01856 area code
Orkney
The area code 01856 is for the larger part of the Orkney Islands.
Locations using 01856 numbers include:
- Balfour
- Birsay
- Burray
- Deerness
- Evie
- Finstown
- Harray
- Holm
- Hoy
- Kirkwall
- Longhope
- Mainland
- Orphir
- Rousay
- St Margaret's Hope
- Sandwick
- Stromness
- Tankerness
Most numbers using the 01856 area code are normal Orkney 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)
01856 area code information
| Area code: | 01856 |
| Location: | Orkney |
| Council area: | Orkney Islands |
| Call costs: | Normal landline rate |
| Local number length: | 6 digits |
| Number format: | 01856 xxxxxx |
| International number format: | +44 1856 xxxxxx |
| Number shortages predicted: | No |
| Last code change: | April 1995 (previously 0856) |