01234 area code: Bedford

Local information, history, and recent phone activity for Bedford.

The 01234 area code is assigned to the town of Bedford and its surrounding communities. This area code is used for telephone numbers within the region, and it is the identifying code for people and businesses located in and around the town of Bedford.

Locations using the 01234 area code

  • Bedford
  • Cardington
  • Cranfield
  • Colmworth
  • Great Barford
  • Harrold
  • Haynes
  • Kempston
  • Lower Shelton
  • North Crawley
  • Oakley
  • Olney
  • Ravensden
  • Riseley
  • Sharnbrook
  • Turvey
  • Wilstead
  • Wixams

When is it necessary to use the 01234 Bedford dialling code?

If you are calling from a mobile phone or landline outside of the 01234 Bedford area code, you will need to use the dialling code. However, if you are calling a local number within the same area code, you do not need to use the 01234 dialling code. When calling from outside of the UK, you will need to add the international dialling code for your country, followed by the UK country code (44) and the area code without the initial zero (01234).

RegionInternational PrefixPhone NumberPhone Number to Dial
United States and Canada01101234 279600011 44 1234 279600
Europe0001234 98744900 44 1234 987449
Australia001101234 8892370011 44 1234 889237

Locations (codes) near the 01234 code

The Beginning of the 01234 Area Code

Prior to the PhONEday event in April 1995, the area code was 0234 and the historic mnemonic code was BE4, with the first two characters taken from the letters B and E in BEdford. On an old rotary dial telephone, this code would have been entered by dialling the numbers 2, 3, and 4.

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