Overton phone numbers start 01256
Overton is in Basingstoke and Deane, and its landline numbers begin 01256 - the code named after Basingstoke, about 8 miles away.
There are also 4 smaller places called Overton: Overton, Lancaster (01524), Overton, Cheshire West and Chester (01948), Overton, Richard's Castle (01584), Overton, Sitlington (01924).
An 01256 number does not prove the caller is in Overton
109 phone companies hold 01256 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
- 01256
- Administrative area
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Nation
- England
- Population
- 4,665
- The code is named after
- Basingstoke
- Distance from the exchange
- about 8 miles
- Phone companies holding ranges
- 109
Numbers reported on 01256
Nobody has reported an 01256 number to this site yet. That does not mean an 01256 number is safe - it means no one has told us about one.
Other places on 01256
01256 covers more than Basingstoke. A call showing this code could have been allocated to a range at any of these exchanges.
Codes near Overton
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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.