UK area code
01784 area code — Staines
01784 is Ofcom’s Staines numbering area, in Surrey, South East England. 102 phone companies hold its 208 allocated number blocks. Its numbers are written like 01784 234 567. The nearest other codes are 01932 Weybridge (7 km) and 01753 Slough (11 km).
01784 at a glance
- Ofcom area name
- Staines
- County
- Surrey
- Council area
- Surrey
- Region
- South East England
- Number format
- 01784 234 567 (4+6)
- Local calls
- Full number recommended
- Current code since
- 1995 (previously 0784)
- Allocated blocks
- 208 of 478 (44%) across 102 providers
- Newest block
- 17 March 2026 (2 in the last 12 months)
Sources: Ofcom numbering data (weekly) and area-code list, Ofcom Numbering Plan, ONS geography.
If a 01784 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.
01784 history and number format
Number format: Numbers on 01784 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01784 234 567.
Before 1995: 01784 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 0784.
Local dialling: Traditionally not from another 01784 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01784 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
Allocation record: the oldest number block still visible on 01784 was allocated on 15 July 1994, and the most recent on 17 March 2026. 2 blocks were allocated in the last 12 months — newly-activated ranges with no call history, which is worth knowing when an unfamiliar 01784 number rings (see the weekly numbering changelog for every new allocation.)
Phone companies holding 01784 numbers
Every Ofcom range holder with blocks on 01784, 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 | 19 | 19 | 15 July 1994 | 5 May 2021 |
| Virgin Media Limited | 19 | 19 | 14 August 1995 | 18 March 2016 |
| Vodafone Ltd (C&W) | 17 | 17 | 9 September 2013 | 16 November 2021 |
| GCI Network Solutions Limited | 12 | 12 | 2 May 2017 | 26 February 2024 |
| Sky UK Limited | 8 | 8 | 28 June 2013 | 18 November 2020 |
| Colt Technology Services | 7 | 7 | 26 August 2011 | 18 July 2023 |
| Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited | 7 | 7 | 24 December 2004 | 30 June 2025 |
| GTT-EMEA LTD | 6 | 6 | 13 October 2021 | 13 October 2021 |
| Lumen Technologies UK Limited | 5 | 5 | 9 September 1999 | 9 September 1999 |
| TalkTalk Communications Limited | 5 | 5 | 20 January 2012 | 12 February 2019 |
| Verizon UK Limited | 4 | 4 | 25 March 2008 | 9 May 2016 |
| Digital Space Group Limited | 3 | 3 | 23 May 2008 | 12 April 2016 |
| Resilient Limited | 3 | 3 | 18 May 2012 | 18 May 2012 |
| 24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd | 2 | 2 | 30 September 2019 | 21 January 2020 |
| DRD Communications Limited | 2 | 2 | 5 October 2023 | 5 October 2023 |
| Fuse 2 Communications Ltd | 2 | 2 | 3 July 2017 | 22 January 2024 |
| Six Degrees Technology Group Limited | 2 | 2 | 14 January 2020 | 14 January 2020 |
| (AQ) LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 26 September 2012 | 26 September 2012 |
| 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 | 2 April 2009 | 2 April 2009 |
| Atomstream Limited | 1 | 1 | 29 March 2010 | 29 March 2010 |
| Barritel Limited | 1 | 1 | 12 June 2007 | 12 June 2007 |
| Belgacom International Carrier Services SA | 1 | 1 | 24 April 2020 | 24 April 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 | 21 July 2009 | 21 July 2009 |
| Calltracks Limited | 1 | 1 | 22 January 2014 | 22 January 2014 |
Showing the 30 largest of 102 holders.
Openreach exchanges at Staines
Exchanges Openreach lists at this location in its copper stop-sell programme, with the date new copper orders stop.
- Staines LWSTAIStop sell 08-Nov-24 · Tranche 14
All number blocks on 01784first 200 of 478, by prefix
| Prefix | Status | Range holder |
|---|---|---|
| +44 178400 | Protected | — |
| +44 178401 | Protected | — |
| +44 178402 | Protected | — |
| +44 178403 | Protected | — |
| +44 178404 | Protected | — |
| +44 178405 | Protected | — |
| +44 178406 | Protected | — |
| +44 178407 | Protected | — |
| +44 178408 | Protected | — |
| +44 178409 | Protected | — |
| +44 178410 | Protected | — |
| +44 178411 | Protected | — |
| +44 178412 | Protected | — |
| +44 178413 | Protected | — |
| +44 178414 | Protected | — |
| +44 178415 | Protected | — |
| +44 178416 | Protected | — |
| +44 178417 | Protected | — |
| +44 178418 | Protected | — |
| +44 178419 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784200 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1784201 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1784202 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1784203 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784204 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784205 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784206 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784207 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784208 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784209 | Protected | — |
| +44 178421 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 178422 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 178423 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 178424 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 178425 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 178426 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 178427 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1784280 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1784281 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1784282 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1784283 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1784284 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1784285 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1784286 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784287 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784288 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784289 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1784290 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784291 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784292 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784293 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784294 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784295 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784296 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784297 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784298 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784299 | Protected | — |
| +44 178430 | Allocated | Invade International Ltd |
| +44 1784310 | Allocated | Digitech Solutions Global Limited |
| +44 1784311 | Allocated | HAVENSTOKE COMMUNICATIONS LTD |
| +44 1784312 | Allocated | Orbtalk Limited |
| +44 1784313 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784314 | Allocated | Media Hawk Ltd |
| +44 1784315 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784316 | Allocated | Minotaur Telecom Limited |
| +44 1784317 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784318 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784319 | Protected | — |
| +44 178432 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784330 | Allocated | Internexus Networks Limited |
| +44 1784331 | Allocated | 8x8 Communications UK Limited |
| +44 1784332 | Allocated | ICC Networks Ltd |
| +44 1784333 | Allocated | VoiceHost Limited |
| +44 1784334 | Allocated | Orange Business Holdings UK Limited |
| +44 1784335 | Allocated | IOVOX Limited |
| +44 1784336 | Allocated | 24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd |
| +44 1784337 | Allocated | Bicom Systems EURL |
| +44 1784338 | Allocated | Hello Telecom (UK) Limited |
| +44 1784339 | Allocated | Tuxtel Ltd |
| +44 178434 | Allocated | Served Up Limited |
| +44 178435 | Allocated | Flextel Limited |
| +44 178436 | Protected | — |
| +44 178437 | Protected | — |
| +44 178438 | Allocated | TGL Services (UK) Ltd |
| +44 1784390 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1784391 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1784392 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1784393 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784394 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784395 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784396 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784397 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784398 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784399 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784400 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784401 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784402 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784403 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784404 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784405 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784406 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784407 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1784408 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 1784409 | Allocated | Virgin Media Limited |
| +44 178441 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 178442 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 178443 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 178444 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 178445 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 178446 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 178447 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 178448 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 178449 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1784500 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784501 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784502 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784503 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 1784504 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784505 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784506 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784507 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784508 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784509 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784510 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784511 | Allocated | INTELLIGENT EXCHANGES LIMITED |
| +44 1784512 | Allocated | Nexbridge Communications Limited |
| +44 1784513 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784514 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784515 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784516 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784517 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784518 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784519 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784520 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784521 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784522 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784523 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784524 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784525 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784526 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784527 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784528 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784529 | Protected | — |
| +44 178453 | Allocated | TTNC Limited |
| +44 178454 | Allocated | Simwood eSMS Limited |
| +44 1784550 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784551 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784552 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784553 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784554 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784555 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784556 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784557 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1784558 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1784559 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 178456 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784570 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784571 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784572 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784573 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784574 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784575 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784576 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784577 | Allocated | Spitfire Network Services Limited |
| +44 1784578 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784579 | Protected | — |
| +44 178458 | Allocated | TelNG Limited |
| +44 1784590 | Allocated | Resilient Limited |
| +44 1784591 | Allocated | Resilient Limited |
| +44 1784592 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784593 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784594 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784595 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784596 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784597 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784598 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784599 | Allocated | Resilient Limited |
| +44 1784600 | Allocated | Localphone Limited |
| +44 1784601 | Allocated | Voiceflex Limited |
| +44 1784602 | Allocated | Barritel Limited |
| +44 1784603 | Allocated | (AQ) LIMITED |
| +44 1784604 | Allocated | VoIP-Un Limited |
| +44 1784605 | Allocated | AQL Wholesale Ltd |
| +44 1784606 | Allocated | Net-Work Internet Ltd |
| +44 1784607 | Allocated | Verizon UK Limited |
| +44 1784608 | Allocated | Redcentric Solutions Limited |
| +44 1784609 | Allocated | Telecom2 Limited |
| +44 1784610 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 1784611 | Allocated | Nationwide Telephone Assistance Ltd |
| +44 1784612 | Allocated | Nodemax Limited |
| +44 1784613 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1784614 | Allocated | Voxbone SA |
| +44 1784615 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784616 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784617 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784618 | Allocated | Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) |
| +44 1784619 | Protected | — |
| +44 1784620 | Allocated | Mars Communications Limited |
| +44 1784621 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 1784622 | Allocated | Solutios Limited |
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- 01753 Slough11 km away
- 01372 Esher11 km away
- 01895 Uxbridge13 km away
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- Virgin Media Limited19 allocated blocks on 01784
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FAQs about 01784
Where is area code 01784?
01784 is Ofcom's Staines numbering area, in Surrey, South East England. Its exchange town is in Surrey. From abroad, drop the 0 and dial +44 1784.
Do I need to dial 01784 for a local call?
Traditionally not from another 01784 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01784 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
How are 01784 numbers written?
Numbers on 01784 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01784 234 567. From abroad the leading zero is dropped: +44 1784 then the local number.
What was the 01784 area code before?
01784 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 0784. Old signage or stationery showing 0784 refers to the same Staines numbers.
Which phone companies hold 01784 numbers?
Ofcom lists 102 providers with allocated blocks on 01784. The largest are BT with 19 of the 208 allocated blocks, Virgin Media Limited with 19 of the 208 allocated blocks and Vodafone with 17 of the 208 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 01784?
By distance between exchange towns, the nearest other codes are 01932 Weybridge (7 km), 01753 Slough (11 km), 01372 Esher (11 km) and 01895 Uxbridge (13 km).
How do I report a scam call from a 01784 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.