UK area code
01290 area code — Cumnock
01290 is Ofcom’s Cumnock numbering area, in East Ayrshire, Scotland. 88 phone companies hold its 110 allocated number blocks. Its numbers are written like 01290 234 567. The nearest other codes are 01292 Ayr (21 km) and 01560 Moscow (22 km).
01290 at a glance
- Ofcom area name
- Cumnock
- Council area
- East Ayrshire
- Country
- Scotland
- Number format
- 01290 234 567 (4+6)
- Local calls
- Full number recommended
- Current code since
- 1995 (previously 0290)
- Allocated blocks
- 110 of 379 (29%) across 88 providers
- Newest block
- 26 January 2026 (1 in the last 12 months)
Sources: Ofcom numbering data (weekly) and area-code list, Ofcom Numbering Plan, ONS geography.
If a 01290 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 Police Scotland on 101. In Scotland fraud goes to Police Scotland rather than Report Fraud.
01290 history and number format
Number format: Numbers on 01290 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01290 234 567.
Before 1995: 01290 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 0290.
Local dialling: Traditionally not from another 01290 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01290 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
Allocation record: the oldest number block still visible on 01290 was allocated on 15 July 1994, and the most recent on 26 January 2026. 1 block was allocated in the last 12 months — newly-activated ranges with no call history, which is worth knowing when an unfamiliar 01290 number rings (see the weekly numbering changelog for every new allocation.)
Phone companies holding 01290 numbers
Every Ofcom range holder with blocks on 01290, 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 | 8 | 8 | 15 July 1994 | 28 June 2021 |
| Vodafone Ltd (C&W) | 8 | 8 | 25 July 2013 | 17 November 2021 |
| Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) | 3 | 3 | 9 November 2012 | 9 November 2012 |
| TalkTalk Communications Limited | 3 | 3 | 18 January 2012 | 14 February 2013 |
| Digital Space Group Limited | 2 | 2 | 30 November 2007 | 15 March 2016 |
| Fuse 2 Communications Ltd | 2 | 2 | 4 July 2017 | 22 January 2024 |
| GCI Network Solutions Limited | 2 | 2 | 20 April 2017 | 20 December 2023 |
| Virgin Media Limited | 2 | 2 | 3 March 2017 | 17 April 2018 |
| (AQ) LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 10 September 2012 | 10 September 2012 |
| 24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 17 January 2020 | 17 January 2020 |
| 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 |
| Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd | 1 | 1 | 2 March 2009 | 2 March 2009 |
| Atomstream Limited | 1 | 1 | 26 April 2010 | 26 April 2010 |
| Barritel Limited | 1 | 1 | 11 June 2007 | 11 June 2007 |
| Belgacom International Carrier Services SA | 1 | 1 | 16 September 2021 | 16 September 2021 |
| Bicom Systems EURL | 1 | 1 | 1 March 2012 | 1 March 2012 |
| Bink Networks Ltd | 1 | 1 | 29 March 2023 | 29 March 2023 |
| CFL Communications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 8 July 2009 | 8 July 2009 |
| Chess Limited | 1 | 1 | 6 April 2018 | 6 April 2018 |
| Citrus Telecommunications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 11 April 2006 | 11 April 2006 |
| Colt Technology Services | 1 | 1 | 13 July 2016 | 13 July 2016 |
| Commi Holdings Limited | 1 | 1 | 21 November 2016 | 21 November 2016 |
| Content Guru Limited | 1 | 1 | 12 October 2012 | 12 October 2012 |
| DIDWW Ireland Limited | 1 | 1 | 27 January 2020 | 27 January 2020 |
| Dial 9 Communications Limited | 1 | 1 | 10 December 2019 | 10 December 2019 |
| Digitech Solutions Global Limited | 1 | 1 | 28 April 2010 | 28 April 2010 |
| EVE CONNECT LTD | 1 | 1 | 15 June 2022 | 15 June 2022 |
| Flextel Limited | 1 | 1 | 20 October 2005 | 20 October 2005 |
Showing the 30 largest of 88 holders.
Openreach exchanges at Cumnock
Exchanges Openreach lists at this location in its copper stop-sell programme, with the date new copper orders stop.
- Cumnock WSCMNStop sell 02-Aug-22 · Tranche 5
All number blocks on 01290first 200 of 379, by prefix
| Prefix | Status | Range holder |
|---|---|---|
| +44 129000 | Protected | — |
| +44 129001 | Protected | — |
| +44 129002 | Protected | — |
| +44 129003 | Protected | — |
| +44 129004 | Protected | — |
| +44 129005 | Protected | — |
| +44 129006 | Protected | — |
| +44 129007 | Protected | — |
| +44 129008 | Protected | — |
| +44 129009 | Protected | — |
| +44 129010 | Protected | — |
| +44 129011 | Protected | — |
| +44 129012 | Protected | — |
| +44 129013 | Protected | — |
| +44 129014 | Protected | — |
| +44 129015 | Protected | — |
| +44 129016 | Protected | — |
| +44 129017 | Protected | — |
| +44 129018 | Protected | — |
| +44 129019 | Protected | — |
| +44 129020 | Allocated | VoIP-Un Limited |
| +44 129021 | Allocated | (AQ) LIMITED |
| +44 129022 | Allocated | Net-Work Internet Ltd |
| +44 129023 | Allocated | Voiceflex Limited |
| +44 129024 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 1290250 | Allocated | Voxbone SA |
| +44 1290251 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290252 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290253 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290254 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290255 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290256 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290257 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290258 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290259 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290260 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290261 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290262 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290263 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290264 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290265 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290266 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290267 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 1290268 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290269 | Protected | — |
| +44 129027 | Allocated | Telecom2 Limited |
| +44 129028 | Allocated | Nodemax Limited |
| +44 129029 | Allocated | Commi Holdings Limited |
| +44 129030 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1290310 | Allocated | Linear Telecoms Limited |
| +44 1290311 | Allocated | Minotaur Telecom Limited |
| +44 1290312 | Allocated | Simwood eSMS Limited |
| +44 1290313 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290314 | Allocated | Bicom Systems EURL |
| +44 1290315 | Allocated | 8x8 Communications UK Limited |
| +44 1290316 | Allocated | ICC Networks Ltd |
| +44 1290317 | Allocated | IOVOX Limited |
| +44 1290318 | Allocated | Hello Telecom (UK) Limited |
| +44 1290319 | Allocated | Ziron Limited |
| +44 129032 | Allocated | Flextel Limited |
| +44 129033 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1290340 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290341 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290342 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290343 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290344 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290345 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290346 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290347 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290348 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290349 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290350 | Allocated | Chess Limited |
| +44 1290351 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290352 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290353 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290354 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290355 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290356 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290357 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290358 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290359 | Protected | — |
| +44 129036 | Allocated | AQL Wholesale Ltd |
| +44 1290370 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290371 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290372 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290373 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290374 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290375 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290376 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290377 | Allocated | Spitfire Network Services Limited |
| +44 1290378 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290379 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290380 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290381 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290382 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290383 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290384 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290385 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290386 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290387 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290388 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290389 | Protected | — |
| +44 129039 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 129040 | Allocated | Magrathea Telecommunications Limited |
| +44 129041 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 129042 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 129043 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 129044 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1290450 | Allocated | Belgacom International Carrier Services SA |
| +44 1290451 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1290452 | Free | — |
| +44 1290453 | Allocated | KCOM Group Ltd |
| +44 1290454 | Allocated | VOXYONDER NETWORK SERVICES UK LTD |
| +44 1290455 | Allocated | Bink Networks Ltd |
| +44 1290456 | Allocated | VoiceHost Limited |
| +44 1290457 | Free | — |
| +44 1290458 | Free | — |
| +44 1290459 | Free | — |
| +44 1290460 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290461 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290462 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290463 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290464 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290465 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290466 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290467 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290468 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290469 | Protected | — |
| +44 129047 | Allocated | TTNC Limited |
| +44 129048 | Protected | — |
| +44 129049 | Protected | — |
| +44 129050 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290510 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290511 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290512 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290513 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290514 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290515 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290516 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290517 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290518 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1290519 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 129052 | Allocated | Barritel Limited |
| +44 129053 | Protected | — |
| +44 129054 | Allocated | Solutios Limited |
| +44 129055 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 129056 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 129057 | Allocated | Mars Communications Limited |
| +44 1290580 | Allocated | Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) |
| +44 1290581 | Allocated | Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) |
| +44 1290582 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290583 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290584 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290585 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290586 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290587 | Allocated | Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) |
| +44 1290588 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290589 | Protected | — |
| +44 129059 | Allocated | Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd |
| +44 1290600 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1290601 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1290602 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1290603 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1290604 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290605 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1290606 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290607 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290608 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290609 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 129061 | Allocated | Served Up Limited |
| +44 129062 | Allocated | Citrus Telecommunications Ltd |
| +44 129063 | Allocated | TelNG Limited |
| +44 129064 | Allocated | Redcentric Solutions Limited |
| +44 129065 | Allocated | Localphone Limited |
| +44 129066 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 129067 | Protected | — |
| +44 129068 | Protected | — |
| +44 129069 | Allocated | IV Response Limited |
| +44 129070 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 129071 | Allocated | Telecoms World Limited |
| +44 129072 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 129073 | Allocated | Nexus Telecommunications Limited |
| +44 129074 | Allocated | Invade International Ltd |
| +44 129075 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 129076 | Allocated | CFL Communications Ltd |
| +44 129077 | Allocated | TeleWare Group Limited |
| +44 129078 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290790 | Allocated | Digitech Solutions Global Limited |
| +44 1290791 | Allocated | YayYay Limited |
| +44 1290792 | Allocated | Atomstream Limited |
| +44 1290793 | Allocated | Telephone Box Limited |
| +44 1290794 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1290795 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290796 | Allocated | Phone Co-Op Numbering Limited |
| +44 1290797 | Allocated | Suretec Systems Ltd |
| +44 1290798 | Allocated | Telappliant Limited |
| +44 1290799 | Allocated | Windsor Telecom Limited |
| +44 1290800 | Allocated | Invosys Limited |
| +44 1290801 | Protected | — |
| +44 1290802 | Allocated | INTELLIGENT EXCHANGES LIMITED |
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- 01560 Moscow22 km away
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FAQs about 01290
Where is area code 01290?
01290 is Ofcom's Cumnock numbering area, in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Its exchange town is in East Ayrshire. From abroad, drop the 0 and dial +44 1290.
Do I need to dial 01290 for a local call?
Traditionally not from another 01290 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01290 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
How are 01290 numbers written?
Numbers on 01290 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01290 234 567. From abroad the leading zero is dropped: +44 1290 then the local number.
What was the 01290 area code before?
01290 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 0290. Old signage or stationery showing 0290 refers to the same Cumnock numbers.
Which phone companies hold 01290 numbers?
Ofcom lists 88 providers with allocated blocks on 01290. The largest are BT with 8 of the 110 allocated blocks, Vodafone with 8 of the 110 allocated blocks and Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) with 3 of the 110 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 01290?
By distance between exchange towns, the nearest other codes are 01292 Ayr (21 km), 01560 Moscow (22 km), 01563 Kilmarnock (22 km) and 01659 Sanquhar (24 km).
How do I report a scam call from a 01290 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 Police Scotland on 101. Unwanted sales calls go to the ICO after registering with the Telephone Preference Service.