Where was it Registered?

Where was your car first sold?

The two letter index on all UK number plates relates to the place where the car was first registered. The table below shows a selection of indexes and their corresponding towns.

For example, if you have the registration 'ADU 4B' (which you won't!), lookup the index mark 'DU', which corresponds to Coventry. 

A London

AA Hampshire

AB Worcestershire

AC Warwickshire

AD Gloucestershire

AE Bristol (B)

AF Cornwall

AG Ayrshire

AH Norfolk

AI Meath

AJ Yorkshire (NR)

AK Bradford (B)

AL Nottinghamshire

AM Wiltshire

AN London

AO Cumberland

AP Sussex (East)

AR Hertfordshire

AS Nairnshire

AT Kingston-upon-Hull (B)

AU Nottingham (B)

AV Aberdeenshire

AW Salop

AX Monmouthshire

AY Leicestershire

AZ Belfast (B)

B Lancashire

BA Salford (B)

BB Newcastle-upon-Tyne (B)

BC Leicester (B)

BD Northamptonshire

BE Lincolnshire (Lindsey)

BF Staffordshire

BG Birkenhead (B}

BH Buckinghamshire

BI Monaghan

BJ Suffolk (East)

BK Portsmouth (B)

BL Berkshire

BM Bedfordshire

BN Bolton (B)

BO Cardiff (B)

BP Sussex (West)

BR Sunderland (B)

BS Orkney

BT Yorkshire (ER)

BU Oldham (B)

BV Blackburn (B)

BW Oxfordshire

BX Carmarthenshire

BY London

BZ Down

C Yorkshire (WR)

CA Denbighshire

CB Blackburn (B)

CC Caernarvonshire

CD Brighton (B)

CE Cambridgeshire

CF Suffolk (West)

CG Hampshire

CH Derby (B)

CI Laolghis

CJ Hertfordshire

CK Preston (B)

CL Norwich (B)

CM Birkenhead (B)

CN Gateshead (B)

CO Plymouth (B)

CP Halifax (B)

CR Southampton (B)

CS Ayrshire

CT Lincolnshire (Kesteven)

CU South Shields (B)

CV Cornwall

CW Burnley (B)

CX Huddersfield (B)

CY Swansea (B)

CZ Belfast (B)

D Kent

DA Wolverhampton (B)

DB Stockport (B)

DC Middlesbrough (B)

DD Gloucestershire

DE Pembrokeshire

DF Gloucestershire

DG Gloucestershire

DH Walsall (B)

DI Roscommon

DJ St. Helens (B)

DK Rochdale (B)

DL Isle of Wight

DM Flintshire

DN York (B)

DO Lincolnshire (Holland)

DP Reading (B)

DR Plymouth (B)

DS Peeblesshire

DT Doncaster (B)

DU Coventry (B)

DV Devon

DW Newport (Mon) (B)

DX Ipswich (B)

DY Hastings (B)

DZ Antrim

E Staffordshire

EA West Bromwich (B)

EB Cambridge

EC Westmorland

ED Warrington (B)

EE Grimsby (B)

EF West Hartlepool (B)

EG Huntingdon

EH Stoke-on-Trent (B)

EI Sligo

EJ Cardiganshire

EK Wigan (B)

EL Bournemouth (B)

EM Bootle (B)

EN Bury (B)

EO Barrow-in-Furness (B)

EP Montgomeryshire

ER Cambridgeshire

ES Perthshire

ET Rotherham (B)

EU Breconshire

EV Essex

EW Huntingdonshire

EX Great Yarmouth (B)

EY Anglesey

EZ Belfast (B)

F Essex

FA Burton-on-Trent (B)

FB Bath (B)

FC Oxford (B)

FD Dudley (B)

FE Lincoln (B)

FF Merionethshire

FG Fife

FH Gloucester (B)

FI Tipperary (NR)

FJ Exeter (B)

FK Worcester (B)

FL Huntingdon

FM Chester (B)

FN Canterbury (B)

FO Radnorshire

FP Rutland

FR Blackpool (B)

FS Edinburgh (C or C)

FT Tynemouth (B)

FU Lincolnshire (Lindsey)

FV Blackpool (B)

FW Lincolnshire (Lindsey)

FX Dorset

FY Southport (B)

FZ Belfast (B)

G Glasgow (C or C)

GA Glasgow (C or C)

GB Glasgow (C or C)

GC London

GD Glasgow (C or C)

GE Glasgow (C or C)

GF London

GG Glasgow (C or C)

GH London

GJ London

GK London

GL Bath (B)

GM Motherwell & Wishaw (LB)

GN London

GO London

GP London

GR Sunderland (B)

GS Perthshire

GT London

GU London

GV Suffolk (West)

GW London

GX London

GY London

GZ Belfast (B)

H London

HA Warley (B)

HB Merthyr Tydfil (B)

HC Eastbourne (B)

HD Dewsbury (B)

HE Barnsley (B)

HF Wallasey (B)

HG Burnley (B)

HH Carlisle (B)

HI Tipperary (SR)

HJ Southend (B)

HK Essex

HL Wakefield (B)

HM London

HN Darlington (B)

HO Hampshire

HP Coventry (B)

HR Wiltshire

HS Renfrewshire

HT Bristol (B)

HU Bristol (B)

HV London

HW Bristol (B)

HX London

HY Bristol (B)

HZ Tyrone

IA Antrim

IB Armagh

IC Carlow

ID Cavan

IE Clare

IF Cork (County)

IH Donegal

IJ Down

IK City and County of Dublin

IL Fermanagh

IM Galway

IN Kerry

IO Kildare

IP Kilkenny

IR Offaly

IT Leitrim

IU Limerick

IW Londonderry

IX Longford

IY Louth

IZ Mayo

J Durham (County)

JA Stockport (B)

JB Berkshire

JC Caernarvonshire

JD London

JE Cambridge

JF Leicester (B)

JG Canterbury (B)

JH Hertfordshire

JI Tyrone

JJ London

JK Eastbourne (B)

JL Lincolnshire (Holland)

JM Westmorland

JN Southend (B)

JO Oxford (B)

JP Wigan (B)

JR Northumberland

JS Ross & Cromarty

JT Dorset

JU Leicestershire

JV Grimsby (B)

JW Wolverhampton (B)

JX Halifax (B)

JY Plymouth (B)

JZ Down

K Liverpool (B)

KA Liverpool (B)

KB Liverpool (B)

KC Liverpool (B)

KD Liverpool (B)

KE Kent

KF Liverpool (B)

KG Cardiff (B)

KH Kingston-upon-Hull (B)

KI Waterford

KJ Kent

KK Kent

KL Kent

KM Kent

KN Kent

KO Kent

KP Kent

KR Kent

KS Roxburghshire

KT Kent

KU Bradford (B)

KV Coventry (B)

KW Bradford (B)

KX Buckinghamshire

KY Bradford (B)

KZ Antrim

L Glamorgan

LA London

LB London

LC London

LD London

LE London

LF London

LG Cheshire

LH London

LI Westmeath

LJ Bournemouth (B)

LK London

LL London

LM London

LN London

LO London

LP London

LR London

LS Selkirkshire

LT London

LU London

LV Liverpool (B)

LW London

LX London

LY London

LZ Armagh

M Cheshire

MA Cheshire

MB Cheshire

MC London

MD London

ME London

MF London

MG London

MH London

MI Wexford

MJ Bedfordshire

MK London

ML London

MM London

MN Isle of Man

MO Berkshire

MP London

MR Wiltshire

MS Stirlingshire

MT London

MU London

MV London

MW Wiltshire

MX London

MY London

MX Belfast (B)

N Manchester (B)

NA Manchester (B)

NB Manchester (B)

NC Manchester (B)

ND Manchester (B)

NE Manchester (B)

NF Manchester (B)

NG Norfolk

NH Northampton (B)

NI Wicklow

NJ Sussex (East)

NK Hertfordshire

NL Northumberland

NM Bedfordshire

NN Nottinghamshire

NO Essex

NP Worcestershire

NR Leicestershire

NS Sutherland

NT Salop

NU Derbyshire

NV Northamptonshire

NW Leeds (B)

NX Warwickshire

NY Glamorgan

NZ Londonderry

O Birmingham (B)

OA Birmjngham (B)

OB Birmingham (B)

OC Birmingham (B)

OD Devon

OE Birmingham (B)

OF Birmingham (B)

OG Birmingham (B)

OH Birmingham (B)

OI Belfast (B)

OJ Birmingham (B)

OK Birmingham (B)

OL Birmingham (B)

OM Birmingham (B)

ON Birmingham (B)

OO Essex

OP Birmingham (B)

OR Hampshire

OS Wigtownshire

OT Hampshire

OU Hampshire

OV Birmingham (B)

OW Southampton (B)

OX Birmingham (B)

OY London

OZ Belfast (B)

P Surrey

PA Surrey

PB Surrey

PC Surrey

PD Surrey

PE Surrey

PF Surrey

PG Surrey

PH Surrey

PI Cork (B)

PJ Surrey

PK Surrey

PL Surrey

PM Sussex (East)

PN Sussex (East)

PO Sussex (West)

PP Buckinghamshire

PR Dorset

PS Shetland (Zetland)

PT Durham (County)

PU Essex

PV Ipswich (B)

PW Norfolk

PX Sussex (West)

PY Yorkshire (NR)

PZ Belfast (B)

QA London: for vehicles temporarily imported from abroad

QB London: for vehicles temporarily imported from abroad

QC London: for vehicles temporarily imported from abroad

QD London: for vehicles temporarily imported from abroad

QE London: for vehicles temporarily imported from abroad

QF London: for vehicles temporarily imported from abroad

QG London: for vehicles temporarily imported from abroad

QH London: for vehicles temporarily imported from abroad

QJ London: for vehicles temporarily imported from abroad

QK London: for vehicles temporarily imported from abroad

QL London: for vehicles temporarily imported from abroad

QM London: for vehicles temporarily imported from abroad

QN London: for vehicles temporarily imported from abroad

QP London: for vehicles temporarily imported from abroad

QQ London: for vehicles temporarily imported from abroad

QS London: for vehicles temporarily imported from abroad

R Derbyshire

RA Derbyshire

RB Derbyshire

RC Derby (B)

RD Reading (B)

RE Staffordshire

RF Staffordshire

RG Aberdeen (C or C)

RH Kingston-upon-Hull (B)

RI City and County of Dublin

RJ Salford (B)

RK London

RL Cornwall

RM Cumberland

RN Preston (B)

RO Hertfordshire

RP Northamptonshire

RR Nottinghamshire

RS Aberdeen (C or C)

RT Suffolk (East)

RU Bournemouth (B)

RV Portsmouth (B)

RW Coventry (B)

RX Berkshire

RY Leicester (B)

RZ Antrim

S Edinburgh (C or C)

SA Aberdeen

SB Argyll

SC Edinburgh (C or C)

SD Ayrshire

SE Banffshire

SF Edinburgh (C or C)

SG Edinburgh (C or C)

SH Berwickshire

SJ Bute

SK Caithness

SL Clackmannanshire

SM Dumfriesshire

SN Dunbartonshire

SO Moray

SP Fife

SR Angus

SS East Lothian

ST Inverness-shire

SU Kincardineshire

SV Kinross-shire

SW Kircudbrightshire

SX West Lothian

SY Midlothian

SZ Down

T Devon

TA Devon

TB Lancashire

TC Lancashire

TD Lancashire

TE Lancashire

TF Lancashire

TG Glamorgan

TH Carmarthenshire

TI Limerick (B)

TJ Lancashire

TK Dorset

TL Lincolnshire (Kesteven)

TM Bedfordshire

TN Newcastle-upon-Tyne (B)

TO Nottingham (B)

TP Portsmouth (B)

TR Southampton (B)

TS Dundee (C or C)

TT Devon

TU Cheshire

TV Nottingham (B)

TW Essex

TX Glamorgan

TY Northumberland

TZ Belfast (B)

U Leeds (B)

UA Leeds (B)

UB Leeds (B)

UC London

UD Oxfordshire

UE Warwickshire

UF Brighton (B)

UG Leeds (B)

UH Cardiff (B)

UI Londonderry (B)

UJ Salop

UK Wolverhampton (B)

UL London

UM Leeds (B)

UN Denbighshire

UO Devon

UP Durham (County)

UR Hertfordshire

US Glasgow (C or C)

UT Leicestershire

UU London

UV London

UW London

UX Salop

UY Worcestershire

UZ Belfast (B)

V Lanarkshire

VA Lanarkshire

VB London

VC Coventry (B)

VD Lanarkshire

VE Cambridgeshire

VF Norfolk

VG Norwich (B)

VH Huddersfield (B)

VJ Herefordshire

VK Newcastle-upon-Tyne (B)

VL Lincoln (B)

VM Manchester (B)

VN Yorkshire (NR)

VO Nottinghamshire

VP Birmingham (B)

VR Manchester (B)

VS Greenock (LB)

VT Stoke-on-Trent (B)

VU Manchester (B)

VV Northampton (B)

VW Essex

VX Essex

VY York (B)

VZ Tyrone

W Sheffield (B)

WA Sheffield (B)

WB Sheffield (B)

WC Essex

WD Warwickshire

WE Sheffield (B)

WF Yorkshire (ER)

WG Stirlingshire

WH Bolton (B)

WI Waterford (B)

WJ Sheffield (B)

WK Coventry (B)

WL Oxford (B)

WM Southport (B)

WN Swansea (B)

WO Monmouthshire

WP Worcestershire

WR Yorkshire (WR)

WS Edinburgh (C or C)

WT Yorkshire (WR)

WU Yorkshire (WR)

WV Wiltshire

WW Yorkshire (WR)

WX Yorkshire (WR)

WY Yorkshire (WR)

WZ Belfast

X Northumberland

XA London

XB London

XC London

XD London

XE London

XF London



Re-allocated Marks used only with suffix letters:

XA Kirkcaldy (B)

XB Coalbridge (B)

XC Solihull (B)

XD Luton (B)

XE Luton (B)

XF Torbay (B)



XG Middlesbrough (B)

XH London

XI Belfast (B)

XJ Manchester (B)

XK London

XL London

XM London

XN London

XO London

XP London

XR London

XS Paisley (LB)

XT London

XU London

XV London

XW London

XX London

XY London

XZ Armagh

Y Somerset

YA Somerset

YB Somerset

YC Somerset

YD Somerset

YE London

YF London

YG Yorkshire (WR)

YH London

YI City and County of Dublin

YJ Dundee (B)

YK London

YL London

YM London

YN London

YO London

YP London

YR London

YS Glasgow (C or C)

YT London

YU London

YV London

YW London

YX London

YY London