
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 GrinsteadWhere 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

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.

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

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
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
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
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
Code: SDNRWDH 3,000 numbers
- Range: 01293 862 000 to 01293 862 999
- Range: 01293 864 000 to 01293 865 999
Code: SDFYGT 2,000 numbers
- Range: 01293 851 000 to 01293 851 999
- Range: 01293 854 000 to 01293 854 999
Code: SDRSPR 2,000 numbers
- Range: 01293 871 000 to 01293 871 999
- Range: 01293 876 000 to 01293 876 999