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The Newmarket 01638 Area Code (Newmarket Dialling Code)

The 01638 area code is a 4 digit geographical dialling code (excluding the zero) used in telecommunications for the Newmarket area.

The local telephone numbers within the 01638 are 6 digits long.

The correct format in which to write a telephone number from the Newmarket area code is (01638) [x][x][x][x][x][x].

Where is the 01638 Area Code?

The Newmarket 01638 dialling code intersects the counties of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk in the East of England Region of the UK.

When do I need to use the 01638 Newmarket dialling code?

You will need to use a dialling code if you are calling from a mobile phone or a landline outside of the 01638 Newmarket dialling code area. If you are calling a local number within the same area code with a landline telephone you do not need to use the 01638 dialling code.

Phoning the 01638 Dialling Code from Outside of the UK

If you are calling from outside of the UK. You will need to add the code for dialling internationally. This varies country to country, followed by the UK country code (44) followed by the area code without the initial zero (1638).

RegionInternational PrefixCountry CodeArea Code
United States and Canada011441638
Europe00441638
Australia0011441638

Map showing the location of the 01638 Newmarket Area Code

picture showing the location of the Newmarket area code
location of the Newmarket area code
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Origins of the 01638 Newmarket Area Code

Before the 16th April 1995 known as PhONEday which changed telephone area codes by inserting a 1 at the beginning. The area code was 0638.

the historic mnemonic code for the 01638 area was NE8. The first two characters are taken from the letters N and E in NEwmarket. On an old rotary dial telephone this was entered by dialling the numbers 6, 3 and 8.

picture showing an old rotary dial for the Newmarket area code
An old rotary dial for the Newmarket area code.

Map of the 01638 Newmarket dialling Code Area

The shaded area on the map represent the estimated extent of the 01638 Newmarket phone area code.

The blue icons on the map represent the locations of telephone exchanges serving the 01638 area. Click on an icon for more details

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Map of the Newmarket area code
Map of the Newmarket area code and surrounding areas

Towns and Villages within the Newmarket 01638 dialling Code

Burwell
Cheveley
Dullingham
Fordham (East Cambridgeshire)
Gazeley
Isleham
Mildenhall
Newmarket
Tuddenham

Known Telephone Exchanges within the Newmarket 01638 dialling Code

BURWELL (CAMBS) ATE (EABWL)
NEWMARKET TE/TRS (EANMK)
CHEVELEY ATE (EACHY)
EXNING UAX Z (EAEXN)
FORDHAM ATE Z (EAFDM)
ISLEHAM UAX (EAISL)
KENTFORD ATE (EAKEN)
MILDENHALL ATE Z (EAMIL)
OUSDEN UAX & SAX (EAOUS)
SIX MILE BOTTOM UAX (EASIX)
STETCHWORTH VAX (EASTW)