UK area code

01698 area code — Motherwell

01698 is Ofcom’s Motherwell numbering area, in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. 107 phone companies hold its 259 allocated number blocks. Its numbers are written like 01698 234 567. The nearest other codes are 01236 Coatbridge (8 km) and 01355 East Kilbride (11 km).

More on the Motherwell dialling code →

01698 at a glance

Ofcom area name: Motherwell
Council area: North Lanarkshire
Country: Scotland
Number format: 01698 234 567 (4+6)
Local calls: Full number recommended
Current code since: 1995 (previously 0698)
Allocated blocks: 259 of 433 (60%) across 107 providers
Newest block: 18 June 2026 (3 in the last 12 months)
Nearest codes: 01236 Coatbridge (8 km), 01355 East Kilbride (11 km), 01357 Strathaven (13 km), 01501 Harthill (17 km)

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

Map of the 01698 Motherwell dialling area and the nearest other UK area codes — Shaded: the council area containing the code's main exchange town (North Lanarkshire). 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.

If a 01698 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 Police Scotland on 101. In Scotland fraud goes to Police Scotland rather than Report Fraud.
159 (Stop Scams UK) ↗Police Scotland ↗

01698 history and number format

Number format: Numbers on 01698 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01698 234 567.

Before 1995: 01698 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 0698.

Local dialling: Traditionally not from another 01698 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01698 first always works, and mobiles always need it.

Allocation record: the oldest number block still visible on 01698 was allocated on 15 July 1994, and the most recent on 18 June 2026. 3 blocks were allocated in the last 12 months — newly-activated ranges with no call history, which is worth knowing when an unfamiliar 01698 number rings (see the weekly numbering changelog for every new allocation.)

Phone companies holding 01698 numbers

Every Ofcom range holder with blocks on 01698, 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	61	61	15 July 1994	11 January 2022
Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited	24	24	7 February 2013	18 June 2026
Sky UK Limited	21	21	12 June 2013	14 December 2020
Virgin Media Limited	13	13	29 June 2012	17 March 2016
Vodafone Ltd (C&W)	13	13	9 September 2013	10 November 2021
TalkTalk Communications Limited	11	11	19 January 2012	10 June 2019
Verizon UK Limited	5	5	8 January 2010	17 June 2013
GCI Network Solutions Limited	4	4	25 April 2017	22 December 2023
Colt Technology Services	3	3	1 May 2015	22 December 2020
Digital Space Group Limited	3	3	20 May 2008	12 April 2016
Calltracks Limited	2	2	23 September 2013	28 June 2016
Chess Limited	2	2	6 April 2018	6 April 2018
Fuse 2 Communications Ltd	2	2	3 July 2017	22 January 2024
Voiceflex Limited	2	2	30 July 2007	20 October 2021
(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	10 April 2012	10 April 2012
AQL Wholesale Ltd	1	1	27 December 2007	27 December 2007
Adepteo Limited	1	1	6 December 2016	6 December 2016
Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd	1	1	30 March 2009	30 March 2009
Antheus Telecom Limited	1	1	7 February 2018	7 February 2018
Atomstream Limited	1	1	14 May 2010	14 May 2010
Barritec Limited	1	1	19 October 2012	19 October 2012
Barritel Limited	1	1	8 October 2008	8 October 2008
Belgacom International Carrier Services SA	1	1	10 November 2020	10 November 2020
Bicom Systems EURL	1	1	1 March 2012	1 March 2012
Bink Networks Ltd	1	1	11 April 2023	11 April 2023
Buzz Networks Limited	1	1	1 March 2010	1 March 2010
CFL Communications Ltd	1	1	14 July 2009	14 July 2009
Ccpro Solutions Limited	1	1	15 January 2013	15 January 2013

Showing the 30 largest of 107 holders.

Openreach exchanges at Motherwell

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

Holytown WSHOLStop sell 14-Feb-26 · Tranche 19
Motherwell (MOO) WSMOTStop sell 26-May-25 · Tranche 16

All number blocks on 01698first 200 of 433, by prefix

Prefix	Status	Range holder
+44 169800	Protected	—
+44 169801	Protected	—
+44 169802	Protected	—
+44 169803	Protected	—
+44 169804	Protected	—
+44 169805	Protected	—
+44 169806	Protected	—
+44 169807	Protected	—
+44 169808	Protected	—
+44 169809	Protected	—
+44 169810	Protected	—
+44 1698110	Protected	—
+44 1698111	Protected	—
+44 1698112	Protected	—
+44 1698113	Protected	—
+44 1698114	Protected	—
+44 1698115	Protected	—
+44 1698116	Protected	—
+44 1698117	Protected	—
+44 1698118	Protected	—
+44 1698119	Protected	—
+44 169812	Protected	—
+44 169813	Protected	—
+44 169814	Protected	—
+44 169815	Protected	—
+44 169816	Protected	—
+44 169817	Protected	—
+44 169818	Protected	—
+44 169819	Protected	—
+44 169820	Allocated	BT
+44 1698210	Allocated	BT
+44 1698211	Allocated	BT
+44 1698212	Allocated	BT
+44 1698213	Protected	—
+44 1698214	Protected	—
+44 1698215	Protected	—
+44 1698216	Protected	—
+44 1698217	Allocated	BT
+44 1698218	Protected	—
+44 1698219	Allocated	BT
+44 1698220	Allocated	Digital Space Group Limited
+44 1698221	Protected	—
+44 1698222	Allocated	Lumen Technologies UK Limited
+44 1698223	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1698224	Allocated	DRD Communications Limited
+44 1698225	Allocated	TTNC Limited
+44 1698226	Allocated	TelNG Limited
+44 1698227	Allocated	Spitfire Network Services Limited
+44 1698228	Allocated	Orange Business Holdings UK Limited
+44 1698229	Allocated	Localphone Limited
+44 1698230	Allocated	BT
+44 1698231	Allocated	BT
+44 1698232	Allocated	BT
+44 1698233	Allocated	BT
+44 1698234	Allocated	BT
+44 1698235	Allocated	BT
+44 1698236	Protected	—
+44 1698237	Allocated	BT
+44 1698238	Allocated	BT
+44 1698239	Allocated	BT
+44 169824	Allocated	BT
+44 169825	Allocated	BT
+44 169826	Allocated	BT
+44 1698270	Protected	—
+44 1698271	Protected	—
+44 1698272	Allocated	BT
+44 1698273	Allocated	BT
+44 1698274	Allocated	BT
+44 1698275	Allocated	BT
+44 1698276	Allocated	BT
+44 1698277	Allocated	BT
+44 1698278	Protected	—
+44 1698279	Protected	—
+44 169828	Allocated	BT
+44 169829	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 169830	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1698310	Allocated	(AQ) LIMITED
+44 1698311	Allocated	Nationwide Telephone Assistance Ltd
+44 1698312	Allocated	VoIP-Un Limited
+44 1698313	Allocated	AQL Wholesale Ltd
+44 1698314	Allocated	Digital Space Group Limited
+44 1698315	Allocated	Digital Space Group Limited
+44 1698316	Allocated	Telecom2 Limited
+44 1698317	Allocated	TalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 1698318	Allocated	Nodemax Limited
+44 1698319	Allocated	Invade International Ltd
+44 169832	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 169833	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 169834	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 169835	Allocated	BT
+44 169836	Allocated	BT
+44 169837	Allocated	BT
+44 169838	Allocated	BT
+44 169839	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 169840	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 169841	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 169842	Allocated	BT
+44 1698430	Allocated	GCI Network Solutions Limited
+44 1698431	Protected	—
+44 1698432	Protected	—
+44 1698433	Protected	—
+44 1698434	Protected	—
+44 1698435	Protected	—
+44 1698436	Protected	—
+44 1698437	Protected	—
+44 1698438	Protected	—
+44 1698439	Protected	—
+44 169844	Allocated	Magrathea Telecommunications Limited
+44 169845	Allocated	BT
+44 169846	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1698470	Quarantined	—
+44 1698471	Quarantined	—
+44 1698472	Protected	—
+44 1698473	Protected	—
+44 1698474	Protected	—
+44 1698475	Protected	—
+44 1698476	Allocated	BT
+44 1698477	Allocated	BT
+44 1698478	Allocated	BT
+44 1698479	Allocated	BT
+44 169848	Allocated	BT
+44 169849	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 169850	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1698510	Allocated	Voxbone SA
+44 1698511	Allocated	Net-Work Internet Ltd
+44 1698512	Protected	—
+44 1698513	Allocated	Barritel Limited
+44 1698514	Allocated	Served Up Limited
+44 1698515	Allocated	Ziron Limited
+44 1698516	Allocated	Barritec Limited
+44 1698517	Allocated	Vonage Business Limited
+44 1698518	Allocated	Solutios Limited
+44 1698519	Allocated	Mars Communications Limited
+44 169852	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1698530	Protected	—
+44 1698531	Protected	—
+44 1698532	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1698533	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1698534	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1698535	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1698536	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1698537	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1698538	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1698539	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 169854	Allocated	BT
+44 169855	Allocated	BT
+44 1698560	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1698561	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1698562	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1698563	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1698564	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1698565	Protected	—
+44 1698566	Protected	—
+44 1698567	Protected	—
+44 1698568	Protected	—
+44 1698569	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 169857	Allocated	BT
+44 1698580	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1698581	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1698582	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1698583	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1698584	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1698585	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1698586	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1698587	Protected	—
+44 1698588	Protected	—
+44 1698589	Protected	—
+44 1698590	Allocated	Linear Telecoms Limited
+44 1698591	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1698592	Allocated	Bicom Systems EURL
+44 1698593	Allocated	Invoco Ltd
+44 1698594	Allocated	8x8 Communications UK Limited
+44 1698595	Protected	—
+44 1698596	Allocated	ICC Networks Ltd
+44 1698597	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1698598	Allocated	Simwood eSMS Limited
+44 1698599	Allocated	IOVOX Limited
+44 1698600	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1698601	Quarantined	—
+44 1698602	Allocated	Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd
+44 1698603	Quarantined	—
+44 1698604	Allocated	Telecoms World Limited
+44 1698605	Allocated	CFL Communications Ltd
+44 1698606	Allocated	Nexus Telecommunications Limited
+44 1698607	Allocated	GCI Network Solutions Limited
+44 1698608	Allocated	Verizon UK Limited
+44 1698609	Allocated	Buzz Networks Limited
+44 1698610	Protected	—
+44 1698611	Allocated	TeleWare Group Limited
+44 1698612	Allocated	Verizon UK Limited
+44 1698613	Allocated	Atomstream Limited
+44 1698614	Allocated	Suretec Systems Ltd
+44 1698615	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1698616	Allocated	Telappliant Limited
+44 1698617	Allocated	Calltracks Limited
+44 1698618	Protected	—
+44 1698619	Allocated	Windsor Telecom Limited
+44 1698620	Allocated	Core Telecom Limited
+44 1698621	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1698622	Allocated	GCI Network Solutions Limited

FAQs about 01698

Where is area code 01698?

01698 is Ofcom's Motherwell numbering area, in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its exchange town is in North Lanarkshire. From abroad, drop the 0 and dial +44 1698.

Do I need to dial 01698 for a local call?

Traditionally not from another 01698 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01698 first always works, and mobiles always need it.

How are 01698 numbers written?

Numbers on 01698 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01698 234 567. From abroad the leading zero is dropped: +44 1698 then the local number.

What was the 01698 area code before?

01698 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 0698. Old signage or stationery showing 0698 refers to the same Motherwell numbers.

Which phone companies hold 01698 numbers?

Ofcom lists 107 providers with allocated blocks on 01698. The largest are BT with 61 of the 259 allocated blocks, Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited with 24 of the 259 allocated blocks and Sky UK Limited with 21 of the 259 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 01698?

By distance between exchange towns, the nearest other codes are 01236 Coatbridge (8 km), 01355 East Kilbride (11 km), 01357 Strathaven (13 km) and 01501 Harthill (17 km).

How do I report a scam call from a 01698 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.