Telephone Exchange
Pipegate Telephone Exchange

Fibre Enabled

BT Broadband Fibre to the Cabinet, Fibre to the Premises & Fibre on Demand services are available to customers connected to the Pipegate exchange. Most customers can now upgrade from ADSL to fibre internet. BT Broadband is supplied via the Openreach Network. BT Broadband



Local Authority = Shropshire Council

UK area dialling code (STD code) for the Pipegate exchange is 01630

International dialling code for the Pipegate exchange is +44 1630 or 0044 1630

The Pipegate exchange is in the Market Drayton group of exchanges.

6 telephone exchanges form this regional grouping.

Pipegate

Exchange Address

Located at :-
British Telecom,
Telephone Exchange,
London Road,
Woore,
CREWE.
CW3 9RG

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Pipegate -> Shropshire -> West Midlands

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Openreach Identifer

  • Network identifier code for the Pipegate exchange is WNPIP

Fibre To The Cabinet

  • The Pipegate exchange provides fibre services.

21CN WBC

  • This exchange has not been 21CN WBC enabled

ADSL Max

  • The Pipegate exchange has been enabled for ADSL Max since March 2006

ADSL

  • The Pipegate telephone exchange in Shropshire was enabled for ADSL in January 2005

Ofcom Classification

  • The BT exchange, Pipegate is classified by Ofcom as:- Market 1.
Virgin Media

PSTN Network Switch Off In 2027

Openreach and the wider UK telecoms industry are retiring the old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and associated copper-based services as part of the move to an all-digital, internet-protocol (IP) based network.

The PSTN and associated wholesale copper services - including traditional analogue phone lines, ISDN2, ISDN30 and other legacy products - are being withdrawn.

These services historically relied on copper wiring connected from exchanges to premises. They will be replaced with digital alternatives such as Full Fibre (FTTP) and IP-based broadband services like SOGEA, SOGFAST and other All-IP products.

Originally planned for December 2025, the final withdrawal of the PSTN network has been rescheduled to 31 January 2027 to give more time for migration, particularly for vulnerable customers and specialist services. By this date, all legacy services that depend on the PSTN must be transitioned off the copper network.

On 17th January 2025 Openreach declared the Pipegate Exchange, Woore as a 'FTTP Priority Exchange' as part of their Tranche 19 list of exchanges and issued a 'Stop Sell' notice effective from Saturday 14th February 2026

Stop Sell is triggered when a majority (75%) of premises connected to a particular exchange can get ultrafast Full Fibre. Customers who then want to switch, upgrade or re-grade their broadband or phone service will have to take a new digital service over their new Full Fibre network.