Newtown phone numbers start 016973
Newtown is in Holme St Cuthbert, and its landline numbers begin 016973 - the code named after Wigton, about 10 miles away.
There are also 5 smaller places called Newtown: Newtown, Powys (01686), Newtown, Basingstoke and Deane (01635), Newtown, Reading (0118), Newtown, Cheshire West and Chester (01244), Newtown, Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield (01983).
An 016973 number does not prove the caller is in Newtown
38 phone companies hold 016973 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
- 016973
- Administrative area
- Holme St Cuthbert
- Nation
- England
- Population
- not recorded
- The code is named after
- Wigton
- Distance from the exchange
- about 10 miles
- Phone companies holding ranges
- 38
Numbers reported on 016973
Nobody has reported an 016973 number to this site yet. That does not mean an 016973 number is safe - it means no one has told us about one.
Other places on 016973
016973 covers more than Wigton. A call showing this code could have been allocated to a range at any of these exchanges.
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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.