01207

01207
United Kingdom area code for Consett
01207
National calling	01207
International calling	+44 1207
Conservation	Yes^[1]
Active since	16 April 1995
Previous code(s)	0207
Number format	01207 xxxxxx
Coverage
Area served	Consett Stanley
List of United Kingdom codes

The 01207 national dialling code for Consett in the United Kingdom. The area it serves includes almost the entire former district of Derwentside. When STD codes were first introduced, Consett was assigned 0207. The current 01207 code became active as part of PhONEday on 16 April 1995. In common with all other British area codes the initial '0' is a trunk prefix that is not required when dialling Consett from abroad.

History

When STD codes were initially assigned, Consett was given the mnemonic code CO7 (corresponding to 207 on the rotary dial). With the transition to all-figure dialling which ended the practice of representing STD codes with letters in 1966, and including the trunk prefix, this became 0207.

Before STD

The exchanges were:

Exchange	Opened	Closed	Exchange to	Original STD code
Annfield Plain	18 December 1901	18 April 1972	Stanley	020 78
Burnopfield	11 February 1914			020 77
Castleside	13 February 1936	13 July 1977	Consett	020,754
Chopwell	16 September 1914	8 November 1978	Ebchester	020,751
Consett (NTC)	Before or during October 1893	31 December 1911	Consett (PO)
Consett (PO)	26 April 1899			020 72
Dipton	Before 31 March 1939			020,753
Ebchester	30 September 1903			020 76
Edmundbyers	16 February 1931			020,755
Lanchester	1 January 1907			020,752
Leadgate	Before or during October 1893	Between January & July 1904	Consett
Rowlands Gill	Before 31 March 1939			020 74
Shotley Bridge (NTC)	Before or during October 1893	Between January & June 1905	Shotley Bridge (PO)
Shotley Bridge (PO)	19 January 1902	29 September 1965	Consett	Not known
Stanley	Before 31 March 1939			020 73
Tantobie	29 October 1913	4 November 1942	Stanley
West Stanley	18 December 1901	unknown	Stanley

Changes in the 1960s and 1970s

Following the introduction of STD in 1958, most 4 digit and 3 digit exchanges were prefixed as follows; some exchanges were consolidated into others.

Consett – 4 digit numbers became 6 digits and prefixed with 50
Stanley – 4 digit numbers became 5 digits and prefixed with 3
Dipton 020,753 – 3 digit numbers became 6 digits and prefixed with 570
Burnopfield – 3 digit numbers became 5 digits and prefixed with 70
Ebchester 020 76 – 3 digit numbers became 6 digits and prefixed with 560
Lanchester – 3 digit numbers became 6 digits and prefixed with 520
Edmundbyers 020,755 – 3 digit numbers became 5 digits and prefixed with 55 – The original code for Edmundbyers was 020,755
Castleside 020,754 numbers were integrated into Consett telephone exchange and prefixed with 509: Castleside 201 became Consett 509201 (13 July 1977)
Chopwell 020,751 numbers were integrated into Ebchester telephone exchange and prefixed with 561: Chopwell 201 became Ebchester 561201 (8 November 1978)
Annfield Plain numbers were integrated into Stanley telephone exchange and prefixed with 34: Annfield Plain 201 became Stanley 34201 (18 April 1972)
Shotley Bridge numbers were integrated into Consett telephone exchange (29 September 1965)

Changes in the 1980s

In the 1980s a new wave of prefixes were introduced in the area code:

Rowlands Gill – 4 digit numbers became 6 digits and prefixed with 54
Stanley – 5 digit numbers became 6 digits and prefixed with 2
Edmundbyers – 5 digit numbers became 6 digits and prefixed with 2
Burnopfield – 5 digit numbers became 6 digits and prefixed with 2

In the 1980s, BT planned to rename all exchanges "Derwentside," but with many numbers crossing over into the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead on Burnopfield, Rowlands Gill, and Ebchester exchanges, the idea was scrapped.

Number explosion

There has never been a number explosion in the 01207 area code, and most areas still use their original 1970s/1980s prefix except for Consett and Stanley which have introduced new numbers.

21 – DDI for NHS and Derwentside Council
23 – Stanley
25 – Edmundbyers
27 – Burnopfield
28 – Stanley (introduced mid-1980s)
29 – Stanley (introduced early 1990s)
50 – Consett
52 – Lanchester
54 – Rowlands Gill
56 – Ebchester
57 – Dipton
58 – Consett (introduced early 1990s)
59 – Consett (introduced mid-1980s)
60 – Cable and Wireless
69 – Virgin Media Cable

Short codes

Short codes, a system of abbreviated dialling scrapped in the 1990s was as follows:

4 – Rowlands Gill 02074
6 – Durham 0385
9 – Newcastle 0632
998 – Ponteland 0661

Rowlands Gill Only

8 – This was the short code to dial into other 0207 exchanges when it was a 4 digit number with area code 02074, even when Rowlands Gill was upgraded to 6 digits and area code 0207 the code remained in place until short codes were abolished nationwide.

References

↑ "The National Telephone Numbering Plan" (PDF). Ofcom. 31 May 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2012.

Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom

Number plan	List of dialling codes Non-geographic numbers

Number changes	All-figure dialling Area name changes Big Number Change Code misconceptions PhONEday

Special numbers	100 101 111 112 116000 116111 116123 118xxx 123 141 1471 150 155 1571 999

Geographic area codes	113 114 115 116 117 118 1200 1202 1204 1205 1206 1207 1208 1209 121 1223 1224 1225 1226 1227 1228 1229 1233 1234 1235 1236 1237 1239 1241 1242 1243 1244 1245 1246 1248 1249 1250 1252 1253 1254 1255 1256 1257 1258 1259 1260 1261 1262 1263 1264 1267 1268 1269 1270 1271 1273 1274 1275 1276 1277 1278 1279 1280 1282 1283 1284 1285 1286 1287 1288 1289 1290 1291 1292 1293 1294 1295 1296 1297 1298 1299 1300 1301 1302 1303 1304 1305 1306 1307 1308 1309 131 1320 1322 1323 1324 1325 1326 1327 1328 1329 1330 1332 1333 1334 1335 1337 1339 1340 1341 1342 1343 1344 1346 1347 1348 1349 1350 1352 1353 1354 1355 1356 1357 1358 1359 1360 1361 1362 1363 1364 1366 1367 1368 1369 1371 1372 1373 1375 1376 1377 1379 1380 1381 1382 1383 1384 1386 1387 13873 1388 1389 1392 1394 1395 1397 1398 1400 1403 1404 1405 1406 1407 1408 1409 141 1420 1422 1423 1424 1425 1427 1428 1429 1430 1431 1432 1433 1434 1435 1436 1437 1438 1439 1440 1442 1443 1444 1445 1446 1449 1450 1451 1452 1453 1454 1455 1456 1457 1458 1460 1461 1462 1463 1464 1465 1466 1467 1469 1470 1471 1472 1473 1474 1475 1476 1477 1478 1479 1480 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485 1487 1488 1489 1490 1491 1492 1493 1494 1495 1496 1497 1499 1501 1502 1503 1505 1506 1507 1508 1509 151 1520 1522 1524 15242 1525 1526 1527 1528 1529 1530 1531 1534 1535 1536 1538 1539 15394 15395 15396 1540 1542 1543 1544 1545 1546 1547 1548 1549 1550 1553 1554 1555 1556 1557 1558 1559 1560 1561 1562 1563 1564 1565 1566 1567 1568 1569 1570 1571 1572 1573 1575 1576 1577 1578 1579 1580 1581 1582 1583 1584 1586 1588 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595 1597 1598 1599 1600 1603 1604 1606 1608 1609 161 1620 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 1626 1628 1629 1630 1631 1633 1634 1635 1636 1637 1638 1639 1641 1642 1643 1644 1646 1647 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1659 1661 1663 1664 1665 1666 1667 1668 1669 1670 1671 1672 1673 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 1680 1681 1683 1684 1685 1686 1687 1688 1689 1690 1691 1692 1694 1695 1697 16973 16974 16977 1698 1700 1702 1704 1706 1707 1708 1709 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730 1732 1733 1736 1737 1738 1740 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 17683 17684 17687 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1782 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1803 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1827 1828 1829 1830 1832 1833 1834 1835 1837 1838 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1847 1848 1851 1852 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1892 1895 1896 1899 1900 1902 1903 1904 1905 1908 1909 191 1920 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1928 1929 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1937 1938 1939 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 19467 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1957 1959 1962 1963 1964 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1974 1975 1977 1978 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 20 23 24 28 29

Non-geographic prefixes charged at geographic rate	300 302 303 306 330 331 332 333 342 343 344 345 370 371 372 373

Personal, pager, VoIP and corporate numbering	55 56 70 76

Mobile telephone prefixes	71xx 73xx 74xx 75xx 7624 77xx 78xx 79xx

Freephone prefixes	500 800 808

Non-geographic prefixes with revenue share (NTS)	842 843 844 845 870 871 872 873

Premium Rate Services (PRS)	900 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 911 912 913

Adult services (SES)	908 909 982 983 984 989

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