01305 Dorchester Numbers

Why an 01305 number helps your business

Dorchester is the county town of Dorset, home to Dorset County Hospital and the county council's headquarters, and a market town for a wide rural area. The 01305 code also covers Weymouth and Portland on the coast, so one number reaches townspeople, farming communities, holidaymakers and the marine businesses around Portland Harbour.

Local callers are more likely to ring, and more likely to trust what they hear, when the number begins with a code they know. With an 01305 number you get that local presence without renting an office in Dorchester or Weymouth. A firm based in Bournemouth, Exeter or London can answer Dorset calls on its existing phones and still look like part of the community.

About the 01305 area code

01305 covers Dorchester, Weymouth, Portland and nearby places such as Poundbury, Charminster and Puddletown. It is a five-digit area code, so it is followed by a six-digit local number (01305 xxxxxx). Callers outside the UK dial +44 1305 and then the six digits.

Dorchester's code is sometimes written as 0130, but that is only the first part. The full code is 01305, and 01303, which looks similar, belongs to Folkestone in Kent. Dorchester is known as the model for Casterbridge in Thomas Hardy's novels, and the Iron Age hillfort of Maiden Castle lies just outside the town.

Who uses Dorchester numbers

Coastal tourism in Weymouth and Portland

Hotels, holiday parks, boat trip operators and water sports centres along this stretch of the Jurassic Coast use an 01305 number so that visitors can call a local line to book.

Suppliers to public services

As the county town, Dorchester is home to council offices and the county hospital. Consultants, contractors and suppliers who work with these organisations use an 01305 number to show they are close at hand.

New homes and trades around Poundbury

The growth of Poundbury on the western edge of Dorchester has brought steady work for builders, interior designers, estate agents and home services. Many of them use a local number to reach new residents who are looking for help nearby.

How your 01305 number works

Calls to your 01305 number go wherever you choose: any UK landline or mobile, or Alphatalk's cloud phone system. Update the destination in myAlphaTalk, our customer portal, at any time. Time-of-day routing lets you send calls to the office in the week and to a mobile at weekends, voicemail arrives by email, and call statistics show how busy your line is. Each number costs £4.99 a month with 1,000 free UK minutes, and Standard numbers have no setup fee.