1977 Pontefract
WR8 WRexham 1978 Wrexham
u 1979 never used
WT0 WilTshire 1980 Bulford Camp
WV1 Wye Valley 1981 Wormbridge
WV2 Wye Valley 1982 Builth Wells
WT3 isle of WighT 1983 Ryde
WV4 WiVeliscombe 1984 Stogumber
WT5 WilTshire 1985 Warminster
WV6 river WaVeney 1986 Bungay
u 1987 never used
WT8 WigTown 1988 Wigtown
WV9 Wye Valley 1989 Ross-on-Wye
WW0 WentWorth 1990 was Ascot (Berks.) via Ascot> 1344
YW1 clYnderWen 1991 was Clynderwen > 1437 5
WX2 Waltham X [cr 1992 Hoddesdon via Walthparts < 1
WY3 WitneY 1993 Witney
WW4 West Wales 1994 St Clears
WY5 river WYre 1995 Garstang
WW6 WilmsloW 1996 was Macclesfield via Manch> 1625
3 1997 Strathpeffer
u 1998 never used
u 1999 never used
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