This number being Sheffields Area code. But is it only followed by 2? I thought the whole idea of giving cities the 4 digit area code was to take advantage of the extra number for combinations. But Sheffield hasnt seemed to impliment it. Ive been looking around recently and ive only seen 0114 2** etc... Considering over half a million people live in Sheffield surely they would be able to implement it. Anyone know why? Also some areas in S60 near the parkway have a Rotherham number of 01709 but its still classed as Sheffield. Why didnt they get given the 0114 number? does anyone also know how far the 0114 area code extends to because other cities it extends much further than the actual area of the city for example, Manchester and Liverpool. :?:

Apparantly not very far, Sheffield Road, First part of Bawtry Rd near the Tinsley viaduct is 01709, Owler Bar Soouth west is not 0114. past High Green north Sheffield is 01226.
Worksop has a sheffield postcode as does Rotherham though thats because of the set postal system rather than the phone network.

Ridgeway and Killamarsh are in Derbyshire but have 0114 tel numbers so the exchange must extend over county boundaries

As far as I'm aware, Dronfield also has an 0114 code too doesn't it? Not sure about it being followed by a 2 though.

Ive just had a look on a telephone directory. Searched for a radom name of Smith under Dronfield and it takes me to Chesterfield. Either I need to find a name of someone who isnt ex directory who live in dronfield or dronfield is classed as part of Chesterfield, therefor it appears as 01246. Does anyone who visits this forum live in dronfield? if so do you have an 0114 number followed by anything other than a 2?

Hmmm. It probably is a Chesterfield number then. I wasn't 100% sure Dronfield was 0114, but for some reason I did think it was. Maybe it used to be or something.

I don't think OFTEL have implemented any 'new ' numbers for Sheffield yet, as the change from six to seven digits provided a lot of new numbers.

Does anyone remember the days when Sheffield city centre numbers only had FIVE digits and then in the 70's you had to put a '7' before it when they went to six figure numbers?

Or how about when areas had their own local dialling code, sich as '94' for Worksop, '92' for Rotherham?

And can anyone tell me why some businesses STILL incorrectly put their phone numbers on their buildings and vehicles? The number of times i've seen them like (for example) J.SMITH Tel: (01142) 123456

Originally posted by "alchresearch"

I don't think OFTEL have implemented any 'new ' numbers for Sheffield yet, as the change from six to seven digits provided a lot of new numbers.

Does anyone remember the days when Sheffield city centre numbers only had FIVE digits and then in the 70's you had to put a '7' before it when they went to six figure numbers?

Or how about when areas had their own local dialling code, sich as '94' for Worksop, '92' for Rotherham?

And can anyone tell me why some businesses STILL incorrectly put their phone numbers on their buildings and vehicles? The number of times i've seen them like (for example) J.SMITH Tel: (01142) 123456

I was brought up in Woodhouse and can remember our number being Woodhouse and then 4 digits. To get a line to Sheffield you first had to dial 9. Our phone was one of the old fashioned bacolite ones with a big metal dial. God that makes me sound old :cry:

I don't think OFTEL have implemented any 'new ' numbers for Sheffield yet, as the change from six to seven digits provided a lot of new numbers.

Does anyone remember the days when Sheffield city centre numbers only had FIVE digits and then in the 70's you had to put a '7' before it when they went to six figure numbers?

Or how about when areas had their own local dialling code, sich as '94' for Worksop, '92' for Rotherham?

And can anyone tell me why some businesses STILL incorrectly put their phone numbers on their buildings and vehicles?

01142 is the code for sheffield followed by a six figure number but most people use the 2 as the first number of there number.

The 01142 number is actually the correct code for Sheffield but most people use it as the first number on the telephone number.

I'm not sure about that. I thought that 0114 was the area code, and the 2 was put before all the old 6 digit numbers to allow for more numbers being added in the future?

Yes, you're right. When the other towns got their new numbers (Leeds and a few others), they didn't make the mistake of putting 0113x 0115x and so on.

Nope, code is 0114. The 2 was added to existing numbers to extend the range which hasn't happened yet.

http://www.bt.com/localarea/index.jsp

I don't think OFTEL have implemented any 'new ' numbers for Sheffield yet, as the change from six to seven digits provided a lot of new numbers.

Does anyone remember the days when Sheffield city centre numbers only had FIVE digits and then in the 70's you had to put a '7' before it when they went to six figure numbers?

Or how about when areas had their own local dialling code, sich as '94' for Worksop, '92' for Rotherham?

And can anyone tell me why some businesses STILL incorrectly put their phone numbers on their buildings and vehicles? The number of times i've seen them like (for example) J.SMITH Tel: (01142) 123456

That really annoys me. Companies showing the London number are the worst, i.e. they show 0208 *** **** instead of 020 8** ****.

Even the Wright Stuff of channel 5 shows its telephone number as 0207 *** **** :loopy:

As far as I know 0114 is the Sheffield code, then all the individual numbers start with a 2.
If the Sheffield code was 01142 then when you dialled locally you wouldn't need to put the 2, but you do have to put the 2 so the code must be 0114.

If the full range of numbers go from 2000000 to 2999999, then that must be a million numbers.
I'll count them all individually, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, er 6, er er, oh sod it.

The idea was that eventually when they run out of 01142 numbers they can go to 01143

Ive just had a look on a telephone directory. Searched for a radom name of Smith under Dronfield and it takes me to Chesterfield. Either I need to find a name of someone who isnt ex directory who live in dronfield or dronfield is classed as part of Chesterfield, therefor it appears as 01246. Does anyone who visits this forum live in dronfield? if so do you have an 0114 number followed by anything other than a 2?

Surely all Sheffield numbers have the area code of 0114. The 2 has nothing to do with the code. Am I right? Any BT staff on SF?

Wow, a 4 year old thread dragged from the depths, nice one Apple Juice!

Ive just had a look on a telephone directory. Searched for a radom name of Smith under Dronfield and it takes me to Chesterfield. Either I need to find a name of someone who isnt ex directory who live in dronfield or dronfield is classed as part of Chesterfield, therefor it appears as 01246. Does anyone who visits this forum live in dronfield? if so do you have an 0114 number followed by anything other than a 2?

Dronfield has both,

Hilltop, Coal Aston + Dronfield Centre are 01246.

Parts of Dronfield Woodhouse, on the Bradway border is 0114 :loopy:

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[The 01142 number is actually the correct code for Sheffield but most people use it as the first number on the telephone number.]

seven digit local diallling within sheffield says otherwise

( ditto for Leicester 0116 and Nottingham 0115 among others )

also what about sheffield 20n nnnn numbers ? a number begining 0 or 1 is 'illegal' under the dialling logic system

Wow, a 4 year old thread dragged from the depths, nice one Apple Juice!

Thanks! I was sick of reading threads that are moans on the same subjects, so went back in time to see if I could find anything interesting

The SF Time Machine, it's great!

Incidentally, there are now quite a few 0114 3xxxxxx numbers in use.

Also, some non-geographical numbers from companies,(telewest, for example) actually go to 0114 0** **** through to 0114 5** ****

Local numbers beyond 5 are currently reserved for future expansion of the network.

If you take a look here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_telephone_numbering_plan#PhONE_Day

You will find about 2/3's the way down you will find a bit on "PhONE Day"

Note that the first digit of the local numbers within these codes is no longer restricted to those shown: for example, while all pre-'PhONE Day' Leeds numbers migrated to 0113 2xx xxxx, this numbering range has since been exhausted, and local numbers of the form 0113 3xx xxxx are now assigned; similarly in Sheffield, the range 0114 2xx xxxx has also been exhausted and new numbers take the form 0114 3xx xxxx. This is also the case for Bristol, the range 0117 9xx xxxx has been exhausted. New numbers issued now take the form of 0117 3xx xxxx. Meanwhile in Nottingham, with the range 0115 9xx xxxx exhausted, new numbers issued take the form 0115 8xx xxxx.

London has also got a new extra code too... from June 2005, as well as the 020 7xxx xxxx and 020 8xxx xxxx, there is now 020 3xxx xxxx

I know that Tesco Internet phone use 0114 3XX XXXX.

Obviously as time progresses the scope will expand but that's the only extra range that I know of.

This number being Sheffields Area code. But is it only followed by 2? I thought the whole idea of giving cities the 4 digit area code was to take advantage of the extra number for combinations. But Sheffield hasnt seemed to impliment it. Ive been looking around recently and ive only seen 0114 2** etc... Considering over half a million people live in Sheffield surely they would be able to implement it. Anyone know why? Also some areas in S60 near the parkway have a Rotherham number of 01709 but its still classed as Sheffield. Why didnt they get given the 0114 number? does anyone also know how far the 0114 area code extends to because other cities it extends much further than the actual area of the city for example, Manchester and Liverpool. :?:

There's a map on the cover of the phone book.

Ridgeway and Killamarsh are in Derbyshire but have 0114 tel numbers so the exchange must extend over county boundaries
But then a third of Sheffield used to be in Derbyshire - places like Beighton, Mosborough, Halfway etc were in Derbyshire until 1967. And up to the 1920s or thereabouts, the county boundary used to run down the halfway line at Bramall Lane, meaning one goalmouth was in Yorkshire whilst the other was in Derbyshire.

I know that Tesco Internet phone use 0114 3XX XXXX.

Obviously as time progresses the scope will expand but that's the only extra range that I know of.

It could be that once the Barnsley, Rotherham and Chesterfield numbers get exhausted, they might well be changed to Sheffield numbers and get the 0114 code. In other words, 0114 might be a future area code for the whole of South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire. Likewise, 0113 could be a future area code for West Yorkshire - especially as it looks as if Bradford is starting to run out of numbers, and could go over to the 0113 code.

My area code is 0114 followed by the number 3

My number starts with a 3 as well ! 0114 3xxxxxx

And up to the 1920s or thereabouts, the county boundary used to run down the halfway line at Bramall Lane, meaning one goalmouth was in Yorkshire whilst the other was in Derbyshire.

I'm fairly sure that the Derbyshire/Yorkshire boundary was never around Bramall Line. The nearest it got to the centre of the city was Meersbrook which is what the name Meersbrook means - boundary river.

I have however heard that Abbeydale is the only cricket ground in the country that has ever been a home ground for two different counties. Originally it was in Derbyshire and was used by Derbyshire for their home matches, it was then transfered to Yorkshire and at one time was used for their home matches too.

Incidentally, there are a few 0114 3*** numbers around now.

I'm fairly sure that the Derbyshire/Yorkshire boundary was never around Bramall Line. The nearest it got to the centre of the city was Meersbrook which is what the name Meersbrook means - boundary river.

In the last century, Bramall Lane was a track which led to a bridge over the River Sheaf, which was then the boundary between Yorkshire and Derbyshire. I think that's what's meant.

I have however heard that Abbeydale is the only cricket ground in the country that has ever been a home ground for two different counties. Originally it was in Derbyshire and was used by Derbyshire for their home matches, it was then transfered to Yorkshire and at one time was used for their home matches too.

Yup, that's right.

In the last century, Bramall Lane was a track which led to a bridge over the River Sheaf, which was then the boundary between Yorkshire and Derbyshire. I think that's what's meant.



Yup, that's right.
There was something about the tale that in the 1912 FA Cup Final replay (at Bramall Lane), Barnsley's goal was scored in Derbyshire (played in Yorkshire, won it in Derbyshire).

Going back to the OP, the reason why the Sheffield STD code doesn't cover as wide an area as other cities is down to the old, pre-1994 numbering system; back then, larger cities such as Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle used 7-digit phone numbers, the format being 021(std code)-345(exchange/area code)-6789(subscriber number). This system, in theory, gave a possible total of just under 10 million numbers per std code (999x9999=9989001), whereas the 6-digit system used by most other places, including Sheffield (i.e. 0742-123456) would only allow 999,999 possible numbers, hence could only cover about a tenth of the same area.

I still see some stationery with the old 0742 code.

My number starts with a 3 as well ! 0114 3xxxxxx

Mine too :hihi:
Is there enough of us to form a Forum Group ? :D

This number being Sheffields Area code. But is it only followed by 2? I thought the whole idea of giving cities the 4 digit area code was to take advantage of the extra number for combinations. But Sheffield hasnt seemed to impliment it. Ive been looking around recently and ive only seen 0114 2** etc... Considering over half a million people live in Sheffield surely they would be able to implement it. Anyone know why? Also some areas in S60 near the parkway have a Rotherham number of 01709 but its still classed as Sheffield. Why didnt they get given the 0114 number? does anyone also know how far the 0114 area code extends to because other cities it extends much further than the actual area of the city for example, Manchester and Liverpool. :?:

Lots of my newer clients have 0114 3**** numbers. The revolution has begun

This number being Sheffields Area code. But is it only followed by 2? I thought the whole idea of giving cities the 4 digit area code was to take advantage of the extra number for combinations. But Sheffield hasnt seemed to impliment it. Ive been looking around recently and ive only seen 0114 2** etc... Considering over half a million people live in Sheffield surely they would be able to implement it. Anyone know why? Also some areas in S60 near the parkway have a Rotherham number of 01709 but its still classed as Sheffield. Why didnt they get given the 0114 number? does anyone also know how far the 0114 area code extends to because other cities it extends much further than the actual area of the city for example, Manchester and Liverpool. :?:
The reason they haven't got the 0114 code is because they've got Rotherham numbers. Simple as that.

Lots of my newer clients have 0114 3**** numbers. The revolution has begun
And in Leeds, well over 70 of the 0113 3** ranges are already in use.

0114, this number being Sheffields Area code. But is it only followed by 2?Larger localities, such as Sheffield, Leeds (0113) or Nottingham (0115) have a 4 digit area code, not 5. Still 11 digits for a Sheffield number but written xxxx yyy zzzz rather than xxxxx yyy zzz like Doncaster, Rotherham or Chesterfield.

also what about sheffield 20n nnnn numbers ? a number begining 0 or 1 is 'illegal' under the dialling logic system

I believe these numbers exist so that you can direct dial phones acutally internal to BT's offices from an outside line. They don't work from non-BT lines, and they're not allocated for anyone else's use. Hey, they own the phones, they make the rules!

Mmmmmm I think people are forgetting history:

If my memory serves me right the code for sheffield was 0742 then the number, owing to the shortage of lines in Leeds, Sheffield . Nottingham etc they changed the dialing code to 0114 (In sheffield case think leeds is 0113 and nottingham 0115) and then added a 2 to all numbers

if i remember correctly the actual code was 01142 to replace 0742, so the 011 just replace the the 07. it would obviously allow for the 01143 numbers eventually.
when i did some contract work for BT they were trying to encourage people to use the full number on every occasion.not just for long distance calls.

if i remember correctly the actual code was 01142 to replace 0742, so the 011 just replace the the 07.


You remember wrong. ;)

The code is 0114; the number is 2xxxxxx (or 3xxxxxx, apparently, in some newer cases).

Code is 0114, sad enough to remember the advertising campaign and the stickers that went on the phones.

I've got an 0114 3xxxxxx number.
It's in a range used by Tesco's Internet Phone system.

in response to the xxx yyyy zzz number format , when i was working as a dreaded BT operator the standard way of reapeating was eg 0208 111 222 the 8 and 7 were to identify an inner london and an outer london number, also the possible reason for the change of sheffields code to 0114(2) ((old habbits die hard)) is if it was 0724 and the future change of the added 1 for uk landline numbers was implemented there would have been issues as the scuncthorpe area code is 01724.

hope this sheds some light on an old thread

It is implemented, I have a number that starts 01143.
You would be surprised as to how many people think its a fake number when given it.
If I had a penny for every time someone said, "it can't be 01143 our code is 01142".

The idea was that eventually when they run out of 01142 numbers they can go to 01143

They have already started issuing 01143, Voice at Woodseats has this number outside

Also Dronfeild and Chesterfield apart from a few residents of coal aston are 01246 at the beginning

They have already started issuing 01143, Voice at Woodseats has this number outside

Also Dronfeild and Chesterfield apart from a few residents of coal aston are 01246 at the beginning

No, the new numbers they will be issuing will be:-

0114 3XX XXXX

No, the new numbers they will be issuing will be:-

0114 3XX XXXX

Sorry really don't understand you they have already started using 0114 3xxxxx

Sorry really don't understand you they have already started using 0114 3xxxxx

The numbers, as pointed out in the posts above, are 0114 2XX XXXX/ 0114 3XX XXXX, not 01142/ 01143.

You'll get nowhere trying to phone the numbers after the 2 or the 3, as XX XXXX will not work.

I have had the 3 number for a year now. Sheffield code is 0114, But my number then goes into the 3 cat, ie. 0114 - 307****

Hit the enter button too fast. Many people still try to tell me they did not ring because they thought it was the wrong number. Did not have the brains to try it. This included the Council

I know of a couple of Sheffield numbers that start with 01143****

I know of a couple of Sheffield numbers that start with 01143****

Yes? They have ran out of 0114 2xxxxxx numbers and are allocating the next set of numbers as per the Sheffield numbering plan.

Nowt odd with that.

Anyone who thinks the area code for Sheffield is 01142 quite frankly needs taking out and shooting. Same goes for any business who does the same in it's signage.

I had to despair today when I saw a van from Leeds (with a similar area code and numbering plan to that of Sheffield) which had a number in the format 01133 xxx xxx printed on the side. Oh dear...

Yes? They have ran out of 0114 2xxxxxx numbers and are allocating the next set of numbers as per the Sheffield numbering plan.

Nowt odd with that.

Anyone who thinks the area code for Sheffield is 01142 quite frankly needs taking out and shooting. Same goes for any business who does the same in it's signage.

I had to despair today when I saw a van from Leeds (with a similar area code and numbering plan to that of Sheffield) which had a number in the format 01133 xxx xxx printed on the side. Oh dear...

I agree with you.

I had to despair today when I saw a van from Leeds (with a similar area code and numbering plan to that of Sheffield) which had a number in the format 01133 xxx xxx printed on the side. Oh dear...


That number would be correct. Telephones don't use, or recognise, spaces, so it makes no difference whatsoever where you put them in a sign.

It's not a huge deal but I have to agree about the use of Sheffield numbers! 0114 is the code followed by a 7 digit number. I think the point about companies for example displaying 01142 123456 is that this could suggest the number within Sheffield is 123456 which it's not!

My other half STILL quotes our number 01142 xxxxxx and then get confused when a number like 0114 3xxxxxx comes into play and tries to ring 23xxxxxx. My work number starts 20xxxxx so if the code was 01142 that would make the phone number 0xxxxx and no numbers begin with a 0, just area codes/prefixes.

So just to reiterate it's 0114 followed by 7 digits, most of which begin 2 but can also begin 3 :hihi:

That number would be correct. Telephones don't use, or recognise, spaces, so it makes no difference whatsoever where you put them in a sign.

Not saying it isn't.

However it is written wrong.

The area code for Leeds isn't 01133 so dialling a 6 digit number in Leeds would get you nowhere. People are probably thick enough to do that. Exactly the same as people who write 01142 in Sheffield. A 6 digit number will get you nowhere.

The fifteenth anniversary of those changes is less than a month away. :)

it makes no difference whatsoever where you put them in a sign.

Yes it does, HN, because people within the dialing code area may dial the number after the "01133", without the STD code, which will be meaningless. It never ceases to amaze me how many seemingly, in all other ways, intelligent and knowledgeable people fail to understand this simple convention.

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The fifteenth anniversary of those changes is less than a month away. :)

The fifteenth anniversary of this thread's inception can't be that far behind either...

Just goes to show how thick some people truly are.

After all this time it's almost unbelievable that so many people still cannot comprehend their number is (0114) 2xx xxxx or (0114) 3xx xxxx.

It's not going to be all that long before (0114) 4xx xxxx numbers start being issued too.

Yes? They have ran out of 0114 2xxxxxx numbers and are allocating the next set of numbers as per the Sheffield numbering plan.

Nowt odd with that.

Anyone who thinks the area code for Sheffield is 01142 quite frankly needs taking out and shooting. Same goes for any business who does the same in it's signage.

I had to despair today when I saw a van from Leeds (with a similar area code and numbering plan to that of Sheffield) which had a number in the format 01133 xxx xxx printed on the side. Oh dear...

Never said there was! I was just agreeing with some people on this thread who knew of people whose number started with a "3"

Sorry if i forgot to put a space in between the "4" and the "3"!

You going to shoot me for that?:huh:

Never said there was! I was just agreeing with some people on this thread who knew of people whose number started with a "3"

Sorry if i forgot to put a space in between the "4" and the "3"!

You going to shoot me for that?:huh:

Not at all.

You just mentioned something that had already been discussed and we were fully aware of.

This number being Sheffields Area code. But is it only followed by 2? I thought the whole idea of giving cities the 4 digit area code was to take advantage of the extra number for combinations. But Sheffield hasnt seemed to impliment it. Ive been looking around recently and ive only seen 0114 2** etc... Considering over half a million people live in Sheffield surely they would be able to implement it. Anyone know why? Also some areas in S60 near the parkway have a Rotherham number of 01709 but its still classed as Sheffield. Why didnt they get given the 0114 number? does anyone also know how far the 0114 area code extends to because other cities it extends much further than the actual area of the city for example, Manchester and Liverpool. :?:

o.k. I have only just found this, I have looked in my phone directory and this tells me the dialling code for sheffield is 0114. now when I look at my itemised bill the numbers I have dialled for sheffield show as 01142 ****** so if you dial the last 6 numbers from te sheffield area that should put you straight through? NO you need to add the 2 in front. so if b.t. is putting out conflictng inf what chance have we got

BT finally corrected a huge number of almost-fifteen-year-old errors in their area code list just a few months ago.

http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publisha.content/en/search/uk_codes/search.publisha?Search=011

However, nearly half of the other errors (for 02x and other codes) still remain. Perhaps in another decade the list will be correct? Wheels turn very slowly in an organisation of that size.

Who cares? At BT's prices, I won't be able to afford to ring anyone soon!! :(

The 01142 number is actually the correct code for Sheffield but most people use it as the first number on the telephone number.

It's not, the code is 0114. Lots of numbers start with 3 now.

01142 is the code for sheffield followed by a six figure number but most people use the 2 as the first number of there number.

The 01142 number is actually the correct code for Sheffield but most people use it as the first number on the telephone number.

you are wrong, as my number is 0114 307****

BUT..

01143 numbers were first dished out by Skype and then VM bought a load as there were no more 01142 numbers that could be used.

Kiverton Park has a Worksop area code, Sheffield postcode and their houses are owned by Rotherham Council... so I have no idea how these things work. :loopy:

Kiverton Park has a Worksop area code, Sheffield postcode and their houses are owned by Rotherham Council... so I have no idea how these things work. :loopy:They work exactly how you said it. Phone exchange is in Sheffield, they live in Rotherham. Seriously, how do you tie your laces in the morning?

I have velcro :D

The (0114) 3xx numbers are all used.


They are now issuing (0114) 4xx numbers in Sheffield.

The (0114) 3xx numbers are all used.


They are now issuing (0114) 4xx numbers in Sheffield.

GREAT!!! :suspect:

The (0114) 3xx numbers are all used.


They are now issuing (0114) 4xx numbers in Sheffield.

I can't believe they are all used tbh - that would imply that landline usage has doubled since they first issued the numbers starting with 3, just 4 years or thereabouts? When it took how many years to use all the ones starting with 2?

The (0114) 3xx numbers are all used.


They are now issuing (0114) 4xx numbers in Sheffield.
Yet no-one has ever seen any numbers in the format 0114- 3XX XXXX.
So how come all 1 000 000 of them have been used up?

Yet no-one has ever seen any numbers in the format 0114- 3XX XXXX.
So how come all 1 000 000 of them have been used up?

I've seen lots :huh:

Edit: Have a selection - http://www.flextel.com/numbers/01143-Local-Sheffield-Telephone-Numbers-Silver.htm (layed out in an even more random fashion than normal)

Yet no-one has ever seen any numbers in the format 0114- 3XX XXXX.
So how come all 1 000 000 of them have been used up?

Don't think they've been used up, there's thousands still available for free or you can buy premium ones. I thought all 01143 numbers where virtual numbers, i've got one that diverts straight to my mobile, no physical landline involved.

Yet no-one has ever seen any numbers in the format 0114- 3XX XXXX.
So how come all 1 000 000 of them have been used up?

I've seen loads. There are a lot of NHS services with these numbers.

There are a lot of NHS services with these numbers.
What, a million of them in Sheffield? Nonsense.

Yet no-one has ever seen any numbers in the format 0114- 3XX XXXX.
So how come all 1 000 000 of them have been used up?


Correction - YOU have not seen any numbers in that format.

What, a million of them in Sheffield? Nonsense.

They are often allocated in pretty large chunks - for example VOIP providers might have reserved a thousand numbers in every dialling code, even if they only use one or two of them. So the type you get will probably depend on where you get it from.

i've got one that diverts straight to my mobile, no physical landline involved.

There's no reason you shouldn't be allowed to have such a number if you want one - but I'm struggling to see any point. Do you have a practical reason for doing this?

There's no reason you shouldn't be allowed to have such a number if you want one - but I'm struggling to see any point. Do you have a practical reason for doing this?

People may prefer to call a landline when ringing a business.

If you wanted a plumber and there was just a mobile number available, would you ring it?

I have worksop number (01909)

Have sheffield postcode but yet rotherham council!! :loopy:

People may prefer to call a landline when ringing a business.

If you wanted a plumber and there was just a mobile number available, would you ring it?

But if that's why he chooses to do it, it would suggest he's untrustworthy. After all, the whole point of requiring businesses to have a landline number is so that you can pin them down to an address!

I have worksop number (01909)

Have sheffield postcode but yet rotherham council!! :loopy:

Your telephone exchange is in Workstop.

Your post depot is in Sheffield.

Your house is in Rotherham.

Telephone codes and post codes do not need to respect any geographical boundaries and are allocated based on the location of the facilities they work into.

there are 0114 3 numbers in Sheffield now, theyve ran out of 2, just normal businesses have them

Some of you will remember that when BT did the changes from 01742 to 0114 itwas them who insisted that if you gave your number out it was (for example) 01142 668522 which always struck me as odd. It is far easier (for me) to remember xxxx xxx xxxx this method having been in use in London, Brum, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh for many years.
They now appear to have had a re-think to a more sensible and logical method.

clearly 0114 is the code for Sheffield now not 01142 as they are now using 01143

Some of you will remember that when BT did the changes from 01742 to 0114 itwas them who insisted that if you gave your number out it was (for example) 01142 668522 which always struck me as odd

I remember them telling everybody not to do that, since the area code was 0114.

I remember them telling everybody not to do that, since the area code was 0114.


They do put my landline number in the format 01142 xxxxxx on my bill though, which bugs me a little!

I get calls all the time at work from wrong numbers where people automatically dial 0114 2 without looking at the number closely. I've started telling people where they're going wrong

I was with Bulldog broadband and phone 3 years ago and I had 0114328xxxx.?My manager said I was lying when I told her this was my previous number,as she wouldnt believe that this number was a sheffield number.I was told"I a have live in Sheffield 20 years,so I know how Sheffield numbers start!".To which I replied"I have lived in Sheffield all my life,and owned this number for 2 years,so I know this numbers correct!".
She still thinks imlying to this day lol.

I was with Bulldog broadband and phone 3 years ago and I had 0114328xxxx.?My manager said I was lying when I told her this was my previous number,as she wouldnt believe that this number was a sheffield number.I was told"I a have live in Sheffield 20 years,so I know how Sheffield numbers start!".To which I replied"I have lived in Sheffield all my life,and owned this number for 2 years,so I know this numbers correct!".
She still thinks imlying to this day lol.


Tell her to ring it. Problem solved.

EDIT - ah, your previous number. In which case, tell her to ring NHS Sheffield or Globeline Estates at Heeley Bottom.

I too have a 01143 no. provided by Virgin Media some companies dont ring it thinking I gave them the wrong number :hihi:

It really used to pee me off when giving my number out,because 9 times out of ten the person would try and correct me on it lol.
They would say "Are you sure its 32 and not 23?" grrrrrrr.

Yet no-one has ever seen any numbers in the format 0114- 3XX XXXX.
So how come all 1 000 000 of them have been used up?

Ofcom issues numbers in blocks of 10 000 to any company that asks for them. These are mostly VoIP providers in the (0114) 3xx range. Many national businesses now have a "local" number in every area code so they can "pretend" to be local to you.

If a Telecoms Provider has one end-user customer anywhere in Sheffield, they will have reserved a block of 10 000 numbers to use.

All of the (0114) 3xx numbers have been issued or reserved, and a dent has already been made in the (0114) 4xx range: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/numbering/s1_code.txt

In deciphering the number, take note of the "format" column.

e.g. "3+7" means 114 3xxxxxx, although within the UK it would usually be preceded with the 0 trunk code when written down.

Some of you will remember that when BT did the changes from 01742 to 0114 it was them who insisted that if you gave your number out it was (for example) 01142 668522 which always struck me as odd.

NO. The ad campaign clearly said to use (0114) 2.


See also: http://www.area-codes.org.uk/0114-area-code.shtml

Im having a new line installed today, by sky, which is 0114 3, is it only sky that are doing them?

Im having a new line installed today, by sky, which is 0114 3, is it only sky that are doing them?

No.

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Oh ok, just wondered as the talk talk line i had installed 6 months ago was still 01142

Oh ok, just wondered as the talk talk line i had installed 6 months ago was still 01142

The number of people that never grasped that the Sheffield code was just 0114 followed by your 7 digit number of 2xxxxxx. It never was a code of 01142, but a lot of people (dopes) never seemed to have got that into their heads. You try ringing landline to landline in Sheffield without the 2 on the front of you'll never get through!

The number of people that never grasped that the Sheffield code was just 0114 followed by your 7 digit number of 2xxxxxx. It never was a code of 01142, but a lot of people (dopes) never seemed to have got that into their heads. You try ringing landline to landline in Sheffield without the 2 on the front of you'll never get through!

oh dear i am very sorry i forgot the space in 0114 2 lol

i knew that, i had the argument with my boyfriend a couple of weeks ago. He gets annoyed when i read my number off as 0114-25..., and i hate when he says 01142-5...

But i know Im right although he won't have it!

But i know Im right although he won't have it!

He will from now on, unless he never wants to speak to you again. By dialling 01142 3xxxxxx, he'll never get through to you. :cool:

He will from now on, unless he never wants to speak to you again. By dialling 01142 3xxxxxx, he'll never get through to you. :cool:

He insists sky have made an online mistake and numbers cannot begin with 3! Lol we'll see ;)

He insists sky have made an online mistake and numbers cannot begin with 3! Lol we'll see ;)

Send him this link and tell him to look at all the numbers.

http://www.sheffield.nhs.uk/about/contact.php

This will prove once and for all.

There are several numbers I've had to ring recently that begin with 3. He just will never ever admit he was wrong, even with proof. Once this lines in, he will be right, it will have been me who said numbers cant start with 3. Always being right or being the best is a common aries male trait i believe!

oh dear i am very sorry i forgot the space in 0114 2 lol

i knew that, i had the argument with my boyfriend a couple of weeks ago. He gets annoyed when i read my number off as 0114-25..., and i hate when he says 01142-5...

But i know Im right although he won't have it!

Sorry Leah-Lacie, that post wasn't directed at you, i shouldn't have used your last post to quote from, it was just a post/observation about people in general who insist it's 01142 :D

Sorry Leah-Lacie, that post wasn't directed at you, i shouldn't have used your last post to quote from, it was just a post/observation about people in general who insist it's 01142 :D

my absolute pet hate when it comes to numbers, are shops with big signs saying either (01142) 75...

Or

Sheffield 755...

my absolute pet hate when it comes to numbers, are shops with big signs saying either (01142) 75...

Or

Sheffield 755...

Can think of a few that havent changed their signs since the number change. No excuse really.

He insists sky have made an online mistake and numbers cannot begin with 3! Lol we'll see ;)

I thought that, when I had my previous landline installed. It started with a 3. That was with talk talk :)

Can think of a few that havent changed their signs since the number change. No excuse really.

i suppose it would have done just fine for years to just have sheffield, or even without that, just the 58****. Anyone from sheffield would know it needed a 2. But now when 3 and 4 come in, and 2 is no longer standard or even the norm, then they'll be in trouble

I thought that, when I had my previous landline installed. It started with a 3. That was with talk talk :)
my talktalk line must have used the same number that the previous occupants had then, as it was 2, and not long ago x

I had a Sky line fitted just before xmas and starts 01143

Everyone always questions it when told though :hihi:

Can think of a few that havent changed their signs since the number change. No excuse really.I remember a couple of shops that still displayed 5-digit phone numbers until recently: 65530 and 25517.

These sites and pages should clarify what's going on:

http://www.area-codes.org.uk/full-uk-dialling-code-list.shtml
http://www.telecom-tariffs.co.uk/sabc.csv
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/numbering/s1_code.txt

This number being Sheffields Area code. But is it only followed by 2? I thought the whole idea of giving cities the 4 digit area code was to take advantage of the extra number for combinations. But Sheffield hasnt seemed to impliment it. Ive been looking around recently and ive only seen 0114 2** etc... Considering over half a million people live in Sheffield surely they would be able to implement it. Anyone know why? Also some areas in S60 near the parkway have a Rotherham number of 01709 but its still classed as Sheffield. Why didnt they get given the 0114 number? does anyone also know how far the 0114 area code extends to because other cities it extends much further than the actual area of the city for example, Manchester and Liverpool. :?:

get a life

This number being Sheffield's Area code. But is it only followed by 2?
In 2003 it was followed only by a 2.

It was late 2004 before the first (0114) 3xx numbers were issued, and mid-2010 before the first (0114) 4xx numbers were issued.

I thought the whole idea of giving cities the 4 digit area code was to take advantage of the extra number for combinations. But Sheffield hasn't seemed to implement it.

They didn't need the extra numbers until 2004.

One technicality, Sheffield has a three digit area code.

I've been looking around recently and I've only seen 0114 2** etc... Considering over half a million people live in Sheffield surely they would be able to implement it.

They did - in 2004, more than a year after your post.