UK area code
01938 area code — Welshpool
01938 is Ofcom’s Welshpool numbering area, in Powys, Wales. 85 phone companies hold its 102 allocated number blocks. Its numbers are written like 01938 234 567. The nearest other codes are 01588 Bishops Castle (21 km) and 01691 Oswestry (23 km).
01938 at a glance
- Ofcom area name
- Welshpool
- Council area
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Number format
- 01938 234 567 (4+6)
- Local calls
- Full number recommended
- Current code since
- 1995 (previously 0938)
- Allocated blocks
- 102 of 388 (26%) across 85 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 01938 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.
01938 history and number format
Number format: Numbers on 01938 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01938 234 567.
Before 1995: 01938 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 0938.
Local dialling: Traditionally not from another 01938 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01938 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
Allocation record: the oldest number block still visible on 01938 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 01938 number rings (see the weekly numbering changelog for every new allocation.)
Phone companies holding 01938 numbers
Every Ofcom range holder with blocks on 01938, 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 | 11 | 11 | 15 July 1994 | 30 March 2020 |
| TalkTalk Communications Limited | 3 | 3 | 19 January 2012 | 11 February 2013 |
| Datazero Ltd | 2 | 2 | 15 November 2010 | 29 April 2019 |
| Digital Space Group Limited | 2 | 2 | 4 June 2008 | 15 March 2016 |
| Fuse 2 Communications Ltd | 2 | 2 | 3 July 2017 | 22 January 2024 |
| GCI Network Solutions Limited | 2 | 2 | 2 May 2017 | 22 December 2023 |
| Sky UK Limited | 2 | 2 | 26 June 2013 | 7 June 2024 |
| (AQ) LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 27 September 2012 | 27 September 2012 |
| 24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 27 January 2020 | 27 January 2020 |
| 8x8 Communications UK Limited | 1 | 1 | 19 April 2012 | 19 April 2012 |
| AQL Wholesale Ltd | 1 | 1 | 1 November 2004 | 1 November 2004 |
| Adepteo Limited | 1 | 1 | 29 November 2016 | 29 November 2016 |
| Alnitak GmbH | 1 | 1 | 20 September 2017 | 20 September 2017 |
| Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd | 1 | 1 | 15 April 2009 | 15 April 2009 |
| Atomstream Limited | 1 | 1 | 13 April 2010 | 13 April 2010 |
| Barritec Limited | 1 | 1 | 19 October 2012 | 19 October 2012 |
| Barritel Limited | 1 | 1 | 8 October 2008 | 8 October 2008 |
| Bicom Systems EURL | 1 | 1 | 1 March 2012 | 1 March 2012 |
| Bink Networks Ltd | 1 | 1 | 11 April 2023 | 11 April 2023 |
| CFL Communications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 21 July 2009 | 21 July 2009 |
| Colt Technology Services | 1 | 1 | 18 July 2016 | 18 July 2016 |
| Content Guru Limited | 1 | 1 | 11 October 2012 | 11 October 2012 |
| Convergence Group (wireless) Networks Limited | 1 | 1 | 21 May 2019 | 21 May 2019 |
| DIDWW Ireland Limited | 1 | 1 | 22 January 2019 | 22 January 2019 |
| DRD Communications Limited | 1 | 1 | 5 October 2023 | 5 October 2023 |
| Dial 9 Communications Limited | 1 | 1 | 8 January 2020 | 8 January 2020 |
| Digital Mail Limited | 1 | 1 | 21 October 2011 | 21 October 2011 |
| Digitech Solutions Global Limited | 1 | 1 | 26 June 2012 | 26 June 2012 |
| EVE CONNECT LTD | 1 | 1 | 22 June 2022 | 22 June 2022 |
| Flextel Limited | 1 | 1 | 21 October 2005 | 21 October 2005 |
Showing the 30 largest of 85 holders.
Openreach exchanges at Welshpool
Exchanges Openreach lists at this location in its copper stop-sell programme, with the date new copper orders stop.
- Welshpool WNWPLStop sell 08-Aug-23 · Tranche 9
All number blocks on 01938first 200 of 388, by prefix
| Prefix | Status | Range holder |
|---|---|---|
| +44 193800 | Protected | — |
| +44 193801 | Protected | — |
| +44 193802 | Protected | — |
| +44 193803 | Protected | — |
| +44 193804 | Protected | — |
| +44 193805 | Protected | — |
| +44 193806 | Protected | — |
| +44 193807 | Protected | — |
| +44 193808 | Protected | — |
| +44 193809 | Protected | — |
| +44 193810 | Protected | — |
| +44 193811 | Protected | — |
| +44 193812 | Protected | — |
| +44 193813 | Protected | — |
| +44 193814 | Protected | — |
| +44 193815 | Protected | — |
| +44 193816 | Protected | — |
| +44 193817 | Protected | — |
| +44 193818 | Protected | — |
| +44 193819 | Protected | — |
| +44 193820 | Allocated | (AQ) LIMITED |
| +44 193821 | Allocated | Voiceflex Limited |
| +44 1938220 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938221 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938222 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938223 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938224 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938225 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938226 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938227 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938228 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1938229 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 193823 | Protected | — |
| +44 193824 | Allocated | Nationwide Telephone Assistance Ltd |
| +44 193825 | Allocated | VoIP-Un Limited |
| +44 1938260 | Free | — |
| +44 1938261 | Free | — |
| +44 1938262 | Free | — |
| +44 1938263 | Free | — |
| +44 1938264 | Free | — |
| +44 1938265 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938266 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938267 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 1938268 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938269 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938270 | Allocated | Digital Mail Limited |
| +44 1938271 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938272 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938273 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938274 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938275 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938276 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938277 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938278 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938279 | Protected | — |
| +44 193828 | Allocated | Redcentric Solutions Limited |
| +44 193829 | Allocated | Telecom2 Limited |
| +44 193830 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 193831 | Allocated | Nodemax Limited |
| +44 1938320 | Allocated | Voxbone SA |
| +44 1938321 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938322 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938323 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938324 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938325 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938326 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938327 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938328 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938329 | Protected | — |
| +44 193833 | Protected | — |
| +44 193834 | Allocated | Served Up Limited |
| +44 193835 | Allocated | Barritel Limited |
| +44 193836 | Protected | — |
| +44 193837 | Allocated | Barritec Limited |
| +44 193838 | Allocated | Solutios Limited |
| +44 193839 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 1938400 | Allocated | DRD Communications Limited |
| +44 1938401 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938402 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938403 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938404 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938405 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938406 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938407 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938408 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938409 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938410 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938411 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938412 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938413 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938414 | Allocated | Six Degrees Technology Group Limited |
| +44 1938415 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938416 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938417 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938418 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938419 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938420 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938421 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938422 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938423 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938424 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938425 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938426 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938427 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938428 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938429 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938430 | Allocated | Digitech Solutions Global Limited |
| +44 1938431 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938432 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1938433 | Allocated | Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) |
| +44 1938434 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938435 | Allocated | Internexus Networks Limited |
| +44 1938436 | Allocated | Hello Telecom (UK) Limited |
| +44 1938437 | Allocated | Orbtalk Limited |
| +44 1938438 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938439 | Allocated | Bicom Systems EURL |
| +44 193844 | Allocated | TTNC Limited |
| +44 193845 | Allocated | TelNG Limited |
| +44 193846 | Allocated | Localphone Limited |
| +44 1938470 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938471 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938472 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938473 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938474 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938475 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938476 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938477 | Allocated | Spitfire Network Services Limited |
| +44 1938478 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938479 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938480 | Allocated | Invoco Ltd |
| +44 1938481 | Allocated | Nexbridge Communications Limited |
| +44 1938482 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938483 | Allocated | 8x8 Communications UK Limited |
| +44 1938484 | Allocated | IOVOX Limited |
| +44 1938485 | Allocated | Ziron Limited |
| +44 1938486 | Allocated | Content Guru Limited |
| +44 1938487 | Allocated | Datazero Ltd |
| +44 1938488 | Allocated | ICC Networks Ltd |
| +44 1938489 | Allocated | Minotaur Telecom Limited |
| +44 193849 | Allocated | Net-Work Internet Ltd |
| +44 193850 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1938510 | Allocated | Linear Telecoms Limited |
| +44 1938511 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938512 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938513 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938514 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938515 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938516 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938517 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938518 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938519 | Protected | — |
| +44 193852 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 193853 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 193854 | Allocated | Flextel Limited |
| +44 193855 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 193856 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 193857 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 193858 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 193859 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 193860 | Allocated | Mars Communications Limited |
| +44 193861 | Allocated | Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd |
| +44 193862 | Allocated | Invade International Ltd |
| +44 193863 | Allocated | Telecoms World Limited |
| +44 193864 | Allocated | CFL Communications Ltd |
| +44 193865 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 193866 | Protected | — |
| +44 193867 | Protected | — |
| +44 193868 | Allocated | Nexus Telecommunications Limited |
| +44 1938690 | Allocated | Atomstream Limited |
| +44 1938691 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1938692 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938693 | Allocated | VoiceHost Limited |
| +44 1938694 | Allocated | Datazero Ltd |
| +44 1938695 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938696 | Allocated | Suretec Systems Ltd |
| +44 1938697 | Allocated | Telephone Box Limited |
| +44 1938698 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1938699 | Allocated | Windsor Telecom Limited |
| +44 1938700 | Allocated | Phone Co-Op Numbering Limited |
| +44 1938701 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938702 | Allocated | Invosys Limited |
| +44 1938703 | Allocated | INTELLIGENT EXCHANGES LIMITED |
| +44 1938704 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938705 | Allocated | Kalnet4U Ltd |
| +44 1938706 | Allocated | Nuso Cloud UK Limited |
| +44 1938707 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938708 | Allocated | Simwood eSMS Limited |
| +44 1938709 | Allocated | XoverX Ltd |
| +44 1938710 | Allocated | Redwood Technologies Ltd |
| +44 1938711 | Allocated | Fuse 2 Communications Ltd |
| +44 1938712 | Allocated | YayYay Limited |
| +44 1938713 | Allocated | Convergence Group (wireless) Networks Limited |
| +44 1938714 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938715 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938716 | Protected | — |
| +44 1938717 | Allocated | I.T Communications Limited |
| +44 1938718 | Allocated | Colt Technology Services |
| +44 1938719 | Allocated | Adepteo Limited |
| +44 1938720 | Allocated | Number Services Ltd. |
| +44 1938721 | Allocated | Fuse 2 Communications Ltd |
Related lookups
- 01588 Bishops Castle21 km away
- 01691 Oswestry23 km away
- 01694 Church Stretton27 km away
- 01743 Shrewsbury28 km away
- BT11 allocated blocks on 01938
- TalkTalk Communications Limited3 allocated blocks on 01938
- Datazero Ltd2 allocated blocks on 01938
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FAQs about 01938
Where is area code 01938?
01938 is Ofcom's Welshpool numbering area, in Powys, Wales. Its exchange town is in Powys. From abroad, drop the 0 and dial +44 1938.
Do I need to dial 01938 for a local call?
Traditionally not from another 01938 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01938 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
How are 01938 numbers written?
Numbers on 01938 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01938 234 567. From abroad the leading zero is dropped: +44 1938 then the local number.
What was the 01938 area code before?
01938 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 0938. Old signage or stationery showing 0938 refers to the same Welshpool numbers.
Which phone companies hold 01938 numbers?
Ofcom lists 85 providers with allocated blocks on 01938. The largest are BT with 11 of the 102 allocated blocks, TalkTalk Communications Limited with 3 of the 102 allocated blocks and Datazero Ltd with 2 of the 102 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 01938?
By distance between exchange towns, the nearest other codes are 01588 Bishops Castle (21 km), 01691 Oswestry (23 km), 01694 Church Stretton (27 km) and 01743 Shrewsbury (28 km).
How do I report a scam call from a 01938 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.