british car number plate identifiers

The following are the car number plate identifiers used in Great Britain since the 2001 changes to British car number plates.

Local Memory Tag (Reason)!!DVLA Office!!Local Identifier (I, Q and Z excluded)
((East) Anglia)	Peterborough	A B C D E F G H J K L M N
\|Norwich\|\|O P R S T U
\|Ipswich\|\|V W X Y
(Birmingham)	Birmingham	A - Y
(Cymru)	Cardiff	A B C D E F G H J K L M N O
\|Swansea\|\|P R S T U V
\|Bangor\|\|W X Y
(Deeside etc.)	Chester	A B C D E F G H J K
\|Shrewsbury\|\|L M N O P R S T U V W X Y
(Essex area)	Chelmsford	A - Y
(Forest and Fens)	Nottingham	A B C D E F G H J K L M N P
\|Lincoln\|\|R S T V W X Y
(Garden of England)	Maidstone	A B C D E F G H J K L M N O
\|Brighton\|\|P R S T U V W X Y
(Hampshire area)	Bournemouth	A B C D E F G H J
\|Portsmouth\|\|K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y
\|\|\|HW Reserved for Isle of Wight
\|\|Luton\|\|A B C D E F G H J K L
\|Northampton\|\|M N O P R S T U V W X Y
(London)	Wimbledon	A B C D E F G H J
\|Stanmore\|\|K L M N O P R S T
\|Sidcup\|\|U V W X Y
(Manchester and Merseyside)	Manchester	A - Y
(Newcastle and North)	Newcastle upon Tyne	A B C D E G H J K L M N O
\|Stockton-on-Tees\|\|P R S T U V W X Y
(Oxford)	Oxford	A - Y
(Preston and Pennines)	Preston	A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R S T
\|Carlisle\|\|U V W X Y
Any - used for vehicles of unidentifiable age	A - Y
(Reading)	Reading	A - Y
(Scotland)	Glasgow	A B C D E F G H J
\|Edinburgh\|\|K L M N O
\|Dundee\|\|P R S T
\|Aberdeen\|\|U V W
\|Inverness\|\|X Y
(Vale of Severn)	Worcester	A - Y
(West Country)	Exeter	A B C D E F G H J
\|Truro\|\|K L
\|Bristol\|\|M N O P R S T U V W X Y
(Yorkshire)	Leeds	A B C D E F G H J K
\|Sheffield\|\|L M N O P R S T U
\|Beverley\|\|V W X Y

See also