New Style Registration Check
This page contains a table showing details of local identifiers for the new style of UK registration plate.
| Letter | District | Local office | Codes | ||||
| A | Anglia | Peterborough | AA-AN | ||||
| Norwich | AO-AU | ||||||
| Ipswich | AV-AY | ||||||
| B | Birmingham | Birmingham | BA-BY | ||||
| C | Cymru | Cardiff | CA-CO | ||||
| Swansea | CP-CV | ||||||
| Bangor | CW-CY | ||||||
| D | Deeside to Shrewsbury | Chester | DA-DK | ||||
| Shrewsbury | DL-DY | ||||||
| E | Essex | Chelmsford | EA-EY | ||||
| F | Forest and Fens | Nottingham | FA-FP | ||||
| Fens | Lincoln | FR-FY | |||||
| G | Garden of England | Maidstone | GA-GO | ||||
| Brighton | GP-GY | ||||||
| H | Hampshire and Dorset | Bournemouth | HA-HJ | ||||
| Portsmouth | HK-HY | ||||||
| K | KA-KL | ||||||
| Northampton | KM-KY | ||||||
| L | London | Wimbledon | LA-LJ | ||||
| Stanmore | LK-LT | ||||||
| Sidcup | LU-LY | ||||||
| M | Manchester and Merseyside | Manchester | MA-MY | ||||
| N | North | Newcastle | NA-NO | ||||
| Stockton | NP-NY | ||||||
| O | Oxford | Oxford | OA-OY | ||||
| P | Preston | Preston | PA-PT | ||||
| Carlisle | PU-PY | ||||||
| R | Reading | Reading | RA-RY | ||||
| S | Scotland | Glasgow | SA-SJ | ||||
| Edinburgh | SK-SO | ||||||
| Dundee | SP-ST | ||||||
| Aberdeen | SU-SW | ||||||
| Inverness | SX, SY | ||||||
| V | Severn Valley | Worcester | VA-VY | ||||
| W | West of England | Exeter | WA-WJ | ||||
| Truro | WK, WL | ||||||
| Bristol | WM-WY | ||||||
| Y | Yorkshire | Leeds | YA-YK | ||||
| Sheffield | YL-YU | ||||||
| Beverley | YV-YY | ||||||
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A typical new style number plate is shown here. The table above shows the letters that make up the Local Memory tag, and thereby its geographical origins. The first letter of the memory tag denotes the DVLA centre in which the plate was produced, with the second letter indicating the City within that region. | |||
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