Range holder · Redruth

Barritel Limited in Redruth

01209 numbering ranges allocated by Ofcom

About Barritel Limited’s Redruth allocation

When Barritel Limited is the range holder for +44 1209 it means Ofcom recorded Barritel Limited as the provider entitled to issue numbers from these blocks when they were first allocated under the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan. 20 Redruth-facing blocks sit against Barritel Limited in the current Ofcom snapshot, each of which can carry up to ten thousand individual digits available for assignment to end customers.

Redruth’s Cornwall telecoms estate is shaped by Redruth's residential and business catchment: a dense urban exchange typically hosts allocations from several national operators in parallel, which is why you see Barritel Limited’s blocks alongside other range holders on the same 01209 code. Local switching capacity, historic Openreach exchange footprints, and Barritel Limited’s wholesale routing arrangements all influence which blocks land in Redruth rather than elsewhere on the national plan.

Treat this allocation as a starting point, not a verdict on any specific caller. UK numbers are portable, so the current carrier on a given 01209 digit string may differ from the range holder shown — read Range Holder vs current provider for the distinction, and How Ofcom allocates UK phone numbers for the wider context behind the table below.

Barritel Limited on 01209: by the numbers

Redruth blocks
20
In active service
100%
Share of 01209
3%
Holders on code
95

Of the 20 blocks Barritel Limited runs on the 01209 code, 20 (100%) are marked as actively allocated in the current Ofcom snapshot.

By number family these blocks are 100% geographic (01 / 02) — a profile that tells you what kind of caller a Redruth Barritel Limited number is likely to be before you even dial it back.

Barritel Limited runs 20 of the 758 allocated blocks on the 01209 dialling code — roughly 3% of Redruth’s mapped allocation, shared with 94 other range holders. Most are listed as "Allocated", which means the block is currently in active service with a communications provider.

Allocated ranges

Barritel Limited blocks on the 01209 (Redruth) dialling code.

PrefixStatus
+44 1209450Allocated
+44 1209450Allocated
+44 1209451Allocated
+44 1209451Allocated
+44 1209452Allocated
+44 1209452Allocated
+44 1209453Allocated
+44 1209453Allocated
+44 1209454Allocated
+44 1209454Allocated
+44 1209455Allocated
+44 1209455Allocated
+44 1209456Allocated
+44 1209456Allocated
+44 1209457Allocated
+44 1209457Allocated
+44 1209459Allocated
+44 1209459Allocated
+44 1209582Allocated
+44 1209582Allocated

FAQs about Barritel Limited on 01209

Why does Barritel Limited appear on Redruth (01209) numbers?

Barritel Limited is listed in Ofcom's UK Numbering Data feed as the originally-allocated range holder for 20 number blocks on the 01209 dialling code, which covers Redruth. That allocation pre-dates any individual customer — it simply means Ofcom recognised Barritel Limited as the wholesale operator entitled to issue those digits when the block was first allocated.

Are calls from a Redruth Barritel Limited-allocated number safe?

An Ofcom allocation only tells you which provider the block was issued to; it is not a safety verdict. UK numbers can be ported between networks, and any UK area code can be spoofed by an overseas caller. Paste the specific 01209 number into the lookup above to combine the Barritel Limited range data with a live AI internet check for forum reports, scam databases, and business listings.

Has Barritel Limited's 01209 block been updated recently?

Yes — the table above is sourced from Ofcom's public UK Numbering Data feed, which we re-ingest every week (typically Wednesday). Any block that has been re-assigned, withdrawn or marked free will appear with its new status on the next refresh. Numbers within an allocated block can still be ported to another carrier in between Ofcom updates; see our range-holder-vs-current-provider guide for the distinction.