01226 area code: Barnsley
01226 Area Code Statistics
The 01226 area code covers the city of Barnsley and its surrounding regions.
Locations using the 01226 area code
- Barnsley
- Brierley
- Cudworth
- Darton
- Hoyland
- Penistone
- Royston
- Silkstone
- Wombwell
When is it necessary to use the 01226 Barnsley dialling code?
If you are calling from a mobile phone or landline outside of the 01226 Barnsley 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 01226 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 (01226).
- United States and Canada
- International Prefix 011
Phone Number 01226 691851
Phone Number to Dial 011 44 1226 691851 - Europe
- International Prefix 00
Phone Number 01226 667791
Phone Number to Dial 00 44 1226 667791 - Australia
- International Prefix 0011
Phone Number 01226 209609
Phone Number to Dial 0011 44 1226 209609
Locations (codes) near the 01226 code
- Bradford 01274 area code is about 20 miles to the Northwest
- Chesterfield 01246 area code is about 22 miles to the South
- Doncaster 01302 area code is about 15 miles to the East
- Glossop 01457 area code is about 21 miles to the West-southwest
- Guiseley 01943 area code is about 24 miles to the Northwest
- Halifax 01422 area code is about 20 miles to the West-northwest
- Hathersage 01433 area code is about 17 miles to the Southwest
- Huddersfield 01484 area code is about 14 miles to the West-northwest
- Leeds 0113 area code is about 17 miles to the North-northwest
- Pontefract 01977 area code is about 12 miles to the Northeast
- Rotherham 01709 area code is about 10 miles to the Southeast
- Selby 01757 area code is about 23 miles to the East-northeast
- Sheffield 0114 area code is about 12 miles to the South
- Wakefield 01924 area code is about 9 miles to the North-northwest
- Worksop 01909 area code is about 22 miles to the Southeast
The Beginning of the 01226 Area Code
Prior to the PhONEday event in April 1995, the area code was 0226 and the historic mnemonic code was BA6, with the first two characters taken from the letters B and A in BArnsley. On an old rotary dial telephone, this code would have been entered by dialling the numbers 2, 2, and 6.