UK area code

01752 area code — Plymouth

01752 is Ofcom’s Plymouth numbering area, in Devon, South West England. 89 phone companies hold its 356 allocated number blocks. Its numbers are written like 01752 234 567. The nearest other codes are 01822 Tavistock (20 km) and 01503 Looe (22 km).

01752 at a glance

Ofcom area name: Plymouth
County: Devon
Council area: Plymouth
Region: South West England
Number format: 01752 234 567 (4+6)
Local calls: Full number recommended
Current code since: 1995 (previously 0752)
Allocated blocks: 356 of 514 (69%) across 89 providers
Newest block: 23 September 2026 (3 in the last 12 months)
Nearest codes: 01822 Tavistock (20 km), 01503 Looe (22 km), 01579 Liskeard (25 km), 01548 Kingsbridge (28 km)

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

Map of the 01752 Plymouth dialling area and the nearest other UK area codes — Shaded: the council area containing the code's main exchange town (Plymouth). 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 01752 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 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.
159 (Stop Scams UK) ↗Report Fraud ↗

01752 history and number format

Number format: Numbers on 01752 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01752 234 567.

Before 1995: 01752 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 0752.

Local dialling: Traditionally not from another 01752 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01752 first always works, and mobiles always need it.

Allocation record: the oldest number block still visible on 01752 was allocated on 15 July 1994, and the most recent on 23 September 2026. 3 blocks were allocated in the last 12 months — newly-activated ranges with no call history, which is worth knowing when an unfamiliar 01752 number rings (see the weekly numbering changelog for every new allocation.)

Phone companies holding 01752 numbers

Every Ofcom range holder with blocks on 01752, 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	163	163	15 July 1994	22 March 2021
Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited	29	29	15 November 2012	20 July 2026
Sky UK Limited	24	24	20 June 2013	12 March 2021
TalkTalk Communications Limited	13	13	31 August 2011	10 June 2019
Virgin Media Limited	12	12	24 January 2006	14 March 2016
GCI Network Solutions Limited	9	9	26 April 2017	26 February 2024
Vodafone Ltd (C&W)	8	8	18 June 2013	16 November 2021
Colt Technology Services	5	5	5 May 2015	6 July 2023
IOVOX Limited	3	3	4 July 2012	9 July 2025
Redcentric Solutions Limited	3	3	5 June 2015	5 June 2015
Voiceflex Limited	3	3	30 July 2007	23 September 2026
AQL Wholesale Ltd	2	2	4 August 2006	17 June 2015
DRD Communications Limited	2	2	5 October 2023	5 October 2023
Digital Space Group Limited	2	2	15 March 2016	12 April 2016
Infinity Tracking Ltd	2	2	22 March 2019	9 April 2019
TTNC Limited	2	2	15 November 2013	11 September 2015
Verizon UK Limited	2	2	24 November 2004	24 November 2004
(AQ) LIMITED	1	1	26 September 2012	26 September 2012
24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd	1	1	30 September 2019	30 September 2019
8x8 Communications UK Limited	1	1	10 April 2012	10 April 2012
Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd	1	1	30 March 2009	30 March 2009
Barritel Limited	1	1	8 October 2008	8 October 2008
Belgacom International Carrier Services SA	1	1	9 April 2020	9 April 2020
Buzz Networks Limited	1	1	1 March 2010	1 March 2010
Calltracks Limited	1	1	23 September 2013	23 September 2013
Ccpro Solutions Limited	1	1	23 August 2010	23 August 2010
Chess Limited	1	1	6 April 2018	6 April 2018
Content Guru Limited	1	1	12 October 2012	12 October 2012
DIDWW Ireland Limited	1	1	15 October 2018	15 October 2018
Datazero Ltd	1	1	2 November 2010	2 November 2010

Showing the 30 largest of 89 holders.

Openreach exchanges at Plymouth

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

Devonport(DV) WWDPRTStop sell 19-Aug-25 · Tranche 17
Plympton WWPTONStop sell TBD · TBD
St Budeaux (SBX) WWSBUDStop sell 14-Feb-26 · Tranche 19

All number blocks on 01752first 200 of 514, by prefix

Prefix	Status	Range holder
+44 175200	Protected	—
+44 175201	Protected	—
+44 175202	Protected	—
+44 175203	Protected	—
+44 175204	Protected	—
+44 175205	Protected	—
+44 175206	Protected	—
+44 175207	Protected	—
+44 175208	Protected	—
+44 175209	Protected	—
+44 1752100	Protected	—
+44 1752101	Protected	—
+44 1752102	Protected	—
+44 1752103	Protected	—
+44 1752104	Protected	—
+44 1752105	Protected	—
+44 1752106	Protected	—
+44 1752107	Protected	—
+44 1752108	Protected	—
+44 1752109	Protected	—
+44 175211	Protected	—
+44 175212	Protected	—
+44 175213	Protected	—
+44 175214	Protected	—
+44 175215	Protected	—
+44 175216	Protected	—
+44 175217	Protected	—
+44 175218	Protected	—
+44 1752190	Protected	—
+44 1752191	Protected	—
+44 1752192	Protected	—
+44 1752193	Protected	—
+44 1752194	Protected	—
+44 1752195	Protected	—
+44 1752196	Protected	—
+44 1752197	Protected	—
+44 1752198	Protected	—
+44 1752199	Protected	—
+44 175220	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 175221	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 175222	Allocated	BT
+44 175223	Allocated	BT
+44 175224	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1752250	Allocated	BT
+44 1752251	Allocated	BT
+44 1752252	Allocated	BT
+44 1752253	Allocated	BT
+44 1752254	Allocated	BT
+44 1752255	Allocated	BT
+44 1752256	Allocated	BT
+44 1752257	Allocated	BT
+44 1752258	Allocated	BT
+44 1752259	Allocated	IOVOX Limited
+44 175226	Allocated	BT
+44 1752270	Allocated	Colt Technology Services
+44 1752271	Allocated	BT
+44 1752272	Allocated	BT
+44 1752273	Allocated	BT
+44 1752274	Allocated	BT
+44 1752275	Allocated	BT
+44 1752276	Allocated	BT
+44 1752277	Allocated	I.T Communications Limited
+44 1752278	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1752279	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1752280	Allocated	Infinity Tracking Ltd
+44 1752281	Allocated	Infinity Tracking Ltd
+44 1752282	Allocated	BT
+44 1752283	Allocated	BT
+44 1752284	Allocated	BT
+44 1752285	Allocated	BT
+44 1752286	Allocated	BT
+44 1752287	Allocated	TalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 1752288	Protected	—
+44 1752289	Allocated	BT
+44 175229	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 175230	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 175231	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1752320	Allocated	BT
+44 1752321	Allocated	BT
+44 1752322	Allocated	BT
+44 1752323	Allocated	BT
+44 1752324	Allocated	BT
+44 1752325	Allocated	BT
+44 1752326	Allocated	BT
+44 1752327	Allocated	BT
+44 1752328	Allocated	BT
+44 1752329	Free	—
+44 175233	Allocated	BT
+44 175234	Allocated	BT
+44 1752350	Allocated	BT
+44 1752351	Allocated	BT
+44 1752352	Protected	—
+44 1752353	Allocated	BT
+44 1752354	Allocated	Colt Technology Services
+44 1752355	Allocated	BT
+44 1752356	Protected	—
+44 1752357	Protected	—
+44 1752358	Allocated	BT
+44 1752359	Protected	—
+44 175236	Allocated	BT
+44 1752370	Free	—
+44 1752371	Allocated	BT
+44 1752372	Allocated	Hyperoptic Ltd
+44 1752373	Allocated	Voiceflex Limited
+44 1752374	Allocated	Colt Technology Services
+44 1752375	Allocated	KCOM Group Ltd
+44 1752376	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1752377	Allocated	Voiceflex Limited
+44 1752378	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1752379	Free	—
+44 175238	Allocated	BT
+44 1752390	Allocated	Digital Space Group Limited
+44 1752391	Allocated	GTT-EMEA LTD
+44 1752392	Allocated	TelNG Limited
+44 1752393	Allocated	Voiceflex Limited
+44 1752394	Allocated	Localphone Limited
+44 1752395	Allocated	AQL Wholesale Ltd
+44 1752396	Allocated	TalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 1752397	Allocated	Spitfire Network Services Limited
+44 1752398	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1752399	Protected	—
+44 1752400	Allocated	TELNYX UK LIMITED
+44 1752401	Allocated	BT
+44 1752402	Allocated	BT
+44 1752403	Allocated	BT
+44 1752404	Allocated	BT
+44 1752405	Allocated	BT
+44 1752406	Allocated	BT
+44 1752407	Allocated	BT
+44 1752408	Allocated	BT
+44 1752409	Protected	—
+44 1752410	Protected	—
+44 1752411	Allocated	Invade International Ltd
+44 1752412	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1752413	Protected	—
+44 1752414	Allocated	(AQ) LIMITED
+44 1752415	Allocated	TalkTalk Communications Limited
+44 1752416	Protected	—
+44 1752417	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1752418	Allocated	Vonage Business Limited
+44 1752419	Allocated	Resilient Limited
+44 1752420	Protected	—
+44 1752421	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1752422	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1752423	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1752424	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1752425	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1752426	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1752427	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1752428	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1752429	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 175243	Allocated	Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited
+44 1752440	Allocated	Redcentric Solutions Limited
+44 1752441	Protected	—
+44 1752442	Protected	—
+44 1752443	Protected	—
+44 1752444	Allocated	Redcentric Solutions Limited
+44 1752445	Protected	—
+44 1752446	Protected	—
+44 1752447	Protected	—
+44 1752448	Protected	—
+44 1752449	Allocated	Redcentric Solutions Limited
+44 175245	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1752460	Protected	—
+44 1752461	Allocated	Media Hawk Ltd
+44 1752462	Allocated	Hello Telecom (UK) Limited
+44 1752463	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1752464	Allocated	OME LOGIC LTD
+44 1752465	Allocated	Orbtalk Limited
+44 1752466	Allocated	BT
+44 1752467	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1752468	Allocated	Belgacom International Carrier Services SA
+44 1752469	Protected	—
+44 1752470	Protected	—
+44 1752471	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1752472	Allocated	Digital Mail Limited
+44 1752473	Allocated	Sky UK Limited
+44 1752474	Allocated	Six Degrees Technology Group Limited
+44 1752475	Allocated	Virgin Media Limited
+44 1752476	Protected	—
+44 1752477	Allocated	TTNC Limited
+44 1752478	Allocated	WAVECREST NETWORKS LIMITED
+44 1752479	Allocated	Vodafone Ltd (C&W)
+44 1752480	Allocated	BT
+44 1752481	Allocated	BT
+44 1752482	Allocated	BT
+44 1752483	Protected	—
+44 1752484	Allocated	BT
+44 1752485	Allocated	BT
+44 1752486	Protected	—
+44 1752487	Allocated	BT
+44 1752488	Allocated	BT
+44 1752489	Protected	—
+44 1752490	Protected	—
+44 1752491	Allocated	BT
+44 1752492	Allocated	BT
+44 1752493	Allocated	BT
+44 1752494	Allocated	BT
+44 1752495	Allocated	BT
+44 1752496	Protected	—

FAQs about 01752

Where is area code 01752?

01752 is Ofcom's Plymouth numbering area, in Devon, South West England. Its exchange town is in Plymouth. From abroad, drop the 0 and dial +44 1752.

Do I need to dial 01752 for a local call?

Traditionally not from another 01752 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01752 first always works, and mobiles always need it.

How are 01752 numbers written?

Numbers on 01752 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01752 234 567. From abroad the leading zero is dropped: +44 1752 then the local number.

What was the 01752 area code before?

01752 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 0752. Old signage or stationery showing 0752 refers to the same Plymouth numbers.

Which phone companies hold 01752 numbers?

Ofcom lists 89 providers with allocated blocks on 01752. The largest are BT with 163 of the 356 allocated blocks, Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited with 29 of the 356 allocated blocks and Sky UK Limited with 24 of the 356 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 01752?

By distance between exchange towns, the nearest other codes are 01822 Tavistock (20 km), 01503 Looe (22 km), 01579 Liskeard (25 km) and 01548 Kingsbridge (28 km).

How do I report a scam call from a 01752 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.