Used from 1903 to Jan1963
At the start or end of the registration mark
For example A1 or 99M
Notes:
J followed by one to six numbers, together with a GBJ sticker is for Jersey
I or Z is for Northern Ireland, see here
| LETTER | AREA |
|---|---|
| A | London |
| B | Lancaster |
| C | Yorkshire |
| D | Kent |
| E | Staffordshire |
| F | Essex |
| G | Glasgow |
| H | Middlesex |
| J | Durham |
| K | Liverpool |
| L | Glamorganshire |
| M | Cheshire |
| N | Manchester |
| O | Birmingham |
| P | Surrey |
| R | Derbyshire |
| S | Edinburgh |
| T | Devonshire |
| U | Leeds |
| V | Lanarkshire |
| W | Sheffield |
| X | Northumberland |
| Y | Somerset |
Used from 1903 to Aug2001
Used from 1932 to Aug2001
Just ignore the first letter
From Feb1963 to Jul1983 use the second and third letters of the registration mark
For example, RO as in CRO731K, is Hertfordshire
From Aug1983 to Aug2001 use the last two letters of the registration mark
For example, GM as in L391LGM, is Motherwell
Notes:
J followed by one to six numbers, together with a GBJ sticker is for Jersey
I or Z is for Northern Ireland, see here
| LETTERS | AREA |
|---|---|
| AA | Hampshire |
| AB | Worcester |
| AC | Warwickshire |
| AD | Gloucestershire |
| AE | Bristol |
| AF | Cornwall |
| AG | Ayrshire |
| AH | Norfolk |
| AJ | Yorkshire |
| AK | Bradford |
| AL | Nottinghamshire |
| AM | Wiltshire |
| AN | West Ham (Not MAN) |
| AO | Cumberland |
| AP | East Sussex |
| AR | Hertfordshire |
| AS | Nairnshire |
| AT | Kingston upon Hull |
| AU | Nottingham |
| AV | Aberdeenshire |
| AW | Shropshire |
| AX | Monmouthshire |
| AY | Leicestershire |
| BA | Salford |
| BB | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| BC | Leicester |
| BD | Northamptonshire |
| BE | Lincolnshire |
| BF | Staffordshire |
| BG | Birkenhead |
| BH | Buckinghamshire |
| BJ | East Suffolk |
| BK | Portsmouth |
| BL | Berkshire |
| BM | Bedfordshire |
| BN | Bolton |
| BO | Cardiff |
| BP | West Sussex |
| BR | Sunderland |
| BS | Orkney |
| BT | Yorkshire |
| BU | Oldham |
| BV | Blackburn |
| BW | Oxfordshire |
| BX | Carmarthenshire |
| BY | Croydon |
| CA | Denbighshire |
| CB | Blackburn |
| CC | Caernarvonshire |
| CD | Brighton |
| CE | Cambridgeshire |
| CF | West Suffolk |
| CG | Hampshire |
| CH | Derby |
| CJ | Herefordshire |
| CK | Preston |
| CL | Norwich |
| CM | Birkenhead |
| CN | Gateshead |
| CO | Plymouth |
| CP | Halifax |
| CR | Southampton |
| CS | Ayrshire |
| CT | Lincolnshire |
| CU | South Shields |
| CV | Cornwall |
| CW | Burnley |
| CX | Huddersfield |
| CY | Swansea |
| DA | Wolverhampton |
| DB | Stockport |
| DC | Middlesbrough |
| DD | Gloucestershire |
| DE | Pembrokeshire |
| DF and DG | Gloucestershire |
| DH | Walsall |
| DJ | Saint Helens |
| DK | Rochdale |
| DL | Isle of Wight |
| DM | Flintstone |
| DN | York |
| DO | Lincolnshire |
| DP | Reading |
| DR | Plymouth |
| DS | Peebleshire |
| DT | Doncaster |
| DU | Coventry |
| DV | Devon |
| DW | Newport |
| DX | Ipswich |
| DY | Hastings |
| EA | West Bromwich |
| EB | Isle of Ely |
| EC | Westmorland |
| ED | Warrington |
| EE | Grimsby |
| EF | Hartlepool |
| EG | Huntingdon |
| EH | Stoke on Trent |
| EJ | Cardiganshire |
| EK | Wigan |
| EL | Bournemouth |
| EM | Bootle |
| EN | Bury |
| EO | Barrow in Furness |
| EP | Montgomeryshire |
| ER | Cambridgeshire |
| ES | Perthshire |
| ET | Rotherham |
| EU | Breaconshire |
| EV | Essex |
| EW | Huntingdonshire |
| EX | Great Yarmouth |
| EY | Anglesey |
| FA | Burton upon Trent |
| FB | Bath |
| FC | Oxford |
| FD | Dudley |
| FE | Lincoln |
| FF | Merionethshire |
| FG | Fifeshire |
| FH | Gloucester |
| FJ | Exeter |
| FK | Worcester |
| FL | Huntingdonshire |
| FM | Chester |
| FN | Canterbury |
| FO | Radnorshire |
| FP | Rutlandshire |
| FR | Blackpool |
| FS | Edinburgh |
| FT | Tynemouth |
| FU | Lincolnshire |
| FV | Blackpool |
| FW | Lincolnshire |
| FX | Dorset |
| FY | Southport |
| GA and GB | Glasgow |
| GC | London |
| GD and GE | Glasgow |
| GF | London |
| GG | Glasgow |
| GH | London |
| GJ and GK | London |
| GL | Bath |
| GM | Motherwell |
| GN | London |
| GO and GP | London |
| GR | Sunderland |
| GS | Perthshire |
| GT to GY | London |
| HA | Smethwick |
| HB | Merthr Tydfil |
| HC | Eastbourne |
| HD | Dewsbury |
| HE | Barnsley |
| HF | Wallasey |
| HG | Burnley |
| HH | Carlisle |
| HJ | Southend on sea |
| HK | Essex |
| HL | Wakefield |
| HM | London |
| HN | Darlington |
| HO | Hampshire |
| HP | Coventry |
| HR | Wiltshire |
| HS | Renfewshire |
| HT and HU | Bristol |
| HV | London |
| HW | Bristol |
| HX | East Ham |
| HY | Bristol |
| JA | Stockport |
| JB | Berkshire |
| JC | Caernarvonshire |
| JD | London |
| JE | Cambridgeshire |
| JF | Leicester |
| JG | Canterbury |
| JH | Hertfordshire |
| JJ | London |
| JK | Eastbourne |
| JL | Lincolnshire |
| JM | Westmorland |
| JN | Southend on Sea |
| JO | Oxford |
| JP | Wigan |
| JR | Northumberland |
| JS | Ross and Cromarty |
| JT | Dorset |
| JU | Leicestershire |
| JV | Grimsby |
| JW | Wolverhampton |
| JX | Halifax |
| JY | Plymouth |
| KA to KD | Liverpool |
| KE | Kent |
| KF | Liverpool |
| KG | Cardiff |
| KH | Kingston upon Hull |
| KJ to KP | Kent |
| KR | Kent |
| KS | Roxburghshire |
| KT | Kent |
| KU | Bradford |
| KV | Coventry |
| KW | Bradford |
| KX | Buckinghamshire |
| KY | Bradford |
| LA to LF | London |
| LG | Cheshire |
| LH | London |
| LJ | Bournemouth |
| LK to LP | London |
| LR | London |
| LS | Selkirkshire |
| LT and LU | London |
| LV | Liverpool |
| LW to LY | London |
| MA and MB | Cheshire |
| MC | London |
| MD | Middlesex |
| ME to MH | London |
| MJ | Bedfordshire |
| MK | London |
| ML | Middlesex |
| MM | London |
| MN | Isle of Man |
| MO | Berkshire |
| MP | London |
| MR | Wiltshire |
| MS | Stirlingshire |
| MT | London |
| MU and MV | London |
| MW | Wiltshire |
| MX | London |
| MY | Middlesex |
| NA to NF | Manchester |
| NG | Norfolk |
| NH | Northampton |
| NJ | East Sussex |
| NK | Hertfordshire |
| NL | Northumberland |
| NM | Bedfordshire |
| NN | Nottinghamshire |
| NO | Essex |
| NP | Worcestershire |
| NR | Leicestershire |
| NS | Sutherland |
| NT | Shropshire |
| NU | Derbyshire |
| NV | Northamptonshire |
| NW | Leeds |
| NX | Warwickshire |
| NY | Glamorganshire |
| OA to OC | Birmingham |
| OD | Devon |
| OE to OH | Birmingham |
| OJ to ON | Birmingham |
| OO | Essex |
| OP | Birmingham |
| OR | Hampshire |
| OS | Wigtownshire |
| OT and OU | Hampshire |
| OV | Birmingham |
| OW | Southampton |
| OX | Birmingham |
| OY | London |
| PA to PH | Surrey |
| PJ to PL | Surrey |
| PM and PN | East Sussex |
| PO | West Sussex |
| PP | Buckinghamshire |
| PR | Dorset |
| PS | Zetland |
| PT | Durham |
| PU | Essex |
| PV | Ipswich |
| PW | Norfolk |
| PX | West Suffolk |
| PY | Yorkshire |
| RA and RB | Derbyshire |
| RC | Derby |
| RD | Reading |
| RE and RF | Staffordshire |
| RG | Aberdeen |
| RH | Kingston upon Hull |
| RJ | Salford |
| RK | Croydon |
| RL | Cornwall |
| RM | Cumberland |
| RN | Preston |
| RO | Hertfordshire |
| RP and RR | Northamptonshire |
| RS | Aberdeen |
| RT | East Suffolk |
| RU | Bournemouth |
| RV | Portsmouth |
| RW | Coventry |
| RX | Berkshire |
| RY | Leicester |
| SA | Aberdeenshire |
| SB | Argyllshire |
| SC | Edinburgh |
| SD | Ayrshire |
| SE | Banffshire |
| SF and SG | Edinburgh |
| SH | Barwickshire |
| SJ | Buteshire |
| SK | Caithness |
| SL | Clackmannanshire |
| SM | Dumfriesshire |
| SN | Dunbartonshire |
| SO | Morayshire |
| SP | Fifeshire |
| SR | Angus |
| SS | East Lothian |
| ST | Inverness shire |
| SU | Kincardineshire |
| SV | Kinrosshire |
| SW | Kirkcudbrightshire |
| SX | West Lothian |
| SY | Midlothian |
| TA | Devon |
| TB to TF | Lancashire |
| TG | Glamorganshire |
| TH | Carmarthenshire |
| TJ | Lancashire |
| TK | Dorset |
| TL | Lincolnshire |
| TM | Bedfordshire |
| TN | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| TO | Nottingham |
| TP | Portsmouth |
| TR | Southampton |
| TS | Dundee |
| TT | Devon |
| TU | Cheshire |
| TV | Nottingham |
| TW | Essex |
| TX | Glamorganshire |
| TY | Northumberland |
| UA and UB | Leeds |
| UC | London |
| UD | Oxfordshire |
| UE | Warwickshire |
| UF | Brighton |
| UG | Leeds |
| UH | Cardiff |
| UJ | Shropshire |
| UK | Wolverhampton |
| UL | London |
| UM | Leeds |
| UN | Denbighshire |
| UO | Devon |
| UP | Durham |
| UR | Hertfordshire |
| US | Glasgow |
| UT | Leicestershire |
| UU to UW | London |
| UX | Shropshire |
| UY | Worcestershire |
| VA | Lanarkshire |
| VB | Croydon |
| VC | Coventry |
| VD | Lanarkshire |
| VE | Cambridgeshire |
| VF | Norfolk |
| VG | Norwich |
| VH | Huddersfield |
| VJ | Herefordshire |
| VK | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| VL | Lincoln |
| VM | Manchester |
| VN | Yorkshire |
| VO | Nottinghamshire |
| VP | Birmingham |
| VR | Manchester |
| VS | Greenock |
| VT | Stoke on Trent |
| VU | Manchester |
| VV | Northampton |
| VW and VX | Essex |
| VY | York |
| WA and WB | Sheffield |
| WC | Essex |
| WD | Warwickshire |
| WE | Sheffield |
| WF | Yorkshire |
| WG | Stirlingshire |
| WH | Bolton |
| WJ | Sheffield |
| WK | Coventry |
| WL | Oxford |
| WM | Southport |
| WN | Swansea |
| WO | Monmouthshire |
| WP | Worcestershire |
| WR | Yorkshire |
| WS | Leith |
| WT and WU | Yorkshire |
| WV | Wiltshire |
| WW to WY | Yorkshire |
| XA to XF | London |
| XG | Middlesbrough |
| XH | London |
| XJ | Manchester |
| XK to XP | London |
| XR | London |
| XS | Paisley |
| XT to XY | London |
| YA to YD | Somerset |
| YE and YF | London |
| YG | Yorkshire |
| YH | London |
| YJ | Dundee |
| YK to YP | London |
| YR | London |
| YS | Glasgow |
| YT to YY | London |