Calling a UK number from the US?

Question

The UK number is 0800 2888 669.

What would I dial into my phone to reach them?

Answer 1

international code is 0044

and you take the 0 off the number so it's:

0044 800 2888 669

Answer 2

I spent months calling the UK nearly every day to arrange for the details of a short relocation there...here's how I reached the London relo office (per my old notes):

011 + 44 + entire 11 digit phone number.

011 is the international calling code from the US, 44 is the country code for the UK, you need both.

(01144 08002 888 669)

I needed all 11 digits to get through but if it doesn't work, do try dropping the 0 before the 0800 so it would look like:

01144 8002 888 669 (but that just seems wrong).

Remember the time diff...they are 8 hours ahead of American west coast.

Good luck.

Answer 3

I'm\not asleep, but I'm not answering the phone either.

Answer 4

The previous person is wrong - this is how you'd dial it from another European country.

From the US, it is 011-44-800-2888-669. (011 is to dial any international number from within the US; 44 is the country code for the UK specifically.)

Additionally, the fact that it is a free-within-UK number should not make it impossible for you to dial from the US, but you will probably be charged as a regular international call.

Answer 5

Yes - it's a number you can only call from within the UK, it being a free call. They're not going to pay for trans-continental calls too ! ! !

Try looking on "saynoto0870" and you might get a REAL number you can call - i.e. one beginning with 01- or 02- and then you cab call, using your international dialling code first of course.

Answer 6

0044. then the UK number without the first 0.

Answer 7

I live in Spain, and can't get through to a UK 0800 number at all -what am I doing wrong?

Answer 8

add 0044 before you call the phone numbers

Answer 9

+44 and their number.Thats what I use calling my friend.

Answer 10

THATS A FREE PHONE NUMBER HERE ONLY OBTAINABLE FROM THE UK SO I DOUBT IF YOU,LL BE ABLE TO CALL THAT FROM THE US

Answer 11

There is still a great deal of variation from one carrier to another about whether they will connect overseas calls to "odd" numbers or not.  

You may find that some will permit calls to a U.K. 0800 number while others won't.    It can also depend upon whether the incoming carrier at the U.K. will accept such calls.  

The situation is the same with the other special rate numbers such as 0845, 0870, etc. that we have in the U.K.  If your carrier DOES complete calls to such numbers, be VERY careful to check what the charges will be.   Some carriers are known to bill such calls at extremely high rates, several times the cost of a regular call to a "normal" number.

In short, from the U.S. to the U.K., after the 011 44, if the next digit is anything but a 1, 2 or 3, beware.

Answer 12

Don't bother calling us, we've all gone to sleep.

Answer 13

0044800 2888 669

UK dialing code is +44 (0044) - with any number in the UK take of the first 0 and add the international dialing code in its place