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The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency,was established in 1973 to computerise the 15,000,000 driver and 13,000,000 vehicle records that were hitherto held on paper at 183 separate Local Authorities. Today, the DVLA holds the details of nearly 40,000,000 driver and 30,000,000 vehicle licences.The DVLA Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (fromerly known as the DVLC) is based here in Swansea. It is the Government agency responsible for all drivers and vehicle licensing matters in the United Kingdom. The DVLA is the governing body for all Private registration marks (also known as Private Number Plates, Cherished registrations, Personal Car number plates, and Personalised registration marks). It issues sequences of registration numbers in accordance with strict guidelines which change twice a year.
Any registration sequence that has not been issued by the DVLA does not exist and there are many combinations which do not, and will never, exist.
When you buy a personalised registration number you are buying the rights to display the registration on a vehicle registered to you. In addition to this you must pay VAT and the appropriate government transfer fees.
The Government operates a retention and transfer scheme for private registrations so that they may be transferred from one vehicle to another or held for safekeeping on certificates. It has different fees for each scheme.

We’re officially registered with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) to supply number plates for vehicles registered in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.
Our expertise comes from working on a daily basis with the Agency and nationwide DVLA Vehicle Registration Offices (VRO’s) handling hundreds of transfers each week. We also work with the DVLNI Government Vehicle Offices in Northern Ireland to conduct Irish number plate transfers.

List of DVLA (DVLC) Local Vehicle Registration Offices (VROs)

The DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) has a number of Vehicle Registration Offices (VRO) throughout the UK. Most of these local offices have opening hours of : Monday to Thursday 09:30-16:00, Friday.09:30-15:30.
The offices are generally located in major towns or cities - so to locate the one nearest you, simply scroll through the list below.

Aberdeen DVLA Local Office Greyfriars House, Gallowgate, Aberdeen, AB10 1WG	Bangor DVLA Local Office Penrhos Road, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, LL57 2JF	Beverley DVLA Local Office Crosskill House, Mill Lane, Beverley, HU17 9JB Birmingham	DVLA Local Office 2nd Floor, Edward House, Edward Street, Birmingham, B1 2RF
Bournemouth DVLA Local Office Tregonwell Court, 118 Commercial Road, Bournemouth, BH2 5LN	Brighton DVLA Local Office 4th Floor Mocatta House Trafalgar Place Brighton, BN1 4UE Bristol	DVLA Local Office Northleigh House, Lime Kiln Close, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, BS34 8SR	Cardiff DVLA Local Office Archway House, 77 Ty Glas Avenue, Llanishen, Cardiff, CF14 5DX
Carlisle DVLA Local Office Ground Floor, 3 Merchants Drive, Parkhouse, Carlisle, CA3 0JW	Chelmsford DVLA Local Office 2nd Floor, Parkway House, 49 Baddow Road, Chelmsford, CM2 0XJ Chester	DVLA Local Office Norroy House, Nuns Road, Chester, CH1 2ND	Dundee DVLA Local Office Caledonian House, Greenmarket, Dundee, DD1 4QP
Edinburgh DVLA Local Office Department of Transport Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh, EH11 3XE	Exeter DVLA Local Office Hanover House Manaton Close Matford Business Park, Marsh Barton, Exeter, EX2 8EF	Glasgow DVLA Local Office 46 West Campbell Street, Glasgow, G2 6TT	Inverness DVLA Local Office Longman House, 28 Longman Road, Inverness, IV1 1SF
Ipswich DVLA Local Office Podium Level, St Clare House, Greyfriars, Ipswich, IP1 1UT	Leeds DVLA Local Office 1st Floor 42 Eastgate, Leeds, LS2 7DQ	Lincoln DVLA Local Office Firth Court Firth Road, Lincoln, LN5 7WD
Maidstone DVLA Local Office Coronet House, 11 Queen Anne Road, Maidstone, ME14 1XB	Manchester DVLA Local Office Trafford House, Chester Road, Manchester, M32 0SL	Newcastle Upon Tyne DVLA Local Office Eagle Star House, Regent Farm Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 3QF	Northampton DVLA Local Office Wootton Hall Park, Northampton, NN4 0GA
Norwich DVLA Local Office 11 Prince of Wales Road, Norwich, NR1 3BW	Nottingham DVLA Local Office Block 6, Government Buildings, Chalfont Drive, Nottingham, NG8 3RA	Oxford DVLA Local Office Ground Floor, 3 Cambridge Terrace, Oxford, OX1 1RW	Peterborough DVLA Local Office 88 Lincoln Road, Peterborough, PE1 2ST
Portsmouth DVLA Local Office 5th Floor, Baltic House, Kingston Crescent, Portsmouth, PO2 8AH	Preston DVLA Local Office Fulwood Park, Caxton Road, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9NZ	Reading LVO Theale Local Office. Building B, Theale House, Brunel Road, Theale, Reading, RG7 4AQ	Sheffield DVLA Local Office Cedar House, Hallamshire Court, 63 Napier Street, Sheffield, S11 8HA
Shrewsbury DVLA Local Office Stafford Drive, Battlefield Enterprise Park, Shrewsbury, SY1 3BF	Sidcup DVLA Local Office 12/18 Station Road, Sidcup, DA15 7EQ	Stanmore DVLA Local Office Government Building, Canon Park, Honeypot Lane, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 1BD	Stockton DVLA Local Office St Marks House St Marks Court Thornaby Stockton-on-Tees TS17 6QR
Swansea DVLA Local Office Heol Pentre Felen, Swansea, SA6 7HG	Truro DVLA Local Office Pydar House, Pydar Street, Truro, TR1 2TG	Wimbledon DVLA Local Office Ground Floor Connect House, 133-137 Alexandra Road, Wimbledon, SW19 7JY	Worcester DVLA Local Office Clerkenleap Barn, Broomhall, Worcester, WR5 3HR

DVLA local offices are notoriously busy places as they handle all matters to do with drivers and vehicles. If you are visiting in person you should allow at least an hour at the office.At the ends and beginning of months when new license discs require renewing allow up to 2 hours queing time.

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