UK phone number examples with correct Telephone Format

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UK covers more than 650 areas. So here we will focus on some UK phone number examples that can be used for business purpose. We also cover what telephone format would be best so the end user can receive the message correctly without any issue.

UK phone number examples

How to Format International Telephone Numbers for Dialing a UK Number

Country codes

The most important part to remember is to add the international country code. UK number always starts with the digits ’07’, for instance ‘079xx xxx456’. If you would not add an international country code, the computer might interpret that phone number otherwise. The country code for Russia is ‘+7’, and Russian mobile phone numbers start with ‘+79’, so ‘+79xx xxx456’ might be a Russian mobile phone as well.

Therefore, you should add ‘+44’ UK’s country code to make the number unambiguous; ‘+44 79xx xxx456’ will always lead to a mobile phone in the UK.

E.164 formatting

It might be clever to format numbers using the E.164 recommendation. An international E.164 number is designed to include all of the necessary information to successfully route a call or SMS message to an individual subscriber on a nation’s public telephone network.

Here’s how the E.164 numbering plan works:

A telephone number can have a maximum of 15 digits
The first part of the telephone number is the country code (one to three digits)
The second part is the national destination code (NDC)
The last part is the subscriber number (SN)
The NDC and SN together are collectively called the national (significant) number

To use the previous example:

Country code: +44
National destination code: 7911
Subscriber number: xx456
In total: +447911xxx456

Two important things to note: First of all, in the international E.164 notation a leading ‘0’ is removed. The UK mobile phone number ‘07911 xxx456’ in international format is ‘+44 7911 xxx 456’, so without the first zero. Secondly in the E.164 notation all spaces, dashes [‘-‘] and parentheses [ ‘(‘ and ‘)’] are removed, besides the leading ‘+’ all characters should be numeric.

International phone number validator

A great way to check whether a phone number is correct or how it should look in E.164 formatting is using the Phone Number Parser. That is part of a piece of software that Google uses to check phone number formatting in Android phones.

Country specific rules and regulations

SMS is an easy and effective way to instantly reach people all over the world. But with this wide range of countries you can reach, comes a wide range of differences in national habits, restrictions and options. For further tips and guidelines, please read our article on country-specific rules, regulations and habits for sending international SMS.

UK phone number examples List with Format

London

The correct format is (020) 7xxx xxxx, where 020 identifies London, and the next four digits identify the individual exchange, or provider. London also has numbers beginning 8xxx xxxx and 3xxx xxxx.

Coventry

The correct format is (024) 76xx xxxx, where 024 identifies Coventry, and the next four digits identify the individual exchange, or provider. Coventry also has numbers beginning 77xx xxxx.

Sheffield

The correct format is (0114) 2xx xxxx, where 0114 identifies Sheffield, and the next three digits identify the individual exchange, or provider. Sheffield also has numbers beginning 3xx xxxx.

So that’s how you can format a UK number for dialing.

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