UK area code
01977 area code — Pontefract
01977 is Ofcom’s Pontefract numbering area, in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber England. 96 phone companies hold its 189 allocated number blocks. Its numbers are written like 01977 234 567. The nearest other codes are 01924 Wakefield (12 km) and 01226 Barnsley (17 km).
01977 at a glance
- Ofcom area name
- Pontefract
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Council area
- Wakefield
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber England
- Number format
- 01977 234 567 (4+6)
- Local calls
- Full number recommended
- Current code since
- 1995 (previously 0977)
- Allocated blocks
- 189 of 487 (39%) across 96 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 01977 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.
01977 history and number format
Number format: Numbers on 01977 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01977 234 567.
Before 1995: 01977 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 0977.
Local dialling: Traditionally not from another 01977 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01977 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
Allocation record: the oldest number block still visible on 01977 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 01977 number rings (see the weekly numbering changelog for every new allocation.)
Phone companies holding 01977 numbers
Every Ofcom range holder with blocks on 01977, 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 | 23 | 23 | 15 July 1994 | 26 October 2021 |
| Sky UK Limited | 19 | 19 | 20 June 2013 | 22 December 2020 |
| TalkTalk Communications Limited | 11 | 11 | 19 January 2012 | 9 January 2020 |
| Vodafone Ltd (C&W) | 11 | 11 | 9 September 2013 | 16 November 2021 |
| GCI Network Solutions Limited | 10 | 10 | 2 May 2017 | 26 February 2024 |
| Six Degrees Technology Group Limited | 10 | 10 | — | — |
| Virgin Media Limited | 8 | 8 | 18 March 2016 | 18 March 2016 |
| Resilient Limited | 3 | 3 | 18 May 2012 | 18 May 2012 |
| Colt Technology Services | 2 | 2 | 7 May 2015 | 25 November 2020 |
| DRD Communications Limited | 2 | 2 | 5 October 2023 | 3 November 2023 |
| Digital Space Group Limited | 2 | 2 | 9 June 2008 | 15 March 2016 |
| Fuse 2 Communications Ltd | 2 | 2 | 4 July 2017 | 22 January 2024 |
| Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited | 2 | 2 | 22 February 2005 | 22 September 2021 |
| Voxbone SA | 2 | 2 | 30 September 2008 | 29 January 2025 |
| (AQ) LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 28 September 2012 | 28 September 2012 |
| 24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd | 1 | 1 | 21 January 2020 | 21 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 |
| Belgacom International Carrier Services SA | 1 | 1 | 9 April 2020 | 9 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 | 20 September 2013 | 20 September 2013 |
| Ccpro Solutions Limited | 1 | 1 | 15 January 2013 | 15 January 2013 |
| Content Guru Limited | 1 | 1 | 10 October 2012 | 10 October 2012 |
Showing the 30 largest of 96 holders.
Openreach exchanges at Pontefract
Exchanges Openreach lists at this location in its copper stop-sell programme, with the date new copper orders stop.
- Pontefract (PB) MYPONStop sell 06-Nov-25 · Tranche 18
All number blocks on 01977first 200 of 487, by prefix
| Prefix | Status | Range holder |
|---|---|---|
| +44 197700 | Protected | — |
| +44 197701 | Protected | — |
| +44 197702 | Protected | — |
| +44 197703 | Protected | — |
| +44 197704 | Protected | — |
| +44 197705 | Protected | — |
| +44 197706 | Protected | — |
| +44 197707 | Protected | — |
| +44 197708 | Protected | — |
| +44 197709 | Protected | — |
| +44 197710 | Protected | — |
| +44 197711 | Protected | — |
| +44 197712 | Protected | — |
| +44 197713 | Protected | — |
| +44 197714 | Protected | — |
| +44 197715 | Protected | — |
| +44 197716 | Protected | — |
| +44 197717 | Protected | — |
| +44 197718 | Protected | — |
| +44 197719 | Protected | — |
| +44 197720 | Allocated | TelNG Limited |
| +44 1977210 | Allocated | Datazero Ltd |
| +44 1977211 | Allocated | Telephone Box Limited |
| +44 1977212 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977213 | Allocated | Phone Co-Op Numbering Limited |
| +44 1977214 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977215 | Allocated | Invosys Limited |
| +44 1977216 | Allocated | Nexbridge Communications Limited |
| +44 1977217 | Allocated | INTELLIGENT EXCHANGES LIMITED |
| +44 1977218 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1977219 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 197722 | Allocated | TTNC Limited |
| +44 1977230 | Allocated | Localphone Limited |
| +44 1977231 | Allocated | (AQ) LIMITED |
| +44 1977232 | Allocated | AQL Wholesale Ltd |
| +44 1977233 | Allocated | Voiceflex Limited |
| +44 1977234 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 1977235 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1977236 | Allocated | Telecom2 Limited |
| +44 1977237 | Allocated | Entanet International Ltd |
| +44 1977238 | Allocated | Voxbone SA |
| +44 1977239 | Allocated | Telecoms World Limited |
| +44 1977240 | Allocated | VoIP-Un Limited |
| +44 1977241 | Allocated | CFL Communications Ltd |
| +44 1977242 | Allocated | Served Up Limited |
| +44 1977243 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977244 | Allocated | Net-Work Internet Ltd |
| +44 1977245 | Allocated | Solutios Limited |
| +44 1977246 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1977247 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 1977248 | Allocated | Nexus Telecommunications Limited |
| +44 1977249 | Allocated | Calltracks Limited |
| +44 1977250 | Allocated | Nodemax Limited |
| +44 1977251 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977252 | Allocated | TeleWare Group Limited |
| +44 1977253 | Allocated | Buzz Networks Limited |
| +44 1977254 | Allocated | Atomstream Limited |
| +44 1977255 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977256 | Allocated | Windsor Telecom Limited |
| +44 1977257 | Allocated | Invade International Ltd |
| +44 1977258 | Allocated | Digital Space Group Limited |
| +44 1977259 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977260 | Allocated | Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd |
| +44 1977261 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1977262 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977263 | Allocated | Simwood eSMS Limited |
| +44 1977264 | Allocated | VoiceHost Limited |
| +44 1977265 | Allocated | Suretec Systems Ltd |
| +44 1977266 | Allocated | Mars Communications Limited |
| +44 1977267 | Allocated | Verizon UK Limited |
| +44 1977268 | Quarantined | — |
| +44 1977269 | Allocated | Nationwide Telephone Assistance Ltd |
| +44 1977270 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977271 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977272 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977273 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977274 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977275 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977276 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977277 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1977278 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1977279 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1977280 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977281 | Allocated | HAVENSTOKE COMMUNICATIONS LTD |
| +44 1977282 | Allocated | Orbtalk Limited |
| +44 1977283 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977284 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1977285 | Allocated | Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) |
| +44 1977286 | Allocated | Internexus Networks Limited |
| +44 1977287 | Allocated | Hello Telecom (UK) Limited |
| +44 1977288 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1977289 | Allocated | Minotaur Telecom Limited |
| +44 1977290 | Allocated | Resilient Limited |
| +44 1977291 | Allocated | Resilient Limited |
| +44 1977292 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977293 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977294 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977295 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977296 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977297 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977298 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977299 | Allocated | Resilient Limited |
| +44 1977300 | Allocated | Bicom Systems EURL |
| +44 1977301 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1977302 | Allocated | ICC Networks Ltd |
| +44 1977303 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977304 | Allocated | 8x8 Communications UK Limited |
| +44 1977305 | Allocated | Invoco Ltd |
| +44 1977306 | Allocated | Ziron Limited |
| +44 1977307 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977308 | Allocated | IOVOX Limited |
| +44 1977309 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1977310 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1977311 | Allocated | Content Guru Limited |
| +44 1977312 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1977313 | Allocated | Ccpro Solutions Limited |
| +44 1977314 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1977315 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977316 | Allocated | Media Hawk Ltd |
| +44 1977317 | Allocated | Kalnet4U Ltd |
| +44 1977318 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1977319 | Allocated | XoverX Ltd |
| +44 1977320 | Allocated | Nuso Cloud UK Limited |
| +44 1977321 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1977322 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1977323 | Allocated | Fuse 2 Communications Ltd |
| +44 1977324 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1977325 | Allocated | Redwood Technologies Ltd |
| +44 1977326 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1977327 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1977328 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1977329 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1977330 | Allocated | YayYay Limited |
| +44 1977331 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1977332 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1977333 | Allocated | GCI Network Solutions Limited |
| +44 1977334 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977335 | Allocated | Internet of Things Limited |
| +44 1977336 | Allocated | Lanonyx Telecom Limited |
| +44 1977337 | Allocated | Colt Technology Services |
| +44 1977338 | Allocated | Convergence Group (wireless) Networks Limited |
| +44 1977339 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1977340 | Allocated | Number Services Ltd. |
| +44 1977341 | Allocated | Adepteo Limited |
| +44 1977342 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1977343 | Allocated | IP Voice Networks Ltd |
| +44 1977344 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977345 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1977346 | Allocated | Zapappi Ltd |
| +44 1977347 | Allocated | Mintaka Limited |
| +44 1977348 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1977349 | Allocated | Fuse 2 Communications Ltd |
| +44 1977350 | Allocated | EVE CONNECT LTD |
| +44 1977351 | Allocated | TalkTalk Communications Limited |
| +44 1977352 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1977353 | Allocated | Dial 9 Communications Limited |
| +44 1977354 | Allocated | 24 Seven Cloud Communications Ltd |
| +44 1977355 | Allocated | NFON UK Ltd |
| +44 1977356 | Allocated | ICUK Computing Services Limited |
| +44 1977357 | Allocated | SiPalto Ltd |
| +44 1977358 | Allocated | DIDWW Ireland Limited |
| +44 1977359 | Allocated | Belgacom International Carrier Services SA |
| +44 1977360 | Allocated | Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited |
| +44 1977361 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1977362 | Allocated | Sky UK Limited |
| +44 1977363 | Allocated | VOXYONDER NETWORK SERVICES UK LTD |
| +44 1977364 | Allocated | Colt Technology Services |
| +44 1977365 | Allocated | Voxbone SA |
| +44 1977366 | Allocated | Mi Telecom Limited |
| +44 1977367 | Allocated | BT |
| +44 1977368 | Allocated | Bink Networks Ltd |
| +44 1977369 | Free | — |
| +44 1977370 | Free | — |
| +44 1977371 | Free | — |
| +44 1977372 | Free | — |
| +44 1977373 | Free | — |
| +44 1977374 | Free | — |
| +44 1977375 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977376 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977377 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977378 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977379 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977380 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977381 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977382 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977383 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977384 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977385 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977386 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977387 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977388 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977389 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977390 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977391 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977392 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977393 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977394 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977395 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977396 | Protected | — |
| +44 1977397 | Protected | — |
Related lookups
- 01924 Wakefield12 km away
- 01226 Barnsley17 km away
- 01757 Selby19 km away
- 0113 Leeds20 km away
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- Sky UK Limited19 allocated blocks on 01977
- TalkTalk Communications Limited11 allocated blocks on 01977
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FAQs about 01977
Where is area code 01977?
01977 is Ofcom's Pontefract numbering area, in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber England. Its exchange town is in Wakefield. From abroad, drop the 0 and dial +44 1977.
Do I need to dial 01977 for a local call?
Traditionally not from another 01977 landline, but it now depends on your provider: Ofcom stopped requiring providers to offer local (code-free) dialling on 11 March 2022. Dialling 01977 first always works, and mobiles always need it.
How are 01977 numbers written?
Numbers on 01977 use Ofcom's 4+6 format: the 5-digit code (including the leading 0) followed by a 6-digit local number — written like 01977 234 567. From abroad the leading zero is dropped: +44 1977 then the local number.
What was the 01977 area code before?
01977 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 0977. Old signage or stationery showing 0977 refers to the same Pontefract numbers.
Which phone companies hold 01977 numbers?
Ofcom lists 96 providers with allocated blocks on 01977. The largest are BT with 23 of the 189 allocated blocks, Sky UK Limited with 19 of the 189 allocated blocks and TalkTalk Communications Limited with 11 of the 189 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 01977?
By distance between exchange towns, the nearest other codes are 01924 Wakefield (12 km), 01226 Barnsley (17 km), 01757 Selby (19 km) and 0113 Leeds (20 km).
How do I report a scam call from a 01977 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.