01708

National dialling code for Romford in the United Kingdom January 2014 August 2024 0 1708 Romford 01708 xxxxxx United Kingdom 01708 230 51.555 0.251 United Kingdom London Havering 230 United Kingdom London Havering Romford left white 51.572 0.182 United Kingdom London Havering Upminster right white 51.556 0.249 United Kingdom London Havering Ingrebourne right white 51.592 0.229 United Kingdom London Havering Hornchurch left white 51.556 0.213 United Kingdom London Havering South Ockendon right white 51.508 0.282 United Kingdom London Havering Purfleet right white 51.492 0.235 United Kingdom London Havering Rainham right white 51.521 0.197 United Kingdom London Havering Stapleford white 51.634 0.168 United Kingdom area code 44 Yeshttp://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/telecoms/numbering/numbering-plan.pdf The National Telephone Numbering Plan Ofcom 31 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120710102608/http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/telecoms/numbering/numbering-plan.pdf 10 July 2012 dead dmy 16 April 1995 0708 HaveringPurfleetSouth OckendonStapleford List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom 01708 is the national dialling code for Romford in the United Kingdom. The area it serves includes almost all of the London Borough of Havering and some adjacent areas. When STD codes were first introduced, Romford was assigned 0708 and 0402 was used for the rest of the current code area. After a sequence of changes in the early 1990s, culminating with PhONEday, the current 01708 code became active on 16 April 1995. All subscriber numbers within the area code consist of six digits. The code is used at eight telephone exchanges as part a linked numbering scheme. In common with all other British area codes the initial '0' is a trunk prefix that is not required when dialling Romford from abroad. History When STD codes were initially assigned, Romford was given the mnemonic code RO8 (corresponding to 708 on the rotary dial), with Hornchurch and the rest of the area using the HO2 (402) code. With the transition to all-figure dialling which ended the practice of representing STD codes with letters in 1966, and including the trunk prefix, these became 0708 and 0402. The 0402 code covered seven exchanges in a linked numbering scheme, with an additional digit for each exchange, as below. Internally, the 0402 code was translated to routing digits by registers to the same string of digits as 0708 plus an additional 8, which corresponded to the 8 in the local code from Romford Group Switching Centre to the local exchange. This technique was used to keep the dialled string down to the 10 digit limit that was imposed (though Stapleford only had 3 digit local numbers and South Ockendon 4 digits and so these could be dialled as 0708 8x xxx as well as the official 0402x xxx / xxxx.) Dialling codehttp://www.samhallas.co.uk/repository/po_docs/std_ryde_1979.pdf PDF Telephone Dialling Codes 1979 British Telecom Exchange name 040 22 Upminster 040 23 Ingrebourne 040 24 Hornchurch 040 25 South Ockendon 040 26 Purfleet 040 27 Rainham 040 28 Stapleford The two codes operated as a single group for charging purposes in which all calls were priced at local rate. Additionally (and as is usual) calls to and from the adjacent charge groups were charged as local.Calls to and from numbers now in the 01268, 01277, 01322, 01375, 01474, 01689, 01959, 01992 and 020 codes were charged at local rate. The area was adjacent to the London telephone area and formed part of the London Telecommunications Region set up in the 1930s. The Upminster exchange was the last in the London region to convert from manual service in 1970 and the first to use the TXK system.http://www.btplc.com/thegroup/btshistory/1969to1980/1970.htm Events in Telecommunications History: 1970 28 September 2012 13 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140313064907/http://www.btplc.com/Thegroup/BTsHistory/1969to1980/1970.htm dead The Stapleford exchange was the last in the region to use the UAX 13 Strowger automatic exchange system. After being decommissioned in 1992 the exchange, including the original building, became a working exhibit at Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings.http://www.connected-earth.com/thecollection/artefacts/image.cfm?imageid=KC_E1 Unit Automatic Exchange (B1 UAX 13X ) 30 September 2012 June 2026 InternetArchiveBot In common with exchanges in areas adjacent to the London 01 area, local dialling codes were assigned. For example, Romford 5 digit numbers (which began with 2, 4, or 6) could be reached from 01 numbers by dialling 70 (instead of 0708), Romford 6 digit numbers (which began with 75 and were served by Romford South exchange) could be reached by dialling 3 instead of 0708 and Hornchurch numbers (5 digit) could be reached by dialling 49 instead of 04024. During the 1980s and early 1990s exchanges in the 0402 area gradually transitioned to 0708 and subscriber numbers were standardised at six digits. The 1979/80 code book shows South Ockendon as the first exchange to change code and subscriber numbers. By 1983 the South Ockendon change was shown to be complete and Purfleet numbers were in the process of being amended.http://www.samhallas.co.uk/repository/po_docs/std_iow_1983.pdf Telephone Dialling Codes 1983 British Telecom Exchange Upminster Ingrebourne Hornchurch Rainham Stapleford Romford South Ockendon Purfleet Old numbering (040 22) xxxxx (040 23) xxxxx (040 24) xxxxx (040 27) xxxxx (040 28) xxx (0708) xxxxx (040 25) xxxx (040 26) xxxx New numbering 0708 2xxxxx 0708 3xxxxx 0708 4xxxxx 0708 5xxxxx 0708 688xxx 0708 7xxxxx 0708 85xxxx 0708 86xxxx After this was completed the code for the whole area changed on PhONEday in 1995 to 01708. The 0402 code was reused for mobile telephone numbers until it was abandoned again during the Big Number Change in 2000. Coverage The code serves almost the whole of the London Borough of Havering in Greater LondonThe Hornchurch Marshes area is in the 020 area code with exchanges at Romford, Hornchurch, Ingrebourne (in Harold Wood), Rainham and Upminster. There are three exchanges outside the borough in Essex at Purfleet, South Ockendon and Stapleford. Code Exchange Residential premises Business premises LNHOR Hornchurch 26,746 885 LNING Ingrebourne 18,050 528 LNPFT Purfleet 6,329 657 LNRAI Rainham 13,727 524 LNROM Romford 30,571 1,563 LNSFD Stapleford 272 71 LNSOK South Ockendon 8,004 183 LNUPM Upminster 9,708 407 Number allocation Under the National Telephone Numbering Plan the code operates with the following sub-ranges: 01708 0xxxxx1xxxxx national dialling only, not issued locally 2xxxxx3xxxxx4xxxxx5xxxxx6xxxxx7xxxxx8xxxxx9xxxxx local numbers The area code is subject to number conservation and the regulator Ofcom restricts the size of number blocks that are allocated.http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/conserve/statement/ Conserving geographic numbers – Statement Ofcom 8 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101111073908/http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/conserve/statement/ 11 November 2010 live dmy The area code is expected to run out of subscriber numbers in 2028.Geographic telephone numbers https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0031/81589/geographic_numbering_2011.pdf Ofcom 20 March 2022 229 7 September 2011 Notes notes References 1708 Category:Infrastructure in London Category:Media and communications in the London Borough of Havering Category:Thurrock Category:Epping Forest District Category:Romford Category:Telecommunications-related introductions in 1995