Popular Local Phone Numbers: London

Regular readers might recall that we have been following the progress of the London 2012 Olympic Games with a keen interest, and with just a week to go now until the games we thought it would be fitting to use our regular to look at popular local phone numbers to talk about the host city: London.

London is the largest city in the UK, with a population of over 8 million – approximately one eighth of the UK population. Built around the River Thames, London has a history dating back over 2000 years to Roman times, and has witnessed the Black Death, the Peasants’ Revolt, the Great Fire of London and the Blitz to name but a few. Between 1831 and 1925 London had the largest population of any city in the world.

London is the world’s most visited city, with tourist attractions including the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, the London Eye, St Paul’s Cathedral, Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament. It is one of the world’s leading financial centres. It also boasts 40 West End theatres, 43 universities and the world’s oldest underground railway.

This is not the first time that London has hosted the Olympic Games – it previously did so in 1908 and 1948. The area code for London is 020 – often split into 0203, 0207 and 0208 numbers. Enjoy the games!

Think "London prices" are crazy now ...?

An interesting article in The Telegraph this morning noted that London Hotel Rates are set to soar during the 2012 Olympic Games. The writer, Oliver Smith, speculated that visitors to our capital will have to pay around 10 times the price of what they are currently paying for a hotel room during the olympics.

Regular readers of the blog have probably noticed by now that we are taking a very keen interest in the London games! This is partly because we are genuinely excited that London is going to be hosting this major sporting event, and partly because London phone numbers are by far the biggest selling virtual local phone numbers.

We suspect that whilst London prices for things such as hotels will only really increase during and around the time of the London olympics, the prices of a virtual 020 number - which includes virtual 0207 and 0208 numbers, will steadily increase from now over the course of the next year as they become a prime commodity. Snap them up now whilst they're still a decent price!