Guidelines

Where are UK number plates from?

Where are UK number plates from?

A full list of car registration areas

Regional Identifiers Region DVLA Office
BA, BB, BC, BD, BE, BF, BG, BH, BJ, BK, BL, BM, BN, BO, BP, BR, BS, BT, BU, BV, BW, BX, BY Birmingham Birmingham
CA, CB, CC, CD, CE, CF, CG, CH, CJ, CK, CL, CM, CN, CO Cymru Cardiff
CP, CR, CS, CT, CU, CV Cymru Swansea
CW, CX, CY Cymru Bangor

Can you find out where someone lives from their number plate UK?

UK privacy laws state that unless one of these criteria is met, someone’s address can’t be accessed from their registration number. Although you can’t locate a personal address with the current style of number plates, you can still discover the region where a car was registered.

Where should a number plate be displayed?

How Should You Display Your Number Plates? To put it simply, your number plate should be fixed onto the vehicle, not inside it. The plates should be clearly visible to police officers and ANPR cameras, even in bright sunlight.

Where do you find the region identifier on a UK number plate?

Since they were first launched in 1903, each UK number plate has had a region identifier included in the alphanumeric characters it’s made up of. The region where the car was first registered, as well as the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) office for the specific area, are displayed on all number plates in the UK in use today.

Where can I find list of UK vehicle registration plates?

Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom, Crown dependencies and overseas territories include: This article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names). If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

When do new UK number plates come out?

The two numbers on a current UK number plate are an age identifier. Plates are issued twice a year from March 1st to August 31st and from September 1st to February 28th. Plates released in the first six months take their numbers directly from the year, for example for 2019 they’ll be one and nine.

Where can I get a number plate made up?

You can only get a number plate made up from a registered number plate supplier. Not all suppliers sell all types of number plate.