Broughton phone numbers start 01772
Broughton is in Preston, and its landline numbers begin 01772 - the code named after Preston, about 4 miles away.
There are also 5 smaller places called Broughton: Broughton, City of Milton Keynes (01908), Broughton, North Lincolnshire (01652), Broughton, Test Valley (01794), Broughton, Cherwell (01295), Broughton, Buckinghamshire (01296).
An 01772 number does not prove the caller is in Broughton
82 phone companies hold 01772 ranges, a number keeps its code when it moves provider, and caller ID can be faked outright. The code tells you which exchange the range was allocated to - nothing about who dialled.
- Area code
- 01772
- Administrative area
- Preston
- Nation
- England
- Population
- 2,471
- The code is named after
- Preston
- Distance from the exchange
- about 4 miles
- Phone companies holding ranges
- 82
Numbers reported on 01772
Nobody has reported an 01772 number to this site yet. That does not mean an 01772 number is safe - it means no one has told us about one.
Other places on 01772
01772 covers more than Preston. A call showing this code could have been allocated to a range at any of these exchanges.
Codes near Broughton
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Buy us a coffeeArea code and range data from Ofcom's published allocations, downloaded 1 October 2026. Town locations, populations and administrative areas from Wikidata (CC0), joined 1 October 2026 - towns within 40 km of the exchange. Reports are from visitors to this site and are unchecked. Browse every town A-Z.