Preston phone numbers start 01462
Preston is in North Hertfordshire, and its landline numbers begin 01462 - the code named after Hitchin, about 3 miles away.
There are also 5 smaller places called Preston: Preston, Lancashire (01772), Preston, Tyne and Wear (0191), Preston, East Riding of Yorkshire (01482), Preston, Dover (01227), Preston, Rutland (01572).
An 01462 number does not prove the caller is in Preston
101 phone companies hold 01462 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
- 01462
- Administrative area
- North Hertfordshire
- Nation
- England
- Population
- 481
- The code is named after
- Hitchin
- Distance from the exchange
- about 3 miles
- Phone companies holding ranges
- 101
Numbers reported on 01462
Nobody has reported an 01462 number to this site yet. That does not mean an 01462 number is safe - it means no one has told us about one.
Other places on 01462
01462 covers more than Hitchin. 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.