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Private/Passenger Plate History More British Plates Autonomous Dependencies With a Special Relation With the Queen Dependencies With a Large Degree of Autonomy Dependencies With No Constant Inhabitation Former Colonies and Possessions British Forces in Other Countries United States Forces Country Information Credits

Private/Passenger

Black on white (front) and black on yellow (rear).
Blue band stickers are optional.

Plate History

1904 - today

Older Series: White or silver on black (front and rear) - still in use
Later: Black on white (front) and black on yellow (rear)

More British Plates

Autonomous Dependencies With a Special Relation With the Queen

  Alderney

  Guernsey

  Herm

  Isle of Man

  Jersey

  Sark

Dependencies With a Large Degree of Autonomy

  Anguilla

  Ascension Island

  Bermuda

  British Virgin Islands

  Cayman Islands

  Falkland Islands

  Gibraltar

  Montserrat

  Pitcairn Islands

  Saint Helena

  Tristan da Cunha

  Turks and Caicos

Dependencies With No Constant Inhabitation

  British Indian Ocean Territory

  Canton & Enderbury Islands

  South Georgia/South Sandwich Islands

Former Colonies and Possessions

  Aden Colony

  Aden Protectorate

  Bechuanaland Protectorate

  British Honduras

  British India

  Gilbert and Ellis Islands

  Hong Kong

  Tangier

British Forces in Other Countries

  Cyprus

  Egypt

  Germany

  United States Forces

Country Information

Location	Western Europe
Capital	London
Main Religion	Christianity (protestantism, the queen is head of the Church of England, and catholicism)
National Language	English
History	England, Wales and Scotland merged into the United Kingdom in 1707. When Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom in 1921, Northern Ireland remained British and became a part of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom became a member of the European Union in 1973. It left the EU on January 31, 2020.
International Oval	GB
ISO Code	GB

Credits

(1) Picture by Stephen Petch
(2) Picture by Barry Chitty
(3) Picture by Greg Gibson