The six BT Telephone Exchanges (and three former) in the Prudhoe (01661) telephone area
Belsay ATE
Ponteland ATE
Ponteland former ATE
The former Ponteland exchange stands in Merton Road, Ponteland NE20 9PX.
It came into service as a non-director exchange on 11 November 1953 to replace a CBS2 exchange. It closed in the mid-1970s and has since been converted into a residential block called Bamburgh House.
Its dialling code was 066 12.
ID: NEP. Photo courtesy of Rook Matthews Sayer.
Prudhoe ATE
It opened in 1972, replacing a UAX13, opened in September 1939, which stood on the corner of  Station Road and has since been replaced by housing.
Stamfordham ATE
Stocksfield ATE
Stocksfield former ATE
The former Stocksfield ATE is at 4 Birches Nook Road, Stocksfield NE43 7JL.
The first auto exchange on the site came into service on 23 May 1935, replacing a 30-year-old manual exchange.
Since closure in 1982, this former UAX14 building has become a nursery school.
Its dialling code was 066 15.
Photo courtesy of Fern Hollow Day Nursery.
Wylam ATE
Wylam former ATE
The former Wylam ATE stands in Main Road, Wylam NE41 8AB.
It came into service on 20 July 1933, as a UAX8, to replace a manual exchange opened in the post office on 16 December 1907.
It closed around 1953 and now stands in the grounds of a house called Gracot.
It did not have a national dialling code.
Other former Prudhoe Exchanges
- Heddon-on-the-Wall Former ExchangeThe former Heddon-on-the-Wall exchange was situated opposite Wood Hill Farm in Ponteland NE20 0JA. It opened as a UAX12 in the 1930s and closed in 1970, lines transferring to Wylam exchange. Its dialling code was 066 17.