The National Telephone

Numbering Plan

Version with effect from: 11 October 2024

Contents

Section
Overview.......................................................................................................................... 3
Definitions and interpretation .......................................................................................... 4
Introduction ................................................................................................................... 10
Part A: Telephone Numbers Available for Adoption ........................................................ 11
Part B: Restrictions and requirements in relation to Telephone Numbers in Part A .......... 17
Part C: Telephone Numbers not available for Allocation ................................................. 22

Annex
Appendix A: Geographic Numbering - Geographic Area Codes and applicable geographic
area ............................................................................................................................... 26
Appendix B: Telex Service Numbers – initial Geographic Area Codes and applicable
designation .................................................................................................................... 36
Annex (not part of the National Telephone Numbering Plan): General Condition B1 of the
General Conditions of Entitlement .................................................................................. 38
Overview
Ofcom administers the UK’s telephone numbers. We do this as part of our regulation of the
communications sector under the framework established by the Communications Act 2003 (‘the
Act’).
It is our duty, as required by section 56 of the Act, to publish the National Telephone Numbering
Plan, setting out the telephone numbers available for allocation and any restrictions on how they
may be adopted or used.

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Definitions and interpretation
1. For the purpose of interpreting these conditions the following definitions shall apply:
‘100-Number Block Area’ means a geographic area in which 100-number blocks have been made
available for Allocation, as indicated in Appendix A of this Plan;
‘1471 Erasure’ means a facility that enables the record of the last call received (where accessible
through dialling 1471) to be removed so as to no longer be available on dialling 1471;
‘Access Charge’ shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in the Definitions set out in the
Schedule to the Notification issued by Ofcom on 19 September 2017 setting general conditions
under section 45 and 48(1) of the Act (as that Schedule may be modified from time to time);
‘Access Code’ means a short Non-Geographic Number, usually beginning with ‘1’, that allows End-
Users to access a wide range of services;
‘Act’ means the Communications Act 2003;
‘Administrative Code’ means a Telephone Number that is Adopted or otherwise used for
administrative purposes only;
‘Automatic Call Trace’ means a facility that can, where practicable, trace the origin of an incoming
call;
‘BT’ means British Telecommunications plc, whose registered company number is 1800000, and any
of its subsidiaries or holding companies, or any subsidiary of such holding companies, all as defined
in section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006;
‘C7’ refers to a standard for common channel signalling in Electronic Communications Networks
(also known as ‘SS7’);
‘Called Party’ means the person being contacted by means of a telephone call;
‘Calling Line Identification’ means a facility that enables identification of the number from which a
call is being made or to which a return call could be made;
‘Calling Parties’ means persons making contact by means of a telephone call;
‘Call Return’ means a facility, based on the accessibility of Calling Line Identification, which enables
identification of the number from which a call is being made or to which a return call could be made;
‘Carrier Pre-Selection’ means a facility which allows a Subscriber to whom a Voice Communications
Service is provided by means of a Public Communications Network to select which Pre-selected
Provider of such Services provided wholly or partly by means of that Network is the Pre-Selected
Provider he wishes to use to carry his calls by designating in advance the selection that is to apply on
every occasion when there has been no selection of Provider by use of a Telephone Number;
‘Carrier Pre-Selection Code’ means a non-diallable four (4) digit Network Code commencing with the
digit eight (8) (i.e. 8XXX), that is Adopted or otherwise used in connection with the provision of
Carrier Pre-Selection;
‘Communications Provider’ means a person who (within the meaning of section 32(4) of the Act)
provides an Electronic Communications Network or an Electronic Communications Service;

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‘Communications Provider Identification Code’ means an Administrative Code Allocated to
Communications Providers that is Adopted or otherwise used to identify other Communications
Providers;
‘Conservation Area’ means a geographic area indicated as such in Appendix A of this Plan;
‘Consumer’ means any natural person who uses or requests a Public Electronic Communications
Service for purposes which are outside his or her trade, business, craft or profession;
'Corporate Number' means a Non-Geographic Number Allocated to a Communications Provider
where the number is to be assigned by that Communications Provider to a specific Customer and in
this definition 'Customer' shall only refer to a customer which is a body corporate. The cost of a call
to a Corporate Number is paid for through the telephone bill of the Subscriber;
‘Default Reseller Identification Code’ means the Reseller Identification Code (‘RID’) ‘AAA’ which can
be used on any network where no individual Reseller Identification Code is selected;
‘Dominant Provider’ has the same meaning as in any SMP Condition in force concerning Carrier Pre-
Selection that is imposed on a person by Ofcom under section 90 of the Act;
‘Free to caller’ means, in relation to a Non-Geographic Number, one that can be accessed by a
Consumer at a retail price of zero and, in the case of a Public Pay Telephone, without having to use
coins and cards;
‘General Conditions of Entitlement' means those conditions set by Ofcom on 19 September 2017
under section 45 of the Act by way of a Notification published pursuant to section 48(1) of the Act,
and modified by Ofcom from time to time;
‘Geographic Area Code’ means a Public Communications Network Number identified with a
particular geographic area;
‘Geographic Number’ means a Public Communications Network Number:
(i) that is Adopted or otherwise used for routing calls to the physical location of the Network
Termination Point of the Subscriber to whom the Telephone Number has been assigned; and
(ii) the initial digits of which comprise a Geographic Area Code from Appendix A of this Plan;
‘Geographic Number Portability Code’ means a Network Code used for the Portability of Geographic
Numbers;
‘Harmonised number for harmonised services of social value (116XXX numbers)’ means a Type B
Access Code used to provide a service meeting a common description on the same 116XXX number
throughout European Union Member States and the United Kingdom;
‘Inbound Routing Code’ means a Network Code Adopted or otherwise used for routing purposes
and which may be used to identify Electronic Communication Services, carriers and End-Users;
‘Indirect Access’ means a facility which allows a Subscriber to whom a Voice Communications
Service is provided by means of a Public Communications Network to select which such Service
provided wholly or partly by means of that Network is the service he wishes to use by the use of a
Telephone Number on each separate occasion on which a selection is made;
‘Indirect Access Provider’ means a provider of Indirect Access services;
‘International Mobile Station Identity’ means a string of decimal digits up to a maximum length of
15 digits which identifies a unique subscription to a Mobile Service in accordance with International
Telecommunication Union (ITU)-T Recommendation E.212;

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‘Integrated Services Digital Network’ means a Network based on the existing digital Public
Communications Network which provides digital links to Customers and end to end digital
connectivity between them;
‘Internal Network Portability Code’ means a Network Code which is used to ensure that Portability
is effective within a Network;
‘Internal Routing Code’ means a Network Code which is used for routing purposes within an
Electronic Communications Network;
‘International Signalling Point Code’ means a Signalling Point Code that constitutes an independent
address for international purposes, in accordance with ITU-T Recommendation Q.708;
‘Local Dialling’ means the ability for a Calling Party to contact a Called Party within the same
Geographic Area Code area by dialling only the Local Number;
‘Local Number’ means a Geographic Number excluding the Geographic Area Code;
‘Location Independent Electronic Communications Service’ means a service that includes the
assignment of a Non-Geographic Number to a Customer but where:
(i) the location of the Customer’s Apparatus identified by that number at the time of use is not
necessarily permanently associated with a particular Network Termination Point;
(ii) number translation from that number to a Geographic Number is not provided as part of the
service; and
(iii) the service is not a Mobile Service;
‘Mobile Network Code’ means a Network Code that is part of the International Mobile Station
Identity and identifies the home network of a unique subscription to a Mobile Service;
‘Mobile Number’ means a Non-Geographic Number that is Adopted or otherwise used as part of a
Mobile Service to identify Apparatus designed or adapted to be capable of being used while in
motion;
‘Mobile Number Portability Code’ means a Network Code used for the Portability of Mobile
Numbers;
‘Mobile Service’ means a service consisting in the conveyance of Signals, by means of an Electronic
Communications Network, where every Signal that is conveyed thereby has been, or is to be,
conveyed through the agency of Wireless Telegraphy to or from Apparatus designed or adapted to
be capable of being used while in motion;
‘National-Dialling-Only Number’ means a Geographic Number that is indicated to be ‘Free for
National Dialling Only’ in the National Numbering Scheme;
‘National Numbering Scheme’ means the detailed data published by Ofcom and updated from time
to time in relation to the Allocation and availability of Telephone Numbers;
‘National Signalling Point Code’ means a Signalling Point Code that constitutes an independent
address for national purposes, in accordance with ITU-T Recommendations Q.704 and Q.705;
‘Network Code’ means a Telephone Number that is Adopted or otherwise used for network
purposes only;
‘Network Specific Signalling Point Codes’ means a Signalling Point Code that identifies separate
points within a network;

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‘Non-Geographic Number’ means any Public Communications Network Number other than a
Geographic Number;
‘Non-Geographic Number Portability Code’ means a Network Code used for the Portability of Non-
Geographic Numbers (other than Personal Numbers or Mobile Numbers);
‘Non-Geographic Number Portability Transit Code’ means a Network Code used for the Portability
and transit routing of Non-Geographic Numbers (other than Personal Numbers or Mobile Numbers);
‘Number Portability Code’ means any of the following: a Geographic Number Portability Code; a
Mobile Number Portability Code; a Non-Geographic Number Portability Code; a Non-Geographic
Number Portability Transit Code; a Personal Number Portability Code; a Personal Number Portability
Transit Code;
‘Payphone Service Provider’ means a provider of a Public Pay Telephone;
‘Parallel Running’ means a facility provided by a Communications Provider when any range of
Telephone Numbers is in the process of being changed whereby, in order to assist End-Users of the
Public Communications Network to adjust to such a change, an End-User may for a limited period of
time dial a Telephone Number which has been superseded by another Telephone Number and still
be connected to the Network Termination Point of the Called Party;
‘Partial Calling Line Identity’ means a facility which enables identification of the Public
Communications Provider and the Switch Number from which the call is being made, and which is
typically generated either where analogue systems are connected to a digital network, or on
international gateways where a switch receives ingress traffic only, or other situations where a full
Calling Line Identification cannot be provided;
‘Partial Calling Line Identity Code’ means a Network Code that is Adopted or otherwise used in
connection with the identification of the Public Communications Provider and the Switch Number
e.g. for malicious call identification;
‘Per Call Release of CLI’ means the ability to release the identity of the Calling Party in accordance
with normal Calling Line Identification;
‘Personal Number’ means a Non-Geographic Number, from a range of numbers in Part A of this
Plan, assigned to a Subscriber by a Personal Numbering Service Provider and used to provide a
Personal Numbering Service;
‘Personal Number Portability Code’ means a Network Code used for the Portability and transit
routing of Personal Numbers;
‘Personal Number Portability Transit Code’ means a Network Code used for the Portability and
transit routing of Personal Numbers;
‘Personal Numbering Service’ means a service based on number translation that enables an End-
User to be called or otherwise contacted at a single Personal Number, and to receive those calls or
other communications at almost any Telephone Number, including a Mobile Number;
‘Personal Numbering Service Provider’ means a provider of Personal Numbering Services;
‘Portability’ shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in the Definitions set out in the Schedule
to the Notification issued by Ofcom on 19 September 2017 setting general conditions under sections
45 and 48(1) of the Act (as that Schedule may be modified from time to time);

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‘Pre-selected Provider’ means a provider of a Public Communications Network who has notified the
Dominant Provider that it is able and willing to provide Carrier Pre-Selection to Subscribers to whom
the Dominant Provider provides Voice Communications Services;
‘Public Communications Network’ means an Electronic Communications Network used wholly or
mainly for the provision of Public Electronic Communications Services which support the transfer of
information between Network Termination Points. For the purposes of this Plan the term ‘Public
Communications Network’ shall include Integrated Services Digital Networks;
‘Public Communications Network Number’ means a Telephone Number that is available for
Allocation, Adopted or otherwise used on a Public Communications Network and is not a Network
Code, an Administrative Code, a Telex Service Number or an X.25 Data Network Number;
‘Radiopaging Service’ means Electronic Communications Services consisting in the conveyance of
Signals by means of Wireless Telegraphy where every Signal, apart from simple acknowledgement, is
ultimately transmitted from a station for Wireless Telegraphy comprised in the Communications
Provider’s Electronic Communications Network to a station for Wireless Telegraphy or Wireless
Telegraphy Apparatus that is not comprised in that network;
‘Reseller Identification Code’ means a three-character alphabetic Administrative Code (e.g. ‘AAB’)
that is Adopted or otherwise used to identify a reseller of BT’s wholesale services;
‘Service Charge’ shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in the Definitions set out in the
Schedule to the Notification issued by Ofcom on 19 September 2017 setting general conditions
under sections 45 and 48(1) of the Act (as that Schedule may be modified from time to time);
‘Sexual Entertainment Service’ means an entertainment service of a clearly sexual nature, or any
service for which the associated promotional material is of a clearly sexual nature, or indicates
directly, or implies, that the service is of a sexual nature;
‘Signalling Point Code’ means a Network Code Adopted or otherwise used in Public Communications
Networks using C7 that identifies the originating or terminating node of each C7 message. A node
may have more than one Signalling Point Code Allocated to enable the node to be partitioned into
logically separate entities to identify various functions;
‘Standard Area’ means a geographic area indicated as such in Appendix A of this Plan (see footnote
1 to Appendix A);
‘Subscriber Number’ means a Telephone Number allocated to a Subscriber;
‘Switch’ means Apparatus within an Electronic Communications Network that performs the function
of switching or routing calls;
‘Switch Number’ means a number or code that identifies an individual Switch;
‘Targeted Transit Code’ means a Network Code that is Adopted or otherwise used to route calls
relating to particular Electronic Communications Services between two points of Interconnection on
an Electronic Communications Network;
‘Telex Service’ means a real-time switched service for the delivery of text via a direct or indirect
connection to a discrete telex network;
‘Telex Service Number’ means a Telephone Number that is Adopted or otherwise used in
connection with Telex Services;

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‘Type A Access Code’ means a type of Access Code that is available for use by all providers of a
Public Communications Network and is used in such a way as to enable End-Users to access
designated services across all Public Communications Networks;
‘Type B Access Code’ is a type of Access Code that is Allocated individually by Ofcom and is Adopted
in such a way as to either (i) enable End-Users to access services provided by their Communications
Provider or (ii) enable End-Users to access services provided by other Communications Providers (eg,
Indirect Access, Directory Enquiry Facilities and Harmonised numbers for harmonised services of
social value);
‘Type C Access Code’ is a type of Access Code that is available for use for service provision within a
Communications Provider’s own Electronic Communications Network;
‘Unbundled Tariff Number’ means a Non-Geographic Number starting 084, 087, 090, 091, 098 or
118;
‘Withhold CLI’ means an ability to not supply the identity of the Calling Party in accordance with
normal Calling Line Identification;
‘X.25 Data Network’ means an Electronic Communications Network that supports the X.25 low
speed packet switched data service;
‘X.25 Data Network Identification Code’ means a four (4) digit Network Code that identifies a
particular X.25 Data Network; and
‘X.25 Data Network Number’ means a ten (10) digit Telephone Number that is added to an X.25
Data Network Identification Code to form the End-User’s address on an X.25 Data Network.

2. Any word or expression not defined in paragraph 1 shall have the same meaning as it has-
(i) in the Definitions set out in the Schedule to the Notification issued by Ofcom on 19
September 2017 setting general conditions under sections 45 and 48(1) of the Act (as that
Schedule may be modified from time to time);
(ii) if it has no meaning ascribed as mentioned in (i) above, in the Act.
3. The Interpretation Act 1978 shall apply as if this Plan were an Act of Parliament.

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Introduction
1.1 The Plan is divided into three Parts.
1.2 Part A of the Plan sets out the numbers that Ofcom has determined are available for
Allocation as Telephone Numbers in accordance with Section 56(1)(a) of the Act.
1.3 Parts A and B of the Plan set out:
(i) such restrictions as Ofcom considers appropriate on the Adoption and other uses of
the numbers listed in Part A in accordance with Section 56(1)(b) and (c) of the Act;
and
(ii) such requirements as Ofcom considers appropriate, for the purposes of protecting
consumers, in relation to the tariff principles and maximum prices applicable to
numbers listed in Part A in accordance with Section 56(1)(ba) of the Act.
1.4 Part C of the Plan sets out other Telephone Numbers that are administered by Ofcom but
are not available for Allocation, together with:
(i) the designation attributed to those Telephone Numbers; and
(ii) such requirements as Ofcom considers appropriate, for the purposes of protecting
consumers, in relation to the tariff principles and maximum prices applicable to
those numbers in accordance with Section 56(1)(ba) of the Act.
Part C should be read in conjunction with paragraph B1.4 of General Condition B1 of the
General Conditions of Entitlement.

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Part A: Telephone Numbers Available for Adoption
A1: Public Communications Network Numbers
Number(s) beginning
Designation Applicable tariff principles and maximum prices
(unless otherwise stated)
Geographic Numbers – see Appendix A for full
01 and 02 detail of appropriate Geographic Area Codes Not applicable
available
Non-Geographic Numbers: used by public sector
030
bodies and not-for-profit bodies Calls charged at a geographic rate: calls charged at up to the same
033 Non-Geographic Numbers rate the customer would pay to call a UK Geographic Number, with
calls to 03 numbers counting towards inclusive call minutes if the
Non-Geographic Numbers: used for migrating customer has remaining inclusive minutes to UK Geographic
034
numbers from matching 084 numbers Numbers, and included in any discount structures that apply to UK
Non-Geographic Numbers: used for migrating Geographic Numbers
037
numbers from matching 087 numbers
055 Corporate Numbers
Location Independent Electronic Communications
056
Service
070 Personal Numbers
Not applicable
076
Radiopaging Service
(except 07624 – see Part C5)
071 to 075 inclusive and
Mobile Services
077 to 079 inclusive

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 Number(s) beginning
Designation Applicable tariff principles and maximum prices
(unless otherwise stated)
080
(except 0800 plus 6 digits – Non-Geographic Numbers Free to caller
see Part C5)
Retail charge to a Consumer of a call calculated by reference to the
applicable Access Charge and Service Charge and in accordance with
the tariff principles in paragraphs B1.21 – B1.27 of the General
Conditions of Entitlement.
0843, 0844 and 0845 Non-Geographic Numbers The applicable Service Charge must not exceed:
• 5.833 pence per minute, exclusive of VAT, where the Service
Charge comprises or includes a pence per minute rate; or
• 5.833 pence per call, exclusive of VAT, where the Service Charge
is set exclusively at a pence per call rate.

Retail charge to a Consumer of a call calculated by reference to the

applicable Access Charge and Service Charge and in accordance with
the tariff principles in paragraphs B1.21 – B1.27 of the General
Conditions of Entitlement.
0870, 0871, 0872 and 0873 Non-Geographic Numbers The applicable Service Charge must not exceed:
• 10.83 pence per minute, exclusive of VAT, where the Service
Charge comprises or includes a pence per minute rate; or
• 10.83 pence per call, exclusive of VAT, where the Service Charge is
set exclusively at a pence per call rate.

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 Number(s) beginning
Designation Applicable tariff principles and maximum prices
(unless otherwise stated)
Retail charge to a Consumer of a call calculated by reference to the
applicable Access Charge and Service Charge and in accordance with
090 and 091 the tariff principles in paragraphs B1.21 – B1.27 of the General
(except 0908 and 0909 – see Non-Geographic Numbers Conditions of Entitlement.
Part C5) The applicable Service Charge must not exceed:
• 300 pence per minute, exclusive of VAT, where the Service Charge
comprises or includes a pence per minute rate; or
Non-Geographic Numbers: used to provide Sexual • 500 pence per call, exclusive of VAT, where the Service Charge is
098
Entertainment Services set exclusively at a pence per call rate.
6-digit Non-Geographic Number: used to access
116000 ‘Hotline for missing children’ service (‘Type B
Access Code’)
6-digit Non-Geographic Number: used to access
116006 ‘Helpline for victims of crime’ service (‘Type B
Access Code’)
6-digit Non-Geographic Number: used to access
116111 Free to caller
‘Child helplines’ service (‘Type B Access Code’)
6-digit Non-Geographic Number used to access
116117 ‘Non-emergency medical on-call service’ (‘Type B
Access Code’)
6-digit Non-Geographic Number used to access
116123 ‘Emotional Support Helplines’ service (‘Type B
Access Code’)

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 Number(s) beginning
Designation Applicable tariff principles and maximum prices
(unless otherwise stated)
Retail charge to a Consumer of a call calculated by reference to the
applicable Access Charge and Service Charge and in accordance with
the tariff principles in paragraphs B1.21 – B1.27 of the General
Conditions of Entitlement.
6-digit Non-Geographic Numbers used to access a
118XXX The applicable Service Charge must not exceed:
Directory Enquiry Facility (‘Type B Access Codes’)
• 304.167 pence per 90 seconds, exclusive of VAT, where the
Service Charge comprises or includes a pence per minute rate; or
• 304.167 pence per call, exclusive of VAT, where the Service
Charge is set exclusively at a pence per call rate.
124 to 140, 143 to 146, Non-Geographic Numbers of up to 5-digits used to
148 to 149, 160 to 169, and access an Indirect Access Provider (‘Type B Access Not applicable
181 to 189 inclusive Codes’)

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A2: Telex Service Numbers (up to 10-digits long)
Number(s) Designation
Telex Service Numbers – see Appendix B for detail of
Numbers beginning 2 to 9
appropriate initial Geographic Area Codes

A3: Network Codes

Number portability codes
Number(s) Designation
504000 to 504799 inclusive 6-digit Non-Geographic Number Portability Codes
504800 to 504899 inclusive 6-digit Personal Number Portability Codes
505000 to 505799 inclusive 6-digit Non-Geographic Number Portability Transit Codes
505800 to 505899 inclusive 6-digit Personal Number Portability Transit Codes
510000 to 599999 inclusive 6-digit Geographic Number Portability Codes
7603 to 7622 inclusive 4-digit Mobile Number Portability Codes
7630 to 7639 inclusive 4-digit Mobile Number Portability Codes
7650 to 7653 inclusive 4-digit Mobile Number Portability Codes
7655 to 7658 inclusive 4-digit Mobile Number Portability Codes
7680 4-digit Mobile Number Portability Codes
7682 to 7692 inclusive 4-digit Mobile Number Portability Codes
7694 to 7698 inclusive 4-digit Mobile Number Portability Codes
7991 to 7998 inclusive 4-digit Mobile Number Portability Codes

Signalling Point Codes and Mobile Network Codes

Number(s) Designation
00000 to 01023 inclusive and
5-digit National Signalling Point Codes
12288 to 16383 inclusive
X-XXX-Z (where Z is in the range 0 5-digit International Signalling Point Codes designated by
to 7) Ofcom
234-00 to 234-99 and
5-digit Mobile Network Codes
235-00 to 235-99 inclusive

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Other Network Codes
Number(s) Designation

001 - 999 Public Communications 3-digit plus 3-digit Partial Calling Line Identity Codes
Provider Identity (inclusive)
000 – 999 Switch Number 3-digit plus 3-digit Partial Calling Line Identity Codes
(inclusive)
7000 to 7089 inclusive 4-digit Targeted Transit Codes

8000 to 8889 inclusive and 8900 to

4-digit Carrier Pre-Selection Codes
8999 inclusive

10-digit Inserted Network Numbers for Calling Line

08979
Identification

089930 to 089999 inclusive 10-digit Inbound Routing Codes

4-digit numbers X25 Data Network Identification Codes

A4: Administrative Codes

Number(s) Designation

000 to 999 inclusive Communications Provider Identification Codes

AAB to ZZZ inclusive Reseller Identification Codes

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Part B: Restrictions and
requirements in relation to
Telephone Numbers in Part A
B1: General restriction on the Adoption and use of Telephone
Numbers in Part A
B1 Those to whom Ofcom has Allocated any Telephone Number listed in Part A of the Plan shall
not Adopt or otherwise use it, except in accordance with the applicable designation given in
Part A for that number range.

B2: General restrictions on the Adoption and use of Telephone

Numbers in Part A1
B2.1 Public Communications Network Numbers in Part A1 shall comprise ten (10) digits (excluding
the national prefix code ‘0’) unless otherwise indicated in that Part or in the National
Numbering Scheme.
B2.2 The digit structure for Public Communications Network Numbers (other than Access Codes)
is referred to in the National Numbering Scheme as follows: ‘SABCDEFGHI’ where ‘S’ equates
to the first digit after the ‘0’ (for example S is 1 or 2 for Geographic Numbers).

B3: Specific Restrictions on the Adoption and use of Telephone

Numbers
B3.1 Geographic Numbers
Out of Area use of Geographic Numbers
B3.1.1 A Geographic Number shall be assigned only to a Subscriber whose Network Termination
Point is physically located within the geographic area associated with that number (having
regard to the relevant Geographic Area Code), unless:
a. the Subscriber has requested a Geographic Number that includes the relevant
Geographic Area Code; and
b. charges for calls to that Geographic Number remain consistent with charges for calls
to other Geographic Numbers that include the same Geographic Area Code.
Local Dialling
B3.1.2 Local Dialling shall not be provided from Geographic Numbers with a Geographic Area Code
listed in the table below, with effect from the date specified.

Geographic Area Code Geographic Area Effective Date

01202 Bournemouth 1 November 2012
01224 Aberdeen 1 October 2014
01273 Brighton 1 October 2014
01274 Bradford 1 October 2014
01642 Middlesbrough 1 October 2014
01908 Milton Keynes 1 October 2014

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Numbering Reorganisations
B3.1.3 Where a numbering reorganisation makes provision for a replacement Allocation of
Telephone Numbers pursuant to Section 62(3) of the Act, the person to whom a
replacement Telephone Number is Allocated shall ensure that there is:
a. an adequate period of advance notification and publicity to End-Users prior to the
replacement Telephone Number being Adopted or otherwise used;
b. upon Adoption of the replacement Telephone Number, a period of Parallel Running
when dialling to the original and replacement Telephone Numbers is available
wherever technically possible; and
c. immediately following the period of Parallel Running and for a further period of time
specified by Ofcom, a changed number announcement played to a Calling Party who
dials the original Telephone Number.
‘National-Dialling-Only’ Numbers
B3.1.4 A National-Dialling-Only Number shall not be Adopted or otherwise used, except:
a. as a full Geographic Number (including its Geographic Area Code); and
b. in circumstances where that number will not be visible to, or capable of dialling by,
End-Users.
B3.1.5 Where a National-Dialling-Only Number is Adopted or used for outgoing call services a
presentation number that is either a Non-Geographic Number or that permits Local Dialling
shall appear to the Called Party for Calling Line Identification purposes. In the event of a
code change to eight-digit numbering in a geographic area, those who have Adopted or used
National-Dialling-Only Numbers shall migrate to the appropriate new range by the end of
Parallel Running.
Standard Areas
B3.1.6 Geographic Numbers that relate to a Standard Area are Allocated in blocks of 10,000 but
shall be treated as ten (10) units of 1,000 for the purposes of assigning numbers to
Subscribers. Where a Communications Provider has assigned a number from a particular
1,000 number unit to a Subscriber, it may not assign a number from a different unit until all
numbers in the first unit have been assigned.
Conservation Areas
B3.1.7 Subject to paragraph 3.1.8, Geographic Numbers that relate to a Conservation Area shall
only be Adopted in units of 1,000 numbers at a time.
B3.1.8 Where a block of 10,000 Geographic Numbers has been Allocated in relation to a Standard
Area, but the area has subsequently been designated as a Conservation Area, then:
a. paragraph 3.1.7 does not apply in relation to that particular number block; but
b. paragraph 3.1.6 shall continue to apply in relation to that particular number block.
100-Number Block Areas
B3.1.9 One hundred blocks of 100 numbers in each 100-Number Block Area have been specified in
the National Numbering Scheme. These blocks shall only be Adopted in units of 100
numbers at a time.

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B3.2 Non-Geographic Numbers
B3.2.1 Those who Adopt or otherwise use Non-Geographic Numbers starting 03 shall not directly or
indirectly share with any End-User or any Calling Party any revenue obtained from providing
a service on those numbers.
B3.2.2 Those who are Allocated Non-Geographic Numbers starting 030 shall assign those numbers
only to Subscribers that are public sector bodies or not-for-profit bodies.
B3.2.3 Those Communications Providers who Adopt or otherwise use Non-Geographic Numbers
starting 034 or 037 shall only do so for the purpose of providing a service to a Customer who
is migrating from a Non-Geographic Number starting 084 or 087 which is exactly identical to
the 034 or 037 number except for the second digit (a “matching 084 or 087 number”). A
Non-Geographic Number starting 034 or 037 shall not be Adopted or otherwise used by a
Communications Provider where no matching 084 or 087 number is in use by a Customer.
B3.3 Location Independent Electronic Communications Services
B3.3.1 Those who Adopt or otherwise use Non-Geographic Numbers starting 056 shall not share
with any End-User any revenue obtained from providing a service on those numbers.
B3.4 Personal Numbers
B3.4.1 Those Adopting Personal Numbers shall not share with any End-User any revenue obtained
from providing a Personal Numbering Service.
B3.5 Harmonised numbers for harmonised services of social value (116XXX
numbers)
B3.5.1 The following general conditions are attached to the right of use of 116XXX numbers:
a. the service provides information, or assistance, or a reporting tool to citizens, or any
combination thereof;
b. the service is open to all citizens without any requirement of prior registration;
c. the service is not time-limited;
d. there is no payment, or payment commitment as a pre-requisite to use the service;
and
e. the following activities are excluded during a call: advertisement; entertainment;
marketing and selling; using the call for the future selling of commercial services.
B3.5.2 The following specific conditions are attached to the right of use of individual 116XXX
numbers:

Specific conditions attached to the

Number Service for which this number is reserved
right of use for this number

Name of service: Hotline for missing children

Description:
Service continuously available (i.e.
The service (a) takes calls reporting missing
116000 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
children and passes them on to the Police; (b)
nation-wide).
offers guidance to and supports the persons
responsible for the missing child; (c) supports
the investigation.

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 Specific conditions attached to the
Number Service for which this number is reserved
right of use for this number

Name of service: Helpline for victims of crime

Where the service is not
Description:
continuously available (i.e. 24
The service enables victims of crime to get hours a day, 7 days a week, nation-
emotional support in such circumstances, to be wide), the service provider must
informed about their rights and about ways to ensure that information about
116006 claim their rights, and to be referred to the availability is made publicly
relevant organisation. In particular, it provides available in an easily accessible
information about (a) local police and criminal form, and that, during periods of
justice proceedings, (b) possibilities of unavailability, callers to the service
compensation and insurance matters. It also are advised when the service will
provides support in finding other sources of next become available.
help relevant to the victims of crimes.

Where the service is not

Name of service: Child helplines continuously available (i.e. 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, nation-
Description:
wide), the service provider must
The service helps children in need of care and ensure that information about
116111 protection and links them to services and availability is made publicly
resources; it provides children with an available in an easily accessible
opportunity to express their concerns, talk form, and that, during periods of
about issues directly affecting them and unavailability, callers to the service
contact someone in an emergency situation. are advised when the service will
next become available.

Name of service: Non-emergency medical on- Where the service is not

call service continuously available (i.e. 24
Description: hours a day, 7 days a week, nation-
wide), the service provider must
The service directs callers to the medical ensure that information about
116117 assistance appropriate to their needs, which availability is made publicly
are urgent but non-life threatening, especially, available in an easily accessible
but not exclusively, outside normal office form, and that, during periods of
hours, over the weekend and on public unavailability, callers to the service
holidays. It connects the caller to a skilled and are advised when the service will
supported call-handler, or connects the caller next become available.
directly to a qualified medical practitioner or
clinician.

Where the service is not

Name of service: Emotional support helplines continuously available (i.e. 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, nation-
Description:
wide), the service provider must
The service enables the caller to benefit from a ensure that information about
116123 genuine human relationship based on non- availability is made publicly
judgmental listening. It offers emotional available in an easily accessible
support to callers suffering from loneliness, in a form, and that, during periods of
state of psychological crisis, or contemplating unavailability, callers to the service
suicide. are advised when the service will
next become available.
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B3.5.3 The person to whom a 116XXX number has been Allocated shall only use that number in
conjunction with the sub-allocatee(s) named in the National Numbering Scheme. A 116XXX
number shall not be sub-allocated without prior agreement from Ofcom.
B3.6 Telex Service Numbers
B3.6.1 Telex Service Numbers shall not be Adopted or otherwise used other than as full national
numbers, i.e. including the Geographic Area Code and, where relevant, an Adoptees’
identifying digit.
B3.7 Number Portability Codes
B3.7.1 In addition to the general restriction at B1, Number Portability Codes shall only be Adopted
or otherwise used in accordance with the applicable designation given for that number
range in Part A. For the avoidance of doubt, the Portability of Telephone Numbers need not
be enabled by the use of Number Portability Codes.

B4: Requirements in relation to the tariff principles and maximum

prices applicable to Telephone Numbers in Part A1
B4.1 Subject to paragraph B4.2, where a Consumer makes a call to a Non-Geographic Number,
the Communications Provider shall comply with the tariff principles and maximum prices (if
any) set out or referred to in Part A1, in the column headed “Applicable tariff principles and
maximum prices”.
B4.2 The tariff principles and maximum prices set out or referred to in Part A1 in the column
headed “Applicable tariff principles and maximum prices” do not apply to Payphone Service
Providers in respect of calls to Unbundled Tariff Numbers.

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Part C: Telephone Numbers not
available for Allocation
The Telephone Numbers in this Part C are not available for Allocation, because:
(i) the Telephone Number is made available for use without Allocation to an individual
Communications Provider; or
(ii) the Telephone Number is part of a numbering range that has previously been, but which is
no longer, available for Allocation.

C1: Public Communications Network Numbers not individually

Allocated
Numbers beginning or in entirety Designation
where marked *
0 (unless specified elsewhere in this Access to a number unobtainable tone or equivalent
Part C OR in Part A) message
1 (unless specified elsewhere in this Access to a number unobtainable tone or equivalent
Part C OR in Part A) message
00 Access to international Telephone Numbers
100* Access to operator assistance (Type A Access Code)
101* Access to non-emergency service (Type A Access Code)
Access to national power cut and electricity network safety
105*
service (Type A Access Code)
Access to NHS non-emergency healthcare services (Type A
111*
Access Code)
112* Access to emergency services (Type A Access Code)
123* Access to speaking clock (Type A Access Code)
Access to Withhold Calling Line Identification (Type A Access
141*
Code)
1470* Access to Per Call Release of CLI (Type A Access Code)
1471* Access to Call Return (Type A Access Code)
1472* to 1474*, 1476*, 1478*, and Access to Calling Line Identification services (Type A Access
1479* Code)
1475* Access to 1471 Erasure (Type A Access Code)
1477* Access to Automatic Call Trace (Type A Access Code)
Access to international assistance operator (Type A Access
155*
Code)
Access to voice text services for the deaf (Type A Access
18000* to 18009*
Codes)

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 Numbers beginning or in entirety Designation
where marked *
Access to blind and disabled Directory Enquiry Facilities
195*
(Type A Access Code)
999* Access to emergency services
120 to 122, 142, 150 to 152, 154,
156 to 159, 170 to 179, 190, 191, Access to network services (Type C Access Codes)
193, 194, and 196 to 198

C2: X25 Data Network Numbers

Numbers(s) Designation
Any ten (10) digit number X25 Data Network Numbers

C3: Network Codes

Numbers beginning or in entirety Designation
where marked *
5-digit National Signalling Point Codes for routing within
01024 to 12287 inclusive
networks
504900 to 504999 and 505900 to
6-digit Internal Network Portability Codes
505999
4-digit Carrier Pre-Selection Codes for routing within
8890 to 8899 inclusive
networks
08990 to 08992 10-digit Internal Routing Codes

C4: Administrative Codes

Numbers(s) Designation
AAA Default Reseller Identification Code

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C5: Public Communications Network Numbers which have been individually Allocated
Numbers beginning
(unless otherwise stated in
Designation Applicable tariff principles and maximum prices
this Part or in the National
Numbering Scheme)
Radiopaging Service and Mobile Services (Isle of
Man Communications Commission). These
07624 numbers are no longer available for Allocation, Not applicable
but numbers which have been Allocated may be
Adopted or otherwise used.
Retail charge to a Consumer of a call calculated by reference to the
applicable Access Charge and Service Charge and in accordance with
Non-Geographic Numbers used to provide Sexual the tariff principles in paragraphs B1.21 – B1.27 of the General
Entertainment Services. These numbers are no Conditions of Entitlement.
0908 and 0909 longer available for Allocation, but numbers which The applicable Service Charge must not exceed:
have been Allocated may be Adopted or otherwise • 300 pence per minute, exclusive of VAT, where the Service Charge
used. comprises or includes a pence per minute rate; or
• 500 pence per call, exclusive of VAT, where the Service Charge is
set exclusively at a pence per call rate.
Non-Geographic Numbers. These numbers are no
longer available for Allocation. A number within
this range may not be Adopted or otherwise used,
unless that number was Allocated and assigned to
0800 (plus 6-digit) a Subscriber prior to this number range being Free to caller
closed, in which case that particular number may
continue to be used for the purposes of serving
that Subscriber.

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C6: Requirements in relation to the tariff principles and maximum
prices applicable to Telephone Numbers in Part C5
C6.1 Subject to paragraph C6.2, where a Consumer makes a call to a Non-Geographic Number,
the Communications Provider shall comply with the tariff principles and maximum prices (if
any) set out or referred to in Part C5, in the column headed “Applicable tariff principles and
maximum prices”.
C6.2 The tariff principles and maximum prices set out or referred to in Part C5, in the column
headed “Applicable tariff principles and maximum prices” do not apply to Payphone Service
Providers in respect of calls to Unbundled Tariff Numbers.

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 Appendix A: Geographic
Numbering - Geographic Area
Codes and applicable geographic
area
100- 100-
Geographic Conservation Number Geographic Conservation Number
Geographic Area Block Geographic Area Block
Area Code Area 1 Area Code Area 1
Area 2 Area 2
0113 Leeds 01236 Coatbridge Y
0114 Sheffield 01237 Bideford Y
0115 Nottingham 01239 Cardigan Y
0116 Leicester 01241 Arbroath Y
0117 Bristol 01242 Cheltenham Y
0118 Reading 01243 Chichester Y
01200 Clitheroe Y 01244 Chester Y
01202 Bournemouth 3
Y 01245 Chelmsford Y
01204 Bolton Y 01246 Chesterfield Y
01205 Boston Y Bangor
01248 Y
01206 Colchester Y (Gwynedd)
01207 Consett Y 01249 Chippenham Y
01208 Bodmin Y 01250 Blairgowrie Y
01209 Redruth Y 01252 Aldershot Y
0121 Birmingham 01253 Blackpool Y
01223 Cambridge Y 01254 Blackburn Y
01224 Aberdeen 4 Y 01255 Clacton-on-Sea Y
01225 Bath Y 01256 Basingstoke Y
01226 Barnsley Y 01257 Coppull Y
01227 Canterbury Y 01258 Blandford Y
01228 Carlisle Y 01259 Alloa Y
Barrow-in-Furness 01260 Congleton Y
01229 (2,4,5,6,8) 01261 Banff Y
Y
Millom (3,7,9) 01262 Bridlington Y
01233 Ashford (Kent) Y 01263 Cromer Y
01234 Bedford Y 01264 Andover Y
01235 Abingdon Y 01267 Carmarthen Y

1
Where Conservation Area is not indicated as Y, the area is 4
Local Dialling shall not be provided from
a Standard Area (see paragraph B3.1.6). Geographic Numbering with the 01224
2
100-Number Block Area is indicated as ‘Y’. Geographic Area Code from 1 October
3
Local Dialling shall not be provided from Geographic 2014.
Numbering with the 01202 Geographic Area Code from 1
November 2012.
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 100- 100-
Geographic Conservation Number Geographic Conservation Number
Geographic Area Block Geographic Area Block
Area Code Area 1 Area Code Area 1
Area 2 Area 2
01268 Basildon Y 01305 Dorchester Y
01269 Ammanford Y 01306 Dorking Y
01270 Crewe Y 01307 Forfar Y
01271 Barnstaple Y 01308 Bridport Y
01273 Brighton 5 Y 01309 Forres Y
01274 Bradford 6
Y 0131 Edinburgh
01275 Clevedon Y 01320 Fort Augustus Y
01276 Camberley Y 01322 Dartford Y
01277 Brentwood Y 01323 Eastbourne Y
01278 Bridgwater Y 01324 Falkirk Y
01279 Bishops Stortford Y 01325 Darlington Y
01280 Buckingham Y 01326 Falmouth Y
01282 Burnley Y 01327 Daventry Y
01283 Burton-on-Trent Y 01328 Fakenham Y
01284 Bury St Edmunds Y 01329 Fareham Y
01285 Cirencester Y 01330 Banchory Y
01286 Caernarfon Y 01332 Derby Y
01287 Guisborough Y 01333 Peat Inn Y
01288 Bude Y 01334 St Andrews Y
Berwick-upon- 01335 Ashbourne Y
01289 Y
Tweed 01337 Ladybank Y
01290 Cumnock Y Aboyne (2,3,5,8)
01339 Y
01291 Chepstow Y Ballater (4,6,7,9)
01292 Ayr Y 01340 Craigellachie Y
01293 Crawley Y 01341 Barmouth Y
01294 Ardrossan Y 01342 East Grinstead Y
01295 Banbury Y 01343 Elgin Y
01296 Aylesbury Y 01344 Bracknell Y
01297 Axminster Y 01346 Fraserburgh Y
01298 Buxton Y 01347 Easingwold Y
01299 Bewdley Y 01348 Fishguard Y
01300 Cerne Abbas Y 01349 Dingwall Y
01301 Arrochar Y 01350 Dunkeld Y
01302 Doncaster Y 01352 Mold Y
01303 Folkestone Y 01353 Ely Y
01304 Dover Y 01354 Chatteris Y

5
Local Dialling shall not be provided from Geographic 6
Local Dialling shall not be provided from Geographic
Numbering with the 01273 Geographic Area Code from 1 Numbering with the 01274 Geographic Area Code from
October 2014. 1 October 2014.
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 100- 100-
Geographic Conservation Number Geographic Conservation Number
Geographic Area Block Geographic Area Block
Area Code Area 1 Area Code Area 1
Area 2 Area 2
01355 East Kilbride Y 01404 Honiton Y
01356 Brechin Y 01405 Goole Y
01357 Strathaven Y 01406 Holbeach Y
01358 Ellon Y 01407 Holyhead Y
01359 Pakenham Y 01408 Golspie Y
01360 Killearn Y 01409 Holsworthy Y
01361 Duns Y 0141 Glasgow
01362 Dereham Y 01420 Alton Y
01363 Crediton Y 01422 Halifax Y
01364 Ashburton Y Boroughbridge
01366 Downham Market Y (3,4,9)
01423 Y
01367 Faringdon Y Harrogate
(2,5,6,7,8)
01368 Dunbar Y
01424 Hastings Y
01369 Dunoon Y
01425 Ringwood Y
01371 Great Dunmow Y
01427 Gainsborough Y
01372 Esher Y
01428 Haslemere Y
01373 Frome Y
01429 Hartlepool Y
01375 Grays Thurrock Y
Market Weighton
01376 Braintree Y
(6,7,8,9)
01377 Driffield Y 01430
North Cave Y
01379 Diss Y (2,3,4,5)
01380 Devizes Y 01431 Helmsdale Y
01381 Fortrose Y 01432 Hereford Y
01382 Dundee Y 01433 Hathersage Y
01383 Dunfermline Y Bellingham (2,4,9)
01384 Dudley Y 01434 Haltwhistle (3,5) Y
01386 Evesham Y Hexham (6,7,8)
01387 Dumfries Y 01435 Heathfield Y
013873 Langholm Y Y 01436 Helensburgh Y
Bishop Auckland Clynderwen
01388 (3,4,6,7,8,9) Y (2,3,4,5)
Stanhope (2,5) 01437
Haverfordwest Y
01389 Dumbarton Y (6,7,8,9)
01392 Exeter Y 01438 Stevenage Y
01394 Felixstowe Y 01439 Helmsley Y
01395 Budleigh Salterton Y 01440 Haverhill Y
01397 Fort William Y Hemel
01442 Y
01398 Dulverton Y Hempstead
01400 Honington Y 01443 Pontypridd Y
01403 Horsham Y 01444 Haywards Heath Y

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 100- 100-
Geographic Conservation Number Geographic Conservation Number
Geographic Area Block Geographic Area Block
Area Code Area 1 Area Code Area 1
Area 2 Area 2
01445 Gairloch Y 01485 Hunstanton Y
01446 Barry Y 01487 Warboys Y
01449 Stowmarket Y 01488 Hungerford Y
01450 Hawick Y 01489 Bishops Waltham Y
Stow-on-the- 01490 Corwen Y
01451 Y
Wold Henley-on-
01491 Y
01452 Gloucester Y Thames
01453 Dursley Y 01492 Colwyn Bay Y
01454 Chipping Sodbury Y 01493 Great Yarmouth Y
01455 Hinckley Y 01494 High Wycombe Y
01456 Glenurquhart Y 01495 Pontypool Y
01457 Glossop Y 01496 Port Ellen Y
01458 Glastonbury Y 01497 Hay-on-Wye Y
01460 Chard Y 01499 Inveraray Y
01461 Gretna Y 01501 Harthill Y
01462 Hitchin Y 01502 Lowestoft Y
01463 Inverness Y 01503 Looe Y
01464 Insch Y 01505 Johnstone Y
01465 Girvan Y 01506 Bathgate Y
01466 Huntly Y Alford (Lincs)
01467 Inverurie Y (4,8,9)
01507 Y
01469 Killingholme Y Louth (3,6,7)
Isle of Skye – Spilsby (2,5)
01470 Y
Edinbane 01508 Brooke Y
Isle of Skye – 01509 Loughborough Y
01471 Y
Broadford 0151 Liverpool
01472 Grimsby Y 01520 Lochcarron Y
01473 Ipswich Y 01522 Lincoln Y
01474 Gravesend Y 01524 Lancaster Y
01475 Greenock Y 015242 Hornby Y Y
01476 Grantham Y 01525 Leighton Buzzard Y
01477 Holmes Chapel Y 01526 Martin Y
Isle of Skye - 01527 Redditch Y
01478 Y
Portree
01528 Laggan Y
Grantown-on-
01479 Y 01529 Sleaford Y
Spey
01530 Coalville Y
01480 Huntingdon Y
01531 Ledbury Y
01481 Guernsey
01534 Jersey
01482 Hull Y
01535 Keighley Y
01483 Guildford Y
01536 Kettering Y
01484 Huddersfield Y
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 100- 100-
Geographic Conservation Number Geographic Conservation Number
Geographic Area Block Geographic Area Block
Area Code Area 1 Area Code Area 1
Area 2 Area 2
01538 Ipstones Y 01578 Lauder Y
01539 Kendal Y 01579 Liskeard Y
015394 Hawkshead Y Y 01580 Cranbrook Y
Grange-over- 01581 New Luce Y
015395 Y Y
Sands 01582 Luton Y
015396 Sedbergh Y Y 01583 Carradale Y
01540 Kingussie Y 01584 Ludlow Y
01542 Keith Y 01586 Campbeltown Y
01543 Cannock Y 01588 Bishops Castle Y
01544 Kington Y 01590 Lymington Y
01545 Llanarth Y 01591 Llanwrtyd Wells Y
01546 Lochgilphead Y 01592 Kirkcaldy Y
01547 Knighton Y 01593 Lybster Y
01548 Kingsbridge Y 01594 Lydney Y
01549 Lairg Y Lerwick
01550 Llandovery Y 01595 Foula (75)
01553 Kings Lynn Y Y
Fair Isle (76)
01554 Llanelli Y 01597 Llandrindod Wells Y
01555 Lanark Y 01598 Lynton Y
01556 Castle Douglas Y 01599 Kyle Y
01557 Kirkcudbright Y 01600 Monmouth Y
01558 Llandeilo Y 01603 Norwich Y
01559 Llandysul Y 01604 Northampton Y
01560 Moscow Y 01606 Northwich Y
01561 Laurencekirk Y 01608 Chipping Norton Y
01562 Kidderminster Y 01609 Northallerton Y
01563 Kilmarnock Y 0161 Manchester
01564 Lapworth Y 01620 North Berwick Y
01565 Knutsford Y 01621 Maldon Y
01566 Launceston Y 01622 Maidstone Y
01567 Killin Y 01623 Mansfield Y
01568 Leominster Y 01624 Isle of Man Y
01569 Stonehaven Y 01625 Macclesfield Y
01570 Lampeter Y 01626 Newton Abbot Y
01571 Lochinver Y 01628 Maidenhead Y
01572 Oakham Y 01629 Matlock Y
01573 Kelso Y 01630 Market Drayton Y
01575 Kirriemuir Y 01631 Oban Y
01576 Lockerbie Y 01633 Newport Y
01577 Kinross Y 01634 Medway Y
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 100- 100-
Geographic Conservation Number Geographic Conservation Number
Geographic Area Block Geographic Area Block
Area Code Area 1 Area Code Area 1
Area 2 Area 2
01635 Newbury Y Isle of Mull –
01680 Y
01636 Newark Y Craignure
01637 Newquay Y Isle of Mull –
01681 Y
Fionnphort
01638 Newmarket Y
01683 Moffat Y
01639 Neath Y
01684 Malvern Y
01641 Strathy Y
01685 Merthyr Tydfil Y
01642 Middlesbrough7 Y
Llanidloes
01643 Minehead Y
(2,3,4,7)
01644 New Galloway Y 01686 Y
Newtown
01646 Milford Haven Y (5,6,8,9)
Moretonhampste 01687 Mallaig Y
01647 Y
ad
Isle of Mull –
01650 Cemmaes Road Y 01688 Y
Tobermory
01651 Oldmeldrum Y 01689 Orpington Y
01652 Brigg Y 01690 Betws-y-Coed Y
01653 Malton Y 01691 Oswestry Y
01654 Machynlleth Y 01692 North Walsham Y
01655 Maybole Y 01694 Church Stretton Y
01656 Bridgend Y 01695 Skelmersdale Y
01659 Sanquhar Y 01697 Brampton Y
01661 Prudhoe Y 016973 Wigton Y Y
01663 New Mills Y 016974 Raughton Head Y Y
01664 Melton Mowbray Y 01698 Motherwell Y
01665 Alnwick Y 01700 Rothesay Y
01666 Malmesbury Y 01702 Southend-on-Sea Y
01667 Nairn Y 01704 Southport Y
01668 Bamburgh Y 01706 Rochdale Y
01669 Rothbury Y Welwyn Garden
01707 Y
01670 Morpeth Y City
01671 Newton Stewart Y 01708 Romford Y
01672 Marlborough Y 01709 Rotherham Y
01673 Market Rasen Y 01720 Isles of Scilly Y
01674 Montrose Y 01721 Peebles Y
01675 Coleshill Y 01722 Salisbury Y
01676 Meriden Y 01723 Scarborough Y
01677 Bedale Y 01724 Scunthorpe Y
01678 Bala Y 01725 Rockbourne Y

7
Local Dialling shall not be provided from Geographic Numbering with the 01642 Geographic Area Code from 1 October
2014.
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 100- 100-
Geographic Conservation Number Geographic Conservation Number
Geographic Area Block Geographic Area Block
Area Code Area 1 Area Code Area 1
Area 2 Area 2
01726 St Austell Y 01771 Maud Y
01727 St Albans Y 01772 Preston Y
01728 Saxmundham Y 01773 Ripley Y
01729 Settle Y 01775 Spalding Y
01730 Petersfield Y 01776 Stranraer Y
01732 Sevenoaks Y 01777 Retford Y
01733 Peterborough Y 01778 Bourne Y
01736 Penzance Y 01779 Peterhead Y
01737 Redhill Y 01780 Stamford Y
01738 Perth Y 01782 Stoke-on-Trent Y
01740 Sedgefield Y 01784 Staines Y
01743 Shrewsbury Y 01785 Stafford Y
01744 St Helens Y 01786 Stirling Y
01745 Rhyl Y 01787 Sudbury Y
01746 Bridgnorth Y 01788 Rugby Y
01747 Shaftesbury Y Stratford-upon-
01789 Y
01748 Richmond Y Avon
01749 Shepton Mallet Y 01790 Spilsby Y
01750 Selkirk Y 01792 Swansea Y
01751 Pickering Y 01793 Swindon Y
01752 Plymouth Y 01794 Romsey Y
01753 Slough Y 01795 Sittingbourne Y
01754 Skegness Y 01796 Pitlochry Y
01756 Skipton Y 01797 Rye Y
01757 Selby Y 01798 Pulborough Y
01758 Pwllheli Y 01799 Saffron Walden Y
01759 Pocklington Y 01803 Torquay Y
01760 Swaffham Y 01805 Torrington Y
01761 Temple Cloud Y 01806 Shetland Y
01763 Royston Y 01807 Ballindalloch Y
01764 Crieff Y 01808 Tomatin Y
01765 Ripon Y 01809 Tomdoun Y
01766 Porthmadog Y 01821 Kinrossie Y
01767 Sandy Y 01822 Tavistock Y
01768 Penrith Y 01823 Taunton Y
017683 Appleby Y Y 01824 Ruthin Y
017684 Pooley Bridge Y Y 01825 Uckfield Y
017687 Keswick Y Y 01827 Tamworth Y
01769 South Molton Y 01828 Coupar Angus Y
01770 Isle of Arran Y 01829 Tarporley Y
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 100- 100-
Geographic Conservation Number Geographic Conservation Number
Geographic Area Block Geographic Area Block
Area Code Area 1 Area Code Area 1
Area 2 Area 2
01830 Kirkwhelpington Y 01874 Brecon Y
01832 Clopton Y 01875 Tranent Y
01833 Barnard Castle Y 01876 Lochmaddy Y
01834 Narberth Y 01877 Callander Y
01835 St Boswells Y 01878 Lochboisdale Y
01837 Okehampton Y 01879 Scarinish Y
01838 Dalmally Y 01880 Tarbert Y
01840 Camelford Y 01882 Kinloch Rannoch Y
01841 Newquay Y 01883 Caterham Y
01842 Thetford Y 01884 Tiverton Y
01843 Thanet Y 01885 Pencombe Y
01844 Thame Y 01886 Bromyard Y
01845 Thirsk Y 01887 Aberfeldy Y
Thurso (2,3,4,5,8) 01888 Turriff Y
01847 Y
Tongue (6,7,9) 01889 Rugeley Y
01848 Thornhill Y Ayton (5,6,7,9)
Great Bernera 01890 Coldstream Y
(4,6,9) (2,3,4,8)
01851 Y
Stornoway 01892 Tunbridge Wells Y
(2,3,5,7,8) 01895 Uxbridge Y
01852 Kilmelford Y 01896 Galashiels Y
01854 Ullapool Y 01899 Biggar Y
01855 Ballachulish Y 01900 Workington Y
01856 Orkney Y 01902 Wolverhampton Y
01857 Sanday Y 01903 Worthing Y
Market 01904 York Y
01858 Y
Harborough
01905 Worcester Y
01859 Harris Y
01908 Milton Keynes 8 Y
01862 Tain Y
01909 Worksop Y
01863 Ardgay Y
Tyneside (2,4,6,8)
01864 Abington Y
0191 Durham (3,9)
01865 Oxford Y
Sunderland (5,7)
01866 Kilchrenan Y
01920 Ware Y
01869 Bicester Y
01922 Walsall Y
01870 Isle of Benbecula Y
01923 Watford Y
01871 Castlebay Y
01924 Wakefield Y
01872 Truro Y
01925 Warrington Y
01873 Abergavenny Y

8
Local Dialling shall not be provided from Geographic Numbering with the 01908 Geographic Area Code from 1 October
2014.
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 100- 100-
Geographic Conservation Number Geographic Conservation Number
Geographic Area Block Geographic Area Block
Area Code Area 1 Area Code Area 1
Area 2 Area 2
01926 Warwick Y 01974 Llanon Y
01928 Runcorn Y Alford (Aberdeen)
01929 Wareham Y (2,4,5,9)
01975
01931 Shap Y Strathdon Y
(3,6,7,8)
01932 Weybridge Y
01977 Pontefract Y
01933 Wellingborough Y
01978 Wrexham Y
Weston-super-
01934 Y 01980 Amesbury Y
Mare
01935 Yeovil Y 01981 Wormbridge Y
01937 Wetherby Y 01982 Builth Wells Y
01938 Welshpool Y 01983 Isle of Wight Y
01939 Wem Y 01984 Watchet Y
01942 Wigan Y 01985 Warminster Y
01943 Guiseley Y 01986 Bungay Y
01944 West Heslerton Y 01987 Ebbsfleet Y
01945 Wisbech Y 01988 Wigtown Y
01946 Whitehaven Y 01989 Ross-on-Wye Y
019467 Gosforth Y Y 01992 Lea Valley Y
01947 Whitby Y 01993 Witney Y
01948 Whitchurch Y 01994 St Clears Y
01949 Whatton Y 01995 Garstang Y
01950 Sandwick Y 01997 Strathpeffer Y
01951 Colonsay Y 020 London
01952 Telford Y Southampton (8X)
023
01953 Wymondham Y Portsmouth (9X)
01954 Madingley Y 024 Coventry
01955 Wick Y Ballycastle (20) Y
01957 Mid Yell Y Martinstown (21) Y
01959 Westerham Y Ballymena (25) Y
01962 Winchester Y Ballymoney (27) Y
01963 Wincanton Y Larne (28) Y
Hornsea (2,5,8,9) Kilrea (29) Y
01964 Patrington Y Newry (30) Y
028
(3,4,6,7) Armagh (37) Y
01967 Strontian Y Portadown (38) Y
01968 Penicuik Y Banbridge (40) Y
01969 Leyburn Y Rostrevor (41) Y
01970 Aberystwyth Y Kircubbin (42) Y
01971 Scourie Y Newcastle (Co. Y
01972 Glenborrodale Y Down)(43)

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Geographic Conservation Number Geographic Conservation Number
Geographic Area Block Geographic Area Block
Area Code Area 1 Area Code Area 1
Area 2 Area 2
Downpatrick (44) Y Ballygawley (85) Y
Enniskillen (66) Y Cookstown (86) Y
Lisnaskea (67) Y Dungannon (87) Y
Kesh (68) Y Fivemiletown (89) Y
Coleraine (70) Y Belfast
Y
Londonderry (71 (90, 95 and 96)
Y 028
028 and 72) Bangor
Y
Limavady (77) Y (Co. Down) (91)
Magherafelt (79) Y Lisburn (92) Y
Carrickmore (80) Y Ballyclare (93) Y
Newtownstewart Antrim (94) Y
Y
(81) Saintfield (97) Y
Omagh (82) Y 029 Cardiff

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Appendix B: Telex Service Numbers
– initial Geographic Area Codes and
applicable designation
Number(s) beginning Designation
2, 88, 89,
London
and 91 to 94 inclusive
31 Coventry
32 Peterborough
33 Birmingham
34 Leicester
35 Shrewsbury
36 Stoke-on-Trent
37 Nottingham
41 Bournemouth and Channel Islands
42 Exeter
43 Gloucester
44 Bristol
45 Plymouth
46 Taunton
47 Southampton
48 Swansea
49 Cardiff
51 Bradford
52 Scarborough and Holderness
53 Newcastle
54 Sheffield
55 Leeds
56 Lincoln
57 York
58 Middlesbrough
59 Kingston-upon-Hull
61 Chester
620 Liverpool
621 Isle of Man
622 to 629
Liverpool
inclusive
63 Blackburn
64 Carlisle
65 Lancaster

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Number(s) beginning Designation
66 Manchester
67 Preston
72 Edinburgh
73 Aberdeen
74 Belfast
75 Inverness
76 Dundee
77 Glasgow
81 Cambridge
82 Luton
83 Oxford
84 Reading
85 Guildford
86 Portsmouth
87 Brighton
95 Tunbridge Wells
96 Canterbury
97 Norwich
98 Colchester
99 Southend-on-Sea

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Annex (not part of the National
Telephone Numbering Plan):
General Condition B1 of the General
Conditions of Entitlement
B1 Allocation, adoption and use of telephone
numbers
This condition sets out the terms under which communications providers may apply for, be
allocated and adopt telephone numbers so as to ensure their effective and efficient use.

Scope
B1.1 This Condition applies to all Communications Providers.
General prohibitions on adoption and use
B1.2 A Communications Provider shall not Adopt Telephone Numbers from Part A of the
National Telephone Numbering Plan unless:
(a) the Telephone Numbers have been Allocated to the Communications Provider; or
(b) the Communications Provider has been authorised (either directly or indirectly) to
Adopt those Telephone Numbers by the person Allocated those Telephone Numbers.
B1.3 The Communications Provider may only use a Telephone Number from Part A of the
National Telephone Numbering Plan where that Telephone Number has been Allocated to
a person, unless the use in question is for the purposes of indicating that the Telephone
Number has not been Allocated.
B1.4 The Communications Provider may only use (or, where specified, Adopt) a Telephone
Number listed in Part C of the National Telephone Numbering Plan where such use or
Adoption is in accordance with the designation attributed to that Telephone Number.
Requirements in connection with the adoption of telephone numbers
B1.5 In providing an Electronic Communications Network or an Electronic Communications
Service, the Communications Provider shall comply with:
(a) all applicable restrictions and requirements as are set out in the National Telephone
Numbering Plan; and
(b) any restrictions or requirements set out in a notification issued by Ofcom to that
Communications Provider recording the Allocation of specific Telephone Numbers to
it.
B1.6 Where Telephone Numbers have been Allocated to the Communications Provider, that
provider shall secure that such Telephone Numbers are Adopted or otherwise used
effectively and efficiently.
B1.7 The Communications Provider shall not unduly discriminate against another
Communications Provider in relation to its Adoption or use of Telephone Numbers for
purposes connected with the use by that other Communications Provider, or its Customers,
of any Electronic Communications Network or Electronic Communications Service.
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B1.8 The Communications Provider shall take all reasonably practicable steps to secure that its
Customers, in using Telephone Numbers, comply (where applicable) with the provisions of
this Condition, the provisions of the National Telephone Numbering Plan and the Non-
provider Numbering Condition. 9
Requirements in connection with the transfer of use of allocated telephone
numbers
B1.9 The Communications Provider shall not transfer use of Telephone Numbers from the
National Telephone Numbering Plan unless:
(a) the Telephone Numbers have been Allocated to the Communications Provider; or the
Communications Provider has been authorised (either directly or indirectly) to Adopt
those Telephone Numbers by the person Allocated those Telephone Numbers;
(b) the Telephone Numbers are used in accordance with the National Telephone
Numbering Plan; and
(c) the Telephone Numbers are Adopted or otherwise used effectively and efficiently.
Application for allocation or reservation of telephone numbers
B1.10 When applying for an Allocation or reservation of Telephone Numbers, the
Communications Provider shall:
(a) use Ofcom’s online number management system or, if that system is unavailable, the
application form made available on the Ofcom website from time to time;
(b) provide such information as is required by such system or application form; and
(c) provide to Ofcom, on request, any other information considered by Ofcom to be
relevant to the application, and the supply of which does not place an undue burden on
the Communications Provider.
B1.11 Ofcom will determine, taking into account the provisions of the National Telephone
Numbering Plan, any application for Telephone Numbers by the end of the period of three
weeks after the date of the receipt by it of the completed application form. Where Ofcom
has required any additional information under Condition B1.10(c) in relation to any
application, Ofcom will determine the application by the end of the period of three weeks
after the date of the receipt by it of that additional information.

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See Ofcom’s non-provider numbering condition
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Charging for specified geographic numbers
B1.12 The Communications Provider shall pay to Ofcom any applicable Annual Number Charge
within 14 days of receipt of an invoice from Ofcom.
B1.13 The Annual Number Charge will be billed annually in arrears following the end of each
Charging Year.
B1.14 The Annual Number Charge for a Communications Provider shall be:
(a) the charges applicable to that Communications Provider calculated in accordance with
Condition B1.15; less
(b) any reduction applicable to that Communications Provider calculated in accordance
with Condition B1.16.
B1.15 In respect of each Specified Geographic Number the Communications Provider must pay
£0.1/365 for every day within the Charging Year for which that Specified Geographic
Number is Allocated to it. Such amounts are payable irrespective of whether or not a
Specified Geographic Number has been Adopted or is in use.
B1.16 If relevant, the amount of any reduction for a Communications Provider in respect of a
Charging Year shall be:
(a) (the total number of the Communications Provider’s Ported Specified Geographic
Numbers) x £0.1 ÷ (the Average Industry Utilisation Rate); plus
(b) (the total number of the Communications Provider’s WLR Specified Geographic
Numbers) x £0.1 ÷ (the BT Average Utilisation Rate); plus
(c) (the total number of the Communications Provider’s Public Payphone Specified
Geographic Numbers) x £0.1 ÷ (the Communications Provider Average Utilisation
Rate).
B1.17 If any reduction calculated pursuant to Condition B1.16 exceeds the charges applicable to
that Communications Provider calculated in accordance with Condition B1.15, the Annual
Number Charge shall be zero.
Withdrawal of a number allocation
B1.18 Ofcom may withdraw an Allocation of Telephone Numbers from a Communications
Provider where:
(a) the Communications Provider has not Adopted those Telephone Numbers within six
months, or such other period as Ofcom may from time to time direct, from the date on
which the Telephone Numbers were Allocated;
(b) in relation to an Allocation of a series of Telephone Numbers, the Communications
Provider has not Adopted those Telephone Numbers to any significant extent within
six months, or such other period as Ofcom may from time to time direct, from the date
on which the series of Telephone Numbers was Allocated;
(c) the Communications Provider is unable to demonstrate to Ofcom’s reasonable
satisfaction either:
(i) that those Telephone Numbers are assigned to a Subscriber (or Subscribers); or
(ii) if those Telephone Numbers are not so assigned, that they were so assigned within
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 the withdrawal is made for the purpose of securing that what appears to Ofcom to be
the best and most efficient use is made of the numbers and other data that are
appropriate for use as Telephone Numbers;
(d) the Communications Provider has used a significant proportion of those Telephone
Numbers, or has used such Allocation to a significant extent, inconsistently with this
Condition, or to engage in fraud or misuse; or
(e) Ofcom has advised the Communications Provider in writing that a significant
proportion of those Telephone Numbers has been used, or that such Allocation has
been used to a significant extent, to cause harm or a nuisance, and the
Communications Provider has failed to take adequate steps to prevent such harm or
nuisance.
Requirements in connection with the use of telephone numbers
B1.19 When providing an Electronic Communications Service by means of an Unbundled Tariff
Number, the Communications Provider must comply with the tariff principles set out in
Conditions B1.21 – B1.27 and any applicable maximum price specified in the National
Telephone Numbering Plan.
B1.20 Condition B1.19 does not apply in respect of:
(a) calls to an Unbundled Tariff Number from a Public Pay Telephone; and
(b) calls originating outside of the United Kingdom to an Unbundled Tariff Number.
B1.21 The retail price for a call to an Unbundled Tariff Number which is charged to a Consumer is
the sum of:
(a) the Access Charge Element; and
(b) the Service Charge Element, subject to any special offers, discounts or call bundling
arrangements which the Communications Provider offers to that Consumer.
B1.22 The Access Charge must:
(a) not vary within a Consumer’s tariff package by reference to:
(i) the Unbundled Tariff Number that is called; or
(ii) the time or day of the call; and
(b) be set at a pence per minute rate.
B1.23 The Service Charge:
(a) must not vary according to the Communications Provider that retails or originates the
call;
(b) must not vary by the time or day of the call;
(c) must be no greater than any applicable maximum price specified in the National
Telephone Numbering Plan;
(d) may be set at a pence per minute, a pence per call rate, or a rate which combines a
pence per minute rate and a pence per call rate; and
(e) must not require another Communications Provider to have systems able to
accommodate more Price Points than are required under Condition B1.28, unless that
Communications Provider agrees otherwise.
B1.24 For the purpose of calculating an Access Charge Element, the Communications Provider:
(a) may round up the length of the call to 1 minute for a call lasting less than 1 minute; and

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 (b) for a call lasting more than 1 minute but less than a whole number of minutes, must
treat that call in accordance with the rounding principles it would apply to a geographic
call of an equivalent length for the purpose of billing a Consumer.
B1.25 For the purpose of calculating the Service Charge Element where the Service Charge
comprises or includes a pence per minute rate, the Communications Provider must round up
the length of the call to the next nearest whole second for a call lasting less than a whole
number of seconds (so that, for example, a call lasting 3 minutes 14.5 seconds would be
charged in respect of the Service Charge Element, at the applicable Service Charge
multiplied by 3.25).
B1.26 Condition B1.27 applies if both the following conditions in respect of a call to an Unbundled
Tariff Number are satisfied:
(a) the Consumer has purchased a bundle of inclusive call minutes or inclusive calls from
the Communications Provider, which includes call minutes (or calls) to one or more
Unbundled Tariff Numbers; and
(b) the call is to an Unbundled Tariff Number which counts towards remaining minutes (or
calls) in the bundle of inclusive minutes (or calls) purchased by the Consumer.
B1.27 Where this Condition applies, the Access Charge Element shall be deemed to be zero.
B1.28 For the purpose of calculating and billing the Service Charge Element of the retail price for
calls to Unbundled Tariff Numbers, the Communications Provider must ensure that it has
systems able to accommodate up to one hundred (100) different Price Points.
B1.29 In relation to the obligation under Condition B1.28, the Price Points accommodated by the
systems of the Communications Provider must:
(a) reflect on a fair and reasonable basis the rates proposed to the Communications
Provider by other providers in respect of their Service Charges, taking account of the
volume and range of such proposals; and
(b) be set in increments of no less than £0.01.

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Annex to Condition B1
[See Condition B1.15]

Geographic Numbers which are Specified Geographic Numbers for the purposes of Condition B1.

Specified Geographic Numbers identified by Geographic Area Code

Geographic Area Codes Area
01202 Bournemouth
01274 Bradford
01642 Middlesbrough
01273 Brighton
01224 Aberdeen
01793 Swindon
01908 Milton Keynes
01782 Stoke-on-Trent
01865 Oxford
01792 Swansea
01206 Colchester
01582 Luton
01604 Northampton
01603 Norwich
01223 Cambridge
01752 Plymouth
01332 Derby
01384 Dudley
01925 Warrington
01253 Blackpool
01382 Dundee
01482 Hull
01702 Southend-on-Sea
01902 Wolverhampton
01753 Slough
01483 Guildford
01452 Gloucester
01924 Wakefield
01276 Camberley
01772 Preston

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