01527 area code
Redditch
The 01527 area code is for Redditch and the surrounding area.
Locations using 01527 numbers include:
- Astwood Bank
- Bromsgrove
- Hanbury
- Headless Cross
- Ipsley
- Redditch
- Studley
- Wychbold
Most numbers using the 01527 area code are normal Redditch landlines but be aware that, as is the case for all UK area codes, such numbers may also be used for services without any physical link to the area. (More info)
01527 area code information
| Area code: | 01527 |
| Location: | Redditch |
| Ceremonial county: | Worcestershire |
| Call costs: | Normal landline rate |
| Local number length: | 6 or 5 digits* |
| Number format: | 01527 xxxxxx or 01527 xxxxx |
| International number format: | +44 1527 xxxxxx or +44 1527 xxxxx |
| Number shortages predicted: | No |
| Last code change: | April 1995 (previously 0527) |
* Five-digit numbers are 01527 60000 to 69999.
Area code history
Redditch's original area code was 0739. At some point before the 1990s this was changed to 0527.
The 0527 code eventually became 01527, following a renumbering programme that took place across the UK during April 1995.