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New 0300 Phone Numbers for Hampshire County Council

February 3, 2015 By chippy minton 3 Comments

Hampshire County Council has adopted 0300 numbers for contacting most of its services.

The main advantage (to us) of a 0300 number is the price.

Calls cost no more than 9 pence per minute (the same as what are now called “geographic numbers” but we used to call just “telephone numbers”. Does anyone else remember STD Codes, a-rate and b-rate, and different dialling codes for local numbers?”).

New 0300 numbers for Hampshire County Council from February 2015.
New 0300 numbers for Hampshire County Council from February 2015.

Old 0845 numbers and New 0300 numbers

The old 0845 numbers could cost up to 12 pence per minute.  OK, 3 pence may not sound like a lot, but if you are left on hold for thirty minutes while someone sorts out your query, those 3 pence soon start to mount up.

Remember that these costs are for calling from a landline.  “Calls from mobile phones may vary” as they say on the radio.  That is a euphemistic way of saying “calls from mobile phones will be very very expensive” – so if you can, call from a landline.

Contact Hampshire County Council

For a full list of the numbers for different services of Hampshire County Council – and email addresses – see Contact Hampshire County Council page.

General Enquiries and Switchboard of Hampshire County Council is: 0300 555 1375.

And if you are confused by the plethora of dialling codes and call charges, this page about charges from gov.uk helps to explain what they all mean.

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About chippy minton

I've lived in Chandler's Ford and Eastleigh for most of my working life, with interspersed with a few years in north-west Hampshire (though remaining a regular visitor to the area).

I work in IT, and my hobbies include bell ringing, walking and cycling. I am also a self-confessed “born-again runner” having discovered parkrun in 2015.

I enjoy live theatre and music, and try to watch many of the shows that are performed in the Eastleigh area.

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  1. Ed says

    February 8, 2015 at 9:30 am

    How much does it cost to call the 0300 number from a mobile?

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    • Chippy says

      February 9, 2015 at 9:43 pm

      Depends on the mobile phone operator and tariff. Between 8p and 40p, apparently (but probably closer to 40p).

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  2. alan says

    October 13, 2015 at 6:15 pm

    Spot on Chippy, calls to 03 numbers can be pricey- particularly if you don’t have inclusive minutes 🙁 I called the DWP the other week thinking that it would be a free call only to find that I was paying 45ppm for an hour and a half!

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