What is a UK calling code?

A UK calling Code, 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. 

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 -