Registration Area Codes pre-2001

V Lanarkshire
VA Peterborough (Lanarkshire until 1974; Cambridge until 1981)
VB Croydon (changed to London from 1967 until 1974) then Canterbury then Maidstone from 1981
VC Coventry
VD Lanarkshire (until 1974), later Luton
VE Peterborough (Cambridge until 1981)
VF Norwich
VG Norwich
VH Huddersfield
VJ Gloucester (Hereford until 1981)
VK Newcastle upon Tyne
VL Lincoln
VM Manchester
VN Middlesbrough (Yorkshire (North Riding) until 1974)
VO Nottingham
VP Birmingham
VR Manchester
VS Luton (Greenock until 1974)
VT Stoke-on-Trent
VU Manchester
VV Northampton
VW Chelmsford
VX Chelmsford
VY Leeds (York until 1981)