UK area code
01282 area code — Burnley
01282 is Ofcom’s Burnley numbering area, in Lancashire, North West England. 103 phone companies hold its 208 allocated number blocks. Its numbers are written like 01282 234 567. The nearest other codes are 01200 Clitheroe (13 km) and 01254 Blackburn (16 km).
01282 at a glance
- Ofcom area name
- Burnley
- County
- Lancashire
- Council area
- Lancashire
- Region
- North West England
- Number format
- 01282 234 567 (4+6)
- Local calls
- Full number recommended
- Current code since
- 1995 (previously 0282)
- Allocated blocks
- 208 of 433 (48%) across 103 providers
- Newest block
- 9 September 2026 (3 in the last 12 months)
Sources: Ofcom numbering data (weekly) and area-code list, Ofcom Numbering Plan, ONS geography.
If a 01282 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.
- 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.
- 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.
01282 history and number format
Number format: Numbers on 01282 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01282 234 567.
Before 1995: 01282 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 0282.
Local dialling: Traditionally not from another 01282 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01282 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
Allocation record: the oldest number block still visible on 01282 was allocated on 15 July 1994, and the most recent on 9 September 2026. 3 blocks were allocated in the last 12 months — newly-activated ranges with no call history, which is worth knowing when an unfamiliar 01282 number rings (see the weekly numbering changelog for every new allocation.)
Phone companies holding 01282 numbers
Every Ofcom range holder with blocks on 01282, 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 | 28 | 28 | 15 July 1994 | 19 February 2024 |
| Vodafone Ltd (C&W) | 15 | 15 | 25 July 2013 | 17 November 2021 |
| Virgin Media Limited | 13 | 13 | 24 January 1995 | 27 June 2012 |
| TalkTalk Communications Limited | 12 | 12 | 31 August 2011 | 22 March 2019 |
| Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited | 10 | 10 | 8 April 2005 | 9 September 2026 |
| GCI Network Solutions Limited | 7 | 7 | 19 April 2017 | 26 February 2024 |
| Magrathea Telecommunications Limited | 7 | 7 | 17 November 2011 | 17 November 2011 |
| Sky UK Limited | 6 | 6 | 28 June 2013 | 3 March 2020 |
| Calltracks Limited | 5 | 5 | 19 September 2013 | 20 April 2017 |
| Colt Technology Services | 3 | 3 | 17 April 2015 | 23 February 2022 |
| Digital Space Group Limited | 3 | 3 | 30 November 2007 | 12 April 2016 |
| IOVOX Limited | 3 | 3 | 2 July 2012 | 23 December 2016 |
| Digitech Solutions Global Limited | 2 | 2 | 28 April 2010 | 22 June 2012 |
| Fuse 2 Communications Ltd | 2 | 2 | 3 July 2017 | 22 January 2024 |
| Resilient Limited | 2 | 2 | 12 September 2011 | 12 September 2011 |
| Served Up Limited | 2 | 2 | 1 March 2013 | 1 March 2013 |
| Six Degrees Technology Group Limited | 2 | 2 | 13 January 2020 | 13 January 2020 |
| (AQ) LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 19 October 2011 | 19 October 2011 |
| 24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 30 September 2019 | 30 September 2019 |
| 8x8 Communications UK Limited | 1 | 1 | 26 March 2012 | 26 March 2012 |
| AQL Wholesale Ltd | 1 | 1 | 21 June 2006 | 21 June 2006 |
| Adepteo Limited | 1 | 1 | 17 January 2017 | 17 January 2017 |
| Alnitak GmbH | 1 | 1 | 3 March 2017 | 3 March 2017 |
| Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd | 1 | 1 | 2 March 2009 | 2 March 2009 |
| Atomstream Limited | 1 | 1 | 26 February 2010 | 26 February 2010 |
| Barritec Limited | 1 | 1 | 20 September 2011 | 20 September 2011 |
| Barritel Limited | 1 | 1 | 8 October 2008 | 8 October 2008 |
| Belgacom International Carrier Services SA | 1 | 1 | 14 October 2019 | 14 October 2019 |
| Bicom Systems EURL | 1 | 1 | 1 March 2012 | 1 March 2012 |
| Bink Networks Ltd | 1 | 1 | 27 March 2023 | 27 March 2023 |
Showing the 30 largest of 103 holders.
Openreach exchanges at Burnley
Exchanges Openreach lists at this location in its copper stop-sell programme, with the date new copper orders stop.
- Burnley LCBURStop sell 16-Aug-24 · Tranche 13
All number blocks on 01282first 200 of 433, by prefix
| Prefix | Status | Range holder |
|---|---|---|
| +44 128200 | Protected | — |
| +44 128201 | Protected | — |
| +44 128202 | Protected | — |
| +44 128203 | Protected | — |
| +44 128204 | Protected | — |
| +44 128205 | Protected | — |
| +44 128206 | Protected | — |
| +44 128207 | Protected | — |
| +44 128208 | Protected | — |
| +44 128209 | Protected | — |
| +44 128210 | Protected | — |
| +44 128211 | Protected | — |
| +44 128212 | Protected | — |
| +44 128213 | Protected | — |
| +44 128214 | Protected | — |
| +44 128215 | Protected | — |
| +44 128216 | Protected | — |
| +44 128217 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 128218 | Protected | — |
| +44 128219 | Protected | — |
| +44 128220 | Allocated | Flextel Limited |
| +44 1282210 | Allocated | Digitech Solutions Global Limited |
| +44 1282211 | Allocated | Orbtalk Limited |
| +44 1282212 | Allocated | Invoco Ltd |
| +44 1282213 | Allocated | Barritec Limited |
| +44 1282214 | Allocated | Internexus Networks Limited |
| +44 1282215 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282216 | Allocated | Simwood eSMS Limited |
| +44 1282217 | Allocated | Bicom Systems EURL |
| +44 1282218 | Allocated | 8x8 Communications UK Limited |
| +44 1282219 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1282220 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1282221 | Allocated | IP Voice Networks Ltd |
| +44 1282222 | Allocated | VoiceHost Limited |
| +44 1282223 | Allocated | Entanet International Ltd |
| +44 1282224 | Allocated | Fuse 2 Communications Ltd |
| +44 1282225 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1282226 | Allocated | EVE CONNECT LTD |
| +44 1282227 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1282228 | Allocated | Zapappi Ltd |
| +44 1282229 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1282230 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282231 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282232 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282233 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282234 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282235 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282236 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282237 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282238 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282239 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1282240 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282241 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282242 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282243 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282244 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282245 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282246 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282247 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282248 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282249 | Protected | — |
| +44 128225 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282260 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282261 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282262 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282263 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282264 | Free | — |
| +44 1282265 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282266 | Free | — |
| +44 1282267 | Free | — |
| +44 1282268 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282269 | Protected | — |
| +44 128227 | Allocated | TTNC Limited |
| +44 128228 | Protected | — |
| +44 128229 | Allocated | TGL Services (UK) Ltd |
| +44 128230 | Allocated | TelNG Limited |
| +44 128231 | Allocated | Verizon UK Limited |
| +44 128232 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282330 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 1282331 | Allocated | Nodemax Limited |
| +44 1282332 | Allocated | Voiceflex Limited |
| +44 1282333 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282334 | Allocated | (AQ) LIMITED |
| +44 1282335 | Allocated | VoIP-Un Limited |
| +44 1282336 | Allocated | Net-Work Internet Ltd |
| +44 1282337 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1282338 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1282339 | Allocated | Commi Holdings Limited |
| +44 1282340 | Allocated | Ziron Limited |
| +44 1282341 | Allocated | Content Guru Limited |
| +44 1282342 | Allocated | Hello Telecom (UK) Limited |
| +44 1282343 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282344 | Allocated | IOVOX Limited |
| +44 1282345 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1282346 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282347 | Allocated | Media Hawk Ltd |
| +44 1282348 | Allocated | ICC Networks Ltd |
| +44 1282349 | Allocated | X-on Health Limited |
| +44 1282350 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282351 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282352 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282353 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282354 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282355 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282356 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282357 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282358 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282359 | Protected | — |
| +44 128236 | Allocated | Localphone Limited |
| +44 1282370 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282371 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282372 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282373 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282374 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282375 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282376 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282377 | Allocated | Spitfire Network Services Limited |
| +44 1282378 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282379 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282380 | Allocated | Voxbone SA |
| +44 1282381 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282382 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282383 | Allocated | Invade International Ltd |
| +44 1282384 | Allocated | Solutios Limited |
| +44 1282385 | Allocated | Barritel Limited |
| +44 1282386 | Allocated | Telecom2 Limited |
| +44 1282387 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 1282388 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 1282389 | Allocated | Nationwide Telephone Assistance Ltd |
| +44 1282390 | Allocated | Resilient Limited |
| +44 1282391 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282392 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282393 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282394 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282395 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282396 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282397 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282398 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282399 | Allocated | Resilient Limited |
| +44 128240 | Allocated | Redcentric Solutions Limited |
| +44 128241 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 128242 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 128243 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 128244 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 128245 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 128246 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 128247 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 128248 | Allocated | Citrus Telecommunications Ltd |
| +44 1282490 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282491 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282492 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282493 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282494 | Allocated | Served Up Limited |
| +44 1282495 | Allocated | Served Up Limited |
| +44 1282496 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282497 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282498 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282499 | Protected | — |
| +44 128250 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1282510 | Allocated | Linear Telecoms Limited |
| +44 1282511 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282512 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282513 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282514 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282515 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282516 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282517 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282518 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282519 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282520 | Allocated | Calltracks Limited |
| +44 1282521 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1282522 | Allocated | IOVOX Limited |
| +44 1282523 | Allocated | Adepteo Limited |
| +44 1282524 | Allocated | Calltracks Limited |
| +44 1282525 | Allocated | Colt Technology Services |
| +44 1282526 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1282527 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282528 | Allocated | Alnitak GmbH |
| +44 1282529 | Allocated | Number Services Ltd. |
| +44 1282530 | Allocated | Lanonyx Telecom Limited |
| +44 1282531 | Allocated | YayYay Limited |
| +44 1282532 | Allocated | I.T Communications Limited |
| +44 1282533 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282534 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1282535 | Allocated | M247 Ltd |
| +44 1282536 | Allocated | IOVOX Limited |
| +44 1282537 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1282538 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282539 | Allocated | Calltracks Limited |
| +44 128254 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 128255 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1282560 | Allocated | Six Degrees Technology Group Limited |
| +44 1282561 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282562 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282563 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282564 | Allocated | Six Degrees Technology Group Limited |
| +44 1282565 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282566 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282567 | Protected | — |
| +44 1282568 | Protected | — |
Related lookups
- 01200 Clitheroe13 km away
- 01254 Blackburn16 km away
- 01535 Keighley19 km away
- 01706 Rochdale20 km away
- BT28 allocated blocks on 01282
- Vodafone Ltd (C&W)15 allocated blocks on 01282
- Virgin Media Limited13 allocated blocks on 01282
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FAQs about 01282
Where is area code 01282?
01282 is Ofcom's Burnley numbering area, in Lancashire, North West England. Its exchange town is in Lancashire. From abroad, drop the 0 and dial +44 1282.
Do I need to dial 01282 for a local call?
Traditionally not from another 01282 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01282 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
How are 01282 numbers written?
Numbers on 01282 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01282 234 567. From abroad the leading zero is dropped: +44 1282 then the local number.
What was the 01282 area code before?
01282 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 0282. Old signage or stationery showing 0282 refers to the same Burnley numbers.
Which phone companies hold 01282 numbers?
Ofcom lists 103 providers with allocated blocks on 01282. The largest are BT with 28 of the 208 allocated blocks, Vodafone with 15 of the 208 allocated blocks and Virgin Media Limited with 13 of the 208 allocated blocks. Numbers can be ported, so a number's current provider may differ from the block's holder.
Which area codes are next to 01282?
By distance between exchange towns, the nearest other codes are 01200 Clitheroe (13 km), 01254 Blackburn (16 km), 01535 Keighley (19 km) and 01706 Rochdale (20 km).
How do I report a scam call from a 01282 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.