Telephone numbers beginning 024 are in central England. The charge group they belong to depends on the first two digits:
| Charge group |
The following numbers are local calls to and from this charge group |
The following numbers are regional calls to and from this charge group | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Coventry | 01455
01675
01676
01788
01827 01926 |
0116
0121
01283
01295
01299
01327 01384 01386 01509 01527 01530 01536 01543 01562 01564 01604 01608 01789 01858 01889 01902 01905 01922 |
All other calls are national calls.
024 has been introduced as a replacement for other numbers. The mapping was:
| 01203 AABBBB | became | 024 76AA BBBB |
However, numbers only diallable using the full code changed as follows:
| 01203 UABBBB | became | 024 10UA BBBB |
(where U is 0 or 1).
The new numbers were introduced by 1999-06-01 with parallel running until 2000-08-19. Dialling without codes involved a flash change early on 2000-04-22, with 6 digit dialling used before then and 8 digit dialling afterwards.