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UK area code

01200 area code — Clitheroe

01200 is Ofcom’s Clitheroe numbering area, in Lancashire, North West England. 96 phone companies hold its 127 allocated number blocks. Its numbers are written like 01200 234 567. The nearest other codes are 01282 Burnley (13 km) and 01254 Blackburn (15 km).

More on the Clitheroe dialling code →

01200 at a glance

Ofcom area name
Clitheroe
County
Lancashire
Council area
Lancashire
Region
North West England
Number format
01200 234 567 (4+6)
Local calls
Full number recommended
Current code since
1995 (previously 0200)
Allocated blocks
127 of 388 (33%) across 96 providers
Newest block
26 June 2026 (2 in the last 12 months)
Nearest codes
01282 Burnley (13 km), 01254 Blackburn (15 km), 01729 Settle (23 km), 01995 Garstang (25 km)

Sources: Ofcom numbering data (weekly) and area-code list, Ofcom Numbering Plan, ONS geography.

Map of the 01200 Clitheroe dialling area and the nearest other UK area codes
Shaded: the council area containing the code's main exchange town (Lancashire). Ofcom doesn’t publish exchange boundaries, so this shows where the numbering area’s town is, not an exact outline. Boundaries: ONS (OGL); places: ONS Index of Place Names.

What people check and report about 01200 numbers

From searches in our lookup form since 13 May 2026 and the verdicts and reports visitors left. A check means someone typed the number in, usually after a missed call.

Caller verdicts on 01200 numbers: 1

1 scam. Too few to show shares yet.

Most-reported and most-checked 01200 numbers

NumberVerdictsReportsPeople checking
01200 4587341 scam—1

If a 01200 number called you

No clear pattern in reports for these numbers yet. If a call worried you:

  1. 1

    Call back on a number you trust

    If a caller says they're your bank, HMRC, a courier or a council, hang up and ring the organisation on the number from its website or your statement, never the number that called you. Caller ID can be faked.

  2. 2

    Forward it to 7726

    On a mobile, copy the caller's number from your recent calls and text it to 7726 (it spells SPAM). Scam texts can be forwarded to 7726 as they are. It's free, and your network uses the reports to investigate and block numbers.

    Ofcom: what to do about a scam call ↗

  3. 3

    Stop sales calls

    Register your landline and mobile free with the Telephone Preference Service (0345 070 0707). Legitimate UK marketers must check it; calls should drop within 28 days. It won't stop scammers.

    Telephone Preference Service ↗

  4. 4

    If you lost money or shared details

    Call your bank on the number on your card (or 159 to reach most UK banks safely), then report it to Report Fraud online or on 0300 123 2040. Report Fraud replaced Action Fraud on 4 December 2025 for England, Wales and Northern Ireland; in Scotland call Police Scotland on 101.

    159 (Stop Scams UK) ↗Report Fraud ↗

01200 history and number format

Number format: Numbers on 01200 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01200 234 567.

Before 1995: 01200 took its current form at PhONEday on 16 April 1995, when a "1" was inserted into every UK geographic code — before that the area dialled 0200.

Local dialling: Traditionally not from another 01200 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01200 first always works, and mobiles always need it.

Allocation record: the oldest number block still visible on 01200 was allocated on 15 July 1994, and the most recent on 26 June 2026. 2 blocks were allocated in the last 12 months — newly-activated ranges with no call history, which is worth knowing when an unfamiliar 01200 number rings (see the weekly numbering changelog for every new allocation.)

Phone companies holding 01200 numbers

Every Ofcom range holder with blocks on 01200, by allocated blocks. The holder is the company Ofcom allocated the block to; a number can since have been ported to another provider (see range holder vs current provider).

Range holderAllocatedAll blocksFirst blockLatest block
Vodafone Ltd (C&W)8830 July 201317 November 2021
BT6615 July 199414 October 2019
Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited5518 April 200526 June 2026
Digital Space Group Limited3329 November 200712 April 2016
GCI Network Solutions Limited3320 April 201726 February 2024
Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone)331 November 20121 November 2012
Resilient Limited3318 May 201218 May 2012
TalkTalk Communications Limited3317 January 201214 February 2013
Barritel Limited2216 February 200617 November 2022
Colt Technology Services2220 June 20166 September 2022
DRD Communications Limited225 October 20235 October 2023
Fuse 2 Communications Ltd224 July 201722 January 2024
Sky UK Limited2220 June 201320 April 2017
(AQ) LIMITED1110 September 201210 September 2012
24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd1117 January 202017 January 2020
8x8 Communications UK Limited1126 March 201226 March 2012
AQL Wholesale Ltd1121 June 200621 June 2006
Adepteo Limited1116 January 201716 January 2017
Alnitak GmbH1125 April 201725 April 2017
Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd1124 February 200924 February 2009
Atomstream Limited1123 April 201023 April 2010
Belgacom International Carrier Services SA1114 October 201914 October 2019
Bicom Systems EURL112 March 20122 March 2012
Bink Networks Ltd1129 March 202329 March 2023
CFL Communications Ltd117 July 20097 July 2009
Citrus Telecommunications Ltd116 March 20066 March 2006
Commi Holdings Limited1121 November 201621 November 2016
Content Guru Limited1112 October 201212 October 2012
DIDWW Ireland Limited1127 January 202027 January 2020
Datazero Ltd112 November 20102 November 2010

Showing the 30 largest of 96 holders.

Openreach exchanges at Clitheroe

Exchanges Openreach lists at this location in its copper stop-sell programme, with the date new copper orders stop.

  • Clitheroe LCCLRStop sell 25-Jan-22 · Tranche 3
All number blocks on 01200first 200 of 388, by prefix
PrefixStatusRange holder
+44 120000Protected—
+44 120001Protected—
+44 120002Protected—
+44 120003Protected—
+44 120004Protected—
+44 120005Protected—
+44 120006Protected—
+44 120007Protected—
+44 120008Protected—
+44 120009Protected—
+44 120010Protected—
+44 120011Protected—
+44 120012Protected—
+44 120013Protected—
+44 120014Protected—
+44 120015Protected—
+44 120016Protected—
+44 120017Protected—
+44 120018Protected—
+44 120019Protected—
+44 120020AllocatedServed Up Limited
+44 120021AllocatedTGL Services (UK) Ltd
+44 1200220AllocatedDRD Communications Limited
+44 1200221Protected—
+44 1200222AllocatedDRD Communications Limited
+44 1200223AllocatedNexbridge Communications Limited
+44 1200224AllocatedOrbtalk Limited
+44 1200225Protected—
+44 1200226Protected—
+44 1200227AllocatedTalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 1200228AllocatedInvoco Ltd
+44 1200229Protected—
+44 120023AllocatedTTNC Limited
+44 1200240Protected—
+44 1200241Protected—
+44 1200242Protected—
+44 1200243Protected—
+44 1200244Protected—
+44 1200245Protected—
+44 1200246Protected—
+44 1200247Protected—
+44 1200248Protected—
+44 1200249Protected—
+44 120025AllocatedBarritel Limited
+44 1200260Protected—
+44 1200261Protected—
+44 1200262Protected—
+44 1200263AllocatedDigital Space Group Limited
+44 1200264Protected—
+44 1200265Protected—
+44 1200266Protected—
+44 1200267Protected—
+44 1200268Protected—
+44 1200269Protected—
+44 120027Protected—
+44 1200280Protected—
+44 1200281Protected—
+44 1200282Protected—
+44 1200283Protected—
+44 1200284Protected—
+44 1200285Protected—
+44 1200286Protected—
+44 1200287Protected—
+44 1200288Protected—
+44 1200289Protected—
+44 120029Protected—
+44 120030AllocatedVodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1200310AllocatedLinear Telecoms Limited
+44 1200311AllocatedICC Networks Ltd
+44 1200312AllocatedZiron Limited
+44 1200313Protected—
+44 1200314AllocatedContent Guru Limited
+44 1200315AllocatedKalnet4U Ltd
+44 1200316AllocatedNuso Cloud UK Limited
+44 1200317AllocatedFuse 2 Communications Ltd
+44 1200318AllocatedSimwood eSMS Limited
+44 1200319AllocatedRedwood Technologies Ltd
+44 1200320AllocatedInvosys Limited
+44 1200321Protected—
+44 1200322AllocatedINTELLIGENT EXCHANGES LIMITED
+44 1200323AllocatedHello Telecom (UK) Limited
+44 1200324AllocatedInternexus Networks Limited
+44 1200325AllocatedMinotaur Telecom Limited
+44 1200326Allocated8x8 Communications UK Limited
+44 1200327AllocatedBicom Systems EURL
+44 1200328AllocatedIOVOX Limited
+44 1200329AllocatedXoverX Ltd
+44 120033AllocatedBT
+44 120034AllocatedFlextel Limited
+44 1200350AllocatedVodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1200351AllocatedVodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1200352AllocatedVodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1200353Protected—
+44 1200354Protected—
+44 1200355Protected—
+44 1200356Protected—
+44 1200357Protected—
+44 1200358AllocatedVodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1200359AllocatedVodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 120036AllocatedGCI Network Solutions Limited
+44 1200370AllocatedTelephone Box Limited
+44 1200371Protected—
+44 1200372AllocatedPhone Co-Op Numbering Limited
+44 1200373AllocatedDigital Mail Limited
+44 1200374AllocatedSky UK Limited
+44 1200375AllocatedI.T Communications Limited
+44 1200376AllocatedIP Voice Networks Ltd
+44 1200377AllocatedColt Technology Services
+44 1200378AllocatedNFON UK Ltd
+44 1200379Free—
+44 120038AllocatedVodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1200390AllocatedAdepteo Limited
+44 1200391AllocatedNumber Services Ltd.
+44 1200392AllocatedFuse 2 Communications Ltd
+44 1200393Free—
+44 1200394Free—
+44 1200395Free—
+44 1200396Free—
+44 1200397Free—
+44 1200398Free—
+44 1200399Free—
+44 120040AllocatedGamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 120041AllocatedBT
+44 120042AllocatedBT
+44 120043AllocatedMagrathea Telecommunications Limited
+44 120044AllocatedBT
+44 120045AllocatedBT
+44 120046AllocatedVodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 120047Protected—
+44 120048AllocatedCitrus Telecommunications Ltd
+44 120049AllocatedLocalphone Limited
+44 1200500Protected—
+44 1200501Free—
+44 1200502Protected—
+44 1200503Protected—
+44 1200504AllocatedSix Degrees Technology Group Limited
+44 1200505Protected—
+44 1200506Protected—
+44 1200507Protected—
+44 1200508Protected—
+44 1200509Protected—
+44 120051AllocatedTelNG Limited
+44 120052AllocatedRedcentric Solutions Limited
+44 1200530Protected—
+44 1200531Protected—
+44 1200532Protected—
+44 1200533Protected—
+44 1200534Protected—
+44 1200535Protected—
+44 1200536Protected—
+44 1200537Protected—
+44 1200538AllocatedTalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 1200539AllocatedTalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 120054AllocatedAQL Wholesale Ltd
+44 1200550Protected—
+44 1200551Protected—
+44 1200552Protected—
+44 1200553Protected—
+44 1200554Protected—
+44 1200555AllocatedPlanet Telecom Ltd
+44 1200556Protected—
+44 1200557Protected—
+44 1200558Protected—
+44 1200559Protected—
+44 1200560AllocatedResilient Limited
+44 1200561AllocatedResilient Limited
+44 1200562Protected—
+44 1200563Protected—
+44 1200564Protected—
+44 1200565Protected—
+44 1200566Protected—
+44 1200567Protected—
+44 1200568Protected—
+44 1200569AllocatedResilient Limited
+44 1200570Protected—
+44 1200571Protected—
+44 1200572Protected—
+44 1200573Protected—
+44 1200574Protected—
+44 1200575Protected—
+44 1200576Protected—
+44 1200577AllocatedSpitfire Network Services Limited
+44 1200578Protected—
+44 1200579Protected—
+44 120058Protected—
+44 120059Allocated(AQ) LIMITED
+44 120060AllocatedNet-Work Internet Ltd
+44 120061AllocatedVoiceflex Limited
+44 120062AllocatedVoIP-Un Limited
+44 120063AllocatedDigital Space Group Limited
+44 1200640AllocatedVoxbone SA
+44 1200641Protected—
+44 1200642Protected—
+44 1200643Protected—
+44 1200644Protected—
+44 1200645Protected—
+44 1200646Protected—
+44 1200647Protected—
+44 1200648Protected—
+44 1200649Protected—

FAQs about 01200

Where is area code 01200?

01200 is Ofcom's Clitheroe numbering area, in Lancashire, North West England. Its exchange town is in Lancashire. From abroad, drop the 0 and dial +44 1200.

Do I need to dial 01200 for a local call?

Traditionally not from another 01200 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01200 first always works, and mobiles always need it.

How are 01200 numbers written?

Numbers on 01200 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01200 234 567. From abroad the leading zero is dropped: +44 1200 then the local number.

What was the 01200 area code before?

01200 took its current form at PhONEday on 16 April 1995, when a "1" was inserted into every UK geographic code — before that the area dialled 0200. Old signage or stationery showing 0200 refers to the same Clitheroe numbers.

Which phone companies hold 01200 numbers?

Ofcom lists 96 providers with allocated blocks on 01200. The largest are Vodafone with 8 of the 127 allocated blocks, BT with 6 of the 127 allocated blocks and Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited with 5 of the 127 allocated blocks. Numbers can be ported, so a number's current provider may differ from the block's holder.

Are 01200 numbers reported as scams?

1 caller verdict have been left on 01200 numbers: 1 scam, 0 nuisance and 0 safe.

Which area codes are next to 01200?

By distance between exchange towns, the nearest other codes are 01282 Burnley (13 km), 01254 Blackburn (15 km), 01729 Settle (23 km) and 01995 Garstang (25 km).

How do I report a scam call from a 01200 number?

On a mobile, text the caller's number to 7726 (free). If you lost money or shared details, call your bank and report it to Report Fraud (0300 123 2040), which replaced Action Fraud in December 2025. Unwanted sales calls go to the ICO after registering with the Telephone Preference Service.