Where 0161 reaches.
0161 covers Manchester and much of Greater Manchester around it. Numbers look like 0161 496 0123.
- Manchester
- Salford
- Stockport
- Trafford
- Sale
- Altrincham
- Oldham
- Bury
Manchester's code became 0161 on PhONEday, 16 April 1995, when the old 061 code gained its leading 1 along with most UK codes. Local numbers after 0161 are seven digits.
Phone exchange areas don't follow council boundaries exactly, so a few places near the edges use a different code.
Example: A plumber in Salford
A 0161 number on the van. A call menu sends emergencies (press 1) straight to the engineers and bookings (press 2) to the office phone. After 6pm callers hear a closed message and leave voicemail, which arrives by email, transcribed, for the morning.
- Call menu
- Opening hours
- Voicemail to email