0114

0114
United Kingdom area code for Sheffield
0114
National calling	0114
International calling	+44 114
Conservation	No
Active since	16 April 1995
Previous code(s)	0742
Number format	0114 xxx xxxx
Coverage
Area served	Aston Aughton Killamarsh Sheffield Ulley Wortley
List of United Kingdom codes

0114 is the national dialling code for Sheffield in the United Kingdom. The area it serves includes almost all of the City of Sheffield and some adjacent areas. When STD codes were first introduced, Sheffield was assigned the mnemonic 0SH2 (which corresponded to 0742 on a rotary dial), later changing to the corresponding numbers upon the introduction of All-Figure Dialling in the area. Instead of the expected 01742 code, Sheffield's area code changed to the current 0114 code on 16 April 1995, along with 4 other cities in England (Leeds; 0113, Nottingham; 0115, Leicester; 0116 and Bristol; 0117), as part of PhONEday. All subscriber numbers within the area code consist of seven digits. The code is used at several telephone exchanges as part of 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 Sheffield from abroad.

History

Before 1965, Sheffield had 5-digit telephone numbers, with the first digit indicating the exchange area of the telephone line. Sheffield's 6-digit numbers were implemented by prefixing the original 5-digit numbers with a duplicate of the first digit (seen below), other than the 2xxxx numbers which were prefixed by 7 (as seen by the last example). This grouped telephone numbers centrally in the 1 to 9 range with a larger "buffer" at the extremes.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Exchange Area	Area Affected	Original Number System	New Number System
3	Hillsborough	3xxxx	33x-xxx
4	Brightside/Attercliffe	4xxxx	44x-xxx
5	Heeley/Abbeydale	5xxxx	55x-xxx
6	Crookes/Broomhill	6xxxx	66x-xxx
7	City Centre	2xxxx	72x-xxx

Switching to 6-digit numbers produced 90,000 available numbers for each exchange group, providing another 450,000 available numbers after combining both phases, producing a potential 500,000 numbers in Sheffield.

Between regions

Until the 1980s, Stocksbridge, Oughtibridge, and some other areas had 4-digit numbers. Within Stocksbridge and Oughtibridge people dialed only 4-digit numbers, while from Sheffield people dialed prefix 88 for Stocksbridge and prefix 86 for Oughtibridge. From Oughtibridge, people dialed 88xxxx for Stocksbridge and 9xxxxxx for Sheffield. This led to some confusion, leading people to often dial wrong numbers. During the 1980s these local areas were unified into 6-digit Sheffield numbers so that from anywhere in the Sheffield code area, 88xxxx dialed a Stocksbridge number, even from within Stocksbridge. Once the 8-prefix was merged into the full local number this released 8xxxxx numbers.^[4]

Transition to 7-digit system

Transitioning to 7-digit numbers in 1995 involved prefixing each 6-digit number with a 2. Immediately after the 1995 change, the corresponding 22x-xxxx numbers became available for allocation, followed by the 20x-xxxx and 21x-xxxx ranges, since the corresponding 0742 0xxxxx and 1xxxxx wouldn't have been issued as local numbers weren't permitted to start with a 1 or a 0. The 0114 code allows for a potential maximum of 7,990,000 local numbers to be issued, assuming the use of the entire valid range from (0114) 200-0000 to (0114) 998-9999 country-wide.^[5]

Coverage

The 0114 dialing code includes the whole of Sheffield except for Midhopestones area which uses the Barnsley 01226 dialling code and the Fox House area which uses dialing code 01433. The codes extends beyond the City of Sheffield to include the Killamarsh area of North East Derbyshire and the Aston, Aughton, and Ulley areas of Rotherham.

Number allocation

Under the National Telephone Numbering Plan the code operates with the following sub-ranges:

0114
0xx xxxx 1xx xxxx	national dialling only, not issued locally
2xx xxxx	local numbers transferred from 0742
3xx xxxx	new local numbers created by move to 0114 (issued from 2004)
4xx xxxx	new local numbers created by move to 0114 (issued from 2010)
5xx xxxx 6xx xxxx	free
7xx xxxx 8xx xxxx 9xx xxxx	protected

Sheffield (0114) - 2xx - xxxx numbers have now been exhausted, so new numbers issued now begin with 3 or 4, rather than the old ones being reused. There have reportedly been many problems involving people incorrectly dialing 01142 3xx - xxxx for 0114 3xx - xxxx numbers and therefore being connected to the wrong person or business.^[6]

The area code is not subject to number conservation and the regulator Ofcom does not restrict the size of number blocks that are allocated.^[7]

Trivia

In 2013, Matthew Helders, drummer of Sheffield band Arctic Monkeys, added the 0114 dialling code to the cover of his drum kit, as an ode to the band's hometown.^[8]

References

↑ http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/telecoms/numbering/telephone-no-availability/numbers-administered/
↑ http://www.area-codes.org.uk/0114-area-code.php
↑ http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c180/lbgradwell/Gordon004A.jpg Example of a 5-digit 2xxxx Sheffield telephone number which would become a 6-digit 72xxxx number, and then eventually the 7-digit number 272-xxxx
↑ "Sheffield Star Article". Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
↑ "Applegate's list of businesses in the Sheffield 01142(sic) area.". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
↑ "0114 Area Code". Retrieved 2009-07-20.
↑ "Conserving geographic numbers - Statement". Retrieved 26 September 2012.
↑ Lynskey, Dorian. "Arctic Monkeys – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 May 2014.

External links

Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom
Number plan	List of dialling codes Non-geographic numbers
Number changes	All-figure dialling Area name changes Big Number Change Code misconceptions PhONEday
Special numbers	100 101 105 111 112 116000 116111 116123 118xxx 123 141 1471 150 155 1571 1572 999
Notes	Numbers above can be dialled only from within the United Kingdom. Numbers below can be dialled within the United Kingdom by prefixing with a 0 or with +44, and from outside the United Kingdom by prefixing with +44.
Geographic area codes	113 114 115 116 117 118 1200 1202 1204 1205 1206 1207 1208 1209 121 1223 1224 1225 1226 1227 1228 1229 1233 1234 1235 1236 1237 1239 1241 1242 1243 1244 1245 1246 1248 1249 1250 1252 1253 1254 1255 1256 1257 1258 1259 1260 1261 1262 1263 1264 1267 1268 1269 1270 1271 1273 1274 1275 1276 1277 1278 1279 1280 1282 1283 1284 1285 1286 1287 1288 1289 1290 1291 1292 1293 1294 1295 1296 1297 1298 1299 1300 1301 1302 1303 1304 1305 1306 1307 1308 1309 131 1320 1322 1323 1324 1325 1326 1327 1328 1329 1330 1332 1333 1334 1335 1337 1339 1340 1341 1342 1343 1344 1346 1347 1348 1349 1350 1352 1353 1354 1355 1356 1357 1358 1359 1360 1361 1362 1363 1364 1366 1367 1368 1369 1371 1372 1373 1375 1376 1377 1379 1380 1381 1382 1383 1384 1386 1387 13873 1388 1389 1392 1394 1395 1397 1398 1400 1403 1404 1405 1406 1407 1408 1409 141 1420 1422 1423 1424 1425 1427 1428 1429 1430 1431 1432 1433 1434 1435 1436 1437 1438 1439 1440 1442 1443 1444 1445 1446 1449 1450 1451 1452 1453 1454 1455 1456 1457 1458 1460 1461 1462 1463 1464 1465 1466 1467 1469 1470 1471 1472 1473 1474 1475 1476 1477 1478 1479 1480 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485 1487 1488 1489 1490 1491 1492 1493 1494 1495 1496 1497 1499 1501 1502 1503 1505 1506 1507 1508 1509 151 1520 1522 1524 15242 1525 1526 1527 1528 1529 1530 1531 1534 1535 1536 1538 1539 15394 15395 15396 1540 1542 1543 1544 1545 1546 1547 1548 1549 1550 1553 1554 1555 1556 1557 1558 1559 1560 1561 1562 1563 1564 1565 1566 1567 1568 1569 1570 1571 1572 1573 1575 1576 1577 1578 1579 1580 1581 1582 1583 1584 1586 1588 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595 1597 1598 1599 1600 1603 1604 1606 1608 1609 161 1620 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 1626 1628 1629 1630 1631 1633 1634 1635 1636 1637 1638 1639 1641 1642 1643 1644 1646 1647 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1659 1661 1663 1664 1665 1666 1667 1668 1669 1670 1671 1672 1673 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 1680 1681 1683 1684 1685 1686 1687 1688 1689 1690 1691 1692 1694 1695 1697 16973 16974 16977 1698 1700 1702 1704 1706 1707 1708 1709 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730 1732 1733 1736 1737 1738 1740 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 17683 17684 17687 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1782 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1803 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1827 1828 1829 1830 1832 1833 1834 1835 1837 1838 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1847 1848 1851 1852 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1892 1895 1896 1899 1900 1902 1903 1904 1905 1908 1909 191 1920 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1928 1929 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1937 1938 1939 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 19467 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1957 1959 1962 1963 1964 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1974 1975 1977 1978 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 20 23 24 28 29
Non-geographic prefixes charged at geographic rate	300 302 303 306 308 330 331 332 333 342 343 344 345 370 371 372 373
Personal, pager, VoIP and corporate numbering	55 56 70 76
Mobile telephone prefixes	71xx 72xx 73xx 74xx 75xx 7624 77xx 78xx 79xx
Non-geographic prefixes that are free-to-caller	500 800 808
Non-geographic prefixes with additional Service Charge	842 843 844 845 870 871 872 873
Non-geographic prefixes with additional Service Charge	900 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 911 912 913
Non-geographic prefixes with additional Service Charge used for Adult services	908 909 982 983 984 989

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