UK area code

01202 area code — Bournemouth

01202 is Ofcom’s Bournemouth numbering area, in Dorset, South West England. 87 phone companies hold its 366 allocated number blocks. Visitors have checked 27 different 01202 numbers here. Its numbers are written like 01202 234 567. The nearest other codes are 01425 Ringwood (15 km) and 01929 Wareham (17 km).

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01202 at a glance

Ofcom area name: Bournemouth
County: Dorset
Council area: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Region: South West England
Number format: 01202 234 567 (4+6)
Local calls: Full number always (since 1 November 2012)
Current code since: 1995 (previously 0202)
Allocated blocks: 366 of 433 (85%) across 87 providers
Newest block: 26 June 2026 (4 in the last 12 months)
Nearest codes: 01425 Ringwood (15 km), 01929 Wareham (17 km), 01590 Lymington (21 km), 01258 Blandford (25 km)

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

Map of the 01202 Bournemouth dialling area and the nearest other UK area codes — Shaded: the council area containing the code's main exchange town (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole). 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 01202 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.

Checks: 32
Different numbers checked: 27
Different people checking: 31

That makes 01202 numbers the 31st most-checked of the 443 UK area codes people have looked up here.

Caller verdicts on 01202 numbers: 1

1 scam. Too few to show shares yet.

Most-reported and most-checked 01202 numbers

Number	Verdicts	Reports	People checking
01202 169295	1 scam	—	1

If a 01202 number called you

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

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
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
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
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 ↗

01202 history and number format

Number format: Numbers on 01202 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01202 234 567.

Before 1995: 01202 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 0202.

Local dialling: Yes. Ofcom closed local dialling on 01202 from 1 November 2012 to free up more numbers, so even a call from one 01202 landline to another must include the 01202 code.

Allocation record: the oldest number block still visible on 01202 was allocated on 15 July 1994, and the most recent on 26 June 2026. 4 blocks were allocated in the last 12 months — newly-activated ranges with no call history, which is worth knowing when an unfamiliar 01202 number rings (see the weekly numbering changelog for every new allocation.)

Phone companies holding 01202 numbers

Every Ofcom range holder with blocks on 01202, 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 holder	Allocated	All blocks	First block	Latest block
BT	92	92	15 July 1994	19 February 2024
Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited	65	65	5 April 2004	26 June 2026
Sky UK Limited	37	37	20 June 2013	14 December 2022
TalkTalk Communications Limited	25	25	21 March 2007	3 December 2020
Colt Technology Services	13	13	17 April 2015	8 April 2026
Magrathea Telecommunications Limited	10	10	24 September 2004	15 September 2022
Virgin Media Limited	10	10	15 July 1994	3 July 2017
GCI Network Solutions Limited	8	8	19 April 2017	22 December 2023
Vodafone Ltd (C&W)	7	7	18 June 2013	27 April 2020
Voxbone SA	5	5	29 January 2008	18 September 2025
AQL Wholesale Ltd	3	3	29 October 2004	4 February 2015
Barritel Limited	3	3	8 October 2008	17 November 2022
Digital Space Group Limited	3	3	29 November 2007	12 April 2016
IOVOX Limited	3	3	20 August 2013	23 December 2016
Pure-IP Limited	3	3	8 October 2020	13 October 2020
DRD Communications Limited	2	2	5 October 2023	5 October 2023
Redwood Technologies Ltd	2	2	15 November 2018	15 November 2018
TTNC Limited	2	2	15 November 2013	11 September 2015
Twilio Ireland Limited	2	2	29 September 2020	13 October 2021
Verizon UK Limited	2	2	3 August 2005	14 June 2019
VoIP-Un Limited	2	2	24 October 2007	15 October 2015
Voiceflex Limited	2	2	26 July 2007	31 March 2022
(AQ) LIMITED	1	1	10 September 2012	10 September 2012
24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd	1	1	17 January 2020	17 January 2020
8x8 UK Limited	1	1	19 February 2010	19 February 2010
Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd	1	1	24 February 2009	24 February 2009
Belgacom International Carrier Services SA	1	1	3 October 2019	3 October 2019
Buzz Networks Limited	1	1	13 July 2012	13 July 2012
Citrus Telecommunications Ltd	1	1	27 January 2005	27 January 2005
Connect Telecom UK Limited	1	1	18 April 2005	18 April 2005

Showing the 30 largest of 87 holders.

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All number blocks on 01202first 200 of 433, by prefix

Prefix	Status	Range holder
+44 1202000	Allocated	VoIP-Un Limited
+44 1202001	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202002	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1202003	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1202004	Allocated	I.T Communications Limited
+44 1202005	Protected	—
+44 1202006	Allocated	Colt Technology Services
+44 1202007	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202008	Allocated	Mintaka Limited
+44 1202009	Protected	—
+44 1202010	Allocated	Telappliant Limited
+44 1202011	Allocated	TalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 1202012	Allocated	GCI Network Solutions Limited
+44 1202013	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202014	Allocated	Colt Technology Services
+44 1202015	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1202016	Allocated	Colt Technology Services
+44 1202017	Allocated	BT
+44 1202018	Allocated	EVE CONNECT LTD
+44 1202019	Protected	—
+44 1202020	Allocated	TalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 1202021	Allocated	TalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 1202022	Allocated	Simwood eSMS Limited
+44 1202023	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202024	Allocated	Redwood Technologies Ltd
+44 1202025	Allocated	Colt Technology Services
+44 1202026	Allocated	BT
+44 1202027	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1202028	Allocated	YayYay Limited
+44 1202029	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202030	Allocated	Dial 9 Communications Limited
+44 1202031	Allocated	Magrathea Telecommunications Limited
+44 1202032	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1202033	Allocated	Barritel Limited
+44 1202034	Allocated	BT
+44 1202035	Allocated	IOVOX Limited
+44 1202036	Allocated	Barritel Limited
+44 1202037	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202038	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202039	Allocated	BT
+44 1202040	Allocated	Media Hawk Ltd
+44 1202041	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1202042	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1202043	Allocated	BT
+44 1202044	Allocated	BT
+44 1202045	Allocated	BT
+44 1202046	Allocated	BT
+44 1202047	Allocated	BT
+44 1202048	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202049	Allocated	Fuse 2 Communications Ltd
+44 1202050	Protected	—
+44 1202051	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202052	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202053	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1202054	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1202055	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202056	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1202057	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202058	Allocated	IOVOX Limited
+44 1202059	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202060	Allocated	IOVOX Limited
+44 1202061	Allocated	Content Guru Limited
+44 1202062	Allocated	TalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 1202063	Allocated	BT
+44 1202064	Allocated	TalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 1202065	Allocated	GCI Network Solutions Limited
+44 1202066	Allocated	Redwood Technologies Ltd
+44 1202067	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1202068	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202069	Allocated	Magrathea Telecommunications Limited
+44 1202070	Allocated	Magrathea Telecommunications Limited
+44 1202071	Allocated	Invosys Limited
+44 1202072	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1202073	Allocated	TalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 1202074	Allocated	Entanet International Ltd
+44 1202075	Protected	—
+44 1202076	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202077	Allocated	TalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 1202078	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202079	Allocated	BT
+44 1202080	Allocated	DIDWW Ireland Limited
+44 1202081	Allocated	BT
+44 1202082	Allocated	BT
+44 1202083	Allocated	TalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 1202084	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202085	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1202086	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202087	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202088	Allocated	GCI Network Solutions Limited
+44 1202089	Allocated	Number Services Ltd.
+44 1202090	Allocated	Magrathea Telecommunications Limited
+44 1202091	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202092	Allocated	BT
+44 1202093	Allocated	BT
+44 1202094	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1202095	Allocated	24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd
+44 1202096	Allocated	BT
+44 1202097	Allocated	TalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 1202098	Allocated	Belgacom International Carrier Services SA
+44 1202099	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202100	Protected	—
+44 1202101	Protected	—
+44 1202102	Protected	—
+44 1202103	Protected	—
+44 1202104	Protected	—
+44 1202105	Protected	—
+44 1202106	Protected	—
+44 1202107	Protected	—
+44 1202108	Protected	—
+44 1202109	Protected	—
+44 1202110	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202111	Allocated	Odigo
+44 1202112	Allocated	Colt Technology Services
+44 1202113	Allocated	BT
+44 1202114	Allocated	GCI Network Solutions Limited
+44 1202115	Allocated	SiPalto Ltd
+44 1202116	Allocated	TalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 1202117	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202118	Allocated	BT
+44 1202119	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202120	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202121	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1202122	Allocated	Colt Technology Services
+44 1202123	Allocated	Pure-IP Limited
+44 1202124	Allocated	Magrathea Telecommunications Limited
+44 1202125	Allocated	Twilio Ireland Limited
+44 1202126	Allocated	BT
+44 1202127	Allocated	Pure-IP Limited
+44 1202128	Allocated	Pure-IP Limited
+44 1202129	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202130	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202131	Allocated	TalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 1202132	Allocated	Colt Technology Services
+44 1202133	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202134	Allocated	Reality Network Services Limited
+44 1202135	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1202136	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1202137	Allocated	BT
+44 1202138	Allocated	Colt Technology Services
+44 1202139	Allocated	Voxbone SA
+44 1202140	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202141	Allocated	Hyperoptic Ltd
+44 1202142	Allocated	Hello Telecom (UK) Limited
+44 1202143	Allocated	BT
+44 1202144	Allocated	Twilio Ireland Limited
+44 1202145	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202146	Allocated	Orange Business Holdings UK Limited
+44 1202147	Allocated	Voxbone SA
+44 1202148	Allocated	Voiceflex Limited
+44 1202149	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202150	Allocated	Magrathea Telecommunications Limited
+44 1202151	Allocated	ICUK Computing Services Limited
+44 1202152	Allocated	Voxbone SA
+44 1202153	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1202154	Allocated	KCOM Group Ltd
+44 1202155	Allocated	Colt Technology Services
+44 1202156	Allocated	Colt Technology Services
+44 1202157	Protected	—
+44 1202158	Allocated	Colt Technology Services
+44 1202159	Allocated	BT
+44 1202160	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202161	Allocated	TELNYX UK LIMITED
+44 1202162	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202163	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202164	Allocated	Colt Technology Services
+44 1202165	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202166	Allocated	Voxbone SA
+44 1202167	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202168	Allocated	Colt Technology Services
+44 1202169	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202170	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1202171	Free	—
+44 1202172	Free	—
+44 1202173	Free	—
+44 1202174	Free	—
+44 1202175	Protected	—
+44 1202176	Protected	—
+44 1202177	Protected	—
+44 1202178	Protected	—
+44 1202179	Protected	—
+44 1202180	Protected	—
+44 1202181	Protected	—
+44 1202182	Protected	—
+44 1202183	Protected	—
+44 1202184	Protected	—
+44 1202185	Protected	—
+44 1202186	Protected	—
+44 1202187	Protected	—
+44 1202188	Protected	—
+44 1202189	Protected	—
+44 1202190	Protected	—
+44 1202191	Protected	—
+44 1202192	Protected	—
+44 1202193	Protected	—
+44 1202194	Protected	—
+44 1202195	Protected	—
+44 1202196	Protected	—
+44 1202197	Protected	—
+44 1202198	Protected	—
+44 1202199	Protected	—

FAQs about 01202

Where is area code 01202?

01202 is Ofcom's Bournemouth numbering area, in Dorset, South West England. Its exchange town is in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. From abroad, drop the 0 and dial +44 1202.

Do I need to dial 01202 for a local call?

Yes. Ofcom closed local dialling on 01202 from 1 November 2012 to free up more numbers, so even a call from one 01202 landline to another must include the 01202 code.

How are 01202 numbers written?

Numbers on 01202 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01202 234 567. From abroad the leading zero is dropped: +44 1202 then the local number.

What was the 01202 area code before?

01202 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 0202. Old signage or stationery showing 0202 refers to the same Bournemouth numbers.

Which phone companies hold 01202 numbers?

Ofcom lists 87 providers with allocated blocks on 01202. The largest are BT with 92 of the 366 allocated blocks, Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited with 65 of the 366 allocated blocks and Sky UK Limited with 37 of the 366 allocated blocks. Numbers can be ported, so a number's current provider may differ from the block's holder.

Are 01202 numbers reported as scams?

Visitors have checked 27 different 01202 numbers here 32 times since May 2026. 1 caller verdict have been left on 01202 numbers: 1 scam, 0 nuisance and 0 safe.

Which area codes are next to 01202?

By distance between exchange towns, the nearest other codes are 01425 Ringwood (15 km), 01929 Wareham (17 km), 01590 Lymington (21 km) and 01258 Blandford (25 km).

How do I report a scam call from a 01202 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.