028 Northern Ireland Wide Area Network

The code 028 merged all the exchanges within Northern Ireland into a new single area code with the former 5 and 6 digit numbers in each area migrated to 8 digit numbers. You could say it is a sort of very large extended linked numbering scheme. This occurred as part of the Big Number Change on 22 April 2000. Numbers within each area can be identified by the first 2 digits of the number after the code as shown below. Calls between these areas (except numbers beginning 0 or 1) can be made without using the code.

 

Click on an old code appearing as a link for further information about the original mixed areas in Northern Ireland.

 

Note: where no old code is shown these are additional ranges added during or after the Big Number Change.

 

Numbers

Area

Old Code

10XX XXXX Belfast
11XX XXXX Belfast
20XX XXXX Ballycastle 012657
21XX XXXX Martinstown 012667
25XX XXXX Ballymena 01266
27XX XXXX Ballymoney 012656
28XX XXXX Larne 01574
29XX XXXX Kilrea 012665
30XX XXXX Newry 01693
37XX XXXX Armagh 01861
38XX XXXX Portadown 01762
40XX XXXX Banbridge 018206
41XX XXXX Rostrevor 016937
42XX XXXX Kircubbin 012477
43XX XXXX Newcastle 013967
44XX XXXX Downpatrick 01396
66XX XXXX Enniskillen 01365
67XX XXXX Lisnaskea 013657
68XX XXXX Kesh 013656
70XX XXXX Coleraine 01265
71XX XXXX Londonderry 01504
72XX XXXX Londonderry
77XX XXXX Limavady 015047
79XX XXXX Magherafelt 01648
80XX XXXX Carrickmore 016627
81XX XXXX Newtownstewart 016626
82XX XXXX Omagh 01662
85XX XXXX Ballygawley 016625
86XX XXXX Cookstown 016487
87XX XXXX Dungannon 01868
89XX XXXX Fivemiletown 013655
90XX XXXX Belfast 01232
91XX XXXX Bangor 01247
92XX XXXX Lisburn 01846
93XX XXXX Ballyclare 01960
94XX XXXX Antrim 01849
95XX XXXX Belfast
96XX XXXX Belfast
97XX XXXX Saintfield 01238
98XX XXXX Belfast

 

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