The eleven BT Telephone Exchanges (and two former) in the Exeter (01392) telephone area

Exeter ATE

Exeter ATE
Exeter Telephone Exchange is located in Castle Street, Exeter EX4 3PT and serves Exeter and the surrounding area.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01392.
ID: WWEXTR. Photo courtesy of Simon Cowper-Smith.

Exeter Switching Centre

Exeter Switching Centre
Exeter BT Switching Centre.

Photo courtesy of Simon Cowper-Smith.

Exminster ATE

Exminster ATE
Exminster Telephone Exchange is located in Martins Road, Exminster, Exeter EX6 8SL and serves Exminster and the surrounding area.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01392-82.
ID: WWEXMN. Photo courtesy of Simon Cowper-Smith.

Hele ATE

Hele ATE
Hele Telephone Exchange is located in Strathculm Road, Hele, Exeter EX5 4PR and serves Hele and the surrounding area.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01392-88.
ID: WWHELE. Photo courtesy of Simon Cowper-Smith.

Hele former ATE

The former Hele Telephone Exchange is located adjacent to the current exchange in Strathculm Road, Hele, Exeter EX5 4PR and serves Hele and the surrounding area.
The former telephone code for this exchange was 039 288.
ID: WWHELE. Photo taken by Google Maps in 2009, since then the property has been significantly enlarged and refurbished.

Kennford ATE

Kennford ATE
Kennford Telephone Exchange is located in Kennford, Exeter EX6 7UY and serves Kennford and surrounding villages.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01392-83.
ID: WWKENN. Photo courtesy of Simon Cowper-Smith.

Kennford former ATE

Kennford former ATE
The former Kennford Telephone Exchange is located in Exeter Road, Kennford, Exeter EX6 7TL and served Kennford and surrounding villages.
It has since been converted into a private dwelling called The Old Telephone Exchange.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 039 283.
ID: WWKENN. Photo courtesy of John Howard.

Longdown ATE

Longdown ATE
Longdown Telephone Exchange is located in Chapel Hill, Longdown, Exeter EX6 7SN and serves Longdown and the surrounding villages.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01392-81.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 039 281.

ID: WWLDOW. Photo courtesy of David Smith.

Newton St Cyres ATE

Newton St Cyres ATE
Newton St Cyres Telephone Exchange is located in Tytheing Close, Newton St Cyres, Exeter EX5 5DB and serves Newton St Cyres and the surrounding villages.
On 8.30am on 04 September 1986 the 450 subscribers in Newton St Cyres had their three-figure numbers changed to six-figure numbers by prefixing each number with 851.
The telephone code for this exchange is 01392-85.
The former dialling code for this exchange was 039 285.

ID: WWNCYR. Photo courtesy of John Howard.

Pinhoe ATE

Pinhoe ATE

Pinhoe telephone exchange is located in Main Road, Pinhoe, Exeter, EX4 9EY and serves Pinhoe and the surrounding area.

Some subscribers to this exchange in the Broadclyst area were previously served by the former Broadclyst telephone exchange which stands on the B3181 in Broadclyst, Exeter EX5 3EY.

It came into service on 21 May 1936. It closed in the early 1980s, lines transferring to Pinhoe exchange as Exeter numbers.

The former Broadclyst dialling code was 039 282.

The telephone code for Pinhoe exchange is 01392-46.

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

Silverton ATE

Silverton ATE

Silverton telephone exchange is located just off the A396 in Thorverton, Exeter EX5 5LZ and serves Silverton, Thorverton and surrounding villages.

The telephone code for this exchange is 01392-86.

The former dialling code for this exchange was 039 286.

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

Sowton ATE

Sowton ATE

Sowton telephone exchange is located in Capital Court, Bittern Road, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter EX2 7FW and serves Sowton and the surrounding area.

The telephone codes for this exchange are 01392-36 and 01392-44

ID: WWSOWT. Photo courtesy of John Howard.

Stoke Canon ATE

Stoke Canon ATE

Stoke Canon Telephone Exchange is located in High Street, Stoke Canon, Exeter EX5 4AX and serves Stoke Canon and the surrounding villages.

The telephone code for this exchange is 01392-84.

The former dialling code for this exchange was 039 284.

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

Topsham ATE

Topsham ATE

Topsham Telephone Exchange is located in Station Road, Topsham, Exeter EX3 0DS and serves Topsham and the surrounding area.

The telephone codes for this exchange are 01392-41 and 01392-87.

The former dialling code for this exchange was 039 287.

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

Acknowledgment:
Many of the photographs on this page have been generously provided by Simon Cowper-Smith, David Smith & John Howard.
I am grateful to them for allowing me to reproduce the information on this site.
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