01642 area code
Middlesbrough
The 01642 area code is for Middlesbrough and the surrounding area.
Locations using 01642 numbers include:
- Billingham
- Eaglescliffe
- Eston Grange
- Great Ayton
- Hartburn
- Haverton Hill
- Hutton Rudby
- Ingleby Barwick
- Linthorpe
- Maron in Cleveland
- Middlesbrough
- Norton
- Redcar
- Seal Sands
- Stainton
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Stokesley
- Thornaby-on-Tees
- Wainstones
- Yarm
Most numbers using the 01642 area code are normal Middlesbrough landlines but be aware that, as is the case for all UK area codes, such numbers may also be used for services without any physical link to the area. (More info)
01642 area code information
| Area code: | 01642 |
| Primary location served: | Middlesbrough |
| Ceremonial county: | North Yorkshire |
| Local number length: | 6 digits |
| Number format: | 01642 xxxxxx |
| International number format: | +44 1642 xxxxxx |
| Last code change: | April 1995 (previously 0642) |
Local calls require full number
It is no longer possible to omit the area code when calling locally in the 01642 area.
Since 1st October 2014 the full 11-digit phone number has been required for all local calls, to allow the use of previously undialable local numbers starting with 0 or 1. The first numbers starting 01642 0 were brought into general use during April 2015.