The Next Batch Has Been Revealed: Is Your Area on the Landline Switch-Off List?
Written by Seb, on 23 Jul, 2025. Last updated 15 Oct, 2025Still using a traditional landline? The UK is retiring the old copper network in phases and moving everyone to digital (VoIP) services. This landline switch-off is rolling out area-by-area using “Stop Sell” rules: once an exchange reaches around 75% full-fibre (FTTP) coverage, Openreach stops selling copper-based products in that area and starts the countdown to withdrawal.
What that means for you: if your area is on the “Stop Sell” path, you won’t be able to order or change copper services. You’ll need to move to a digital voice service to keep your home phone working.
What’s new right now?
Openreach continues to add exchanges to the programme in quarterly “tranches.” Two recent updates matter:
Tranche 21 (announced 85 days ago)
On 22 July 2025, Openreach named 137 exchanges that move into Stop Sell. Openreach called this Tranche 21, and it affected over 850,000 homes.
By August 2026, nearly 9 million homes will have copper completely removed. You won’t be able to get your old landline service back – and if you haven’t switched, you may be left with no working phone at all.
For many, this is a real concern, especially if you rely on your landline every day. Maybe it’s your only phone. Maybe it’s how family check you’re OK. Or maybe it’s just familiar and comfortable.
Here are the 137 areas where the landline Stop Sell has already taken place:
| Adderbury (Kings Sutton) | Llandovery (Llandovery) |
| Adwick Le Street (Adwick le Street) | Llandrindod Wells (Llandrindod Wells) |
| Aghadowey (Londonderry) | Llandyrnog (Llandyrnog) |
| Amlwch (Amlwch) | Lockerbie (Lockerbie) |
| Annbank (Mossblown) | Lockeridge (Lockeridge) |
| Appley Bridge (Wigan) | Locks Heath (South Hampshire) |
| Armthorpe (Armthorpe) | Long Bredy (Litton Cheney) |
| Ashby De La Zouch (Ashby-de-la-Zouch) | Loughborough (Loughborough) |
| Ashford (Ashford) | Lynemouth (Lynemouth) |
| Aylesbury (Aylesbury) | Manningham (Bradford) |
| Bala (Bala) | Manningtree (Manningtree) |
| Ballingry (Ballingry) | Marine (Southend-on-Sea) |
| Barnwood (Gloucester) | Menai Bridge (Menai Bridge) |
| Bartestree Cross (Lugwardine) | Midsomer Norton (Midsomer Norton) |
| Bedford (Bedford) | Milford Haven (Milford Haven) |
| Berriedale (Newport – Highland) | New Brancepeth (Esh Winning) |
| Bishops Cleeve (Bishop’s Cleeve) | Newhaven (Newhaven) |
| Broomfield (Chelmsford) | Newton Stewart (Newton Stewart) |
| Buckland St Mary (Bishopswood) | Newton Tracey (Bideford) |
| Bovey Tracey (Bovey Tracey) | Ogbourne St George (Ogbourne St George) |
| Chapelton (Chapelton) | Penrith (Penrith) |
| Chestfield (Whitstable) | Pennyghael (Carsaig) |
| Chudleigh (Chudleigh) | Penwortham (Bamber Bridge) |
| Clay Cross (Clay Cross) | Pencaitland (Wester Pencaitland) |
| Cleland (Cleland) | Pershore (Pershore) |
| Clogher (Tyrone) | Plymstock (Plymstock) |
| Colinton (Edinburgh) | Pomeroy (Tyrone) |
| Coppull (Coppull) | Purfleet (Grays) |
| Dalston (Dalston) | Romsey (Romsey) |
| Darlington (Darlington) | Sacriston (Sacriston) |
| Desborough (Desborough) | Sale (Trafford) |
| Dickleburgh (Diss) | Sandbach (Sandbach) |
| Dolgarrog (Dolgarrog) | Sanday (Lady) |
| Dolgellau (Dolgellau) | Sandon (Stafford) |
| Dolwen (Betws-yn-Rhos) | Saint Faith (Horsham St Faith) |
| Dromore/Tyrone (Tyrone) | Shildon (Shildon) |
| Drumquin (Tyrone) | Silsoe (Bedford) |
| Durrington (Bulford Camp) | Smallbrook (Birmingham) |
| Dyserth (Dyserth) | South Milford (Sherburn in Elmet) |
| Dymchurch (Dymchurch) | Southbourne (Bournemouth) |
| Easton (Bristol) | Starcross (Starcross) |
| Eastwood (Southend-on-Sea) | Steele Road (Hawick) |
| Eskdalemuir (Eskdalemuir) | Stockton (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Felling (Gateshead) | Stoke City (Stoke-on-Trent) |
| Fernhill Heath (Worcester) | Stonehouse (Stonehouse) |
| Fintona (Tyrone) | St Austell (St Austell) |
| Forden (Forden) | Stourport (Stourport-on-Severn) |
| Freeland (Long Hanborough) | Stubbington (Stubbington) |
| Girton (Cambridge) | Sutton In Ashfield (Sutton in Ashfield) |
| Glarryford (Antrim) | Teversham (Cambridge) |
| Goscote (Syston) | Tottington (Bury) |
| Grays Thurrock (Grays) | Trentham (Stoke-on-Trent) |
| Great Dunmow (Great Dunmow) | Ulva Ferry (Ballygown) |
| Hathern (Loughborough) | Uxbridge (Hillingdon) |
| Haslington (Crewe) | Warsop (Market Warsop) |
| Hengoed (Newport) | Washington (Washington) |
| Hexton (Bedford) | West Wickham (Bromley) |
| Higher Bolton (Bolton) | Whaley Bridge (Whaley Bridge) |
| Hoghton (Bamber Bridge) | Whitley Bridge (Eggborough) |
| Holmfirth (Holmfirth) | Wolverhampton (Wolverhampton) |
| Hook (Hook – Hart) | Wolviston (Wolviston) |
| Horton Bank (Bradford) | Wood St (City of London) |
| Ingleby Barwick (Ingleby Barwick) | Woodford (Redbridge) |
| Kessingland (Kessingland) | Woodham Ferrers (South Woodham Ferrers) |
| Kinghorn (Kinghorn) | Worle (Weston-Super-Mare) |
| Leigh Sinton (Great Malvern) | |
| Leytonstone (Waltham Forest) | |
| Llanbedrog (Llanbedrog) | |
| Llanfrynach (Brecon) |
Tranche 22 (just revealed)
On 10 October 2025, Openreach added 94 more exchanges to the Stop Sell programme – another wave moving towards an all-digital service.
The affected exchanges are:
| Abergynolwyn (Tywyn) | Ide Hill (Sevenoaks) |
| Abercynon (Abercynon) | Kegworth (Kegworth) |
| Adlington (Adlington) | Keighley (Keighley) |
| Albrighton (Albrighton) | Kelsall (Kelsall) |
| Arkwright (Nottingham) | Keyingham (Thorngumbald) |
| Aston Common (Swallownest) | Llanpumsaint (Llanpumsaint) |
| Barnsley (Barnsley) | Llanwnda (Groeslon) |
| Bayford (Hertford) | Merstham (Redhill – Surrey) |
| Beeston (Beeston – Broxtowe) | New Malden (Kingston upon Thames – Greater London) |
| Bentpath (Bentpath) | Newport Chartist (Newport – Newport) |
| Bethesda (Bethesda) | Newtownstewart (Tyrone) |
| Blackburn (Blackburn) | Nonington (Aylesham) |
| Blackpool (Blackpool) | North (Liverpool) |
| Bolsover (Bolsover) | Norwood Hill (Horley) |
| Botwnnog (Botwnnog) | Passfield (Liphook) |
| Bready (Tyrone) | Penarth (Penarth) |
| Broughton (Fulwood) | Pentraeth (Pentraeth) |
| Burwell (Burwell) | Pickmere (Higher Wincham) |
| Burslem (Stoke-on-Trent) | Pleasley (Mansfield) |
| Caldercruix (Plains) | Porth (Porth) |
| Cambuslang (Cambuslang) | Portsmouth North (Portsmouth) |
| Carluke (Carluke) | Priory (Birmingham) |
| Cemmaes Road (Cemmaes) | Provanmill (Glasgow) |
| Cheriton Fitzpaine (Cheriton Fitzpaine) | Queensbury (Bradford) |
| Chatteris (Chatteris) | Rainham (Greater London – Havering) |
| Chester Central (Chester) | Rossington (New Rossington) |
| Chippenham (Chippenham – Wiltshire) | Rusholme (Manchester – Greater Manchester) |
| Coggeshall (Coggeshall) | Sawtry (Sawtry) |
| Dartford (Bexley) | Selsey (Selsey) |
| Dawes Green (Reigate) | Shifnal (Shifnal) |
| Dersingham (Dersingham) | Shotley (Ipswich) |
| Didsbury (Manchester – Greater Manchester) | Shorne (Higham) |
| Dinnington (Dinnington – Rotherham) | South Benfleet (Rayleigh) |
| Dunphail (Forres) | Spalding (Spalding) |
| Elland (Elland) | Springburn (Glasgow) |
| Elstree (Borehamwood) | Stronsay (Dishes) |
| Erdington (Birmingham) | Thrybergh (Rotherham) |
| Eye (City of Peterborough) | Tilbury (Tilbury) |
| Felixstowe (Felixstowe) | Tilton (Tilton on the Hill) |
| Ferryhill (Ferryhill) | Trowbridge (Trowbridge) |
| Forest Hill (Greater London – Lewisham) | Tunbridge Wells (Royal Tunbridge Wells) |
| Friskney (Friskney) | Tynygroes (Colwyn Bay) |
| Fulwood (Fulwood) | Ware (Ware) |
| Gower (Reynoldston) | Walsall (Walsall) |
| Great Yarmouth (Great Yarmouth) | Winchburgh (Winchburgh) |
| Holmewood (North Wingfield) | Workington (Workington) |
| Humbie (Humbie) |
How to check if you’re affected
If you don’t know what your local exchange is, you can use this link. Simply enter your postcode and press ‘Lookup’ to find your exchange.
The Good News: Phonely Makes It Easy
At Phonely, we’ve helped thousands of people make the switch without any stress.
✅ You can keep your current phone number
✅ You can keep using your old phone with our handy VoIP adapter (unless you’d prefer a brand new phone – we also offer pre-configured VoIP phones that are ready to go straight out of the box. Just plug them in and they work)
✅ You get nuisance call blocking to protect against scam and sales calls
✅ You can talk to a real person who’ll help you get set up
This isn’t a big technical job. No engineer visit. No confusing instructions. We’ve built Phonely to be simple, friendly and safe – just like your landline used to be.
What else do you get with Phonely?
- CallGuard: Blocks known scam and nuisance calls
- Trusted Person alerts: Let family members know if something seems off
- Voicemail, call recording, and more – all included
- Peace of mind knowing your phone will still work when copper lines are gone
Thousands of people have already switched. Why not join them
Don’t wait until your phone stops working
If you’re in one of these areas – or nearby – now is the time to take action.
Switch to Phonely today and get:
- Your number kept
- Your old phone working (or choose a brand new pre-configured VoIP phone that’s ready to plug in and go)
- Scam and nuisance calls blocked
- A safe, simple, supported service built for everyday people
We know change can feel like a hassle. But with Phonely, it doesn’t have to be.
📞 Call our friendly UK support team on 0800 112 5000
💻 Or visit phonely.co.uk/signup/plans to see our available plans and get started today.
Let us take care of the switch – so your phone just keeps working, without the worry.
