Last Updated: 21/01/2011

DVLA Aberdeen local office

Greyfriars House
Gallowgate
Aberdeen
AB10 1WG

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.

Please be advised that the local offices in England, Scotland and Wales will be closed on the following: Public Holidays 2011- 2012

Facilities

Loch Street Pay and Display attached to the Bon Accord Shopping Centre.

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.

Hearing loop fitted at public counters.

Cash machine in supermarket, West North Street (0.2 miles).

Not available.

Five disabled spaces in Local Authority car park.

Nearest disabled toilets are on Upperkirkgate (St Nicholas House, 0.2 miles).

No smoking building; no alternative facilities.

One interview room, contact staff for use.

Not applicable.

If you have specific access requirements, please use our call ahead service 0300 790 6818

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

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