01234 area code: Bedford
01234 Area Code Statistics
The 01234 area code is assigned to the town of Bedford and its surrounding communities. This area code is used for telephone numbers within the region, and it is the identifying code for people and businesses located in and around the town of Bedford.
Locations using the 01234 area code
- Bedford
- Cardington
- Cranfield
- Colmworth
- Great Barford
- Harrold
- Haynes
- Kempston
- Lower Shelton
- North Crawley
- Oakley
- Olney
- Ravensden
- Riseley
- Sharnbrook
- Turvey
- Wilstead
- Wixams
When is it necessary to use the 01234 Bedford dialling code?
If you are calling from a mobile phone or landline outside of the 01234 Bedford 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 01234 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 (01234).
- United States and Canada
- International Prefix 011
Phone Number 01234 279600
Phone Number to Dial 011 44 1234 279600 - Europe
- International Prefix 00
Phone Number 01234 987449
Phone Number to Dial 00 44 1234 987449 - Australia
- International Prefix 0011
Phone Number 01234 889237
Phone Number to Dial 0011 44 1234 889237
Locations (codes) near the 01234 code
- Buckingham 01280 area code is about 24 miles to the West-southwest
- Clopton 01832 area code is about 19 miles to the North
- Hitchin 01462 area code is about 15 miles to the Southeast
- Huntingdon 01480 area code is about 18 miles to the Northeast
- Kettering 01536 area code is about 21 miles to the Northwest
- Leighton Buzzard 01525 area code is about 17 miles to the Southwest
- Luton 01582 area code is about 18 miles to the South
- Madingley 01954 area code is about 22 miles to the East
- Milton Keynes 01908 area code is about 14 miles to the West-southwest
- Northampton 01604 area code is about 20 miles to the West-northwest
- Royston 01763 area code is about 20 miles to the East
- Sandy 01767 area code is about 8 miles to the East
- Stevenage 01438 area code is about 20 miles to the Southeast
- Warboys 01487 area code is about 25 miles to the Northeast
- Wellingborough 01933 area code is about 15 miles to the Northwest
The Beginning of the 01234 Area Code
Prior to the PhONEday event in April 1995, the area code was 0234 and the historic mnemonic code was BE4, with the first two characters taken from the letters B and E in BEdford. On an old rotary dial telephone, this code would have been entered by dialling the numbers 2, 3, and 4.