01525 area code: Leighton Buzzard

Local information, history, and recent phone activity for Leighton Buzzard.

The 01525 area code covers Leighton Buzzard and its surrounding regions.

Locations using the 01525 area code

  • Ampthill
  • Eaton Bray
  • Flitwick
  • Great Brickhill
  • Heath and Reach
  • Hockliffe
  • Leighton Buzzard
  • Linslade
  • Ridgmont
  • Silsoe
  • Soulbury
  • Stewkley
  • Toddington
  • Woburn

When is it necessary to use the 01525 Leighton Buzzard dialling code?

If you are calling from a mobile phone or landline outside of the 01525 Leighton Buzzard 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 01525 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 (01525).

RegionInternational PrefixPhone NumberPhone Number to Dial
United States and Canada01101525 304223011 44 1525 304223
Europe0001525 21045500 44 1525 210455
Australia001101525 2134330011 44 1525 213433

Locations (codes) near the 01525 code

The Beginning of the 01525 Area Code

Prior to the PhONEday event in April 1995, the area code was 0525 and the historic mnemonic code was LB5, with the first two characters taken from the letters and and in in Buzzard. On an old rotary dial telephone, this code would have been entered by dialling the numbers 5, 2, and 5.

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