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The Coventry 024 Area Code (Coventry Dialling Code)

The 024 area code is a 2 digit geographical dialling code (excluding the zero) used in telecommunications for the Coventry area.

The local telephone numbers within the 024 are 8 digits long.

The correct format in which to write a telephone number from the Coventry area code is (024) [x][x][x][x] [x][x][x][x].

Where is the 024 Area Code?

The Coventry 024 dialling code intersects the counties of West Midlands and Warwickshire in the West Midlands Region of the UK.

When do I need to use the 024 Coventry dialling code?

You will need to use a dialling code if you are calling from a mobile phone or a landline outside of the 024 Coventry 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 024 dialling code.

Phoning the 024 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 (24).

RegionInternational PrefixCountry CodeArea Code
United States and Canada0114424
Europe004424
Australia00114424

Map showing the location of the 024 Coventry Area Code

picture showing the location of the Coventry area code
location of the Coventry area code
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Origins of the 024 Coventry 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 0203.

The area code for Coventry (01203) changed to become 023 after the Big Number Change on the 22nd April 2000.

the historic mnemonic code for the 024 area was CO3. The first two characters are taken from the letters C and O in COventry. On an old rotary dial telephone this was entered by dialling the numbers 2, 0 and 3.

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

Map of the 024 Coventry dialling Code Area

The shaded area on the map represent the estimated extent of the 024 Coventry phone area code.

The blue icons on the map represent the locations of telephone exchanges serving the 024 area. Click on an icon for more details

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

Towns and Villages within the Coventry 024 dialling Code

Bedworth
Binley Woods
Bulkington
Coventry
Ealing
Nuneaton
Ryton-on-Dunsmore
Stretton-on-Dunsmore
Wolston

Known Telephone Exchanges within the Coventry 024 dialling Code

BINLEY ATE (CMBIN)
COVENTRY ATE (CMCGF)
EARLSDON ATE (CMEARD)
ALLESLEY ATE (CMALL)
BEDWORTH ATE (CMBED)
CHAPEL END ATE (CMCHAP)
HIGHWAY ATE (CMHIGW)
KERESLEY ATE (CMKER)
NUNEATON ATE (CMNUN)
RADFORD ATE (CMRAD)
WALSGRAVE ON SOWE ATE (CMWAL)
CHEYLESMORE ATE (CMCHEY)
EXHALL ATE (CMEXH)
FOLESHILL ATE (CMFOL)
TILE HILL ATE (CMTIL)
TOLL BAR ATE (CMTOL)
WOLSTON ATE (CMWOL)