UK area code
01724 area code — Scunthorpe
01724 is Ofcom’s Scunthorpe numbering area, in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber England. 101 phone companies hold its 166 allocated number blocks. Its numbers are written like 01724 234 567. The nearest other codes are 01652 Brigg (12 km) and 01405 Goole (20 km).
01724 at a glance
- Ofcom area name
- Scunthorpe
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Council area
- North Lincolnshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber England
- Number format
- 01724 234 567 (4+6)
- Local calls
- Full number recommended
- Current code since
- 1995 (previously 0724)
- Allocated blocks
- 166 of 424 (39%) across 101 providers
- Newest block
- 3 June 2026 (3 in the last 12 months)
Sources: Ofcom numbering data (weekly) and area-code list, Ofcom Numbering Plan, ONS geography.
If a 01724 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.
01724 history and number format
Number format: Numbers on 01724 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01724 234 567.
Before 1995: 01724 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 0724.
Local dialling: Traditionally not from another 01724 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01724 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
Allocation record: the oldest number block still visible on 01724 was allocated on 15 July 1994, and the most recent on 3 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 01724 number rings (see the weekly numbering changelog for every new allocation.)
Phone companies holding 01724 numbers
Every Ofcom range holder with blocks on 01724, 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 | 18 | 18 | 15 July 1994 | 25 November 2020 |
| GCI Network Solutions Limited | 11 | 11 | 25 April 2017 | 26 February 2024 |
| Vodafone Ltd (C&W) | 10 | 10 | 10 September 2013 | 16 November 2021 |
| Sky UK Limited | 9 | 9 | 21 June 2013 | 12 March 2021 |
| TalkTalk Communications Limited | 6 | 6 | 19 January 2012 | 21 November 2018 |
| Virgin Media Limited | 4 | 4 | 30 January 1997 | 26 July 2012 |
| Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited | 3 | 3 | 8 April 2005 | 3 June 2026 |
| Resilient Limited | 3 | 3 | 18 May 2012 | 18 May 2012 |
| Calltracks Limited | 2 | 2 | 23 September 2013 | 19 June 2017 |
| Colt Technology Services | 2 | 2 | 1 May 2015 | 12 August 2021 |
| DRD Communications Limited | 2 | 2 | 5 October 2023 | 5 October 2023 |
| Digital Space Group Limited | 2 | 2 | 15 March 2016 | 12 April 2016 |
| Digitech Solutions Global Limited | 2 | 2 | 27 April 2010 | 26 June 2012 |
| Fuse 2 Communications Ltd | 2 | 2 | 3 July 2017 | 22 January 2024 |
| KCOM Group Ltd | 2 | 2 | 4 July 2019 | 10 June 2021 |
| Media Hawk Ltd | 2 | 2 | 10 April 2013 | 26 October 2018 |
| Six Degrees Technology Group Limited | 2 | 2 | 14 January 2020 | 14 January 2020 |
| (AQ) LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 12 September 2012 | 12 September 2012 |
| 24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 21 January 2020 | 21 January 2020 |
| 8x8 Communications UK Limited | 1 | 1 | 10 April 2012 | 10 April 2012 |
| AQL Wholesale Ltd | 1 | 1 | 4 August 2006 | 4 August 2006 |
| 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 | 26 March 2010 | 26 March 2010 |
| Barritec Limited | 1 | 1 | 28 September 2011 | 28 September 2011 |
| Barritel Limited | 1 | 1 | 23 June 2006 | 23 June 2006 |
| Belgacom International Carrier Services SA | 1 | 1 | 21 October 2020 | 21 October 2020 |
| Bicom Systems EURL | 1 | 1 | 1 March 2012 | 1 March 2012 |
| Bink Networks Ltd | 1 | 1 | 11 April 2023 | 11 April 2023 |
Showing the 30 largest of 101 holders.
Openreach exchanges at Scunthorpe
Exchanges Openreach lists at this location in its copper stop-sell programme, with the date new copper orders stop.
- Scunthorpe SLSEKStop sell 26-May-25 · Tranche 16
All number blocks on 01724first 200 of 424, by prefix
| Prefix | Status | Range holder |
|---|---|---|
| +44 172400 | Protected | — |
| +44 172401 | Protected | — |
| +44 172402 | Protected | — |
| +44 172403 | Protected | — |
| +44 172404 | Protected | — |
| +44 172405 | Protected | — |
| +44 172406 | Protected | — |
| +44 172407 | Protected | — |
| +44 172408 | Protected | — |
| +44 172409 | Protected | — |
| +44 172410 | Protected | — |
| +44 172411 | Protected | — |
| +44 172412 | Protected | — |
| +44 172413 | Protected | — |
| +44 172414 | Protected | — |
| +44 172415 | Protected | — |
| +44 172416 | Protected | — |
| +44 172417 | Protected | — |
| +44 172418 | Protected | — |
| +44 172419 | Protected | — |
| +44 172420 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1724210 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724211 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724212 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724213 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724214 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724215 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724216 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724217 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724218 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724219 | Protected | — |
| +44 172422 | Allocated | Redcentric Solutions Limited |
| +44 1724230 | Allocated | DRD Communications Limited |
| +44 1724231 | Allocated | DRD Communications Limited |
| +44 1724232 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724233 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724234 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724235 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724236 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724237 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724238 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724239 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724240 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1724241 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1724242 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1724243 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1724244 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1724245 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1724246 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1724247 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1724248 | Allocated | KCOM Group Ltd |
| +44 1724249 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 172425 | Allocated | TGL Services (UK) Ltd |
| +44 172426 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 172427 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 172428 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 172429 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1724300 | Allocated | Linear Telecoms Limited |
| +44 1724301 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724302 | Allocated | Orbtalk Limited |
| +44 1724303 | Allocated | Barritec Limited |
| +44 1724304 | Allocated | Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) |
| +44 1724305 | Allocated | Internexus Networks Limited |
| +44 1724306 | Allocated | Hello Telecom (UK) Limited |
| +44 1724307 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1724308 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724309 | Allocated | Bicom Systems EURL |
| +44 1724310 | Allocated | Six Degrees Technology Group Limited |
| +44 1724311 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724312 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724313 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724314 | Allocated | Six Degrees Technology Group Limited |
| +44 1724315 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724316 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724317 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724318 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724319 | Protected | — |
| +44 172432 | Protected | — |
| +44 172433 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 172434 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 172435 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 172436 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724370 | Allocated | Digitech Solutions Global Limited |
| +44 1724371 | Allocated | 8x8 Communications UK Limited |
| +44 1724372 | Allocated | ICC Networks Ltd |
| +44 1724373 | Allocated | Ziron Limited |
| +44 1724374 | Allocated | Content Guru Limited |
| +44 1724375 | Allocated | Invoco Ltd |
| +44 1724376 | Allocated | Simwood eSMS Limited |
| +44 1724377 | Allocated | IOVOX Limited |
| +44 1724378 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724379 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 172438 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 172439 | Protected | — |
| +44 172440 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 172441 | Allocated | AQL Wholesale Ltd |
| +44 172442 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1724430 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724431 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724432 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724433 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724434 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724435 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724436 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724437 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724438 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724439 | Protected | — |
| +44 172444 | Allocated | TTNC Limited |
| +44 1724450 | Allocated | YayYay Limited |
| +44 1724451 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724452 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1724453 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724454 | Allocated | Colt Technology Services |
| +44 1724455 | Allocated | Digital Mail Limited |
| +44 1724456 | Allocated | Convergence Group (wireless) Networks Limited |
| +44 1724457 | Allocated | Alnitak GmbH |
| +44 1724458 | Allocated | Adepteo Limited |
| +44 1724459 | Protected | — |
| +44 172446 | Allocated | TelNG Limited |
| +44 1724470 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724471 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724472 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724473 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724474 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724475 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724476 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724477 | Allocated | Spitfire Network Services Limited |
| +44 1724478 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724479 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724480 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724481 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724482 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724483 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724484 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724485 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724486 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724487 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1724488 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1724489 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1724490 | Allocated | Resilient Limited |
| +44 1724491 | Allocated | Resilient Limited |
| +44 1724492 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724493 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724494 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724495 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724496 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724497 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724498 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724499 | Allocated | Resilient Limited |
| +44 1724500 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1724501 | Allocated | EVE CONNECT LTD |
| +44 1724502 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1724503 | Allocated | Media Hawk Ltd |
| +44 1724504 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1724505 | Allocated | KCOM Group Ltd |
| +44 1724506 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1724507 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1724508 | Allocated | Belgacom International Carrier Services SA |
| +44 1724509 | Allocated | DIDWW Ireland Limited |
| +44 1724510 | Allocated | VOXYONDER NETWORK SERVICES UK LTD |
| +44 1724511 | Allocated | Mi Telecom Limited |
| +44 1724512 | Allocated | Orange Business Holdings UK Limited |
| +44 1724513 | Free | — |
| +44 1724514 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1724515 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724516 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724517 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724518 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724519 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724520 | Allocated | Lanonyx Telecom Limited |
| +44 1724521 | Free | — |
| +44 1724522 | Allocated | Bink Networks Ltd |
| +44 1724523 | Free | — |
| +44 1724524 | Allocated | Colt Technology Services |
| +44 1724525 | Free | — |
| +44 1724526 | Free | — |
| +44 1724527 | Free | — |
| +44 1724528 | Allocated | TELNYX UK LIMITED |
| +44 1724529 | Free | — |
| +44 172453 | Allocated | Localphone Limited |
| +44 172454 | Allocated | Net-Work Internet Ltd |
| +44 172455 | Allocated | Voiceflex Limited |
| +44 172456 | Protected | — |
| +44 172457 | Allocated | (AQ) LIMITED |
| +44 172458 | Allocated | Nationwide Telephone Assistance Ltd |
| +44 172459 | Allocated | VoIP-Un Limited |
| +44 1724600 | Allocated | Nodemax Limited |
| +44 1724601 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1724602 | Allocated | Solutios Limited |
| +44 1724603 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724604 | Allocated | Served Up Limited |
| +44 1724605 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 1724606 | Allocated | Telecom2 Limited |
| +44 1724607 | Protected | — |
| +44 1724608 | Allocated | Voxbone SA |
| +44 1724609 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 1724610 | Allocated | Mars Communications Limited |
| +44 1724611 | Allocated | Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd |
| +44 1724612 | Allocated | Invade International Ltd |
| +44 1724613 | Quarantined | — |
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- 01405 Goole20 km away
- 01427 Gainsborough22 km away
- 01430 Market Weighton22 km away
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- GCI Network Solutions Limited11 allocated blocks on 01724
- Vodafone Ltd (C&W)10 allocated blocks on 01724
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FAQs about 01724
Where is area code 01724?
01724 is Ofcom's Scunthorpe numbering area, in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber England. Its exchange town is in North Lincolnshire. From abroad, drop the 0 and dial +44 1724.
Do I need to dial 01724 for a local call?
Traditionally not from another 01724 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01724 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
How are 01724 numbers written?
Numbers on 01724 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01724 234 567. From abroad the leading zero is dropped: +44 1724 then the local number.
What was the 01724 area code before?
01724 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 0724. Old signage or stationery showing 0724 refers to the same Scunthorpe numbers.
Which phone companies hold 01724 numbers?
Ofcom lists 101 providers with allocated blocks on 01724. The largest are BT with 18 of the 166 allocated blocks, GCI Network Solutions Limited with 11 of the 166 allocated blocks and Vodafone with 10 of the 166 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 01724?
By distance between exchange towns, the nearest other codes are 01652 Brigg (12 km), 01405 Goole (20 km), 01427 Gainsborough (22 km) and 01430 Market Weighton (22 km).
How do I report a scam call from a 01724 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.