UK area code
01972 area code — Glenborrodale
01972 is Ofcom’s Glenborrodale numbering area, in Highland, Scotland. 76 phone companies hold its 87 allocated number blocks. Its numbers are written like 01972 234 567. The nearest other codes are 01688 Isle of Mull - Tobermory (12 km) and 01967 Strontian (20 km).
01972 at a glance
- Ofcom area name
- Glenborrodale
- Council area
- Highland
- Country
- Scotland
- Number format
- 01972 234 567 (4+6)
- Local calls
- Full number recommended
- Current code since
- 1995 (previously 0972)
- Allocated blocks
- 87 of 478 (18%) across 76 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 01972 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 Police Scotland on 101. In Scotland fraud goes to Police Scotland rather than Report Fraud.
01972 history and number format
Number format: Numbers on 01972 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01972 234 567.
Before 1995: 01972 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 0972.
Local dialling: Traditionally not from another 01972 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01972 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
Allocation record: the oldest number block still visible on 01972 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 01972 number rings (see the weekly numbering changelog for every new allocation.)
Phone companies holding 01972 numbers
Every Ofcom range holder with blocks on 01972, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited | 8 | 8 | 7 February 2013 | 7 February 2013 |
| BT | 2 | 2 | 15 July 1994 | 15 July 1994 |
| Digital Space Group Limited | 2 | 2 | 9 June 2008 | 15 March 2016 |
| Fuse 2 Communications Ltd | 2 | 2 | 3 July 2017 | 22 January 2024 |
| TalkTalk Communications Limited | 2 | 2 | 19 January 2012 | 19 January 2012 |
| (AQ) LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 28 September 2012 | 28 September 2012 |
| 24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 17 January 2020 | 17 January 2020 |
| 8x8 Communications UK Limited | 1 | 1 | 19 April 2012 | 19 April 2012 |
| AQL Wholesale Ltd | 1 | 1 | 3 January 2008 | 3 January 2008 |
| Adepteo Limited | 1 | 1 | 29 November 2016 | 29 November 2016 |
| Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd | 1 | 1 | 15 April 2009 | 15 April 2009 |
| Atomstream Limited | 1 | 1 | 14 April 2010 | 14 April 2010 |
| Barritel Limited | 1 | 1 | 27 June 2006 | 27 June 2006 |
| Bicom Systems EURL | 1 | 1 | 1 March 2012 | 1 March 2012 |
| Bink Networks Ltd | 1 | 1 | 3 April 2023 | 3 April 2023 |
| CFL Communications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 21 July 2009 | 21 July 2009 |
| Colt Technology Services | 1 | 1 | 7 July 2016 | 7 July 2016 |
| Content Guru Limited | 1 | 1 | 10 October 2012 | 10 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 |
| Dial 9 Communications Limited | 1 | 1 | 8 January 2020 | 8 January 2020 |
| EVE CONNECT LTD | 1 | 1 | 23 June 2022 | 23 June 2022 |
| Entanet International Ltd | 1 | 1 | 20 December 2007 | 20 December 2007 |
| Flextel Limited | 1 | 1 | 31 October 2005 | 31 October 2005 |
| GCI Network Solutions Limited | 1 | 1 | 22 December 2023 | 22 December 2023 |
| Hello Telecom (UK) Limited | 1 | 1 | 3 February 2012 | 3 February 2012 |
| ICC Networks Ltd | 1 | 1 | 18 April 2012 | 18 April 2012 |
| ICUK Computing Services Limited | 1 | 1 | 17 June 2020 | 17 June 2020 |
| INTELLIGENT EXCHANGES LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 26 January 2026 | 26 January 2026 |
| IOVOX Limited | 1 | 1 | 4 July 2012 | 4 July 2012 |
Showing the 30 largest of 76 holders.
Openreach exchanges at Glenborrodale
Exchanges Openreach lists at this location in its copper stop-sell programme, with the date new copper orders stop.
- Glenborrodale NSGBDStop sell 02-Aug-22 · Tranche 5
All number blocks on 01972first 200 of 478, by prefix
| Prefix | Status | Range holder |
|---|---|---|
| +44 197200 | Protected | — |
| +44 197201 | Protected | — |
| +44 197202 | Protected | — |
| +44 197203 | Protected | — |
| +44 197204 | Protected | — |
| +44 197205 | Protected | — |
| +44 197206 | Protected | — |
| +44 197207 | Protected | — |
| +44 197208 | Protected | — |
| +44 197209 | Protected | — |
| +44 197210 | Protected | — |
| +44 197211 | Protected | — |
| +44 197212 | Protected | — |
| +44 197213 | Protected | — |
| +44 197214 | Protected | — |
| +44 197215 | Protected | — |
| +44 197216 | Protected | — |
| +44 197217 | Protected | — |
| +44 197218 | Protected | — |
| +44 197219 | Protected | — |
| +44 197220 | Allocated | Redcentric Solutions Limited |
| +44 197221 | Allocated | Telecom2 Limited |
| +44 197222 | Allocated | Net-Work Internet Ltd |
| +44 197223 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 197224 | Allocated | Nodemax Limited |
| +44 197225 | Protected | — |
| +44 197226 | Allocated | Served Up Limited |
| +44 197227 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972280 | Allocated | Voxbone SA |
| +44 1972281 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972282 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972283 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972284 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972285 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972286 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972287 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972288 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972289 | Protected | — |
| +44 197229 | Allocated | Solutios Limited |
| +44 197230 | Allocated | Mars Communications Limited |
| +44 197231 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 197232 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 197233 | Allocated | Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd |
| +44 197234 | Allocated | Telecoms World Limited |
| +44 197235 | Allocated | CFL Communications Ltd |
| +44 197236 | Protected | — |
| +44 197237 | Allocated | Nexus Telecommunications Limited |
| +44 1972380 | Allocated | Atomstream Limited |
| +44 1972381 | Allocated | Convergence Group (wireless) Networks Limited |
| +44 1972382 | Allocated | Windsor Telecom Limited |
| +44 1972383 | Allocated | Suretec Systems Ltd |
| +44 1972384 | Allocated | Telephone Box Limited |
| +44 1972385 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1972386 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972387 | Allocated | Phone Co-Op Numbering Limited |
| +44 1972388 | Allocated | VoiceHost Limited |
| +44 1972389 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972390 | Allocated | Invosys Limited |
| +44 1972391 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972392 | Allocated | Nexbridge Communications Limited |
| +44 1972393 | Allocated | INTELLIGENT EXCHANGES LIMITED |
| +44 1972394 | Allocated | Internexus Networks Limited |
| +44 1972395 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972396 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972397 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972398 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972399 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972400 | Allocated | Invoco Ltd |
| +44 1972401 | Allocated | IOVOX Limited |
| +44 1972402 | Allocated | Ziron Limited |
| +44 1972403 | Allocated | Content Guru Limited |
| +44 1972404 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972405 | Allocated | Minotaur Telecom Limited |
| +44 1972406 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972407 | Allocated | Kalnet4U Ltd |
| +44 1972408 | Allocated | Nuso Cloud UK Limited |
| +44 1972409 | Allocated | Adepteo Limited |
| +44 1972410 | Allocated | Redwood Technologies Ltd |
| +44 1972411 | Allocated | Fuse 2 Communications Ltd |
| +44 1972412 | Allocated | YayYay Limited |
| +44 1972413 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972414 | Allocated | Colt Technology Services |
| +44 1972415 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972416 | Allocated | Orbtalk Limited |
| +44 1972417 | Allocated | Zapappi Ltd |
| +44 1972418 | Allocated | Fuse 2 Communications Ltd |
| +44 1972419 | Allocated | IP Voice Networks Ltd |
| +44 1972420 | Allocated | EVE CONNECT LTD |
| +44 1972421 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1972422 | Allocated | DIDWW Ireland Limited |
| +44 1972423 | Allocated | Vodafone Ltd (C&W) |
| +44 1972424 | Allocated | Dial 9 Communications Limited |
| +44 1972425 | Allocated | 24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd |
| +44 1972426 | Allocated | VOXYONDER NETWORK SERVICES UK LTD |
| +44 1972427 | Free | — |
| +44 1972428 | Allocated | ICUK Computing Services Limited |
| +44 1972429 | Allocated | Mi Telecom Limited |
| +44 1972430 | Free | — |
| +44 1972431 | Free | — |
| +44 1972432 | Free | — |
| +44 1972433 | Allocated | Bink Networks Ltd |
| +44 1972434 | Allocated | KCOM Group Ltd |
| +44 1972435 | Free | — |
| +44 1972436 | Free | — |
| +44 1972437 | Free | — |
| +44 1972438 | Free | — |
| +44 1972439 | Free | — |
| +44 1972440 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972441 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972442 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972443 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972444 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972445 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972446 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972447 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972448 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972449 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972450 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972451 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972452 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972453 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972454 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972455 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972456 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972457 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972458 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972459 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972460 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972461 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972462 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972463 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972464 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972465 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972466 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972467 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972468 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972469 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972470 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972471 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972472 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972473 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972474 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972475 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972476 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972477 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972478 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972479 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972480 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972481 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972482 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972483 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972484 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972485 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972486 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972487 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972488 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972489 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972490 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972491 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972492 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972493 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972494 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972495 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972496 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972497 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972498 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972499 | Protected | — |
| +44 197250 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 197251 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 197252 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972530 | Allocated | Linear Telecoms Limited |
| +44 1972531 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972532 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972533 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972534 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972535 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972536 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972537 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972538 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972539 | Protected | — |
| +44 197254 | Protected | — |
| +44 197255 | Allocated | Magrathea Telecommunications Limited |
| +44 1972560 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1972561 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1972562 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1972563 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1972564 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1972565 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1972566 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1972567 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1972568 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972569 | Protected | — |
| +44 197257 | Allocated | Flextel Limited |
| +44 1972580 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972581 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972582 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972583 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972584 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972585 | Protected | — |
| +44 1972586 | Protected | — |
Related lookups
- 01688 Isle of Mull - Tobermory12 km away
- 01967 Strontian20 km away
- 01680 Isle of Mull - Craignure25 km away
- 01687 Mallaig37 km away
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- BT2 allocated blocks on 01972
- Digital Space Group Limited2 allocated blocks on 01972
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FAQs about 01972
Where is area code 01972?
01972 is Ofcom's Glenborrodale numbering area, in Highland, Scotland. Its exchange town is in Highland. From abroad, drop the 0 and dial +44 1972.
Do I need to dial 01972 for a local call?
Traditionally not from another 01972 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01972 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
How are 01972 numbers written?
Numbers on 01972 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01972 234 567. From abroad the leading zero is dropped: +44 1972 then the local number.
What was the 01972 area code before?
01972 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 0972. Old signage or stationery showing 0972 refers to the same Glenborrodale numbers.
Which phone companies hold 01972 numbers?
Ofcom lists 76 providers with allocated blocks on 01972. The largest are Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited with 8 of the 87 allocated blocks, BT with 2 of the 87 allocated blocks and Digital Space Group Limited with 2 of the 87 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 01972?
By distance between exchange towns, the nearest other codes are 01688 Isle of Mull - Tobermory (12 km), 01967 Strontian (20 km), 01680 Isle of Mull - Craignure (25 km) and 01687 Mallaig (37 km).
How do I report a scam call from a 01972 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.