01280 Buckingham Numbers

Why an 01280 number helps your business

Buckingham is a historic market town in north Buckinghamshire, and the county takes its name from it. The town is small, but it has a university, a busy high street and a rural hinterland of villages and farms. Across the county boundary, Brackley in Northamptonshire shares the same 01280 code, and the motorsport and engineering businesses around nearby Silverstone bring in suppliers, contractors and visitors.

In a market town, reputation spreads by word of mouth, and people expect to deal with someone local. An 01280 number makes them more likely to call and more ready to trust you. You do not need an office on the high street to have one. A firm in Milton Keynes, Oxford or Northampton can cover the Buckingham area with an 01280 number and take calls wherever its staff are.

About the 01280 area code

01280 is used in Buckingham, in Brackley and in nearby places such as Maids Moreton and Stowe. Milton Keynes, a few miles to the east, has its own code (01908). As a five-digit area code, 01280 is followed by a six-digit local number (01280 xxxxxx). Callers outside the UK dial +44 1280 and then the six digits.

The area's best-known landmark is Stowe, whose landscape gardens are cared for by the National Trust and sit beside Stowe School.

Who uses Buckingham numbers

Motorsport and engineering suppliers

Businesses that supply the race teams, workshops and events around Silverstone and Brackley use an 01280 number to show they are part of the local network. Calls can follow engineers between the workshop, the circuit and the road.

Student and visitor services

Landlords, letting agents and hospitality businesses serving students at the University of Buckingham, and the visitors who come to Stowe, use a local number for enquiries and bookings.

Rural and estate businesses

Farm shops, equestrian centres, land agents and countryside trades covering the villages around Buckingham use an 01280 number diverted to a mobile, so they do not miss a call while out on site.

How your 01280 number works

Your 01280 number diverts calls to any UK landline or mobile, or to Alphatalk's cloud phone system. Change the destination in myAlphaTalk, our customer portal, whenever you need to. Route calls by time of day, receive voicemail as an email, and use call statistics to see which hours are busiest. Pick a number online and our UK team will have it set up for you. It costs £4.99 a month with 1,000 free UK minutes, and Standard numbers have no setup fee.