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Call Us: 0800 689 4795Standard UK Number Plates
from £29.99
Standard UK number plates measure 520mm × 111mm, the size fitted to most cars and vans, and every letter style we make is available on them: printed, 3D gel, 4D 3mm, 4D 5mm, 4D gel, Outline, Hover, Shadow and Retro. Each plate is a reflective BS AU 145e plate, white at the front and yellow at the rear, made in County Durham by a DVLA-registered number plate supplier and sold as a pair. Order before 2pm on a working day with your documents approved and we make them the same day.
How it is made
The plate is a reflective acrylic panel carrying our supplier name, postcode and the BS AU 145e mark. The registration goes on in Charles Wright characters at the size and spacing the rules prescribe, either printed into the face (printed plates), domed in gel (3D gel), cut from solid black acrylic and bonded on (4D 3mm, 4D 5mm, 4D gel and the layered Outline, Hover and Shadow), or shaped in solid acrylic with a pyramid profile (Retro). A border, a national flag or the green flash for zero-emission vehicles can be added to any of them.
Is it road legal?
Yes, when the finished plate meets BS AU 145e, which every standard plate we make does: Charles Wright characters at the right size and spacing, a single shade of non-reflective black, a reflective background with no tint or pattern, and a registered supplier's mark. We do not make tinted, blank or non-standard-spaced plates. If you are choosing between a flat and a raised style, our guide to 3D and 4D number plate legality explains what the standard measures and what it does not.
Other sizes
If a standard plate does not fit your vehicle or your registration, we make the same styles as a shortened plate cut to the registration, a 4x4 square rear plate, an oversize rear plate, a hex plate, a Japanese import size plate and motorbike plates in printed, 3D gel and 4D.
Warranty
36 months against manufacturing defects, which covers the plate, the print and the bond between character and plate. It does not cover damage from fitting, impact or chemicals.
What to order
Standard is the default size in the plate builder, so you only need to pick a letter style. Proof of registration is required before we make anything (valid documents); postage options are under delivery options. If you have not fitted plates before, the fitting guide covers both sticky pads and a screw kit.
All our number plates are:
BS AU 145e compliant!
100% Road Legal
Adds next-level depth to your plates
Safe to pressure wash
Doesn't fade in the sun
Professionally laser cut
Industrial strength adhesive bonding
36 month warranty
Orders will be manufactured from Monday to Friday.
Tracked 24: Your plates will be dispatched within 24 hours after you provide evidence of ownership of the registration. The Royal Mail aims to deliver these parcels the next day, so this is our quickest turnaround.
Tracked 48: Your plates will be dispatched within 48 hours after you provide evidence of ownership of the registration. The Royal Mail aims for a two day delivery timeframe on Tracked 48.
Tracked 24 and Tracked 48 both provide a tracking number, which we will email to you, so you will know where your order and your documents are at all times on their way back to you.
Please note we do not dispatch on a Sunday or during Bank Holidays so please adjust your expectations accordingly. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Please note that by law we include our company name, postcode and BSAU number on the plate. The font style for all our plates is Charles Wright which is the legal UK road font, compliant with the law. The DVLA confirm that three-dimensional characters are legal and compliant with road laws, this includes ‘4D’ number plates, as 4D is only an industry standard name, and they are still classed as three-dimensional.
When buying number plates online, the only way to operate fully legally is for the Registered Number Plate Supplier to see the original physical documents in person. If you aren't local to us in County Durham, you will need to send us the documents in the post. The process is simple and the steps to take are explained in depth after you have placed your order. Once we have received your documents, we will produce your number plates and return the documents securely along with the number plates, using a tracked postal service.
The standard UK size for number plates are 520mm by 111mm. Please note this will vary if you opt for a shortened plate option. Shortened plates are cut down to a unique size depending on the length of your registration. Unlike our competitors, we cut these to whichever size you require rather than using pre-made short plates. We produce them to have a 16mm margin on all edges of the number plate, which leaves a nice even clean finish to your plate. If you require a specific size, please state this in the special requests box after clicking purchase. Legally, your number plates cannot have a margin any less than 11mm.
Utopia Plates does not sell show plates, as they could be used on the road, even though the manufacturer may sell them on the basis that they will not be. To avoid this, we will not sell show plates (this includes tinted plates, blank plates or those with non-standard spacing). We will only produce fully road legal plates, with standard spacing (as it appears on your V5C).