The Crawley 01293 Area Code

Crawley Dialling Code

The 01293 area code is a 4 digit geographical dialling code (excluding the zero) used in telecommunications for the Crawley area.

The local telephone numbers within the 01293 are 6 digits long.

The correct format in which to write a telephone number from the Crawley area code is (01293) [x][x][x][x][x][x].

Area Codes Neighbouring 01293

01737 – Redhill 01403 – Horsham 01306 – Dorking 01444 – Haywards Heath 01342 – East Grinstead

Where is the 01293 Area Code?

The Crawley 01293 dialling code intersects the counties of West Sussex and Surrey in the South East Region of the UK.

When do I need to use the 01293 Crawley dialling code?

You will need to use a dialling code if you are calling from a mobile phone or a landline outside of the 01293 Crawley 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 01293 dialling code.

Phoning the 01293 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 (1293).

Region	International Prefix	Country Code	Area Code
United States and Canada	011	44	1293
Europe	00	44	1293
Australia	0011	44	1293

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Map showing the location of the 01293 Crawley Area Code

picture showing the location of the Crawley area code — location of the Crawley area code

Origins of the 01293 Crawley 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 0293.

the historic mnemonic code for the 01293 area was CY3. The first two characters are taken from the letters C and Y in CrawleY. On an old rotary dial telephone this was entered by dialling the numbers 2, 9 and 3.

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

Map of the 01293 Crawley dialling Code Area

The shaded area on the map represent the estimated extent of the 01293 Crawley phone area code.

The blue icons on the map represent the locations of telephone exchanges serving the 01293 area. Click on an icon for more details

Map of the Crawley area code and surrounding areas

Towns and Villages within the Crawley 01293 dialling Code

Charlwood

Crawley

Horley

Horsham

Rusper

Known Telephone Exchanges within the Crawley 01293 dialling Code

CRAWLEY TE/TRS/AMC (SDCRWLY)

FAYGATE UAX (SDFYGT)

HORLEY ATE (SDHRLY)

NORWOOD HILL ATE (SDNRWDH)

POUND HILL ATE (SDPNDHL)

RUSPER UAX (SDRSPR)

Understanding Telephone Exchange Codes

Each telephone exchange in the 01293 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 01293 – sorted by number capacity

Exchange: BT, Crawley (Sussex - West)
Code: SDCRWLY 120,800 numbers

Range: 01293 460 000 to 01293 469 999
Range: 01293 500 000 to 01293 509 999
Range: 01293 558 000 to 01293 558 999
Range: 01293 560 000 to 01293 560 999
Range: 01293 571 000 to 01293 572 999
Range: 01293 574 000 to 01293 574 999
Range: 01293 577 000 to 01293 578 999
Range: 01293 580 000 to 01293 600 999
Range: 01293 603 000 to 01293 606 999
Range: 01293 608 000 to 01293 608 999
Range: 01293 610 000 to 01293 619 999
Range: 01293 640 000 to 01293 659 999
Range: 01293 661 000 to 01293 661 999
Range: 01293 663 000 to 01293 663 999
Range: 01293 665 000 to 01293 665 999
Range: 01293 667 000 to 01293 667 999
Range: 01293 721 000 to 01293 721 099
Range: 01293 722 000 to 01293 723 999

Range: 01293 724 600 to 01293 724 699
Range: 01293 724 800 to 01293 724 899
Range: 01293 725 000 to 01293 726 999
Range: 01293 727 300 to 01293 727 399
Range: 01293 727 900 to 01293 727 999
Range: 01293 728 100 to 01293 728 199
Range: 01293 728 600 to 01293 728 699
Range: 01293 728 900 to 01293 728 999
Range: 01293 740 000 to 01293 749 999
Range: 01293 813 000 to 01293 813 999
Range: 01293 816 000 to 01293 817 999
Range: 01293 819 000 to 01293 819 999
Range: 01293 840 000 to 01293 849 999
Range: 01293 856 000 to 01293 856 999
Range: 01293 861 000 to 01293 861 999
Range: 01293 866 000 to 01293 866 999
Range: 01293 870 000 to 01293 870 999
Range: 01293 877 000 to 01293 877 999

Exchange: BT, Horley (Surrey)
Code: SDHRLY 44,500 numbers

Range: 01293 170 000 to 01293 179 999
Range: 01293 721 900 to 01293 721 999
Range: 01293 724 500 to 01293 724 599
Range: 01293 724 700 to 01293 724 799
Range: 01293 727 400 to 01293 727 499
Range: 01293 728 500 to 01293 728 599

Range: 01293 770 000 to 01293 789 999
Range: 01293 812 000 to 01293 812 999
Range: 01293 814 000 to 01293 815 999
Range: 01293 820 000 to 01293 829 999
Range: 01293 874 000 to 01293 874 999

Exchange: BT, Poundhill (crawley) (Sussex - West)
Code: SDPNDHL 12,100 numbers

Range: 01293 728 700 to 01293 728 799
Range: 01293 872 000 to 01293 873 999

Range: 01293 880 000 to 01293 889 999

Exchange: BT, Norwood Hill (Surrey)
Code: SDNRWDH 3,000 numbers

Range: 01293 862 000 to 01293 862 999

Range: 01293 864 000 to 01293 865 999

Exchange: BT, Faygate (West Sussex)
Code: SDFYGT 2,000 numbers

Range: 01293 851 000 to 01293 851 999

Range: 01293 854 000 to 01293 854 999

Exchange: BT, Rusper (West Sussex)
Code: SDRSPR 2,000 numbers

Range: 01293 871 000 to 01293 871 999

Range: 01293 876 000 to 01293 876 999