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