0121 at a glance
- Type
- Geographic (landline area code)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Country
- United Kingdom (+44)
- Number format
- 0121 XXX XXXX (area code + 7-digit local number)
- From abroad
- +44 121
- Cost to call
- Charged as a standard UK landline call; usually included in landline and mobile call bundles.
0121 is the area code for Birmingham and neighbouring places such as Solihull, Sutton Coldfield and West Bromwich. It replaced 021 on PhONEday in 1995, and local numbers have seven digits. As the UK's second-largest city, Birmingham generates calls from Birmingham City Council, large NHS trusts, GP surgeries, universities, banks, retailers and thousands of smaller businesses. An 0121 number can be ported to any UK provider and used on VoIP systems outside the West Midlands, and caller ID can be spoofed, so judge an unexpected call by what the caller asks for rather than the code.
Who called me from 0121?
The prefix tells you where the line was originally registered (Birmingham), but not who is behind it. Numbers can be ported between networks and caller ID can be spoofed, so a familiar code is no guarantee. Search the full number to see its current carrier, line type and whether other people have reported it. Read our UK phone number guide for mobile prefixes, networks and the scams currently doing the rounds.