01493 area code: Great Yarmouth

The 01493 area code covers Great Yarmouth and its surrounding regions.

Locations using the 01493 area code

  • Acle
  • Caister-on-Sea
  • Fleggburgh
  • Fritton
  • Gorleston-on-Sea
  • Great Yarmouth
  • Winterton-on-Sea

When is it necessary to use the 01493 Great Yarmouth dialling code?

If you are calling from a mobile phone or landline outside of the 01493 Great Yarmouth area code, you will need to use the dialling code. However, if you are calling a local number within the same area code with a landline telephone, you do not need to use the 01493 dialling code.

If you are 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 (01493).

RegionInternational PrefixPhone NumberPhone Number to Dial
United States and Canada01101493 806767011 44 1493 806767
Europe0001493 45299800 44 1493 452998
Australia001101493 8867530011 44 1493 886753

Locations (codes) near the 01493 code

The Beginning of the 01493 Area Code

Prior to the PhONEday event in April 1995, the area code was 0493 and the historic mnemonic code was GY3, with the first two characters taken from the letters and and in in Yarmouth. On an old rotary dial telephone, this code would have been entered by dialling the numbers 4, 9, and 3.

Most Recent Phones for 01493 Code


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