UK area code
01652 area code — Brigg
01652 is Ofcom’s Brigg numbering area, in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber England. 89 phone companies hold its 122 allocated number blocks. Its numbers are written like 01652 234 567. The nearest other codes are 01724 Scunthorpe (12 km) and 01469 Killingholme (17 km).
01652 at a glance
- Ofcom area name
- Brigg
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Council area
- North Lincolnshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber England
- Number format
- 01652 234 567 (4+6)
- Local calls
- Full number recommended
- Current code since
- 1995 (previously 0652)
- Allocated blocks
- 122 of 406 (30%) across 89 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 01652 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.
01652 history and number format
Number format: Numbers on 01652 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01652 234 567.
Before 1995: 01652 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 0652.
Local dialling: Traditionally not from another 01652 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01652 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
Allocation record: the oldest number block still visible on 01652 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 01652 number rings (see the weekly numbering changelog for every new allocation.)
Phone companies holding 01652 numbers
Every Ofcom range holder with blocks on 01652, 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 | 5 September 2019 |
| Virgin Media Limited | 6 | 6 | 29 June 2012 | 29 June 2012 |
| Sky UK Limited | 4 | 4 | 1 July 2013 | 9 September 2022 |
| TalkTalk Communications Limited | 4 | 4 | 20 January 2012 | 19 February 2013 |
| Colt Technology Services | 3 | 3 | 20 June 2016 | 22 November 2024 |
| KCOM Group Ltd | 3 | 3 | 4 July 2019 | 6 February 2024 |
| DRD Communications Limited | 2 | 2 | 5 October 2023 | 5 October 2023 |
| Digital Space Group Limited | 2 | 2 | 19 May 2008 | 15 March 2016 |
| Fuse 2 Communications Ltd | 2 | 2 | 4 July 2017 | 22 January 2024 |
| GCI Network Solutions Limited | 2 | 2 | 2 May 2017 | 22 December 2023 |
| (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 |
| Alnitak GmbH | 1 | 1 | 31 August 2016 | 31 August 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 | 27 June 2007 | 27 June 2007 |
| Belgacom International Carrier Services SA | 1 | 1 | 14 October 2019 | 14 October 2019 |
| Bicom Systems EURL | 1 | 1 | 1 March 2012 | 1 March 2012 |
| Bink Networks Ltd | 1 | 1 | 27 March 2023 | 27 March 2023 |
| CFL Communications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 14 July 2009 | 14 July 2009 |
| Calltracks Limited | 1 | 1 | 23 September 2013 | 23 September 2013 |
| 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 | 27 January 2020 | 27 January 2020 |
| Datazero Ltd | 1 | 1 | 3 December 2010 | 3 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 |
Showing the 30 largest of 89 holders.
Openreach exchanges at Brigg
Exchanges Openreach lists at this location in its copper stop-sell programme, with the date new copper orders stop.
- Brigg (BOI) SLBOIStop sell 06-Nov-25 · Tranche 18
All number blocks on 01652first 200 of 406, by prefix
| Prefix | Status | Range holder |
|---|---|---|
| +44 165200 | Protected | — |
| +44 165201 | Protected | — |
| +44 165202 | Protected | — |
| +44 165203 | Protected | — |
| +44 165204 | Protected | — |
| +44 165205 | Protected | — |
| +44 165206 | Protected | — |
| +44 165207 | Protected | — |
| +44 165208 | Protected | — |
| +44 165209 | Protected | — |
| +44 165210 | Protected | — |
| +44 165211 | Protected | — |
| +44 165212 | Protected | — |
| +44 165213 | Protected | — |
| +44 165214 | Protected | — |
| +44 165215 | Protected | — |
| +44 165216 | Protected | — |
| +44 165217 | Protected | — |
| +44 165218 | Protected | — |
| +44 165219 | Protected | — |
| +44 165220 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1652210 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652211 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652212 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652213 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652214 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652215 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652216 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652217 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652218 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652219 | Protected | — |
| +44 165222 | Allocated | Magrathea Telecommunications Limited |
| +44 1652230 | Allocated | Linear Telecoms Limited |
| +44 1652231 | Allocated | Hello Telecom (UK) Limited |
| +44 1652232 | Allocated | Internexus Networks Limited |
| +44 1652233 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652234 | Allocated | Orbtalk Limited |
| +44 1652235 | Allocated | Invoco Ltd |
| +44 1652236 | Allocated | Bicom Systems EURL |
| +44 1652237 | Allocated | Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) |
| +44 1652238 | Allocated | Simwood eSMS Limited |
| +44 1652239 | Allocated | 8x8 Communications UK Limited |
| +44 165224 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1652250 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1652251 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1652252 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1652253 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652254 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1652255 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652256 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652257 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652258 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652259 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 165226 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 165227 | Allocated | Flextel Limited |
| +44 1652280 | Allocated | Number Services Ltd. |
| +44 1652281 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1652282 | Allocated | Alnitak GmbH |
| +44 1652283 | Allocated | Adepteo Limited |
| +44 1652284 | Allocated | IP Voice Networks Ltd |
| +44 1652285 | Allocated | Zapappi Ltd |
| +44 1652286 | Allocated | EVE CONNECT LTD |
| +44 1652287 | Free | — |
| +44 1652288 | Allocated | Colt Technology Services |
| +44 1652289 | Allocated | 24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd |
| +44 1652290 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1652291 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1652292 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1652293 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1652294 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1652295 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652296 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652297 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652298 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652299 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1652300 | Allocated | DRD Communications Limited |
| +44 1652301 | Allocated | DRD Communications Limited |
| +44 1652302 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652303 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652304 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652305 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652306 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652307 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652308 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652309 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652310 | Allocated | Dial 9 Communications Limited |
| +44 1652311 | Allocated | KCOM Group Ltd |
| +44 1652312 | Allocated | Colt Technology Services |
| +44 1652313 | Allocated | KCOM Group Ltd |
| +44 1652314 | Allocated | KCOM Group Ltd |
| +44 1652315 | Free | — |
| +44 1652316 | Free | — |
| +44 1652317 | Allocated | Internetty Ltd |
| +44 1652318 | Free | — |
| +44 1652319 | Allocated | Bink Networks Ltd |
| +44 1652320 | Allocated | YayYay Limited |
| +44 1652321 | Allocated | IOVOX Limited |
| +44 1652322 | Allocated | Ziron Limited |
| +44 1652323 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652324 | Allocated | Content Guru Limited |
| +44 1652325 | Allocated | Minotaur Telecom Limited |
| +44 1652326 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1652327 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1652328 | Allocated | ICC Networks Ltd |
| +44 1652329 | Allocated | XoverX Ltd |
| +44 1652330 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652331 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652332 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652333 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652334 | Allocated | Six Degrees Technology Group Limited |
| +44 1652335 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652336 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652337 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652338 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652339 | Protected | — |
| +44 165234 | Allocated | TTNC Limited |
| +44 165235 | Protected | — |
| +44 165236 | Allocated | TelNG Limited |
| +44 1652370 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652371 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652372 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652373 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652374 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652375 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652376 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652377 | Allocated | Spitfire Network Services Limited |
| +44 1652378 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652379 | Protected | — |
| +44 165238 | Allocated | Localphone Limited |
| +44 165239 | Allocated | Barritel Limited |
| +44 1652400 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652401 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652402 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652403 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652404 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652405 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652406 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652407 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652408 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1652409 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 165241 | Allocated | Voiceflex Limited |
| +44 165242 | Allocated | (AQ) LIMITED |
| +44 165243 | Allocated | VoIP-Un Limited |
| +44 165244 | Protected | — |
| +44 165245 | Allocated | Redcentric Solutions Limited |
| +44 165246 | Allocated | AQL Wholesale Ltd |
| +44 1652470 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652471 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652472 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652473 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652474 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652475 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652476 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652477 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 1652478 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652479 | Protected | — |
| +44 165248 | Allocated | Telecom2 Limited |
| +44 165249 | Allocated | Nationwide Telephone Assistance Ltd |
| +44 165250 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 165251 | Allocated | Nodemax Limited |
| +44 165252 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652530 | Allocated | Voxbone SA |
| +44 1652531 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652532 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652533 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652534 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652535 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652536 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652537 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652538 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652539 | Protected | — |
| +44 165254 | Protected | — |
| +44 165255 | Allocated | Net-Work Internet Ltd |
| +44 165256 | Allocated | Served Up Limited |
| +44 165257 | Allocated | Solutios Limited |
| +44 165258 | Allocated | Mars Communications Limited |
| +44 165259 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 165260 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 165261 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 165262 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 165263 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 165264 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 165265 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 165266 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 165267 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 165268 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 165269 | Protected | — |
| +44 165270 | Allocated | Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd |
| +44 165271 | Allocated | Telecoms World Direct Limited |
| +44 165272 | Allocated | Nexus Telecommunications Limited |
| +44 165273 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 165274 | Allocated | Invade International Ltd |
| +44 165275 | Allocated | CFL Communications Ltd |
| +44 165276 | Protected | — |
| +44 165277 | Protected | — |
| +44 1652780 | Allocated | Digitech Solutions Global Limited |
| +44 1652781 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1652782 | Allocated | Calltracks Limited |
| +44 1652783 | Allocated | VoiceHost Limited |
| +44 1652784 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
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- 01724 Scunthorpe12 km away
- 01469 Killingholme17 km away
- 01673 Market Rasen21 km away
- 01482 Hull24 km away
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- Virgin Media Limited6 allocated blocks on 01652
- Sky UK Limited4 allocated blocks on 01652
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FAQs about 01652
Where is area code 01652?
01652 is Ofcom's Brigg numbering area, in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber England. Its exchange town is in North Lincolnshire. From abroad, drop the 0 and dial +44 1652.
Do I need to dial 01652 for a local call?
Traditionally not from another 01652 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01652 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
How are 01652 numbers written?
Numbers on 01652 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01652 234 567. From abroad the leading zero is dropped: +44 1652 then the local number.
What was the 01652 area code before?
01652 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 0652. Old signage or stationery showing 0652 refers to the same Brigg numbers.
Which phone companies hold 01652 numbers?
Ofcom lists 89 providers with allocated blocks on 01652. The largest are BT with 15 of the 122 allocated blocks, Virgin Media Limited with 6 of the 122 allocated blocks and Sky UK Limited with 4 of the 122 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 01652?
By distance between exchange towns, the nearest other codes are 01724 Scunthorpe (12 km), 01469 Killingholme (17 km), 01673 Market Rasen (21 km) and 01482 Hull (24 km).
How do I report a scam call from a 01652 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.