The nine BT Telephone Exchanges (and four former) in the East Grinstead (01342) telephone area

Copthorne ATE

Copthorne ATE
Copthorne Telephone Exchange is located in Turners Hill Road, Crawley Down, Crawley RH10 4HH and serves Copthorne and Crawley.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01342-71.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 034 25.
ID: NDCOP. Photo courtesy of Simon Cowper-Smith.

Cowden ATE

Cowden ATE
Cowden Telephone Exchange is located in Heartfield Road, Cowden, Edenbridge TN8 7HE and serves Claydene, Cowden and surrounding villages.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01342-85.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 034 286.
ID: NDCOW. Photo courtesy of Simon Cowper-Smith.

Dormans Park ATE

Dormans Park ATE
Dormans Park Telephone Exchange is located in Swissland Hill, Dormans Park, East Grinstead RH19 2NH and serves Dormans Park and the surrounding area.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01342-87.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 034 287.
ID: NDDPA. Photo courtesy of Simon Cowper-Smith.

East Grinstead ATE

East Grinstead ATE
East Grinstead Telephone Exchange is located in Garland Road, East Grinstead RH19 1ED and serves East Grinstead and the surrounding area.
The telephone codes for this exchange include 01342-3 and 01342-41.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 0342.
ID: NDEGR. Photo courtesy of Simon Cowper-Smith.

Forest Row ATE

Forest Row ATE
Forest Row Telephone Exchange is located in Hartfield Road, Forest Row RH18 5DN and serves Forest Row and the surrounding villages.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01342-82.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 034 282.

ID: NDFRO. Photo courtesy of Simon Cowper-Smith.

Lingfield ATE

Lingfield ATE
Lingfield Telephone Exchange is located in Gun Pit Road, Lingfield RH7 6AP and serves Lingfield and the surrounding area.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01342-83.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 0342.

ID: NDLIN. Photo courtesy of Simon Cowper-Smith.

Lingfield former ATE

Lingfield former ATE
The former Lingfield Telephone Exchange was located in Vicarage Road, Lingfield RH7 6EZ and served Lingfield and the surrounding area.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 0342.

ID: NDLIN. Photo courtesy of Simon Cowper-Smith.

Sharpthorne ATE

Sharpthorne ATE

Sharpthorne Telephone Exchange is located in Station Road, Sharpthorne, East Grinstead RH19 4NY and serves Sharpthorne and the surrounding area.

The telephone code for this exchange is 01342-81.

The former dialling code for this exchange was 034 289.

ID: NDSHA. Photo courtesy of Simon Cowper-Smith.

Sharpthorne former ATE

Sharpthorne 1st former ATE

The former Sharpthorne Telephone Exchange was located in Sharpthorne, East Grinstead RH19 and served Sharpthorne and the surrounding area.

The former dialling code for this exchange was 034 289.

ID: NDSHA. Photo courtesy of Simon Cowper-Smith.

Sharpthorne former ATE

Sharpthorne 2nd former ATE

The former Sharpthorne Telephone Exchange was located in Sharpthorne, East Grinstead RH19 and served Sharpthorne and the surrounding area.

The former dialling code for this exchange was 034 289.

ID: NDSHA. Photo courtesy of Simon Cowper-Smith.

Smallfield ATE

Smallfield ATE

Smallfield telephone exchange is located in New Road, Smallfield , Horley RH6 9QN and serves Smallfield and the surrounding area.

The telephone code for this exchange is 01342-84.

The former dialling code for this exchange was 034 284.

ID: NDSML. Photo courtesy of Simon Cowper-Smith.

South Godstone ATE

South Godstone ATE

South Godstone Telephone Exchange is located in Eastbourne Road, South Godstone, Godstone RH9 8EN and serves South Godstone and surrounding villages.

The telephone code for this exchange is 01342-89.

The former dialling code for this exchange was 034 285.

ID: NDSGO. Photo courtesy of Simon Cowper-Smith.

Turners Hill former ATE

Turners Hill former ATE

The former Turners Hill telephone exchange is situated off Lion Lane, Turners Hill, Crawley RH10 4NU.

It came into service in 1937 to replace a manual exchange. It ceased operation in the mid 1970s. Planning permission was granted to convert it into a residential bungalow in August 1981 and it is now a private house.

Its former dialling code was 034 288.

ID: Unknown. Map: Courtesy of The National Library of Scotland.

Acknowledgment:
The photographs on this page have been generously provided by Simon Cowper-Smith.
I am grateful to him for allowing me to reproduce the information on this site.
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