Police, ambulance, fire, coastguard – 999
Operator – 100
International operator – 155
Reverse-charge / collect calls – 155
Directory inquiries – 118 500
International directory inquiries – 118 505
Speaking clock – 123
If you are you making an international call to London then you should dial 00 44, and omit the first 0 from the area code. For example: The Adelphi’s telephone number is 0207 344 0055, so you would dial 00 44 207 344 0055.
If you are making international telephone calls from inside London, then place the following prefixes at the start of the number. (If the telephone number that you are dialling happens to have an area code that starts with a zero, remember to drop the zero.)
| Albania | 00 355 | Kazakhstan | 00 7 |
| Algeria | 00 213 | Kenya | 00 254 |
| Argentina | 00 54 | Korea (North) | 00 850 |
| Australia | 00 61 | Korea (South) | 00 82 |
| Austria | 00 43 | Kuwait | 00 965 |
| Bahamas | 00 1 242 | Latvia | 00 371 |
| Bangladesh | 00 880 | Lebanon | 00 961 |
| Barbados | 00 1 246 | Libya | 00 218 |
| Belarus | 00 375 | Luxembourg | 00 352 |
| Belgium | 00 32 | Malaysia | 00 60 |
| Belize | 00 501 | Malta | 00 356 |
| Bermuda | 00 1 441 | Mexico | 00 52 |
| Bolivia | 00 591 | Mongolia | 00 976 |
| Bosnia-Herze. | 00 387 | Morocco | 00 212 |
| Brazil | 00 55 | Nepal | 00 977 |
| Bulgaria | 00 359 | Netherlands | 00 31 |
| Canada | 00 1 | New Zealand | 00 64 |
| Chile | 00 56 | Nicaragua | 00 505 |
| China | 00 86 | Nigeria | 00 234 |
| Columbia | 00 57 | Norway | 00 47 |
| Costa Rica | 00 506 | Pakistan | 00 92 |
| Croatia | 00 385 | Panama | 00 507 |
| Cuba | 00 53 | Paraguay | 00 595 |
| Cyprus | 00 357 | Peru | 00 51 |
| Czech Republic | 00 420 | Philippines | 00 63 |
| Denmark | 00 45 | Poland | 00 48 |
| Dominican Republic | 00 1 809 | Portugal | 00 351 |
| Ecuador | 00 593 | Puerto Rico | 00 1 787 |
| Egypt | 00 20 | Romania | 00 40 |
| El Salvador | 00 503 | Russia | 00 7 |
| Estonia | 00 372 | Saudi Arabia | 00 966 |
| Ethiopia | 00 251 | Serbia & Montenegro | 00 381 |
| Fiji | 00 679 | Singapore | 00 65 |
| Finland | 00 358 | Slovakia | 00 421 |
| France | 00 33 | Slovenia | 00 386 |
| Germany | 00 49 | South Africa | 00 27 |
| Gibraltar | 00 350 | Spain | 00 34 |
| Greece | 00 30 | Sudan | 00 249 |
| Guatemala | 00 502 | Swaziland | 00 268 |
| Haiti | 00 509 | Sweden | 00 46 |
| Honduras | 00 504 | Switzerland | 00 41 |
| Hong Kong | 00 852 | Syria | 00 963 |
| Hungary | 00 36 | Taiwan | 00 886 |
| Iceland | 00 354 | Thailand | 00 66 |
| India | 00 91 | Trinidad & Tobago | 00 1 868 |
| Indonesia | 00 62 | Tunisia | 00 216 |
| Iran | 00 98 | Turkey | 00 90 |
| Iraq | 00 964 | UAE | 00 971 |
| Ireland | 00 353 | Ukraine | 00 380 |
| Israel | 00 972 | Uruguay | 00 598 |
| Italy | 00 39 | USA | 00 1 |
| Jamaica | 00 1 876 | Venezuela | 00 58 |
| Japan | 00 81 | Vietnam | 00 84 |
| Jordan | 00 962 | Zimbabwe | 00 263 |
The most common telephone prefixes are listed below. If you require detailed information on pricing, then speak to the operator.
00 – International dialling code (always followed by a two-number country code)
010 and 020 – Area codes
0500 and 0800 – Freephone numbers
0845 – Calls charged at local rates
0870 and 0871 – Calls charged at national rates
07 – Calls charged at mobile phone rates
09 – Calls charged at premium rates (60p a minute or more)
All Poste Restante mail ends up at the Trafalgar Square Post Office, 24-28 William IV Street (8.30–6.30 Mon–Fri, and 9–5.30 Sat). Your mail will be held for a maximum of four weeks, and you will need ID to pick it up.
Times vary from business to business, but Post Offices in London generally open between 9–5.30 Mon–Fri, and 9–noon Sat.
Please note: The following post codes should be taken as a rough guide only, as many of the codes cover several areas.
N1: King’s Cross; N2: East Finchley; N3: Finchley; N4: Finsbury Park; N5: Highbury; N6: Highgate; N7: Holloway; N8: Hornsey; N9: Enfield; N10: Muswell Hill; N11: Friern Barnet; N12: North Finchley; N13: Palmers Green; N14: Southgate; N15: Seven Sisters; N16: Stoke Newington; N17: Tottenham; N18: Edmonton; N19: Archway; N20: Totteridge; N21: Winchmore Hill; N22: Wood Green
NW1: Camden Town; NW2: Cricklewood, Neasden; NW3: Hampstead; NW4: Hendon; NW5: Kentish Town; NW6: Kilburn; NW7: Mill Hill; NW8: St. John’s Wood; NW9: Kingsbury; NW10: Harlesden, Willesden; NW11: Golders Green
SW1: Pimlico; SW2: Brixton; SW3: Chelsea; SW4: Clapham; SW5: Earl’s Court; SW6: Fulham; SW7: Kensington; SW8: Battersea, Vauxhall; SW9: Stockwell; SW10: Earl’s Court; SW11: Battersea, Wandsworth; SW12: Balham; SW13: Barnes; SW14: Sheen; SW15: Putney; SW16: Streatham; SW17: Tooting; SW18: Wandsworth; SW19: Wimbledon; SW20: Raynes Park
SE1: Lambeth; SE2: Abbey Wood; SE3: Blackheath; SE4: Brockley; SE5: Camberwell; SE6: Catford; SE7: Charlton; SE8: Deptford; SE9: Eltham; SE10: Greenwich; SE11: Lambeth, Vauxhall; SE12: Grove Park; SE13: Lewisham; SE14: New Cross; SE15: Peckham; SE16: Rotherhithe; SE17: Vauxhall; SE18: Plumstead, Woolwich; SE19: Crystal Palace; SE20: Penge; SE21: Dulwich; SE22: Peckham; SE23: Honor Oak; SE24: Herne Hill; SE25: Norwood; SE26: Sydenham; SE27: Streatham; SE28: Thamesmead
E1: Whitechapel; E2: Bethnal Green; E3: Bow, Stepney; E4: Chingford; E5: Clapton; E6: Beckton, East Ham; E7: Forest Gate; E8: Hackney; E9: Homerton; E10: Leyton; E11: Leytonstone; E12: Newham; E13: Plaistow; E14: Docklands, Poplar; E15: Stratford, West Ham; E16: Canning Town; E17: Walthamstow; E18: Woodford
EC1–4: City [Square Mile]
W1: West End; W2: Bayswater, Paddington; W3: Acton; W4: Chiswick; W5: Ealing; W6: Hammersmith; W7: Hanwell; W8: Kensington; W9: Maida Vale; W10: Kensal; W11: Notting Hill; W12: Shepherd’s Bush; W13: Ealing
WC1–2: Soho, West End
For more information on London postcodes, telephone 0845 7111 222, or visit royalmail.com.