UK area code
01490 area code — Corwen
01490 is Ofcom’s Corwen numbering area, in Denbighshire, Wales. 79 phone companies hold its 91 allocated number blocks. Its numbers are written like 01490 234 567. The nearest other codes are 01824 Ruthin (15 km) and 01678 Bala (17 km).
01490 at a glance
- Ofcom area name
- Corwen
- Council area
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Number format
- 01490 234 567 (4+6)
- Local calls
- Full number recommended
- Current code since
- 1995 (previously 0490)
- Allocated blocks
- 91 of 433 (21%) across 79 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 01490 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.
01490 history and number format
Number format: Numbers on 01490 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01490 234 567.
Before 1995: 01490 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 0490.
Local dialling: Traditionally not from another 01490 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01490 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
Allocation record: the oldest number block still visible on 01490 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 01490 number rings (see the weekly numbering changelog for every new allocation.)
Phone companies holding 01490 numbers
Every Ofcom range holder with blocks on 01490, 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 | 7 | 7 | 15 July 1994 | 24 January 1995 |
| Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) | 3 | 3 | 30 November 2009 | 30 November 2009 |
| Digital Space Group Limited | 2 | 2 | 28 April 2008 | 15 March 2016 |
| Fuse 2 Communications Ltd | 2 | 2 | 3 July 2017 | 22 January 2024 |
| Six Degrees Technology Group Limited | 2 | 2 | 3 April 2020 | 3 April 2020 |
| TalkTalk Communications Limited | 2 | 2 | 19 January 2012 | 19 January 2012 |
| (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 | 30 March 2012 | 30 March 2012 |
| AQL Wholesale Ltd | 1 | 1 | 23 June 2006 | 23 June 2006 |
| Adepteo Limited | 1 | 1 | 13 October 2016 | 13 October 2016 |
| Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd | 1 | 1 | 11 March 2009 | 11 March 2009 |
| Atomstream Limited | 1 | 1 | 12 May 2010 | 12 May 2010 |
| Barritel Limited | 1 | 1 | 8 October 2008 | 8 October 2008 |
| Belgacom International Carrier Services SA | 1 | 1 | 16 September 2021 | 16 September 2021 |
| Bicom Systems EURL | 1 | 1 | 2 March 2012 | 2 March 2012 |
| Bink Networks Ltd | 1 | 1 | 29 March 2023 | 29 March 2023 |
| CFL Communications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 13 July 2009 | 13 July 2009 |
| Colt Technology Services | 1 | 1 | 20 June 2016 | 20 June 2016 |
| Content Guru Limited | 1 | 1 | 29 August 2013 | 29 August 2013 |
| Datazero Ltd | 1 | 1 | 2 December 2010 | 2 December 2010 |
| Dial 9 Communications Limited | 1 | 1 | 10 December 2019 | 10 December 2019 |
| Digitech Solutions Global Limited | 1 | 1 | 27 April 2010 | 27 April 2010 |
| EVE CONNECT LTD | 1 | 1 | 15 June 2022 | 15 June 2022 |
| Flextel Limited | 1 | 1 | 21 October 2005 | 21 October 2005 |
| GCI Network Solutions Limited | 1 | 1 | 20 December 2023 | 20 December 2023 |
| Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited | 1 | 1 | 17 May 2005 | 17 May 2005 |
| Hello Telecom (UK) Limited | 1 | 1 | 20 July 2012 | 20 July 2012 |
| I.T Communications Limited | 1 | 1 | 25 April 2017 | 25 April 2017 |
| ICC Networks Ltd | 1 | 1 | 16 April 2012 | 16 April 2012 |
Showing the 30 largest of 79 holders.
All number blocks on 01490first 200 of 433, by prefix
| Prefix | Status | Range holder |
|---|---|---|
| +44 149000 | Protected | — |
| +44 149001 | Allocated | Adepteo Limited |
| +44 149002 | Protected | — |
| +44 149003 | Protected | — |
| +44 149004 | Protected | — |
| +44 149005 | Protected | — |
| +44 149006 | Protected | — |
| +44 149007 | Protected | — |
| +44 149008 | Protected | — |
| +44 149009 | Protected | — |
| +44 149010 | Protected | — |
| +44 149011 | Protected | — |
| +44 149012 | Protected | — |
| +44 149013 | Protected | — |
| +44 149014 | Protected | — |
| +44 149015 | Protected | — |
| +44 149016 | Protected | — |
| +44 149017 | Protected | — |
| +44 149018 | Protected | — |
| +44 149019 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490200 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490201 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490202 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490203 | Allocated | Simwood eSMS Limited |
| +44 1490204 | Allocated | Kalnet4U Ltd |
| +44 1490205 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490206 | Allocated | Fuse 2 Communications Ltd |
| +44 1490207 | Allocated | Nuso Cloud UK Limited |
| +44 1490208 | Allocated | Content Guru Limited |
| +44 1490209 | Allocated | XoverX Ltd |
| +44 1490210 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490211 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490212 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490213 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490214 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490215 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490216 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490217 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490218 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490219 | Protected | — |
| +44 149022 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490230 | Allocated | Six Degrees Technology Group Limited |
| +44 1490231 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490232 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490233 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490234 | Allocated | Six Degrees Technology Group Limited |
| +44 1490235 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490236 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490237 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490238 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490239 | Protected | — |
| +44 149024 | Allocated | TTNC Limited |
| +44 149025 | Allocated | TelNG Limited |
| +44 149026 | Allocated | AQL Wholesale Ltd |
| +44 1490270 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490271 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490272 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490273 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490274 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490275 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490276 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490277 | Allocated | Spitfire Network Services Limited |
| +44 1490278 | Allocated | Minotaur Telecom Limited |
| +44 1490279 | Protected | — |
| +44 149028 | Allocated | Localphone Limited |
| +44 1490290 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490291 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490292 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490293 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490294 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490295 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490296 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490297 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490298 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1490299 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 149030 | Allocated | Served Up Limited |
| +44 1490310 | Allocated | Linear Telecoms Limited |
| +44 1490311 | Allocated | Bicom Systems EURL |
| +44 1490312 | Allocated | Orbtalk Limited |
| +44 1490313 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490314 | Allocated | 8x8 Communications UK Limited |
| +44 1490315 | Allocated | ICC Networks Ltd |
| +44 1490316 | Allocated | Ziron Limited |
| +44 1490317 | Allocated | IOVOX Limited |
| +44 1490318 | Allocated | Hello Telecom (UK) Limited |
| +44 1490319 | Protected | — |
| +44 149032 | Protected | — |
| +44 149033 | Protected | — |
| +44 149034 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 149035 | Allocated | Flextel Limited |
| +44 149036 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490370 | Allocated | Phone Co-Op Numbering Limited |
| +44 1490371 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490372 | Allocated | Invoco Ltd |
| +44 1490373 | Allocated | M247 Ltd |
| +44 1490374 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490375 | Allocated | Internexus Networks Limited |
| +44 1490376 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490377 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490378 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490379 | Protected | — |
| +44 149038 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1490390 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490391 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490392 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490393 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490394 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490395 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490396 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490397 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490398 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490399 | Protected | — |
| +44 149040 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 149041 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 149042 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 149043 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 149044 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 149045 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 149046 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 149047 | Allocated | Voiceflex Limited |
| +44 149048 | Protected | — |
| +44 149049 | Allocated | Magrathea Telecommunications Limited |
| +44 149050 | Allocated | Nationwide Telephone Assistance Ltd |
| +44 149051 | Allocated | (AQ) LIMITED |
| +44 149052 | Allocated | VoIP-Un Limited |
| +44 1490530 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490531 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490532 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490533 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490534 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490535 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490536 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490537 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 1490538 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490539 | Protected | — |
| +44 149054 | Allocated | Redcentric Solutions Limited |
| +44 149055 | Allocated | Net-Work Internet Ltd |
| +44 149056 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 149057 | Allocated | Telecom2 Limited |
| +44 149058 | Allocated | Nodemax Limited |
| +44 1490590 | Allocated | Voxbone SA |
| +44 1490591 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490592 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490593 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490594 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490595 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490596 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490597 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490598 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490599 | Protected | — |
| +44 149060 | Protected | — |
| +44 149061 | Protected | — |
| +44 149062 | Allocated | Barritel Limited |
| +44 149063 | Allocated | Solutios Limited |
| +44 149064 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 149065 | Allocated | Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd |
| +44 149066 | Allocated | Mars Communications Limited |
| +44 149067 | Allocated | Invade International Ltd |
| +44 149068 | Allocated | Nexus Telecommunications Limited |
| +44 149069 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 149070 | Allocated | CFL Communications Ltd |
| +44 149071 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490720 | Allocated | Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) |
| +44 1490721 | Allocated | Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) |
| +44 1490722 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490723 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490724 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490725 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490726 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490727 | Allocated | Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) |
| +44 1490728 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490729 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490730 | Allocated | Digitech Solutions Global Limited |
| +44 1490731 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490732 | Allocated | VoiceHost Limited |
| +44 1490733 | Allocated | Atomstream Limited |
| +44 1490734 | Allocated | Windsor Telecom Limited |
| +44 1490735 | Allocated | Datazero Ltd |
| +44 1490736 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1490737 | Allocated | Suretec Systems Ltd |
| +44 1490738 | Allocated | Telephone Box Limited |
| +44 1490739 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490740 | Allocated | Invosys Limited |
| +44 1490741 | Allocated | Nexbridge Communications Limited |
| +44 1490742 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490743 | Protected | — |
| +44 1490744 | Allocated | INTELLIGENT EXCHANGES LIMITED |
| +44 1490745 | Free | — |
| +44 1490746 | Free | — |
| +44 1490747 | Allocated | Bink Networks Ltd |
| +44 1490748 | Free | — |
| +44 1490749 | Free | — |
| +44 1490750 | Allocated | YayYay Limited |
| +44 1490751 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1490752 | Allocated | Fuse 2 Communications Ltd |
| +44 1490753 | Allocated | I.T Communications Limited |
| +44 1490754 | Allocated | Colt Technology Services |
| +44 1490755 | Allocated | Redwood Technologies Ltd |
| +44 1490756 | Allocated | Number Services Ltd. |
| +44 1490757 | Protected | — |
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- 01824 Ruthin15 km away
- 01678 Bala17 km away
- 01691 Oswestry25 km away
- 01352 Mold26 km away
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- Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone)3 allocated blocks on 01490
- Digital Space Group Limited2 allocated blocks on 01490
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FAQs about 01490
Where is area code 01490?
01490 is Ofcom's Corwen numbering area, in Denbighshire, Wales. Its exchange town is in Denbighshire. From abroad, drop the 0 and dial +44 1490.
Do I need to dial 01490 for a local call?
Traditionally not from another 01490 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01490 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
How are 01490 numbers written?
Numbers on 01490 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01490 234 567. From abroad the leading zero is dropped: +44 1490 then the local number.
What was the 01490 area code before?
01490 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 0490. Old signage or stationery showing 0490 refers to the same Corwen numbers.
Which phone companies hold 01490 numbers?
Ofcom lists 79 providers with allocated blocks on 01490. The largest are BT with 7 of the 91 allocated blocks, Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) with 3 of the 91 allocated blocks and Digital Space Group Limited with 2 of the 91 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 01490?
By distance between exchange towns, the nearest other codes are 01824 Ruthin (15 km), 01678 Bala (17 km), 01691 Oswestry (25 km) and 01352 Mold (26 km).
How do I report a scam call from a 01490 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.