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Last Updated: 28/01/2010

DVLA Theale local office


Building B
Theale House
Brunel Road 
Theale
Reading
RG7 4AQ

For enquiries about vehicles: 0300 790 6802 (Textphone minicom users 0300 123 1279).

For enquiries about driving licences: 0300 790 6801 (Textphone minicom users 0300 123 1278).

Please note, all calls are handled initially by our 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 Facilities
50 spaces at the office. There’s also Pay and Display parking at Theale railway station directly opposite the office.
Toilets
Facilities available.
Disabled Access
Access ramp at front entrance.
Hearing Loop
Two hearing loops
Cash Machines
Cash machine in Theale High Street
Post Box
External mail box at the foot of the disabled access ramp, on the right hand side.
Disabled Parking
1 Disabled parking Space.
Disabled Toilets
Facilities available.
Smoking Room
No smoking building; no alternative facilities.
Interview Rooms
Not Applicable.
Lifts
Not Applicable.
Local 2U
Not Applicable.

Directions

By Car

  • Located just off Junction 12 of M4
  • when leaving the M4 follow signposts A4 towards Newbury
  • at the next roundabout follow signposts to Arlington Business Park/Railway Station leading to Brunel Road
  • local office is opposite the entrance to Theale Railway Station Car Park.

By Bus

Bus number 102 (Newbury Buses) runs from Reading Railway Station to Theale High Street (The Crown Pub) at 12 mins and 42 mins past the hour.
From Theale High Street to Reading Railway Station, again it runs at 11 mins and 41 mins past the hour.
The DVLA Local office is approximately 5 minutes walk from Theale High Street.

By Train

  • Reading General Railway Station to Theale Railway Station (Approximately 11 minutes duration)
  • Theale Local Office is opposite the entrance to Theale Railway Station Car Park