Tyne |
| Tyne 0191-2 Tyne UK - United Kingdom Telephones |
| Area Code : 0191-2xx xxxx - Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside and parts of Northumberland |
| Newcastle 0191-2 Newcastle - River Tyne North |
| Durham 0191-3 Durham Telephones |
| Washington 0191-4 Telephones - River Tyne South |
| Sunderland 0191-5 Telephones |
| VOIP 0191-6 VOIP UK - United Kingdom Telephones |
| Area Code : 0191 in UK - dialing code |
| Some prefixes such as 0191-350 are used by Cable and Wireless in Newcastle City Centre. |
| Some 0191-4 numbers are now connected north of the River Tyne because blocks of 0191-2 are exhausted. |
| The original 091 area code was introduced in 1982 and phased in over a period of approximately five years. It was the newest two-figure STD code since the STD system was introduced into the UK. It was later changed to 0191 as a part of PhONEday. |
| Old Area Code : 0632 Became (091) 2 and (091) 4 - Code 0385 Became (091) 3 - Code 0894 Became (091) 4 - Code 0783 Became (091) 5 - Changed in 1982 |
| The old Local numbers were changed in 1982 : Birtley from 40 to 410 - Blaydon from 44 to 414 and Washington from 46 to 416. Ryton was prefixed with 413. Ryton was still utilising the old 089 422 code for Newcastle Ring until its conversion to 091. |