The 0117 area code is used for the city of Bristol, located in the county of Bristol, in the South West of England.
Locations using the 0117 area code
- Avonmouth
- Bedminster
- Bishopsworth
- Bitton
- Bristol
- Downend
- Easton
- Eastville
- Filton
- Fishponds
- Henbury
- Keynsham
- Kingswood
- Patchway
- Redcliffe
- Stoke Bishop
- Westbury-on-Trym
When is it necessary to use the 0117 Bristol dialling code?
If you're calling from outside the 0117 Bristol area code, you'll need to use the dialling code. If you're using a landline or mobile phone within the same area code, you don't need to use the 0117 code. When calling from outside the UK, you'll need to include the international dialling code for your country, followed by the UK code (44) and the area code without the first zero (0117).
| Region | International Prefix | Phone Number | Phone Number to Dial |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States and Canada | 011 | 0117 254 1118 | 011 44 117 254 1118 |
| Europe | 00 | 0117 443 0011 | 00 44 117 443 0011 |
| Australia | 0011 | 0117 332 6934 | 0011 44 117 332 6934 |
Locations (codes) near the 0117 code
- Bath 01225 area code is about 11 miles to the East-southeast
- Chepstow 01291 area code is about 13 miles to the North-northwest
- Chippenham 01249 area code is about 20 miles to the East
- Chipping Sodbury 01454 area code is about 10 miles to the East-northeast
- Clevedon 01275 area code is about 12 miles to the West
- Dursley 01453 area code is about 19 miles to the Northeast
- Frome 01373 area code is about 19 miles to the Southeast
- Glastonbury 01458 area code is about 22 miles to the South-southwest
- Lydney 01594 area code is about 19 miles to the North-northeast
- Malmesbury 01666 area code is about 23 miles to the East-northeast
- Newport 01633 area code is about 21 miles to the West-northwest
- Shepton Mallet 01749 area code is about 18 miles to the South
- Temple Cloud 01761 area code is about 10 miles to the South-southeast
- Warminster 01985 area code is about 25 miles to the East-southeast
- Weston-Super-Mare 01934 area code is about 18 miles to the West-southwest
The Beginning of the 0117 Area Code
Bristol phone numbers were lengthened from six to seven digits on PhONEday in April 1995, at the same time as the new 0117 area code replaced the former 0272 area code.
The historic mnemonic code was BR2, with the first two characters taken from the letters B and R in BRistol. On an old rotary dial telephone, this code would have been entered by dialling the numbers 2, 7, and 2.
| Year | Details |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Existing six-digit numbers lengthened to seven digits by prefixing with a '9'. For example, (0272) 234567 became (0117) 923 4567. |
| 1997 | Local numbers beginning with 3 introduced. |
| 2007 | Local numbers beginning with 2 introduced. |
| 2012 | Local numbers beginning with 4 introduced. |