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Barking telephone exchange
Barking serves Greater London - Barking and Dagenham and carries the Openreach exchange code LNBKG. Copper stop-sell restrictions have been in force here since 26 May 2025 (Tranche 16).
Stop-sell status
In force
since 26 May 2025
Exchange code
LNBKG
Tranche 16
Analogue switch-off (national)
31 Jan 2027
PSTN retirement — every UK exchange
What this means if you’re on the Barking exchange
Openreach places an exchange on the FTTP priority list once full fibre reaches roughly 75% of the premises it serves. From the restriction date, any premises here that can order full fibre can no longer take out new copper services — analogue phone lines, FTTC broadband, working-line takeovers. Nothing is switched off on that date: existing lines keep working until your provider migrates you ahead of the national PSTN retirement on 31 January 2027.
When migration happens your number stays the same — local landlines here use the 020 dialling code for London, which is unaffected by the switch-off. If a call from an unfamiliar local number is what brought you here, run it through the lookup to see the Ofcom range holder and live reputation reports.
Nearby exchanges
- DagenhamGreater London - Barking and Dagenham · LNDAG13 October 2021
- Bowmans GreenSt Albans · LNBGN1 November 2022
- ChingfordGreater London - Waltham Forest · LNCHF17 February 2025
- Gants HillGreater London - Redbridge · LNGHL13 October 2021
- Highams ParkGreater London - Waltham Forest · LNHPK16 February 2024
- HoddesdonHoddesdon · LNHOD14 February 2026
- Hornchurch (L/HC)Greater London - Havering · LNHOR19 August 2025
- Ilford CentralGreater London - Redbridge · LNILC16 February 2024
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FAQs about the Barking exchange
Is the Barking telephone exchange closing?
Barking (code LNBKG) is on Openreach's FTTP priority stop-sell list — copper sales restrictions have applied since 26 May 2025. The building isn't shutting yet, but analogue (PSTN) service ends nationally on 31 January 2027, and premises with full fibre available here can no longer order new copper products.
What does stop sell at Barking mean for my landline?
Existing services keep working — stop sell only blocks new supply of copper products (new analogue lines, copper broadband, transfers between providers on copper) at premises where full fibre is available. When your provider migrates you, your phone number stays the same and calls move to digital voice over broadband.
Which numbers come from the Barking exchange?
Barking serves the London area, where landlines use the 020 dialling code. Bear in mind UK numbers are portable, so a 020 number no longer proves a physical line on this exchange — use the lookup to check any specific number.
Source: Openreach FTTP Priority Exchange stop-sell ancillary document (© British Telecommunications plc), republished as facts with attribution. Dates reflect the most recent published document revision; always confirm migration plans with your own provider.