UK area code

01473 area code — Ipswich

01473 is Ofcom’s Ipswich numbering area, in Suffolk, East of England England. 115 phone companies hold its 290 allocated number blocks. Its numbers are written like 01473 234 567. The nearest other codes are 01394 Felixstowe (17 km) and 01449 Stowmarket (18 km).

01473 at a glance

Ofcom area name: Ipswich
County: Suffolk
Council area: Suffolk
Region: East of England England
Number format: 01473 234 567 (4+6)
Local calls: Full number recommended
Current code since: 1995 (previously 0473)
Allocated blocks: 290 of 415 (70%) across 115 providers
Newest block: 10 July 2026 (5 in the last 12 months)
Nearest codes: 01394 Felixstowe (17 km), 01449 Stowmarket (18 km), 01206 Colchester (25 km), 01787 Sudbury (28 km)

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

Map of the 01473 Ipswich dialling area and the nearest other UK area codes — Shaded: the council area containing the code's main exchange town (Suffolk). 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 01473 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.

Caller verdicts on 01473 numbers: 1

1 scam. Too few to show shares yet.

Latest comments

“Swearing”
Scam · 01473 974382 · 29 Sept 2026

Most-reported and most-checked 01473 numbers

Number	Verdicts	Reports	People checking
01473 974382	1 scam	—	1

If a 01473 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 ↗

01473 history and number format

Number format: Numbers on 01473 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01473 234 567.

Before 1995: 01473 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 0473.

Local dialling: Traditionally not from another 01473 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01473 first always works, and mobiles always need it.

Allocation record: the oldest number block still visible on 01473 was allocated on 15 July 1994, and the most recent on 10 July 2026. 5 blocks were allocated in the last 12 months — newly-activated ranges with no call history, which is worth knowing when an unfamiliar 01473 number rings (see the weekly numbering changelog for every new allocation.)

Phone companies holding 01473 numbers

Every Ofcom range holder with blocks on 01473, 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	74	74	15 July 1994	5 June 2025
Sky UK Limited	18	18	20 June 2013	5 July 2022
Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited	17	17	5 April 2004	26 June 2026
Vodafone Ltd (C&W)	15	15	18 June 2013	23 November 2021
Virgin Media Limited	12	12	15 July 1994	27 June 2012
TalkTalk Communications Limited	10	10	31 August 2011	1 August 2019
Colt Technology Services	8	8	17 April 2015	10 July 2026
GCI Network Solutions Limited	6	6	19 April 2017	22 December 2023
Magrathea Telecommunications Limited	6	6	17 November 2011	17 November 2011
Voxbone SA	5	5	23 November 2007	25 February 2026
Digital Space Group Limited	3	3	28 April 2008	12 April 2016
Voiceflex Limited	3	3	3 October 2007	25 July 2024
Calltracks Limited	2	2	20 September 2013	23 December 2016
DRD Communications Limited	2	2	5 October 2023	5 October 2023
Datazero Ltd	2	2	2 November 2010	8 May 2012
IOVOX Limited	2	2	9 July 2012	18 September 2025
Lumen Technologies UK Limited	2	2	28 March 2006	28 March 2006
Media Hawk Ltd	2	2	26 September 2011	2 December 2015
Simwood eSMS Limited	2	2	13 August 2010	29 June 2026
TelXL Limited	2	2	31 October 2005	27 February 2012
Twilio Ireland Limited	2	2	13 October 2020	19 August 2024
Verizon UK Limited	2	2	24 November 2004	29 January 2010
(AQ) LIMITED	1	1	11 September 2012	11 September 2012
24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd	1	1	30 September 2019	30 September 2019
8x8 Communications UK Limited	1	1	30 March 2012	30 March 2012
AQL Wholesale Ltd	1	1	1 November 2004	1 November 2004
Adepteo Limited	1	1	13 December 2016	13 December 2016
Alnitak GmbH	1	1	6 April 2016	6 April 2016
Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd	1	1	9 March 2009	9 March 2009
Antheus Telecom Limited	1	1	23 August 2017	23 August 2017

Showing the 30 largest of 115 holders.

Openreach exchanges at Ipswich

Exchanges Openreach lists at this location in its copper stop-sell programme, with the date new copper orders stop.

Foxhall EAFOXStop sell 26-May-25 · Tranche 16

All number blocks on 01473first 200 of 415, by prefix

Prefix	Status	Range holder
+44 147300	Protected	—
+44 147301	Protected	—
+44 147302	Protected	—
+44 147303	Protected	—
+44 147304	Protected	—
+44 147305	Protected	—
+44 147306	Protected	—
+44 147307	Protected	—
+44 147308	Protected	—
+44 147309	Protected	—
+44 147310	Allocated	BT
+44 1473110	Protected	—
+44 1473111	Protected	—
+44 1473112	Protected	—
+44 1473113	Protected	—
+44 1473114	Protected	—
+44 1473115	Protected	—
+44 1473116	Protected	—
+44 1473117	Protected	—
+44 1473118	Protected	—
+44 1473119	Protected	—
+44 147312	Protected	—
+44 147313	Protected	—
+44 147314	Protected	—
+44 147315	Protected	—
+44 147316	Protected	—
+44 147317	Protected	—
+44 147318	Protected	—
+44 147319	Protected	—
+44 147320	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 147321	Allocated	BT
+44 147322	Allocated	BT
+44 147323	Allocated	BT
+44 1473240	Allocated	BT
+44 1473241	Allocated	BT
+44 1473242	Allocated	BT
+44 1473243	Allocated	BT
+44 1473244	Allocated	BT
+44 1473245	Protected	—
+44 1473246	Protected	—
+44 1473247	Protected	—
+44 1473248	Protected	—
+44 1473249	Allocated	BT
+44 147325	Allocated	BT
+44 147326	Allocated	BT
+44 147327	Allocated	BT
+44 147328	Allocated	BT
+44 147329	Allocated	BT
+44 1473300	Allocated	DRD Communications Limited
+44 1473301	Allocated	DRD Communications Limited
+44 1473302	Protected	—
+44 1473303	Protected	—
+44 1473304	Protected	—
+44 1473305	Protected	—
+44 1473306	Protected	—
+44 1473307	Protected	—
+44 1473308	Protected	—
+44 1473309	Protected	—
+44 1473310	Allocated	BT
+44 1473311	Allocated	BT
+44 1473312	Allocated	BT
+44 1473313	Allocated	BT
+44 1473314	Allocated	BT
+44 1473315	Quarantined	—
+44 1473316	Allocated	BT
+44 1473317	Quarantined	—
+44 1473318	Quarantined	—
+44 1473319	Quarantined	—
+44 147332	Allocated	BT
+44 147333	Allocated	BT
+44 147334	Allocated	BT
+44 147335	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1473360	Allocated	Fuse 2 Communications Ltd
+44 1473361	Allocated	TelNG Limited
+44 1473362	Protected	—
+44 1473363	Allocated	Orange Business Holdings UK Limited
+44 1473364	Allocated	VoIP-Un Limited
+44 1473365	Allocated	GCI Network Solutions Limited
+44 1473366	Allocated	Planet Telecom Ltd
+44 1473367	Allocated	Net-Work Internet Ltd
+44 1473368	Allocated	Digital Space Group Limited
+44 1473369	Allocated	Resilient Limited
+44 1473370	Allocated	Commi Holdings Limited
+44 1473371	Allocated	Localphone Limited
+44 1473372	Allocated	Voiceflex Limited
+44 1473373	Allocated	Digital Mail Limited
+44 1473374	Allocated	Entanet International Ltd
+44 1473375	Allocated	Nationwide Telephone Assistance Ltd
+44 1473376	Allocated	Digital Space Group Limited
+44 1473377	Allocated	Spitfire Network Services Limited
+44 1473378	Allocated	Voxbone SA
+44 1473379	Allocated	(AQ) LIMITED
+44 147338	Allocated	BT
+44 1473390	Allocated	Six Degrees Technology Group Limited
+44 1473391	Protected	—
+44 1473392	Protected	—
+44 1473393	Allocated	GTT-EMEA LTD
+44 1473394	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1473395	Allocated	Digitech Solutions Global Limited
+44 1473396	Allocated	TTNC Limited
+44 1473397	Allocated	Flextel Limited
+44 1473398	Allocated	TelXL Limited
+44 1473399	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 147340	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 147341	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 147342	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 147343	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 147344	Protected	—
+44 1473450	Protected	—
+44 1473451	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1473452	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1473453	Allocated	Invade International Ltd
+44 1473454	Allocated	Digital Space Group Limited
+44 1473455	Allocated	Telecom2 Limited
+44 1473456	Allocated	Nodemax Limited
+44 1473457	Protected	—
+44 1473458	Protected	—
+44 1473459	Allocated	Served Up Limited
+44 147346	Allocated	BT
+44 1473470	Protected	—
+44 1473471	Protected	—
+44 1473472	Protected	—
+44 1473473	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1473474	Protected	—
+44 1473475	Protected	—
+44 1473476	Protected	—
+44 1473477	Protected	—
+44 1473478	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1473479	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1473480	Allocated	Vonage Business Limited
+44 1473481	Protected	—
+44 1473482	Allocated	Barritel Limited
+44 1473483	Allocated	Solutios Limited
+44 1473484	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1473485	Allocated	Simwood eSMS Limited
+44 1473486	Allocated	Mars Communications Limited
+44 1473487	Allocated	Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone)
+44 1473488	Allocated	Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd
+44 1473489	Allocated	Telecoms World Limited
+44 1473490	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1473491	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1473492	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1473493	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1473494	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1473495	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1473496	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1473497	Protected	—
+44 1473498	Protected	—
+44 1473499	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 147350	Allocated	TGL Services (UK) Ltd
+44 1473510	Protected	—
+44 1473511	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1473512	Allocated	24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd
+44 1473513	Allocated	Firstsound Ltd
+44 1473514	Allocated	Minotaur Telecom Limited
+44 1473515	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1473516	Allocated	OME LOGIC LTD
+44 1473517	Allocated	TalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 1473518	Allocated	Media Hawk Ltd
+44 1473519	Allocated	Internexus Networks Limited
+44 1473520	Allocated	Calltracks Limited
+44 1473521	Protected	—
+44 1473522	Quarantined	—
+44 1473523	Allocated	CFL Communications Ltd
+44 1473524	Protected	—
+44 1473525	Allocated	Nexus Telecommunications Limited
+44 1473526	Allocated	Colt Technology Services
+44 1473527	Allocated	Nuso Cloud UK Limited
+44 1473528	Allocated	WightFibre Limited
+44 1473529	Allocated	GCI Network Solutions Limited
+44 1473530	Allocated	GCI Network Solutions Limited
+44 1473531	Protected	—
+44 1473532	Protected	—
+44 1473533	Protected	—
+44 1473534	Protected	—
+44 1473535	Protected	—
+44 1473536	Protected	—
+44 1473537	Protected	—
+44 1473538	Protected	—
+44 1473539	Protected	—
+44 147354	Allocated	BT
+44 147355	Allocated	BT
+44 1473560	Allocated	Verizon UK Limited
+44 1473561	Allocated	Buzz Networks Limited
+44 1473562	Allocated	Atomstream Limited
+44 1473563	Allocated	Liquid 11 Limited
+44 1473564	Allocated	Suretec Systems Ltd
+44 1473565	Allocated	Red Matter Limited
+44 1473566	Protected	—
+44 1473567	Allocated	Datazero Ltd
+44 1473568	Allocated	Core Telecom Limited
+44 1473569	Allocated	Windsor Telecom Limited
+44 1473570	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1473571	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1473572	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1473573	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1473574	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1473575	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1473576	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1473577	Protected	—

FAQs about 01473

Where is area code 01473?

01473 is Ofcom's Ipswich numbering area, in Suffolk, East of England England. Its exchange town is in Suffolk. From abroad, drop the 0 and dial +44 1473.

Do I need to dial 01473 for a local call?

Traditionally not from another 01473 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01473 first always works, and mobiles always need it.

How are 01473 numbers written?

Numbers on 01473 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01473 234 567. From abroad the leading zero is dropped: +44 1473 then the local number.

What was the 01473 area code before?

01473 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 0473. Old signage or stationery showing 0473 refers to the same Ipswich numbers.

Which phone companies hold 01473 numbers?

Ofcom lists 115 providers with allocated blocks on 01473. The largest are BT with 74 of the 290 allocated blocks, Sky UK Limited with 18 of the 290 allocated blocks and Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited with 17 of the 290 allocated blocks. Numbers can be ported, so a number's current provider may differ from the block's holder.

Are 01473 numbers reported as scams?

1 caller verdict have been left on 01473 numbers: 1 scam, 0 nuisance and 0 safe.

Which area codes are next to 01473?

By distance between exchange towns, the nearest other codes are 01394 Felixstowe (17 km), 01449 Stowmarket (18 km), 01206 Colchester (25 km) and 01787 Sudbury (28 km).

How do I report a scam call from a 01473 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.