Horwich Telephone Exchange

Fibre Enabled

Fibre to the Cabinet, Fibre to the Premises & Fibre on Demand services are available to customers connected to the Horwich exchange. Most customers can now upgrade from ADSL to fibre internet. Suppliers include BT Superfast Fibre, Plusnet Fibre Broadband, TalkTalk Fast Broadband & ee Unlimited Fibre Broadband

Local Authority = Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council

UK area dialling code (STD code) for the Horwich exchange is 01204

International dialling code for the Horwich exchange is +44 1204 or 0044 1204

The Horwich exchange is in the Bolton group of exchanges.

9 telephone exchanges form this regional grouping.

OS Grid Ref: SD 63565 11750

Exchange Address

Located at :-
British Telecom,
Telephone Exchange,
41 Julia Street,
Horwich,
BOLTON.
BL6 7PZ

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Horwich -> Bolton -> North West

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Exchange Location

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Openreach Identifer

Network identifier code for the Horwich exchange is LCHOR

Your LLU Services

Telephone Exchange, Horwich (LCHOR) has been unbundled by TalkTalk

Fibre To The Cabinet

The Horwich exchange provides fibre services.

21CN WBC

This exchange is 21CN WBC enabled

ADSL Max

The Horwich exchange has been enabled for ADSL Max since March 2006

ADSL

The Horwich telephone exchange in Bolton was enabled for ADSL in June 2003

Ofcom Classification

The BT exchange, Horwich is classified by Ofcom as:- Market 3.

Historic Fact

Before PhONE Day On 16th April 1995, the STD Code For This Exchange Was 0204

PSTN Network Switch Off In 2025

The first stage Openreach propose to facilitate the retirement of their public switched telephone network (PSTN) is to issue 'Stop Sell' dates for specific telephone exchanges. Once a 'Stop Sell' date has passed, communication providers (CP's) will be unable to order any copper based products if a fibre solution is available at the customer's premises. Accepted fibre solutions include FTTP and SOGEA/SOGFast.

Impacted product and services that will be unavailable beyond a 'Stop Sell' date include WLR3 analogue, ISDN 2, ISDN 30, LLU SMPF, SLU SMPF, Narrowband Line Share and Classic products.

Openreach have identified 581 specific 'FTTP Priority Exchanges' that will be the first to receive 'Stop Sell' notices, see below.

Openreach declared the Horwich Exchange, Greater Manchester - Bolton as a 'FTTP Priority Exchange' as part of their Tranche 7 list of exchanges and issued a 'Stop Sell' notice effective from Wednesday 8th February 2023