UK area code
01650 area code — Cemmaes Road
01650 is Ofcom’s Cemmaes Road numbering area, in Powys, Wales. 79 phone companies hold its 91 allocated number blocks. Its numbers are written like 01650 234 567. The nearest other codes are 01654 Machynlleth (8 km) and 01686 Newtown (24 km).
01650 at a glance
- Ofcom area name
- Cemmaes Road
- Council area
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Number format
- 01650 234 567 (4+6)
- Local calls
- Full number recommended
- Current code since
- 1995 (previously 0650)
- Allocated blocks
- 91 of 487 (19%) 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 01650 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.
01650 history and number format
Number format: Numbers on 01650 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01650 234 567.
Before 1995: 01650 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 0650.
Local dialling: Traditionally not from another 01650 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01650 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
Allocation record: the oldest number block still visible on 01650 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 01650 number rings (see the weekly numbering changelog for every new allocation.)
Phone companies holding 01650 numbers
Every Ofcom range holder with blocks on 01650, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited | 8 | 8 | 7 February 2013 | 7 February 2013 |
| BT | 3 | 3 | 15 July 1994 | 15 July 1994 |
| Digital Space Group Limited | 2 | 2 | 19 May 2008 | 15 March 2016 |
| Fuse 2 Communications Ltd | 2 | 2 | 3 July 2017 | 22 January 2024 |
| TalkTalk Communications Limited | 2 | 2 | 20 January 2012 | 20 January 2012 |
| (AQ) LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 12 September 2012 | 12 September 2012 |
| 24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 17 January 2020 | 17 January 2020 |
| 8x8 Communications UK Limited | 1 | 1 | 5 April 2012 | 5 April 2012 |
| AQL Wholesale Ltd | 1 | 1 | 21 December 2007 | 21 December 2007 |
| Adepteo Limited | 1 | 1 | 6 December 2016 | 6 December 2016 |
| Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd | 1 | 1 | 27 March 2009 | 27 March 2009 |
| Atomstream Limited | 1 | 1 | 11 May 2010 | 11 May 2010 |
| Barritel Limited | 1 | 1 | 22 June 2007 | 22 June 2007 |
| Belgacom International Carrier Services SA | 1 | 1 | 20 August 2021 | 20 August 2021 |
| Bicom Systems EURL | 1 | 1 | 1 March 2012 | 1 March 2012 |
| Bink Networks Ltd | 1 | 1 | 29 March 2023 | 29 March 2023 |
| CFL Communications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 14 July 2009 | 14 July 2009 |
| Colt Technology Services | 1 | 1 | 4 July 2016 | 4 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 |
| 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 | 24 June 2022 | 24 June 2022 |
| Flextel Limited | 1 | 1 | 10 November 2005 | 10 November 2005 |
| GCI Network Solutions Limited | 1 | 1 | 20 December 2023 | 20 December 2023 |
| 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 |
| ICUK Computing Services Limited | 1 | 1 | 17 June 2020 | 17 June 2020 |
| INTELLIGENT EXCHANGES LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 26 January 2026 | 26 January 2026 |
Showing the 30 largest of 79 holders.
All number blocks on 01650first 200 of 487, by prefix
| Prefix | Status | Range holder |
|---|---|---|
| +44 165000 | Protected | — |
| +44 165001 | Protected | — |
| +44 165002 | Protected | — |
| +44 165003 | Protected | — |
| +44 165004 | Protected | — |
| +44 165005 | Protected | — |
| +44 165006 | Protected | — |
| +44 165007 | Protected | — |
| +44 165008 | Protected | — |
| +44 165009 | Protected | — |
| +44 165010 | Protected | — |
| +44 165011 | Protected | — |
| +44 165012 | Protected | — |
| +44 165013 | Protected | — |
| +44 165014 | Protected | — |
| +44 165015 | Protected | — |
| +44 165016 | Protected | — |
| +44 165017 | Protected | — |
| +44 165018 | Protected | — |
| +44 165019 | Protected | — |
| +44 165020 | Allocated | Flextel Limited |
| +44 1650210 | Allocated | Phone Co-Op Numbering Limited |
| +44 1650211 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650212 | Allocated | INTELLIGENT EXCHANGES LIMITED |
| +44 1650213 | Allocated | Invosys Limited |
| +44 1650214 | Allocated | Nexbridge Communications Limited |
| +44 1650215 | Allocated | YayYay Limited |
| +44 1650216 | Allocated | Convergence Group (wireless) Networks Limited |
| +44 1650217 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650218 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650219 | Allocated | Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) |
| +44 165022 | Allocated | TTNC Limited |
| +44 1650230 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650231 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650232 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650233 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650234 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650235 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650236 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650237 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650238 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650239 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650240 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650241 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650242 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650243 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650244 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650245 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650246 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650247 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650248 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650249 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650250 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650251 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650252 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650253 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650254 | Allocated | Six Degrees Technology Group Limited |
| +44 1650255 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650256 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650257 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650258 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650259 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650260 | Allocated | Colt Technology Services |
| +44 1650261 | Allocated | Adepteo Limited |
| +44 1650262 | Allocated | I.T Communications Limited |
| +44 1650263 | Allocated | EVE CONNECT LTD |
| +44 1650264 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1650265 | Allocated | Zapappi Ltd |
| +44 1650266 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650267 | Allocated | 24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd |
| +44 1650268 | Allocated | Fuse 2 Communications Ltd |
| +44 1650269 | Allocated | IP Voice Networks Ltd |
| +44 1650270 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650271 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650272 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650273 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650274 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650275 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650276 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650277 | Allocated | Spitfire Network Services Limited |
| +44 1650278 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650279 | Protected | — |
| +44 165028 | Allocated | TelNG Limited |
| +44 165029 | Allocated | Voiceflex Limited |
| +44 165030 | Protected | — |
| +44 165031 | Allocated | (AQ) LIMITED |
| +44 165032 | Allocated | VoIP-Un Limited |
| +44 165033 | Allocated | Barritel Limited |
| +44 165034 | Allocated | Redcentric Solutions Limited |
| +44 165035 | Allocated | Localphone Limited |
| +44 165036 | Allocated | AQL Wholesale Ltd |
| +44 1650370 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650371 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650372 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650373 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650374 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650375 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650376 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650377 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 1650378 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650379 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650380 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650381 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650382 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650383 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650384 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650385 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650386 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650387 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650388 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1650389 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 165039 | Allocated | Nationwide Telephone Assistance Ltd |
| +44 165040 | Allocated | Net-Work Internet Ltd |
| +44 165041 | Allocated | Telecom2 Limited |
| +44 165042 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 165043 | Allocated | Nodemax Limited |
| +44 165044 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650450 | Allocated | Voxbone SA |
| +44 1650451 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650452 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650453 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650454 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650455 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650456 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650457 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650458 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650459 | Protected | — |
| +44 165046 | Protected | — |
| +44 165047 | Allocated | Solutios Limited |
| +44 165048 | Allocated | Mars Communications Limited |
| +44 165049 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 1650500 | Allocated | Linear Telecoms Limited |
| +44 1650501 | Allocated | Internexus Networks Limited |
| +44 1650502 | Allocated | Simwood eSMS Limited |
| +44 1650503 | Allocated | Bicom Systems EURL |
| +44 1650504 | Allocated | 8x8 Communications UK Limited |
| +44 1650505 | Allocated | Orbtalk Limited |
| +44 1650506 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650507 | Allocated | ICC Networks Ltd |
| +44 1650508 | Allocated | IOVOX Limited |
| +44 1650509 | Allocated | Ziron Limited |
| +44 165051 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 165052 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 165053 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1650540 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650541 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650542 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650543 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650544 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650545 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650546 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650547 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650548 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650549 | Protected | — |
| +44 165055 | Allocated | Magrathea Telecommunications Limited |
| +44 165056 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650570 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1650571 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1650572 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1650573 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1650574 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1650575 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1650576 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1650577 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1650578 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650579 | Protected | — |
| +44 165058 | Protected | — |
| +44 165059 | Protected | — |
| +44 165060 | Allocated | Served Up Limited |
| +44 165061 | Allocated | Telecoms World Direct Limited |
| +44 165062 | Allocated | Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd |
| +44 165063 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 165064 | Allocated | CFL Communications Ltd |
| +44 165065 | Protected | — |
| +44 165066 | Protected | — |
| +44 165067 | Allocated | Nexus Telecommunications Limited |
| +44 1650680 | Allocated | Digitech Solutions Global Limited |
| +44 1650681 | Allocated | Number Services Ltd. |
| +44 1650682 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1650683 | Allocated | Telephone Box Limited |
| +44 1650684 | Protected | — |
| +44 1650685 | Allocated | Windsor Telecom Limited |
| +44 1650686 | Allocated | Suretec Systems Ltd |
| +44 1650687 | Allocated | Telappliant Limited |
| +44 1650688 | Allocated | Atomstream Limited |
| +44 1650689 | Allocated | VoiceHost Limited |
| +44 1650690 | Allocated | Dial 9 Communications Limited |
| +44 1650691 | Free | — |
| +44 1650692 | Free | — |
| +44 1650693 | Free | — |
| +44 1650694 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1650695 | Free | — |
| +44 1650696 | Allocated | VOXYONDER NETWORK SERVICES UK LTD |
| +44 1650697 | Allocated | Bink Networks Ltd |
| +44 1650698 | Free | — |
| +44 1650699 | Allocated | KCOM Group Ltd |
| +44 1650700 | Allocated | ICUK Computing Services Limited |
| +44 1650701 | Free | — |
| +44 1650702 | Free | — |
| +44 1650703 | Allocated | SiPalto Ltd |
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- 01654 Machynlleth8 km away
- 01686 Newtown24 km away
- 01341 Barmouth24 km away
- 01970 Aberystwyth33 km away
- Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited8 allocated blocks on 01650
- BT3 allocated blocks on 01650
- Digital Space Group Limited2 allocated blocks on 01650
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FAQs about 01650
Where is area code 01650?
01650 is Ofcom's Cemmaes Road numbering area, in Powys, Wales. Its exchange town is in Powys. From abroad, drop the 0 and dial +44 1650.
Do I need to dial 01650 for a local call?
Traditionally not from another 01650 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01650 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
How are 01650 numbers written?
Numbers on 01650 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01650 234 567. From abroad the leading zero is dropped: +44 1650 then the local number.
What was the 01650 area code before?
01650 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 0650. Old signage or stationery showing 0650 refers to the same Cemmaes Road numbers.
Which phone companies hold 01650 numbers?
Ofcom lists 79 providers with allocated blocks on 01650. The largest are Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited with 8 of the 91 allocated blocks, BT 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 01650?
By distance between exchange towns, the nearest other codes are 01654 Machynlleth (8 km), 01686 Newtown (24 km), 01341 Barmouth (24 km) and 01970 Aberystwyth (33 km).
How do I report a scam call from a 01650 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.