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Shropshire UK dialling codes

Shropshire is served by 10 geographic dialling codes in Ofcom’s National Telephone Numbering Plan, anchored on principal towns including Bishop's Castle, Bridgnorth, Church Stretton, Ludlow, Market Drayton. Every entry below is a real, currently-allocated 01 or 02 code — tap a card to open the per-town page, where you’ll find the full table of Ofcom-allocated number ranges for that code, the Range Holder behind each block, and a reverse-lookup form for identifying any specific Shropshire caller. The data refreshes weekly from the public Ofcom Numbering Data feed, so allocations are at most seven days old.

All Shropshire dialling codes

Shropshire dialling codes by the numbers

Shropshire carries 10 geographic dialling codes in Ofcom’s plan, anchored on Bishop's Castle (01588), Bridgnorth (01746), Church Stretton (01694), Ludlow (01584), Market Drayton (01630) and Oswestry (01691) among others. Population estimates are published only for the largest principal towns, so most codes here serve smaller towns without a separate figure. Across these codes we currently track 8,573 allocated Ofcom number ranges, with Telford (01952) holding the most at 1,172 ranges. The code patterns in use are 01xxx (five-digit area code).

TownCodePopulationRanges tracked
Bishop's Castle01588902
Bridgnorth01746884
Church Stretton01694903
Ludlow01584758
Market Drayton01630831
Oswestry01691759
Shrewsbury01743830
Telford019521,172
Wem01939776
Whitchurch01948758

Population is the latest ONS mid-year estimate for the principal town; a dash means no separate figure is published for that smaller town. “Ranges tracked” counts the Ofcom number blocks we have ingested under each code — a live operational figure, not the theoretical capacity of the code.

How Shropshire dialling codes are organised

The UK numbering plan splits geographic codes into 01 (most of the country) and 02 (the largest metros — London 020, Cardiff 029, Belfast 028, Coventry/Northampton 024, Southampton/Portsmouth 023 and Tyneside 0191 sit alongside the 02-series equivalents). The 10 codes listed above for Shropshire all sit inside this geographic block, which means a call to any of them is charged at the caller’s standard local rate (typically included in inclusive call allowances on mobile and landline tariffs). None of these prefixes are revenue-share or premium-rate — those live in the 084x, 087x, 09x and 118x ranges and are listed on our non-geographic prefixes index.

Each town hub on the cards above is fed directly from Ofcom’s published Numbering Data, which lists every 10,000-number block (NDC + four-digit prefix) and the Communications Provider that currently holds the allocation. Following a town link takes you to a page that breaks down every range assigned within that code, the Range Holder behind each block, the allocation status (assigned, reserved, free, withdrawn or returned) and a search form you can drop any full ten-digit number into for a real-time reverse lookup. If the holder has spawned spam-call complaints, the AI internet check at the top of the lookup result will surface that context from public scam-tracking sites and recent news mentions.

Region groupings on this hub follow Ofcom’s own administrative labels rather than ceremonial-county or postal-region boundaries, which is why a town like Slough (01753) sits under Berkshire on this site even though postally it shares an SL postcode with parts of Buckinghamshire. We refresh the underlying allocations weekly from the official feed, and the rendered HTML you’re reading is cached and served from the edge, so every hub here is at most seven days out of date even when Ofcom publishes between our regular refreshes.

FAQs about Shropshire dialling codes

How many dialling codes does Shropshire have?

Shropshire is served by 10 geographic dialling codes in Ofcom's National Telephone Numbering Plan, anchored on towns including Bishop's Castle, Bridgnorth, Church Stretton, Ludlow, Market Drayton and others. Each is a standard 01 or 02 geographic code charged at the caller's normal landline rate.

What is the largest town in Shropshire by dialling code?

Population figures are published for only the largest principal towns, so a single largest town can't be ranked for Shropshire from the data we hold. Every code in the region is listed above with its principal town.

Which 01 or 02 code patterns are used in Shropshire?

Shropshire uses 01xxx (five-digit area code). The shortest code in the region is 01588 (Bishop's Castle); shorter codes (three or four digits) belong to the largest metros, while five-digit 01xxx codes cover smaller towns.

Are calls from Shropshire numbers charged at a premium rate?

No. Every Shropshire code above is a geographic 01/02 number, charged at the caller's standard local rate and normally included in inclusive call allowances on mobile and landline tariffs. Premium-rate and revenue-share numbers live in the 084x, 087x, 09x and 118x ranges, none of which appear in this region index.

Source: Ofcom National Telephone Numbering Plan. Page updated 2026-07-01. WhoCalledLookup is not affiliated with Ofcom.