UK area code
01446 area code — Barry
01446 is Ofcom’s Barry numbering area, in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. 93 phone companies hold its 154 allocated number blocks. Its numbers are written like 01446 234 567. The nearest other codes are 029 Cardiff (12 km) and 01934 Weston-super-Mare (21 km).
01446 at a glance
- Ofcom area name
- Barry
- Council area
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Number format
- 01446 234 567 (4+6)
- Local calls
- Full number recommended
- Current code since
- 1995 (previously 0446)
- Allocated blocks
- 154 of 469 (33%) across 93 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 01446 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.
01446 history and number format
Number format: Numbers on 01446 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01446 234 567.
Before 1995: 01446 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 0446.
Local dialling: Traditionally not from another 01446 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01446 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
Allocation record: the oldest number block still visible on 01446 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 01446 number rings (see the weekly numbering changelog for every new allocation.)
Phone companies holding 01446 numbers
Every Ofcom range holder with blocks on 01446, 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 | 15 | 15 | 15 July 1994 | 3 April 2023 |
| GCI Network Solutions Limited | 12 | 12 | 25 April 2017 | 26 February 2024 |
| Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited | 9 | 9 | 6 February 2013 | 22 September 2021 |
| Virgin Media Limited | 9 | 9 | 13 June 1996 | 29 June 2012 |
| Vodafone Ltd (C&W) | 9 | 9 | 4 September 2013 | 23 November 2021 |
| TalkTalk Communications Limited | 6 | 6 | 19 January 2012 | 10 June 2019 |
| Colt Technology Services | 2 | 2 | 28 October 2015 | 24 August 2018 |
| Datazero Ltd | 2 | 2 | 2 November 2010 | 29 April 2019 |
| Digital Space Group Limited | 2 | 2 | 30 November 2007 | 15 March 2016 |
| Fuse 2 Communications Ltd | 2 | 2 | 3 July 2017 | 22 January 2024 |
| IOVOX Limited | 2 | 2 | 3 July 2012 | 23 December 2016 |
| Six Degrees Technology Group Limited | 2 | 2 | 13 January 2020 | 13 January 2020 |
| Voxbone SA | 2 | 2 | 19 September 2008 | 18 December 2017 |
| (AQ) LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 11 September 2012 | 11 September 2012 |
| 24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 13 January 2020 | 13 January 2020 |
| 8x8 Communications UK Limited | 1 | 1 | 30 March 2012 | 30 March 2012 |
| AQL Wholesale Ltd | 1 | 1 | 23 June 2006 | 23 June 2006 |
| Adepteo Limited | 1 | 1 | 17 January 2017 | 17 January 2017 |
| Aloha Telecommunications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 16 August 2011 | 16 August 2011 |
| Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd | 1 | 1 | 6 March 2009 | 6 March 2009 |
| Atomstream Limited | 1 | 1 | 22 March 2010 | 22 March 2010 |
| Barritel Limited | 1 | 1 | 12 June 2007 | 12 June 2007 |
| Belgacom International Carrier Services SA | 1 | 1 | 20 August 2021 | 20 August 2021 |
| Bicom Systems EURL | 1 | 1 | 2 March 2012 | 2 March 2012 |
| Bink Networks Ltd | 1 | 1 | 27 March 2023 | 27 March 2023 |
| CFL Communications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 10 July 2009 | 10 July 2009 |
| Calltracks Limited | 1 | 1 | 31 January 2014 | 31 January 2014 |
| Content Guru Limited | 1 | 1 | 15 October 2012 | 15 October 2012 |
| Core Telecom Limited | 1 | 1 | 5 August 2010 | 5 August 2010 |
| DIDWW Ireland Limited | 1 | 1 | 27 January 2020 | 27 January 2020 |
Showing the 30 largest of 93 holders.
Openreach exchanges at Barry
Exchanges Openreach lists at this location in its copper stop-sell programme, with the date new copper orders stop.
All number blocks on 01446first 200 of 469, by prefix
| Prefix | Status | Range holder |
|---|---|---|
| +44 144600 | Protected | — |
| +44 144601 | Protected | — |
| +44 144602 | Protected | — |
| +44 144603 | Protected | — |
| +44 144604 | Protected | — |
| +44 144605 | Protected | — |
| +44 144606 | Protected | — |
| +44 144607 | Protected | — |
| +44 144608 | Protected | — |
| +44 144609 | Protected | — |
| +44 144610 | Protected | — |
| +44 144611 | Protected | — |
| +44 144612 | Protected | — |
| +44 144613 | Protected | — |
| +44 144614 | Protected | — |
| +44 144615 | Protected | — |
| +44 144616 | Protected | — |
| +44 144617 | Protected | — |
| +44 144618 | Protected | — |
| +44 144619 | Protected | — |
| +44 144620 | Allocated | TelNG Limited |
| +44 144621 | Allocated | Localphone Limited |
| +44 144622 | Protected | — |
| +44 144623 | Allocated | Barritel Limited |
| +44 144624 | Allocated | Voiceflex Limited |
| +44 144625 | Allocated | (AQ) LIMITED |
| +44 144626 | Protected | — |
| +44 144627 | Allocated | VoIP-Un Limited |
| +44 144628 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 144629 | Allocated | Nationwide Telephone Assistance Ltd |
| +44 144630 | Allocated | Net-Work Internet Ltd |
| +44 1446310 | Allocated | Nodemax Limited |
| +44 1446311 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1446312 | Allocated | Solutios Limited |
| +44 1446313 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446314 | Allocated | Mars Communications Limited |
| +44 1446315 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 1446316 | Allocated | Telecom2 Limited |
| +44 1446317 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 1446318 | Allocated | Voxbone SA |
| +44 1446319 | Allocated | Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd |
| +44 1446320 | Allocated | Telecoms World Limited |
| +44 1446321 | Allocated | Telephone Box Limited |
| +44 1446322 | Allocated | Invade International Ltd |
| +44 1446323 | Allocated | CFL Communications Ltd |
| +44 1446324 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446325 | Allocated | Nexus Telecommunications Limited |
| +44 1446326 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 1446327 | Allocated | Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) |
| +44 1446328 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446329 | Allocated | TGL Services (UK) Ltd |
| +44 1446330 | Allocated | Atomstream Limited |
| +44 1446331 | Allocated | Digitech Solutions Global Limited |
| +44 1446332 | Allocated | Calltracks Limited |
| +44 1446333 | Allocated | Suretec Systems Ltd |
| +44 1446334 | Allocated | Telappliant Limited |
| +44 1446335 | Allocated | Windsor Telecom Limited |
| +44 1446336 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446337 | Allocated | Core Telecom Limited |
| +44 1446338 | Allocated | Datazero Ltd |
| +44 1446339 | Allocated | VoiceHost Limited |
| +44 1446340 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446341 | Allocated | Phone Co-Op Numbering Limited |
| +44 1446342 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446343 | Allocated | Invosys Limited |
| +44 1446344 | Allocated | INTELLIGENT EXCHANGES LIMITED |
| +44 1446345 | Allocated | Nexbridge Communications Limited |
| +44 1446346 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446347 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446348 | Allocated | Aloha Telecommunications Ltd |
| +44 1446349 | Allocated | Invoco Ltd |
| +44 1446350 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446351 | Allocated | Hello Telecom (UK) Limited |
| +44 1446352 | Allocated | Internexus Networks Limited |
| +44 1446353 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446354 | Allocated | Bicom Systems EURL |
| +44 1446355 | Allocated | Orbtalk Limited |
| +44 1446356 | Allocated | 8x8 Communications UK Limited |
| +44 1446357 | Allocated | ICC Networks Ltd |
| +44 1446358 | Allocated | Simwood eSMS Limited |
| +44 1446359 | Allocated | Ziron Limited |
| +44 1446360 | Allocated | Minotaur Telecom Limited |
| +44 1446361 | Allocated | IOVOX Limited |
| +44 1446362 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446363 | Allocated | Content Guru Limited |
| +44 1446364 | Allocated | Kalnet4U Ltd |
| +44 1446365 | Allocated | Fuse 2 Communications Ltd |
| +44 1446366 | Allocated | Datazero Ltd |
| +44 1446367 | Allocated | Nuso Cloud UK Limited |
| +44 1446368 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1446369 | Allocated | XoverX Ltd |
| +44 1446370 | Allocated | YayYay Limited |
| +44 1446371 | Allocated | M247 Ltd |
| +44 1446372 | Allocated | I.T Communications Limited |
| +44 1446373 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446374 | Allocated | Colt Technology Services |
| +44 1446375 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446376 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1446377 | Allocated | Redwood Technologies Ltd |
| +44 1446378 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446379 | Allocated | Entanet International Ltd |
| +44 1446380 | Allocated | IOVOX Limited |
| +44 1446381 | Allocated | IP Voice Networks Ltd |
| +44 1446382 | Allocated | Voxbone SA |
| +44 1446383 | Allocated | Adepteo Limited |
| +44 1446384 | Allocated | Zapappi Ltd |
| +44 1446385 | Allocated | Orange Business Holdings UK Limited |
| +44 1446386 | Allocated | Fuse 2 Communications Ltd |
| +44 1446387 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1446388 | Allocated | Mintaka Limited |
| +44 1446389 | Allocated | Number Services Ltd. |
| +44 1446390 | Free | — |
| +44 1446391 | Allocated | 24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd |
| +44 1446392 | Allocated | ICUK Computing Services Limited |
| +44 1446393 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1446394 | Allocated | Mi Telecom Limited |
| +44 1446395 | Allocated | Dial 9 Communications Limited |
| +44 1446396 | Allocated | Colt Technology Services |
| +44 1446397 | Allocated | SiPalto Ltd |
| +44 1446398 | Allocated | DIDWW Ireland Limited |
| +44 1446399 | Allocated | EVE CONNECT LTD |
| +44 144640 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 144641 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 144642 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 144643 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 144644 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1446450 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1446451 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1446452 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1446453 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1446454 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1446455 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1446456 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446457 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446458 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446459 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 144646 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1446470 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1446471 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1446472 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1446473 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1446474 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1446475 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1446476 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1446477 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1446478 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1446479 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 144648 | Allocated | Magrathea Telecommunications Limited |
| +44 144649 | Allocated | Redcentric Solutions Limited |
| +44 1446500 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1446501 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1446502 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1446503 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446504 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446505 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1446506 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1446507 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1446508 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1446509 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1446510 | Allocated | Linear Telecoms Limited |
| +44 1446511 | Free | — |
| +44 1446512 | Free | — |
| +44 1446513 | Free | — |
| +44 1446514 | Free | — |
| +44 1446515 | Free | — |
| +44 1446516 | Free | — |
| +44 1446517 | Free | — |
| +44 1446518 | Free | — |
| +44 1446519 | Free | — |
| +44 144652 | Protected | — |
| +44 144653 | Protected | — |
| +44 144654 | Allocated | Flextel Limited |
| +44 144655 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1446560 | Allocated | Six Degrees Technology Group Limited |
| +44 1446561 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446562 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446563 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446564 | Allocated | Six Degrees Technology Group Limited |
| +44 1446565 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446566 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446567 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446568 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446569 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446570 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1446571 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1446572 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1446573 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1446574 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1446575 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1446576 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1446577 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446578 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446579 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446580 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446581 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446582 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446583 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446584 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446585 | Protected | — |
| +44 1446586 | Protected | — |
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- Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited9 allocated blocks on 01446
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FAQs about 01446
Where is area code 01446?
01446 is Ofcom's Barry numbering area, in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Its exchange town is in Vale of Glamorgan. From abroad, drop the 0 and dial +44 1446.
Do I need to dial 01446 for a local call?
Traditionally not from another 01446 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01446 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
How are 01446 numbers written?
Numbers on 01446 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01446 234 567. From abroad the leading zero is dropped: +44 1446 then the local number.
What was the 01446 area code before?
01446 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 0446. Old signage or stationery showing 0446 refers to the same Barry numbers.
Which phone companies hold 01446 numbers?
Ofcom lists 93 providers with allocated blocks on 01446. The largest are BT with 15 of the 154 allocated blocks, GCI Network Solutions Limited with 12 of the 154 allocated blocks and Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited with 9 of the 154 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 01446?
By distance between exchange towns, the nearest other codes are 029 Cardiff (12 km), 01934 Weston-super-Mare (21 km), 01443 Pontypridd (22 km) and 01656 Bridgend (24 km).
How do I report a scam call from a 01446 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.