The 01284 area code covers Bury-St-Edmunds and its surrounding area.
Locations using the 01284 area code
- Bury St Edmunds
- Chevington
- Cockfield Green
- Culford
- Great Barton
- Hawkedon
- Horringer
- Sicklesmere
When is it necessary to use the 01284 Bury-St-Edmunds dialling code?
If you're calling from outside the 01284 Bury-St-Edmunds 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 01284 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 (01284).
| Region | International Prefix | Phone Number | Phone Number to Dial |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States and Canada | 011 | 01284 733590 | 011 44 1284 733590 |
| Europe | 00 | 01284 846560 | 00 44 1284 846560 |
| Australia | 0011 | 01284 844192 | 0011 44 1284 844192 |
Locations (codes) near the 01284 code
- Braintree 01376 area code is about 26 miles to the South-southwest
- Cambridge 01223 area code is about 25 miles to the West
- Colchester 01206 area code is about 25 miles to the South-southeast
- Diss 01379 area code is about 19 miles to the East-northeast
- Ely 01353 area code is about 22 miles to the West-northwest
- Haverhill 01440 area code is about 16 miles to the West-southwest
- Ipswich 01473 area code is about 22 miles to the East-southeast
- Newmarket 01638 area code is about 13 miles to the West
- Pakenham 01359 area code is about 5 miles to the East-northeast
- Saffron Walden 01799 area code is about 25 miles to the West-southwest
- Stowmarket 01449 area code is about 13 miles to the East
- Sudbury 01787 area code is about 14 miles to the South
- Swaffham 01760 area code is about 28 miles to the North
- Thetford 01842 area code is about 12 miles to the North-northeast
- Wymondham 01953 area code is about 28 miles to the Northeast
The Beginning of the 01284 Area Code
Prior to the PhONEday event in April 1995, the area code was 0284 and the historic mnemonic code was BU4, with the first two characters taken from the letters U and BUry in edmunds. On an old rotary dial telephone, this code would have been entered by dialling the numbers 2, 8, and 4.