UK area code
01557 area code — Kirkcudbright
01557 is Ofcom’s Kirkcudbright numbering area, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. 78 phone companies hold its 93 allocated number blocks. Its numbers are written like 01557 234 567. The nearest other codes are 01556 Castle Douglas (14 km) and 01988 Wigtown (26 km).
01557 at a glance
- Ofcom area name
- Kirkcudbright
- Council area
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Number format
- 01557 234 567 (4+6)
- Local calls
- Full number recommended
- Current code since
- 1995 (previously 0557)
- Allocated blocks
- 93 of 442 (21%) across 78 providers
- Newest block
- 12 June 2026 (2 in the last 12 months)
Sources: Ofcom numbering data (weekly) and area-code list, Ofcom Numbering Plan, ONS geography.
If a 01557 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.
01557 history and number format
Number format: Numbers on 01557 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01557 234 567.
Before 1995: 01557 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 0557.
Local dialling: Traditionally not from another 01557 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01557 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
Allocation record: the oldest number block still visible on 01557 was allocated on 15 July 1994, and the most recent on 12 June 2026. 2 blocks were allocated in the last 12 months — newly-activated ranges with no call history, which is worth knowing when an unfamiliar 01557 number rings (see the weekly numbering changelog for every new allocation.)
Phone companies holding 01557 numbers
Every Ofcom range holder with blocks on 01557, 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 | 15 July 2005 |
| TalkTalk Communications Limited | 3 | 3 | 20 January 2012 | 12 February 2013 |
| Chess Limited | 2 | 2 | 6 April 2018 | 6 April 2018 |
| Digital Space Group Limited | 2 | 2 | 14 May 2008 | 15 March 2016 |
| Digitech Solutions Global Limited | 2 | 2 | 27 April 2010 | 25 June 2012 |
| Fuse 2 Communications Ltd | 2 | 2 | 3 July 2017 | 22 January 2024 |
| GCI Network Solutions Limited | 2 | 2 | 2 May 2017 | 20 December 2023 |
| Voxbone SA | 2 | 2 | 9 December 2011 | 12 June 2026 |
| (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 | 3 January 2008 | 3 January 2008 |
| Adepteo Limited | 1 | 1 | 13 December 2016 | 13 December 2016 |
| Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd | 1 | 1 | 19 March 2009 | 19 March 2009 |
| Atomstream Limited | 1 | 1 | 12 May 2010 | 12 May 2010 |
| Barritel Limited | 1 | 1 | 15 August 2006 | 15 August 2006 |
| Bink Networks Ltd | 1 | 1 | 3 April 2023 | 3 April 2023 |
| CFL Communications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 13 July 2009 | 13 July 2009 |
| Colt Technology Services | 1 | 1 | 18 July 2016 | 18 July 2016 |
| Content Guru Limited | 1 | 1 | 12 October 2012 | 12 October 2012 |
| Convergence Group (wireless) Networks Limited | 1 | 1 | 21 May 2019 | 21 May 2019 |
| DIDWW Ireland Limited | 1 | 1 | 22 January 2019 | 22 January 2019 |
| Dial 9 Communications Limited | 1 | 1 | 10 December 2019 | 10 December 2019 |
| EVE CONNECT LTD | 1 | 1 | 15 June 2022 | 15 June 2022 |
| Flextel Limited | 1 | 1 | 24 October 2005 | 24 October 2005 |
| Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited | 1 | 1 | 10 May 2005 | 10 May 2005 |
| Hello Telecom (UK) Limited | 1 | 1 | 20 July 2012 | 20 July 2012 |
| I.T Communications Limited | 1 | 1 | 10 June 2016 | 10 June 2016 |
| ICC Networks Ltd | 1 | 1 | 17 April 2012 | 17 April 2012 |
| ICUK Computing Services Limited | 1 | 1 | 17 June 2020 | 17 June 2020 |
Showing the 30 largest of 78 holders.
Openreach exchanges at Kirkcudbright
Exchanges Openreach lists at this location in its copper stop-sell programme, with the date new copper orders stop.
- Townhead (TND) WSTODStop sell 14-Feb-26 · Tranche 19
All number blocks on 01557first 200 of 442, by prefix
| Prefix | Status | Range holder |
|---|---|---|
| +44 155700 | Protected | — |
| +44 155701 | Protected | — |
| +44 155702 | Protected | — |
| +44 155703 | Protected | — |
| +44 155704 | Protected | — |
| +44 155705 | Protected | — |
| +44 155706 | Protected | — |
| +44 155707 | Protected | — |
| +44 155708 | Protected | — |
| +44 155709 | Protected | — |
| +44 155710 | Protected | — |
| +44 155711 | Protected | — |
| +44 155712 | Protected | — |
| +44 155713 | Protected | — |
| +44 155714 | Protected | — |
| +44 155715 | Protected | — |
| +44 155716 | Protected | — |
| +44 155717 | Protected | — |
| +44 155718 | Protected | — |
| +44 155719 | Protected | — |
| +44 155720 | Allocated | TTNC Limited |
| +44 1557210 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557211 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557212 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557213 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557214 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557215 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557216 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557217 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557218 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557219 | Protected | — |
| +44 155722 | Allocated | TelNG Limited |
| +44 155723 | Allocated | Localphone Limited |
| +44 155724 | Allocated | Redcentric Solutions Limited |
| +44 155725 | Protected | — |
| +44 155726 | Allocated | Voiceflex Limited |
| +44 1557270 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557271 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557272 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557273 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557274 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557275 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557276 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557277 | Allocated | Spitfire Network Services Limited |
| +44 1557278 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557279 | Protected | — |
| +44 155728 | Allocated | (AQ) LIMITED |
| +44 155729 | Allocated | Nationwide Telephone Assistance Ltd |
| +44 155730 | Allocated | AQL Wholesale Ltd |
| +44 155731 | Allocated | Telecom2 Limited |
| +44 155732 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 155733 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 155734 | Allocated | Nodemax Limited |
| +44 155735 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557360 | Allocated | Voxbone SA |
| +44 1557361 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557362 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557363 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557364 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557365 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557366 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557367 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557368 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557369 | Protected | — |
| +44 155737 | Protected | — |
| +44 155738 | Allocated | Solutios Limited |
| +44 1557390 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557391 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557392 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557393 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557394 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557395 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557396 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557397 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 1557398 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557399 | Protected | — |
| +44 155740 | Allocated | Net-Work Internet Ltd |
| +44 155741 | Allocated | VoIP-Un Limited |
| +44 1557420 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557421 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557422 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557423 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557424 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557425 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557426 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557427 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557428 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1557429 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 155743 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 155744 | Allocated | Mars Communications Limited |
| +44 155745 | Allocated | Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd |
| +44 155746 | Allocated | Nexus Telecommunications Limited |
| +44 155747 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 155748 | Allocated | CFL Communications Ltd |
| +44 155749 | Protected | — |
| +44 155750 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1557510 | Allocated | Linear Telecoms Limited |
| +44 1557511 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557512 | Allocated | Simwood eSMS Limited |
| +44 1557513 | Allocated | 8x8 Communications UK Limited |
| +44 1557514 | Allocated | ICC Networks Ltd |
| +44 1557515 | Allocated | IOVOX Limited |
| +44 1557516 | Allocated | Orbtalk Limited |
| +44 1557517 | Allocated | Hello Telecom (UK) Limited |
| +44 1557518 | Allocated | Ziron Limited |
| +44 1557519 | Protected | — |
| +44 155752 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 155753 | Allocated | Flextel Limited |
| +44 1557540 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557541 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557542 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557543 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557544 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557545 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557546 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557547 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557548 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557549 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557550 | Allocated | Digitech Solutions Global Limited |
| +44 1557551 | Allocated | INTELLIGENT EXCHANGES LIMITED |
| +44 1557552 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557553 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557554 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557555 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557556 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557557 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557558 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557559 | Protected | — |
| +44 155756 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 155757 | Allocated | Magrathea Telecommunications Limited |
| +44 155758 | Allocated | Served Up Limited |
| +44 1557590 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557591 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557592 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557593 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557594 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557595 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557596 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557597 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557598 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557599 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557600 | Allocated | Digitech Solutions Global Limited |
| +44 1557601 | Allocated | YayYay Limited |
| +44 1557602 | Allocated | Atomstream Limited |
| +44 1557603 | Allocated | VoiceHost Limited |
| +44 1557604 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1557605 | Allocated | Telephone Box Limited |
| +44 1557606 | Allocated | Suretec Systems Ltd |
| +44 1557607 | Allocated | Windsor Telecom Limited |
| +44 1557608 | Allocated | Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) |
| +44 1557609 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557610 | Allocated | Phone Co-Op Numbering Limited |
| +44 1557611 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557612 | Allocated | Invosys Limited |
| +44 1557613 | Allocated | Nexbridge Communications Limited |
| +44 1557614 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1557615 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1557616 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557617 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557618 | Allocated | Internexus Networks Limited |
| +44 1557619 | Allocated | Invoco Ltd |
| +44 1557620 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1557621 | Allocated | Redwood Technologies Ltd |
| +44 1557622 | Allocated | Content Guru Limited |
| +44 1557623 | Allocated | Kalnet4U Ltd |
| +44 1557624 | Allocated | Nuso Cloud UK Limited |
| +44 1557625 | Allocated | Fuse 2 Communications Ltd |
| +44 1557626 | Allocated | Minotaur Telecom Limited |
| +44 1557627 | Allocated | Convergence Group (wireless) Networks Limited |
| +44 1557628 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557629 | Allocated | XoverX Ltd |
| +44 1557630 | Allocated | Zapappi Ltd |
| +44 1557631 | Allocated | 24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd |
| +44 1557632 | Allocated | SiPalto Ltd |
| +44 1557633 | Allocated | Number Services Ltd. |
| +44 1557634 | Allocated | Mi Telecom Limited |
| +44 1557635 | Allocated | Dial 9 Communications Limited |
| +44 1557636 | Allocated | IP Voice Networks Ltd |
| +44 1557637 | Allocated | Fuse 2 Communications Ltd |
| +44 1557638 | Free | — |
| +44 1557639 | Allocated | DIDWW Ireland Limited |
| +44 1557640 | Allocated | Bink Networks Ltd |
| +44 1557641 | Allocated | Voxbone SA |
| +44 1557642 | Free | — |
| +44 1557643 | Free | — |
| +44 1557644 | Free | — |
| +44 1557645 | Free | — |
| +44 1557646 | Allocated | KCOM Group Ltd |
| +44 1557647 | Free | — |
| +44 1557648 | Free | — |
| +44 1557649 | Free | — |
| +44 1557650 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557651 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557652 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557653 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557654 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557655 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557656 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557657 | Protected | — |
| +44 1557658 | Protected | — |
Related lookups
- 01556 Castle Douglas14 km away
- 01988 Wigtown26 km away
- 01644 New Galloway27 km away
- 01671 Newton Stewart31 km away
- BT8 allocated blocks on 01557
- TalkTalk Communications Limited3 allocated blocks on 01557
- Chess Limited2 allocated blocks on 01557
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FAQs about 01557
Where is area code 01557?
01557 is Ofcom's Kirkcudbright numbering area, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Its exchange town is in Dumfries and Galloway. From abroad, drop the 0 and dial +44 1557.
Do I need to dial 01557 for a local call?
Traditionally not from another 01557 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01557 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
How are 01557 numbers written?
Numbers on 01557 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01557 234 567. From abroad the leading zero is dropped: +44 1557 then the local number.
What was the 01557 area code before?
01557 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 0557. Old signage or stationery showing 0557 refers to the same Kirkcudbright numbers.
Which phone companies hold 01557 numbers?
Ofcom lists 78 providers with allocated blocks on 01557. The largest are BT with 8 of the 93 allocated blocks, TalkTalk Communications Limited with 3 of the 93 allocated blocks and Chess Limited with 2 of the 93 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 01557?
By distance between exchange towns, the nearest other codes are 01556 Castle Douglas (14 km), 01988 Wigtown (26 km), 01644 New Galloway (27 km) and 01671 Newton Stewart (31 km).
How do I report a scam call from a 01557 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.