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Last Updated: 28/01/2010

DVLA Edinburgh local office


Wallace House
Lochside Avenue
Edinburgh
EH12 9DJ

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
38 DVLA Customer parking spaces.
Toilets
On site.
Disabled Access
Yes.
Hearing Loop
Hearing loop fitted at public counters.
Cash Machines
Not Applicable.
Post Box
Not Applicable.
Disabled Parking
2 DVLA Customer Disabled parking bays.
Disabled Toilets
On site.
Smoking Room
No smoking building; no alternative facilities.
Interview Rooms
1 Interview room available, contact staff for use.
Lifts
Not Applicable.
Local 2U
Not Applicable.

Directions

By Car

General:

  • Exit the M8 motorway at junction 1 to join the City of Edinburgh by-pass (A720).  Follow the City of Edinburgh by-pass (A720) for approximately 0.8 miles then, at the roundabout (Gogar) take the 3rd exit onto South Gyle Broadway
  • continue along South Gyle Broadway for approximately 0.5 miles and at the next roundabout take the 3rd exit onto Edinburgh Park
  • bear right at the traffic lights onto Lochside Avenue and turn left at the T-junction. The entrance to Wallace House is located first left.

From Saughton House:

  • head West on Broomhouse Drive for approximately 0.5 miles and take the 2nd exit at the roundabout onto Bankhead Drive
  • follow Bankhead Drive for approximately 0.3 miles and then turn right onto South Gyle Access
  • take second available exit off roundabout on to South Gyle Broadway, continue for 0.5 miles
  • take second available exit off roundabout on to South Gyle Broadway, continue for 0.3 miles
  • at the next roundabout take the 1st exit onto Edinburgh Park
  • bear right at the traffic lights onto Lochside Avenue and turn left at the T-junction. The entrance to Wallace House is located first left.

By Bus

Take the number 22 Lothian Bus to the Gyle Centre terminus. Wallace House is a short walk down Lochside Avenue.

The nearby Gyle Shopping Centre is served as follows:

Lothian Buses (Tel: 0131 555 6363)
2, 12, 18, 21, 22 and 35.

First Bus (Tel: 0870 872 72 71)
10, 747 run directly into Gyle Centre plus X1 & X23 run near to Wallace Ho.

E&M Horsburgh (Tel: 01506 432251)
555, 777.

By Train

  • nearest stations are Edinburgh Park or South Gyle, which are both around a 15 - 20 minute walk away