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The Brighton 01273 Area Code

Brighton Dialling Code

The 01273 area code is a 4 digit geographical dialling code (excluding the zero) used in telecommunications for the Brighton area.

The local telephone numbers within the 01273 are 6 digits long.

The correct format in which to write a telephone number from the Brighton area code is (01273) [x][x][x][x][x][x].

Area Codes Neighbouring 01273

01825 – Uckfield 01903 – Worthing 01323 – Eastbourne 01403 – Horsham 01444 – Haywards Heath

Where is the 01273 Area Code?

The Brighton 01273 dialling code intersects the counties of East Sussex and West Sussex in the South East Region of the UK.

When do I need to use the 01273 Brighton dialling code?

You will need to use a dialling code if you are calling from a mobile phone or a landline outside of the 01273 Brighton 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 01273 dialling code.

Phoning the 01273 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 (1273).

RegionInternational PrefixCountry CodeArea Code
United States and Canada011441273
Europe00441273
Australia0011441273

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Map showing the location of the 01273 Brighton Area Code

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location of the Brighton area code
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Origins of the 01273 Brighton 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 0273.

the historic mnemonic code for the 01273 area was BR3. The first two characters are taken from the letters B and R in BRighton. On an old rotary dial telephone this was entered by dialling the numbers 2, 7 and 3.

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

Map of the 01273 Brighton dialling Code Area

The shaded area on the map represent the estimated extent of the 01273 Brighton phone area code.

The blue icons on the map represent the locations of telephone exchanges serving the 01273 area. Click on an icon for more details

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

Towns and Villages within the Brighton 01273 dialling Code

Albourne
Barcombe Cross
Brighton and Hove
Ditchling
Henfield
Hurstpierpoint
Kingston near Lewes
Lewes
Newhaven
Peacehaven
Plumpton Green
Portslade-by-Sea
Ringmer
Rodmell
Saltdean
Shoreham-by-Sea
South Chailey
Southwick
University of Sussex
Woodingdean

Known Telephone Exchanges within the Brighton 01273 dialling Code

HOVE ATE (SDHV)
BRIGHTON KEMPTOWN ATE (SDKMPTW)
PORTSLADE ATE (SDPRTSL)
BRIGHTON WITHDEAN BUILDING 1 (SDWTHDN)
ROTTINGDEAN ATE (SDRTTNG)
SHOREHAM ATE (SDSHRHM)
SOUTHWICK ATE (SDSTHWC)
BARCOMBE ATE (SDBRCMB)
GLYNDE UAX (SDGLYND)
HENFIELD ATE (SDHNFLD)
HURSTPIERPOINT ATE (SDHRSTP)
HASSOCKS ATE (SDHSSCK)
LEWES ATE (SDLWS)
NEWHAVEN ATE (SDNWHVN)
PEACEHAVEN ATE (SDPCHVN)
PLUMPTON ATE (SDPLMPT)
POYNINGS UAX (SDPYNNG)
RINGMER ATE (SDRNGMR)

Understanding Telephone Exchange Codes

Each telephone exchange in the 01273 area code is identified by a unique internal code. These codes were used by engineers to manage the telecom network. Here's what the common abbreviations mean:

  • ATE: Automatic Telephone Exchange (standard town or city exchange)
  • RCU: Remote Concentrator Unit (small linked unit)
  • UAX: Unit Automatic Exchange (small rural village exchange)

Codes that start with SD stands for South Downs in the telecom directorate region of the Southern Home Counties.

Exchanges for 01273 – sorted by number capacity

Exchange: BT, Hove (Sussex - East)
Code: SDHV 93,200 numbers
    • Range: 01273 100 000 to 01273 109 999
    • Range: 01273 200 000 to 01273 209 999
    • Range: 01273 220 000 to 01273 229 999
    • Range: 01273 320 000 to 01273 329 999
    • Range: 01273 360 200 to 01273 360 299
    • Range: 01273 361 300 to 01273 361 399
    • Range: 01273 362 000 to 01273 362 099
    • Range: 01273 362 300 to 01273 362 399
    • Range: 01273 362 600 to 01273 362 699
    • Range: 01273 362 900 to 01273 362 999
    • Range: 01273 363 300 to 01273 363 399
    • Range: 01273 364 200 to 01273 364 299
    • Range: 01273 365 700 to 01273 365 799
    • Range: 01273 367 700 to 01273 367 799
    • Range: 01273 367 900 to 01273 367 999
    • Range: 01273 369 000 to 01273 369 099
    • Range: 01273 710 000 to 01273 719 999
    • Range: 01273 740 000 to 01273 750 999
    • Range: 01273 755 000 to 01273 755 999
    • Range: 01273 760 000 to 01273 779 999
    • Range: 01273 820 000 to 01273 829 999
Exchange: BT, Kemptown (Sussex - East)
Code: SDKMPTW 70,000 numbers
    • Range: 01273 361 200 to 01273 361 299
    • Range: 01273 361 900 to 01273 361 999
    • Range: 01273 362 200 to 01273 362 299
    • Range: 01273 364 100 to 01273 364 199
    • Range: 01273 364 800 to 01273 364 899
    • Range: 01273 365 000 to 01273 365 099
    • Range: 01273 366 300 to 01273 366 399
    • Range: 01273 367 800 to 01273 367 899
    • Range: 01273 368 500 to 01273 368 599
    • Range: 01273 520 000 to 01273 529 999
    • Range: 01273 570 000 to 01273 570 999
    • Range: 01273 574 000 to 01273 574 999
    • Range: 01273 576 000 to 01273 577 999
    • Range: 01273 600 000 to 01273 609 999
    • Range: 01273 620 000 to 01273 629 999
    • Range: 01273 640 000 to 01273 649 999
    • Range: 01273 660 000 to 01273 679 999
    • Range: 01273 752 500 to 01273 752 599
    • Range: 01273 810 000 to 01273 810 999
    • Range: 01273 816 000 to 01273 816 999
    • Range: 01273 853 000 to 01273 853 999
    • Range: 01273 872 000 to 01273 872 999
    • Range: 01273 876 000 to 01273 876 999
Exchange: BT, Brighton Withdean (Sussex - East)
Code: SDWTHDN 42,700 numbers
    • Range: 01273 330 000 to 01273 339 999
    • Range: 01273 360 000 to 01273 360 099
    • Range: 01273 360 400 to 01273 360 499
    • Range: 01273 361 000 to 01273 361 099
    • Range: 01273 362 500 to 01273 362 599
    • Range: 01273 363 100 to 01273 363 199
    • Range: 01273 367 200 to 01273 367 299
    • Range: 01273 369 400 to 01273 369 499
    • Range: 01273 500 000 to 01273 509 999
    • Range: 01273 540 000 to 01273 549 999
    • Range: 01273 560 000 to 01273 569 999
    • Range: 01273 852 000 to 01273 852 999
    • Range: 01273 859 000 to 01273 859 999
Exchange: BT, Lewes (Sussex - East)
Code: SDLWS 30,600 numbers
    • Range: 01273 361 600 to 01273 361 699
    • Range: 01273 364 600 to 01273 364 699
    • Range: 01273 366 500 to 01273 366 599
    • Range: 01273 367 400 to 01273 367 499
    • Range: 01273 368 000 to 01273 368 099
    • Range: 01273 402 000 to 01273 403 999
    • Range: 01273 405 000 to 01273 407 999
    • Range: 01273 409 000 to 01273 409 999
    • Range: 01273 438 000 to 01273 438 999
    • Range: 01273 470 000 to 01273 489 999
    • Range: 01273 752 000 to 01273 752 099
    • Range: 01273 893 000 to 01273 893 999
    • Range: 01273 897 000 to 01273 898 999
Exchange: BT, Shoreham By Sea (Sussex - West)
Code: SDSHRHM 30,400 numbers
    • Range: 01273 361 800 to 01273 361 899
    • Range: 01273 364 400 to 01273 364 499
    • Range: 01273 364 700 to 01273 364 799
    • Range: 01273 366 400 to 01273 366 499
    • Range: 01273 440 000 to 01273 469 999
Exchange: BT, Portslade (Sussex - East)
Code: SDPRTSL 25,500 numbers
    • Range: 01273 362 100 to 01273 362 199
    • Range: 01273 366 800 to 01273 366 899
    • Range: 01273 367 500 to 01273 367 599
    • Range: 01273 368 100 to 01273 368 199
    • Range: 01273 368 800 to 01273 368 899
    • Range: 01273 410 000 to 01273 429 999
    • Range: 01273 431 000 to 01273 431 999
    • Range: 01273 433 000 to 01273 433 999
    • Range: 01273 439 000 to 01273 439 999
    • Range: 01273 895 000 to 01273 895 999
    • Range: 01273 899 000 to 01273 899 999
Exchange: BT, Newhaven (East Sussex)
Code: SDNWHVN 21,700 numbers
    • Range: 01273 361 100 to 01273 361 199
    • Range: 01273 361 500 to 01273 361 599
    • Range: 01273 364 000 to 01273 364 099
    • Range: 01273 366 600 to 01273 366 699
    • Range: 01273 368 300 to 01273 368 399
    • Range: 01273 510 000 to 01273 519 999
    • Range: 01273 610 000 to 01273 619 999
    • Range: 01273 752 200 to 01273 752 299
    • Range: 01273 752 600 to 01273 752 699
    • Range: 01273 759 000 to 01273 759 999
Exchange: BT, Rottingdean (Sussex - East)
Code: SDRTTNG 20,200 numbers
    • Range: 01273 300 000 to 01273 309 999
    • Range: 01273 362 400 to 01273 362 499
    • Range: 01273 366 700 to 01273 366 799
    • Range: 01273 390 000 to 01273 399 999
Exchange: BT, Brighton Southwick (West Sussex)
Code: SDSTHWC 12,200 numbers
    • Range: 01273 366 900 to 01273 366 999
    • Range: 01273 367 600 to 01273 367 699
    • Range: 01273 590 000 to 01273 599 999
    • Range: 01273 870 000 to 01273 870 999
    • Range: 01273 874 000 to 01273 874 999
Exchange: BT, Hassocks (Sussex - West)
Code: SDHSSCK 10,200 numbers
    • Range: 01273 364 500 to 01273 364 599
    • Range: 01273 752 100 to 01273 752 199
    • Range: 01273 840 000 to 01273 849 999
Exchange: BT, Henfield (West Sussex)
Code: SDHNFLD 10,100 numbers
    • Range: 01273 366 200 to 01273 366 299
    • Range: 01273 490 000 to 01273 499 999
Exchange: BT, Hurstpierpoint (West Sussex)
Code: SDHRSTP 10,100 numbers
    • Range: 01273 368 900 to 01273 368 999
    • Range: 01273 830 000 to 01273 839 999
Exchange: BT, Peacehaven (Sussex - East)
Code: SDPCHVN 2,200 numbers
    • Range: 01273 361 700 to 01273 361 799
    • Range: 01273 575 000 to 01273 575 999
    • Range: 01273 579 000 to 01273 579 999
    • Range: 01273 752 300 to 01273 752 399
Exchange: BT, Ringmer (East Sussex)
Code: SDRNGMR 2,100 numbers
    • Range: 01273 752 400 to 01273 752 499
    • Range: 01273 812 000 to 01273 812 999
    • Range: 01273 815 000 to 01273 815 999
Exchange: BT, Plumpton (East Sussex)
Code: SDPLMPT 2,000 numbers
    • Range: 01273 890 000 to 01273 890 999
    • Range: 01273 892 000 to 01273 892 999
Exchange: BT, Glynde (East Sussex)
Code: SDGLYND 2,000 numbers
    • Range: 01273 856 000 to 01273 856 999
    • Range: 01273 858 000 to 01273 858 999
Exchange: BT, Poynings (West Sussex)
Code: SDPYNNG 2,000 numbers
    • Range: 01273 850 000 to 01273 850 999
    • Range: 01273 857 000 to 01273 857 999
Exchange: BT, Barcombe (East Sussex)
Code: SDBRCMB 2,000 numbers
    • Range: 01273 400 000 to 01273 400 999
    • Range: 01273 408 000 to 01273 408 999