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Last Updated: 28/01/2010

DVLA Carlisle local office


Ground Floor
3 Merchants Drive
Carlisle
CA3 0JW

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
Parking is very limited. There’s also pay parking in the town at the Sands Centre approximately three miles.
Toilets
Nearest at supermarket (300 metres).
Disabled Access
Ramps front and rear.
Hearing Loop
Hearing loop fitted at public counters.
Cash Machines
Cash machine available at supermarket (300 metres).
Post Box
External mail box to the left of the main entrance.
Disabled Parking
One space at local office.
Disabled Toilets
Not applicable.
Smoking Room
No smoking building; no alternative facilities.
Interview Rooms
No interview rooms available.
Lifts
Not applicable.
Local 2U
Not Applicable.

Directions

By Car

  • M6 Junction 44
  • follow signs for Carlisle (A7)
  • at first set of lights take the right turn into Kingstown Industrial Estate (Parkhouse Road)
  • pass fast food restaurant (left hand side)
  • carry on over small roundabout
  • turn left as if going towards supermarket onto Chandler Way
  • carry on past supermarket entrance
  • turn right then right again
  • the office is the building in front of you on the left hand side
  • office is signposted from the motorway

By Bus

  • 62 and 62a from Devonshire Street, Lowther Street or West Tower Street stopping at Asda Supermarket
  • cross over onto Cooper Way
  • take the first turning on the right and the office can be seen straight ahead

By Train

  • taxis are outside the station
  • to get a bus, walk onto the main road and turn left
  • after 275 metres turn right onto Devonshire Street, the bus stop can be found at the end of the road