DVLA Vehicle Registration Offices > Aberdeen

DVLA Aberdeen local office

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Address Greyfriars House
Gallowgate
Aberdeen
AB10 1WG

Telephone: 0870 850 0007 Minicom: 01792 766 426
Please note: All calls are handled initially by the local office call centre based in Swansea.
Open: Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. On the second Wednesday of each month the office will be open from 9.30 am to 5.00 pm.

Facilities

  • Parking
    Loch Street Pay & Display attached to the Bon Accord Shopping Centre.
  • WC
    Nearest public toilets are on Upperkirkgate (St Nicholas House, 0.2 miles).
  • Disabled access via ramp although space is restricted in the public counter area when busy.
  • Invalid
    Hearing loop fitted at public counters.
  • Cash machine
    Cash machine in supermarket, West North Street (0.2 miles).
  • Mailbox
    Not available.
  • Invalid's parking
    Five disabled spaces in Local Authority car park.
  • Invalid's WC
    Nearest disabled toilets are on Upperkirkgate (St Nicholas House, 0.2 miles).
  • No Smoking
    No smoking building; no alternative facilities.
  • Interview Room
    One interview room, contact staff for use.
  • Lift
    Not applicable.

Directions

By Car:

From the South:

  • follow the A90
  • on approaching Aberdeen follow the signs for City Centre taking you over the River Dee at King George VI Bridge
  • join the right hand lane on approaching the roundabout at the end of the Bridge
  • turn right on to Riverside Drive and follow the River Dee (on your right)
  • continue forward until you approach another roundabout at which you should take the 2nd exit (straight across on to North Esplanade West)
  • continue forward entering the left hand lane with a view to taking a left turn at the traffic lights on to Market Street
  • remaining in the left lane, you will move forward through another set of traffic lights, following which you should enter the middle lane of the carriageway with a view to carrying forward, remaining on Market Street
  • at the top of the hill (T junction), you should enter the right hand lane with a view to turning right on to Union Street
  • from Union Street, take the 2nd exit on the left (at next set of traffic lights), entering Broad Street
  • gallowgate is a continuation of Broad Street, you will see Marischal College on your right and St Nicholas House (Local Authority Building) on your left
  • carry on forward passing through 2 sets of traffic lights
  • immediately after the 2nd set of lights, you should turn right into the large open air car park, Greyfriars House is on your right and the Local Office entrance * is at the end of the building

From the North (Inverness and the Airport):

  • follow the A96, signs for the City Centre (the A96 leads, in more or less a straight road on to Great Northern Road and Powis Terrace)
  • at the end of Powis Terrace a set of traffic lights lead to a fork junction, where you should branch left, following signs for the Harbour
  • continue forward until you approach a large roundabout (Causewayend)
  • take the third exit off the roundabout on to the Gallowgate
  • continue forward, you will see Aberdeen College on the right and housing on your left
  • just before approaching a set of traffic lights, take a left turn into the large open air car park, Greyfriars House is on your right and the Local Office entrance * is at the end of the building

By Bus:

  • most bus services set down on Union Street, which is a short walk following the above directions

By Train:

  • nearest railway station is at Guild Street, Aberdeen (0.5 miles)