UK area code
01424 area code — Hastings
01424 is Ofcom’s Hastings numbering area, in East Sussex, South East England. 101 phone companies hold its 170 allocated number blocks. Its numbers are written like 01424 234 567. The nearest other codes are 01797 Rye (15 km) and 01323 Eastbourne (23 km).
01424 at a glance
- Ofcom area name
- Hastings
- County
- East Sussex
- Council area
- East Sussex
- Region
- South East England
- Number format
- 01424 234 567 (4+6)
- Local calls
- Full number recommended
- Current code since
- 1995 (previously 0424)
- Allocated blocks
- 170 of 469 (36%) across 101 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 01424 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.
01424 history and number format
Number format: Numbers on 01424 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01424 234 567.
Before 1995: 01424 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 0424.
Local dialling: Traditionally not from another 01424 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01424 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
Allocation record: the oldest number block still visible on 01424 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 01424 number rings (see the weekly numbering changelog for every new allocation.)
Phone companies holding 01424 numbers
Every Ofcom range holder with blocks on 01424, 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 | 26 | 26 | 15 July 1994 | 26 March 2025 |
| Vodafone Ltd (C&W) | 14 | 14 | 2 September 2013 | 10 November 2021 |
| TalkTalk Communications Limited | 10 | 10 | 28 August 2007 | 10 June 2019 |
| Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited | 6 | 6 | 13 March 2004 | 30 June 2022 |
| Sky UK Limited | 6 | 6 | 2 July 2013 | 13 April 2021 |
| GCI Network Solutions Limited | 4 | 4 | 19 April 2017 | 20 December 2023 |
| Colt Technology Services | 3 | 3 | 22 April 2015 | 28 January 2021 |
| Resilient Limited | 3 | 3 | 18 May 2012 | 18 May 2012 |
| Six Degrees Technology Group Limited | 3 | 3 | 14 January 2020 | 14 January 2020 |
| DRD Communications Limited | 2 | 2 | 5 October 2023 | 5 October 2023 |
| Digital Space Group Limited | 2 | 2 | 30 November 2007 | 15 March 2016 |
| Fuse 2 Communications Ltd | 2 | 2 | 4 July 2017 | 22 January 2024 |
| (AQ) LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 11 September 2012 | 11 September 2012 |
| 24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 17 January 2020 | 17 January 2020 |
| 8x8 Communications UK Limited | 1 | 1 | 29 March 2012 | 29 March 2012 |
| AQL Wholesale Ltd | 1 | 1 | 1 November 2004 | 1 November 2004 |
| Adepteo Limited | 1 | 1 | 17 January 2017 | 17 January 2017 |
| Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd | 1 | 1 | 5 March 2009 | 5 March 2009 |
| Atomstream Limited | 1 | 1 | 22 March 2010 | 22 March 2010 |
| Barritel Limited | 1 | 1 | 7 June 2007 | 7 June 2007 |
| Beaming Limited | 1 | 1 | 21 March 2018 | 21 March 2018 |
| Belgacom International Carrier Services SA | 1 | 1 | 21 October 2020 | 21 October 2020 |
| Bicom Systems EURL | 1 | 1 | 2 March 2012 | 2 March 2012 |
| Bink Networks Ltd | 1 | 1 | 3 April 2023 | 3 April 2023 |
| Buzz Networks Limited | 1 | 1 | 1 March 2010 | 1 March 2010 |
| CFL Communications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 10 July 2009 | 10 July 2009 |
| Calltracks Limited | 1 | 1 | 20 September 2013 | 20 September 2013 |
| Citrus Telecommunications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 11 April 2006 | 11 April 2006 |
| Content Guru Limited | 1 | 1 | 15 October 2012 | 15 October 2012 |
| Core Telecom Limited | 1 | 1 | 5 August 2010 | 5 August 2010 |
Showing the 30 largest of 101 holders.
Openreach exchanges at Hastings
Exchanges Openreach lists at this location in its copper stop-sell programme, with the date new copper orders stop.
- Baldslow (JCK) NDBALStop sell 14-Feb-26 · Tranche 19
All number blocks on 01424first 200 of 469, by prefix
| Prefix | Status | Range holder |
|---|---|---|
| +44 142400 | Protected | — |
| +44 142401 | Protected | — |
| +44 142402 | Protected | — |
| +44 142403 | Protected | — |
| +44 142404 | Protected | — |
| +44 142405 | Protected | — |
| +44 142406 | Protected | — |
| +44 142407 | Protected | — |
| +44 142408 | Protected | — |
| +44 142409 | Protected | — |
| +44 142410 | Protected | — |
| +44 142411 | Protected | — |
| +44 142412 | Protected | — |
| +44 142413 | Protected | — |
| +44 142414 | Protected | — |
| +44 142415 | Protected | — |
| +44 142416 | Protected | — |
| +44 142417 | Protected | — |
| +44 142418 | Protected | — |
| +44 142419 | Protected | — |
| +44 142420 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 142421 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 142422 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 142423 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1424240 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424241 | Allocated | DRD Communications Limited |
| +44 1424242 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424243 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424244 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424245 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424246 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424247 | Allocated | DRD Communications Limited |
| +44 1424248 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424249 | Protected | — |
| +44 142425 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 142426 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424270 | Allocated | Linear Telecoms Limited |
| +44 1424271 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1424272 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1424273 | Allocated | Orbtalk Limited |
| +44 1424274 | Allocated | Hello Telecom (UK) Limited |
| +44 1424275 | Allocated | Internexus Networks Limited |
| +44 1424276 | Allocated | Bicom Systems EURL |
| +44 1424277 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1424278 | Allocated | 8x8 Communications UK Limited |
| +44 1424279 | Allocated | ICC Networks Ltd |
| +44 1424280 | Allocated | Lanonyx Telecom Limited |
| +44 1424281 | Free | — |
| +44 1424282 | Free | — |
| +44 1424283 | Allocated | Hyperoptic Ltd |
| +44 1424284 | Free | — |
| +44 1424285 | Free | — |
| +44 1424286 | Free | — |
| +44 1424287 | Free | — |
| +44 1424288 | Free | — |
| +44 1424289 | Free | — |
| +44 142429 | Allocated | Flextel Limited |
| +44 1424300 | Allocated | Simwood eSMS Limited |
| +44 1424301 | Allocated | VoiceHost Limited |
| +44 1424302 | Allocated | Telephone Box Limited |
| +44 1424303 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424304 | Allocated | Phone Co-Op Numbering Limited |
| +44 1424305 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424306 | Allocated | Invosys Limited |
| +44 1424307 | Allocated | INTELLIGENT EXCHANGES LIMITED |
| +44 1424308 | Allocated | Nexbridge Communications Limited |
| +44 1424309 | Allocated | Minotaur Telecom Limited |
| +44 1424310 | Allocated | Vonage Business Limited |
| +44 1424311 | Allocated | Ziron Limited |
| +44 1424312 | Allocated | Content Guru Limited |
| +44 1424313 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424314 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424315 | Allocated | Media Hawk Ltd |
| +44 1424316 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1424317 | Allocated | IOVOX Limited |
| +44 1424318 | Allocated | XoverX Ltd |
| +44 1424319 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1424320 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1424321 | Allocated | KCOM Group Ltd |
| +44 1424322 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1424323 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1424324 | Allocated | TELNYX UK LIMITED |
| +44 1424325 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1424326 | Free | — |
| +44 1424327 | Free | — |
| +44 1424328 | Allocated | Bink Networks Ltd |
| +44 1424329 | Free | — |
| +44 1424330 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424331 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424332 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424333 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424334 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424335 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424336 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424337 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424338 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424339 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424340 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424341 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424342 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424343 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424344 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424345 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424346 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424347 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424348 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424349 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424350 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424351 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424352 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424353 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424354 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424355 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424356 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424357 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424358 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424359 | Protected | — |
| +44 142436 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424370 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424371 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424372 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424373 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424374 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424375 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424376 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424377 | Allocated | Spitfire Network Services Limited |
| +44 1424378 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424379 | Protected | — |
| +44 142438 | Allocated | Citrus Telecommunications Ltd |
| +44 142439 | Allocated | TTNC Limited |
| +44 142440 | Allocated | AQL Wholesale Ltd |
| +44 142441 | Allocated | Served Up Limited |
| +44 142442 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 142443 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 142444 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 142445 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 142446 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1424470 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1424471 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1424472 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1424473 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1424474 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424475 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424476 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424477 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424478 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1424479 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1424480 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1424481 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1424482 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1424483 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1424484 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1424485 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424486 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1424487 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424488 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1424489 | Protected | — |
| +44 142449 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1424500 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424501 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424502 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424503 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424504 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424505 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424506 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424507 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424508 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424509 | Protected | — |
| +44 142451 | Allocated | TelNG Limited |
| +44 142452 | Allocated | Verizon UK Limited |
| +44 1424530 | Allocated | Barritel Limited |
| +44 1424531 | Allocated | (AQ) LIMITED |
| +44 1424532 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1424533 | Allocated | Voiceflex Limited |
| +44 1424534 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 1424535 | Allocated | VoIP-Un Limited |
| +44 1424536 | Allocated | Telecom2 Limited |
| +44 1424537 | Allocated | Invade International Ltd |
| +44 1424538 | Allocated | Nodemax Limited |
| +44 1424539 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1424540 | Allocated | Localphone Limited |
| +44 1424541 | Allocated | Voxbone SA |
| +44 1424542 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424543 | Allocated | Solutios Limited |
| +44 1424544 | Allocated | Entanet International Ltd |
| +44 1424545 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424546 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424547 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1424548 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 1424549 | Allocated | Mars Communications Limited |
| +44 1424550 | Allocated | Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd |
| +44 1424551 | Allocated | Telecoms World Limited |
| +44 1424552 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1424553 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 1424554 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1424555 | Allocated | Redcentric Solutions Limited |
| +44 1424556 | Allocated | CFL Communications Ltd |
| +44 1424557 | Protected | — |
| +44 1424558 | Allocated | Nexus Telecommunications Limited |
| +44 1424559 | Allocated | Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) |
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- 01323 Eastbourne23 km away
- 01435 Heathfield26 km away
- 01580 Cranbrook27 km away
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- Vodafone Ltd (C&W)14 allocated blocks on 01424
- TalkTalk Communications Limited10 allocated blocks on 01424
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FAQs about 01424
Where is area code 01424?
01424 is Ofcom's Hastings numbering area, in East Sussex, South East England. Its exchange town is in East Sussex. From abroad, drop the 0 and dial +44 1424.
Do I need to dial 01424 for a local call?
Traditionally not from another 01424 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01424 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
How are 01424 numbers written?
Numbers on 01424 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01424 234 567. From abroad the leading zero is dropped: +44 1424 then the local number.
What was the 01424 area code before?
01424 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 0424. Old signage or stationery showing 0424 refers to the same Hastings numbers.
Which phone companies hold 01424 numbers?
Ofcom lists 101 providers with allocated blocks on 01424. The largest are BT with 26 of the 170 allocated blocks, Vodafone with 14 of the 170 allocated blocks and TalkTalk Communications Limited with 10 of the 170 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 01424?
By distance between exchange towns, the nearest other codes are 01797 Rye (15 km), 01323 Eastbourne (23 km), 01435 Heathfield (26 km) and 01580 Cranbrook (27 km).
How do I report a scam call from a 01424 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.