How to Call United Kingdom
Calling United Kingdom: [exit code] 44 [local number].
United Kingdom Country Code: +44
Quick answer
To call United Kingdom, dial your international exit code, then 44, then the local number without leading zeros. Example: +44 7400 123456. Calls cost from ~$0.04 per minute with CallTuv.
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Dialing format
+ 44 7400 123456
Exit code • Country code • Local number
Exit code
+
Use your country exit code, or + on mobile
Country code
+44
United Kingdom's international calling code
Local number
7400 123456
Enter the local number without the country code
Browser format
+44 7400 123456
Use this format inside CallTuv
Whether you’re calling family, friends, or business contacts, knowing how to call United Kingdom correctly helps your conversation start smoothly. This guide covers the essential dialing steps, including country and area codes that are easy to miss. By the end, you’ll be ready to connect confidently with anyone in United Kingdom - whether you’re calling London or anywhere else.
Step-by-Step Dialing Guide
Follow these simple steps to make a call to United Kingdom from anywhere in the world
Dial your country's exit code
Start with your country's international dialing prefix (often 00 or 011, or use + on mobile).
Add United Kingdom's country code
Dial the country code +44 for United Kingdom.
Enter the local phone number
Dial the local phone number in United Kingdom (typically 8-10 digits, without any leading zeros).
Complete dialing format
Full format: [exit code] 44 [local number] - For example: 00 44 612 345 678
HOW TO CALL
International Dialing Format
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Calling Code
+44
Cost to Call United Kingdom
~$0.04/min landline, ~$0.07/min mobile
Capital of United Kingdom
London
Region
Europe (Northern Europe)
Currency of United Kingdom
British pound (£)
United Kingdom Time Zones
UTC-08:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00, UTC, UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00, UTC+06:00
Current time
Your time
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United Kingdom
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United Kingdom is --
City & Area Codes for United Kingdom
| City / Region | Area Code |
|---|---|
| Aberdeen | 44-1224 |
| Abingdon | 44-1235 |
| Aboyne | 44-1339 |
| Aldershot | 44-1252 |
| Alford (Lincs) | 44-1507 |
| Alloa | 44-1259 |
| Alton | 44-1420 |
| Ammanford | 44-1269 |
| Andover | 44-1264 |
| Annan | 44-1461 |
| Arbroath | 44-1241 |
| Ardrossan | 44-1294 |
| Arrochar | 44-1301 |
| Ascot | 44-1276 |
| Ashbourne | 44-1335 |
| Ashburton | 44-1364 |
| Ashford | 44-1233 |
| Axminster | 44-1297 |
| Aylesbury | 44-1296 |
| Ayr | 44-1292 |
Show all 299 United Kingdom area codes
| Banbury | 44-1295 |
| Banchory | 44-1330 |
| Banff | 44-1261 |
| Bangor (N. Wales) | 44-1248 |
| Barmouth | 44-1341 |
| Barnsley | 44-1226 |
| Barnstable | 44-1271 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 44-1229 |
| Barry | 44-1446 |
| Basingstoke | 44-1246 |
| Bath | 44-1225 |
| Bathgate | 44-1506 |
| Bedford | 44-1234 |
| Bellingham | 44-1434 |
| Berwick-on-Tweed | 44-1289 |
| Bewdley | 44-1299 |
| Bideford | 44-1237 |
| Birmingham | 44-121 |
| Bishop Auckland | 44-1388 |
| Bishops Stortford | 44-1279 |
| Blackburn | 44-1254 |
| Blackpool | 44-1253 |
| Blairgowrie | 44-1250 |
| Blandford | 44-1258 |
| Bodmin | 44-1208 |
| Bolton | 44-1204 |
| Boroughbridge | 44-1423 |
| Boston | 44-1205 |
| Bournemouth | 44-1202 |
| Bourton-on-the-Water | 44-1451 |
| Bracknell | 44-1344 |
| Bradford | 44-1274 |
| Braintree | 44-1376 |
| Brechin | 44-1356 |
| Brentwood | 44-1277 |
| Bridgwater | 44-1278 |
| Bridlington | 44-1262 |
| Bridport | 44-1308 |
| Brighton | 44-1273 |
| Bristol | 44-117 |
| Bristol | 44-1275 |
| Broadford | 44-1471 |
| Brooke | 44-1508 |
| Buckingham | 44-1280 |
| Bude | 44-1288 |
| BudleighSalterton | 44-1395 |
| Burley | 44-1425 |
| Burnley | 44-1282 |
| Burntwood | 44-1543 |
| Burton-on-Trent | 44-1283 |
| Bury-St-Edmunds | 44-1284 |
| Buxton | 44-1298 |
| Caernarvon | 44-1286 |
| Cambridge | 44-1223 |
| Canterbury | 44-1227 |
| Cardiff | 44-29 |
| Cardigan | 44-1239 |
| Carlisle | 44-1228 |
| Carmarthen | 44-1267 |
| Castle Douglas | 44-1556 |
| Cerne Abbas | 44-1300 |
| Chard | 44-1460 |
| Chelmsford | 44-1245 |
| Cheltenham | 44-1242 |
| Chester | 44-1244 |
| Chesterfield | 44-1246 |
| Chichester | 44-1243 |
| Chippenham | 44-1249 |
| Cirencester | 44-1285 |
| Clacton-on-Sea | 44-1255 |
| Clitheroe | 44-1200 |
| Clynderwen | 44-1437 |
| Coalville | 44-1530 |
| Coatbridge | 44-1236 |
| Colchester | 44-1206 |
| Colwyn Bay | 44-1492 |
| Congleton | 44-1260 |
| Congleton | 44-1477 |
| Consett | 44-1207 |
| Coppull | 44-1257 |
| Corwen | 44-1490 |
| Coventry | 44-24 |
| Craigellachie | 44-1340 |
| Crediton | 44-1363 |
| Crewe | 44-1270 |
| Cromer | 44-1263 |
| Cumnock | 44-1290 |
| Darlington | 44-1325 |
| Derby | 44-1332 |
| Dereham | 44-1362 |
| Devizes | 44-1380 |
| Dingwall | 44-1349 |
| Diss | 44-1379 |
| Docking | 44-1485 |
| Doddington | 44-1354 |
| Doncaster | 44-1302 |
| Dorchester | 44-1305 |
| Dover | 44-1304 |
| Downham Market | 44-1366 |
| Driffield | 44-1377 |
| Dulverton | 44-1398 |
| Dumbarton | 44-1389 |
| Dumfries | 44-1387 |
| Dunbar | 44-1368 |
| Dundee | 44-1382 |
| Dunfermline | 44-1383 |
| Dunkeld | 44-1350 |
| Dunoon | 44-1369 |
| Duns | 44-1361 |
| Durham | 44-191 |
| Dursley | 44-1453 |
| Easingwold | 44-1347 |
| East Grinstead | 44-1342 |
| East Kilbride | 44-1355 |
| East Kilbride | 44-1357 |
| Eastbourne | 44-1323 |
| Edinbane | 44-1470 |
| Edinburgh | 44-131 |
| Elgin | 44-1343 |
| Ellon | 44-1358 |
| Ely | 44-1353 |
| Esher | 44-1372 |
| Exeter | 44-1392 |
| Fakenham | 44-1328 |
| Falkirk | 44-1324 |
| Falmouth | 44-1326 |
| Fareham | 44-1329 |
| Fareham | 44-1489 |
| Faringdon | 44-1367 |
| Fishguard | 44-1348 |
| Folkestone | 44-1303 |
| Fordoun | 44-1561 |
| Forfar | 44-1307 |
| Forres | 44-1309 |
| Fort Augustus | 44-1320 |
| Fort William | 44-1397 |
| Fortrose | 44-1381 |
| Fraserburgh | 44-1346 |
| Frome | 44-1373 |
| Gainsborough | 44-1427 |
| Gairloch | 44-1445 |
| Girvan | 44-1465 |
| Glasgow | 44-141 |
| Glastonbury | 44-1458 |
| Glenurquhart | 44-1456 |
| Glossop | 44-1457 |
| Gloucester | 44-1452 |
| Golspie | 44-1408 |
| Goole | 44-1405 |
| Grantham | 44-1476 |
| Grantown-on-Spey | 44-1479 |
| Gravesend | 44-1474 |
| Great Dunmow | 44-1371 |
| Great Shefford | 44-1488 |
| Great Yarmouth | 44-1493 |
| Greenock | 44-1475 |
| Grimsby | 44-1472 |
| Guildford | 44-1483 |
| Guisborough | 44-1287 |
| Halifax | 44-1422 |
| Harthill | 44-1501 |
| Hartlepool | 44-1429 |
| Haslemere | 44-1428 |
| Hastings | 44-1424 |
| Hathersage | 44-1433 |
| Haverhill | 44-1440 |
| Hawick | 44-1450 |
| Hay-on-Wye | 44-1497 |
| Haywards Heath | 44-1444 |
| Heathfield | 44-1435 |
| Helensburgh | 44-1436 |
| Helmsdale | 44-1431 |
| Helmsley | 44-1439 |
| Hereford | 44-1432 |
| High Wycombe | 44-1494 |
| Hinckley | 44-1455 |
| Hitchin | 44-1462 |
| Holbeach | 44-1406 |
| Holsworthy | 44-1409 |
| Holyhead | 44-1407 |
| Honington | 44-1400 |
| Honiton | 44-1404 |
| Horsham | 44-1403 |
| Huddersfield | 44-1484 |
| Hull | 44-1482 |
| Huntingdon | 44-1480 |
| Huntly | 44-1466 |
| Insch | 44-1464 |
| Inveraray | 44-1499 |
| Inverness | 44-1463 |
| Inverurie | 44-1467 |
| Ipswich | 44-1473 |
| Johnstone | 44-1505 |
| Keighley | 44-1535 |
| Keith | 44-1542 |
| Kelso | 44-1573 |
| Kendal | 44-1539 |
| Kettering | 44-1536 |
| Kettering | 44-1538 |
| Killearn | 44-1360 |
| Killin | 44-1567 |
| Killingholme | 44-1469 |
| Kilmarnock | 44-1563 |
| Kings Lynn | 44-1553 |
| Kingsbridge | 44-1548 |
| Kington | 44-1544 |
| Kingussie | 44-1540 |
| Kinross | 44-1577 |
| Kirkcudbright | 44-1557 |
| Kirriemuir | 44-1575 |
| Knebworth | 44-1438 |
| Knighton | 44-1547 |
| Knutsford | 44-1565 |
| Ladybank | 44-1337 |
| Laggan | 44-1528 |
| Lairg | 44-1549 |
| Lampeter | 44-1570 |
| Lanark | 44-1555 |
| Lancaster | 44-1524 |
| Lapworth | 44-1564 |
| Lauder | 44-1578 |
| Launceston | 44-1566 |
| Leeds | 44-113 |
| Leicester | 44-116 |
| Leighton Buzzard | 44-1525 |
| Leominster | 44-1568 |
| Lincoln | 44-1522 |
| Liverpool | 44-151 |
| Llanarth | 44-1545 |
| Llandeilo | 44-1558 |
| Llandovery | 44-1550 |
| Llandyssul | 44-1559 |
| Llanelli | 44-1554 |
| Lochcarron | 44-1520 |
| Lochgilphead | 44-1546 |
| Lochinver | 44-1571 |
| Lockerbie | 44-1576 |
| London | 44-20 |
| Looe | 44-1503 |
| Loughborough | 44-1509 |
| Lowestoft | 44-1502 |
| Manchester | 44-161 |
| Market Weighton | 44-1430 |
| Markyate | 44-1442 |
| Martin | 44-1526 |
| Mold | 44-1352 |
| Moscow | 44-1560 |
| Nettlebed | 44-1491 |
| Newdigate | 44-1293 |
| Newdigate | 44-1306 |
| Northern Ireland | 44-28 |
| Nottingham | 44-115 |
| Oakham | 44-1572 |
| Pakenham | 44-1359 |
| Peat Inn | 44-1333 |
| Peat Inn | 44-1334 |
| Pontypool | 44-1495 |
| Pontypridd | 44-1443 |
| Port Ellen | 44-1496 |
| Portree | 44-1478 |
| Portsmouth | 44-23 |
| Rangeworthy | 44-1454 |
| Reading | 44-118 |
| Redditch | 44-1527 |
| Redruth | 44-1209 |
| Sheffield | 44-114 |
| Shirenewton | 44-1291 |
| Shottisham | 44-1394 |
| Sleaford | 44-1529 |
| Stanford-le-Hope | 44-1268 |
| Stanford-le-Hope | 44-1375 |
| Stonehaven | 44-1569 |
| Stourbridge | 44-1384 |
| Stourbridge | 44-1386 |
| Stourbridge | 44-1562 |
| Stowmarket | 44-1449 |
| Swanley | 44-1322 |
| Warboys | 44-1487 |
| Weedon | 44-1327 |
International Calling to United Kingdom: FAQs
How do I call United Kingdom from abroad?
To call United Kingdom, dial your country's exit code, followed by the country code +44, and then the local phone number.
What is the country calling code for United Kingdom?
The country calling code for United Kingdom is +44. To call United Kingdom from abroad, dial +44 followed by the local phone number.
How do I make cheap calls to United Kingdom?
To make affordable calls to United Kingdom from abroad, use CallTuv's browser-based calling service. Simply dial +44 followed by the local number. No app download required, and calls start at ~$0.04 per minute.
How much does it cost to call United Kingdom?
Calls to United Kingdom cost ~$0.04 per minute to landlines and ~$0.07 per minute to mobiles with CallTuv, billed per minute with no subscription.View rates for United Kingdom →
Can I use + instead of the exit code when calling United Kingdom?
Yes. On mobile phones and in CallTuv, you can usually use +44. The plus sign replaces your country's international exit code.
Should I remove leading zeros from United Kingdom phone numbers?
In most international dialing formats, remove the trunk prefix or leading zero before the local United Kingdom number, then dial +44. If the dialer shows a formatting warning, follow the corrected format before calling.
