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Did you know that the first letter of each reg tells you where the vehicle was registered?
For the UK mainland, here's the relevant regs below. Northern Ireland uses a different method for registration.
- Starting A first registered in East Anglia (DVLA Offices Peterborough, Norwich, Ipswich)
- Starting B first registered in Birmingham
- Starting C first registered in Wales (Cymru) (DVLA Offices Cardiff, Swansea, Bangor)
- Starting D first registered in Chester/Shrewsbury
- Starting E first registered in Essex
- Starting F first registered in Nottingham/Lincoln
- Starting G first registered in Kent/Sussex (DVLA Offices Maidstone/Brighton)
- Starting H first registered in Hampshire/Dorset/Isle of Wight (DVLA Offices Bournemouth/Portsmouth)
- Starting K first registered in Luton/Northampton
- Starting L first registered in or around London
- Starting M first registered in Manchester/Merseyside
- Starting N first registered in Newcastle/Stockton-upon-Tees
- Starting O first registered in Oxford
- Starting P first registered in Preston/Carlisle
- Starting R first registered in Reading
- Starting S first registered in Scotland (DVLA Offices Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, Inverness)
- Starting V first registered in Worcester
- Starting W first registered in The West of England (DVLA Offices Exeter, Truro, Bristol)
- Starting Y first registered in Yorkshire (DVLA Offices Leeds, Sheffield, Beverley)