01245 at a glance
- Type
- Geographic (landline area code)
- Region
- Essex
- Country
- United Kingdom (+44)
- Number format
- 01245 XXXXXX (area code + 6-digit local number)
- From abroad
- +44 1245
- Cost to call
- Charged as a standard UK landline call; usually included in landline and mobile call bundles.
01245 is the area code for Chelmsford, the city that is home to Essex County Council, and surrounding villages in mid-Essex. Chelmsford gained city status in 2012. A call from an 01245 number may come from the county or city council, Broomfield Hospital, a GP surgery, Anglia Ruskin University's Chelmsford campus, a school or a local business. Because the number could have been ported to another provider or attached to an internet phone service used elsewhere, and because caller ID can be spoofed, an 01245 caller ID is not by itself a guarantee of who is ringing.
Who called me from 01245?
The prefix tells you where the line was originally registered (Chelmsford), 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.