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The Middlesbrough 01642 Area Code (Middlesbrough Dialling Code)

The 01642 area code is a 4 digit geographical dialling code (excluding the zero) used in telecommunications for the Middlesbrough area.

The local telephone numbers within the 01642 are 6 digits long.

The correct format in which to write a telephone number from the Middlesbrough area code is (01642) [x][x][x][x][x][x].

Where is the 01642 Area Code?

The Middlesbrough 01642 dialling code intersects the counties of Durham and North Yorkshire in the North East and Yorkshire and the Humber Regions of the UK.

When do I need to use the 01642 Middlesbrough dialling code?

You will need to use a dialling code if you are calling from a mobile phone or a landline outside of the 01642 Middlesbrough 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 01642 dialling code.

Phoning the 01642 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 (1642).

RegionInternational PrefixCountry CodeArea Code
United States and Canada011441642
Europe00441642
Australia0011441642

Map showing the location of the 01642 Middlesbrough Area Code

picture showing the location of the Middlesbrough area code
location of the Middlesbrough area code
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Origins of the 01642 Middlesbrough 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 0642.

the historic mnemonic code for the 01642 area was MI2. The first two characters are taken from the letters M and I in MIddlesborough. On an old rotary dial telephone this was entered by dialling the numbers 6, 4 and 2.

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

Map of the 01642 Middlesbrough dialling Code Area

The shaded area on the map represent the estimated extent of the 01642 Middlesbrough phone area code.

The blue icons on the map represent the locations of telephone exchanges serving the 01642 area. Click on an icon for more details

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

Towns and Villages within the Middlesbrough 01642 dialling Code

Billingham
Carlton in Cleveland
Great Ayton
High Clarence
Hutton Rudby
Ingleby Barwick
Kirklevington
Longnewton
Marske-by-the-Sea
Middlesbrough
New Marske
Redcar
Stockton-on-Tees
Stokesley
Swainby
Teesside Shopping Park
Thornaby-on-Tees
Urlay Nook
Yarm

Known Telephone Exchanges within the Middlesbrough 01642 dialling Code

EAGLESCLIFFE ATE (NEEC)
ESTON GRANGE ATE (NEESG)
HARTBURN ATE (MI) (NEHRT)
LINTHORPE ATE (NELIN)
MIDDLESBROUGH TE (NEMI)
MARTON ATE (NEMTN)
NORTON ATE (NENN)
REDCAR ATE (NERC)
STAINTON ATE (NESAI)
GREAT AYTON ATE (NEGA)
HAVERTON HILL ATE (NEHHL)
HUTTON RUDBY ATE (NEHTR)
INGLEBY BARWICK ATE (NEILB)
SEAL SANDS TE (NESSDS)
STOKESLEY ATE (NESTO)
WAINSTONES UAX (NEWNS)