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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