01932

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01932
01932 is located in the United Kingdom
01932
01932
United Kingdom area code for Weybridge
National calling01932
International calling+44 1932
ConservationNo
Active since16 April 1995
Previous code(s)0932
Earlier code(s)09322, 09323, 09326, 09327, 09328
Number format01932 xxxxxx
Coverage
Area servedAddlestone
Byfleet
Chertsey
Cobham
Longcross
New Haw
Ottershaw
Shepperton
Stoke d'Abernon
Sunbury-on-Thames
Upper Halliford
Walton-on-Thames
Weybridge
Wisley
List of United Kingdom codes

01932 is the national dialling code for Weybridge in the United Kingdom. Before PhONEday, the area code was 0932. The mnemonic for 0932 corresponds with WE 2, where "WE" is taken from the letters W and E in Weybridge.

In common with all other British area codes, the initial '0' is a trunk prefix that is not required when dialling from abroad.

Coverage[edit]

The dialling code contains seven telephone exchanges, which serve a mostly urban and suburban area in the north west of Surrey on the outskirts of Greater London, centred on the town of Weybridge.

Code Exchange Local Authority
LSBYF Byfleet Woking
LSCHER Chertsey Runnymede
LSCOB Cobham Elmbridge
LSOTT Ottershaw Runnymede
LSSUN Sunbury-on-Thames Spelthorne
LSWLTN Walton-on-Thames Elmbridge
LSWEY Weybridge Elmbridge

A telephone exchange previously existed in Longcross but its numbers were absorbed into the Chertsey exchange in the early 1970s.[1]

Settlements served by the dialling code include: Addlestone, Byfleet, Chertsey, Cobham, Longcross, New Haw, Ottershaw, Shepperton, Stoke d'Abernon, Sunbury-on-Thames, Upper Halliford, Walton-on-Thames, Weybridge, Wisley.

History[edit]

The Esher charge group contained two STD codes – 0932 with its Group switching centre (GSC) in Weybridge and 0372 with its GSC in Esher. Weybridge exchanges were not originally arranged in a linked numbering scheme, resulting in the necessity of local dialling codes to dial between exchanges. During the 1980s, the exchanges gradually became part of a linked numbering scheme with the STD code 0932 and the original 4 and 5 figure numbers became 6 figure.


Exchange name Old numbering New numbering
Weybridge 0932 40000 to 49999 0932 840000 to 849999
Weybridge 0932 50000 to 59999 0932 850000 to 859999
Walton-on-Thames 09322 20000 to 29999 0932 220000 to 229999
Walton-on-Thames 09322 40000 to 49999 0932 240000 to 249999
Byfleet 09323 40000 to 49999 0932 340000 to 349999
Byfleet 09323 50000 to 59999 0932 350000 to 359999
Cobham 09326 2000 to 7999 0932 62000 to 67999
Cobham 0932 60000 to 69999 0932 860000 to 869999
Sunbury-on-Thames 09327 60000 to 69999 0932 760000 to 769999
Sunbury-on-Thames 09327 80000 to 89999 0932 780000 to 789999
Chertsey 09328 60000 to 69999 0932 560000 to 569999
Ottershaw 093287 2000 to 3000 0932 872000 to 873000

Calls from the Esher charge group were charged at local rate to telephone exchanges in the following STD codes:[2]

STD code Location
01 / 071 / 081 London
0276 Camberley
0293 Crawley
0306 Dorking
0344 Bracknell
0372 Esher
0483 Guildford
0486 Guildford ring code (includes Woking)
0737 Redhill
0753 Slough
0784 Staines
0883 Oxsted
0895 Uxbridge
0932 Weybridge

Telephone exchanges in 0486 were gradually transferred into 0483, and added to the Guildford linked numbering scheme.

Former local dialling codes[edit]

From London:[3][4]

Exchange name Dialling code 1965 Dialling code 1972 Dialling code 1982
Weybridge 5 fig. WR 97 97
Walton-on-Thames 5 fig. WT 98 98
Walton-on-Thames 6 fig. N/A N/A 0932
Byfleet 5 fig. BY 91 91
Cobham 4 fig. CM6 266 266
Sunbury-on-Thames 4 fig. SM8 N/A N/A
Sunbury-on-Thames 5 fig. N/A 76 76
Sunbury-on-Thames 6 fig. N/A N/A 0932
Long Cross 3 fig. LK85 0932 85 N/A
Chertsey 4 fig. ML5 09328 09328
Ottershaw 3 fig. LK87 N/A N/A
Ottershaw 4 fig. N/A 719 719

Local dialling codes for Weybridge exchanges were translated into routing digits by the directors in London telephone exchanges. The combined length of a local dialling code and number on the exchange was always 7 figures.

From Guildford:[5][6]

Exchange name Dialling code 1962 Dialling code 1963
Byfleet 953 953
Chertsey 84586 97386
Cobham 79 967
Longcross N/A 97385
Ottershaw N/A 97387
Sunbury-on-Thames N/A 9737
Walton-on-Thames 841 965
Weybridge 845 973

Direct connections were provided between Guildford and Byfleet, Cobham, Walton-on-Thames, and Weybridge exchanges. Calls to other exchanges were routed via Weybridge. The unpublished dialling codes 9733, 9736, and 9732 would also have worked for Byfleet, Cobham, and Walton-on-Thames respectively in 1963 with the call routed via Weybridge.

From Slough:[7]

Exchange name Dialling code 1966
Byfleet 973
Chertsey 9786
Cobham 976
Longcross 9785
Ottershaw 9787
Sunbury-on-Thames 977
Walton-on-Thames 972
Weybridge 97

From Bagshot & Camberley:[8]

Exchange name Dialling code 1984
Byfleet 923
Chertsey 928
Cobham 92
Ottershaw 9287
Sunbury-on-Thames 927
Walton-on-Thames 92
Weybridge 92

Cobham and Walton-on-Thames had been incorporated into the Weybridge linked numbering scheme by 1984. Their previous dialling codes would have been 926 and 922 respectively.

From Walton-on-Thames:[9]

Exchange name Dialling code 1962
Cobham 50
Byfleet 51
Guildford 53
Chertsey 54
Woking 56
Sunbury-on-Thames 57
Staines 59
KINgston-upon-Thames 61
MOLesey 63
ELMbridge (Surbiton) 64
TEDdington Lock 65
EMBerbrook (Thames Ditton) 66
London director exchanges 7
Esher 8
Oxshott 8824
Epsom 8827
LOWer Hook (Chessington) 8828
Leatherhead 883
Bookham 88360
Ashstead 88366
Headley 88368
Dorking 894
Weybridge 9
ISLeworth 9822
Longcross 9825
HOUnslow 9827
Ottershaw 987
Slough 994

Walton-on-Thames was a very well interconnected telephone exchange with a tidy arrangement of local dialling codes: 9 was the code for its parent Weybridge; 8 was the code for a direct connection to Esher; 5x were the codes for direct connections to other non-director exchanges; 6x were the codes for direct connections to nearby London director exchanges.

Calls to HOUnslow and ISLeworth London director exchanges were routed via Weybridge exchange. Calls to LOWer Hook exchange were routed via Esher exchange.

Other London director exchanges were reached by dialling 7 and the first three letters of the exchange name followed by the 4 figure number. E.g. for a call to WHItehall 1212, dial "7 WHI 1212".

References[edit]

  1. ^ "House Prices in the UK".
  2. ^ "Esher charge group".
  3. ^ "London DIB local dialling codes – 1965 & London DIB – 1972" (PDF).
  4. ^ "London DIB – March 1982" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Guildford dialling code card – September 1962" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Deduced from a Bramley (Surrey) dialling code card – September 1963" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Deduced from a Gerrards Cross dialling code card – 1966" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Bagshot & Camberley DIB – 1984" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Walton-on-Thames dialling code card – March 1962" (PDF).