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Last Updated: 06/09/2008

DVLA Edinburgh local office


Wallace House
Lochside Avenue
Edinburgh
EH12 9DJ

Telephone: 0870 850 0007 Minicom: 01792 766 426

Please note: All calls are handled initially by the local office 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.
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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 LRT Bus to the Gogar South Gyle Broadway terminus. Wallace House is a short walk down Lochside Avenue.

 

The nearby Gyle Shopping Centre is served as follows:

 

LRT (Tel: 0131 555 6363)

2, 12, 18, 21, 22, 24, 58/58A and X66.

 

First Bus (Tel: 0870 872 72 71)

38, 38A, 38B, X38, 238 and 338.

10, 36: run directly into Gyle Centre once in the am and once in the p.m. peak.

12, 16 & 38: run along Glasgow Road or to Edinburgh Park.

 

E&M Horsburgh (Tel: 01506 432251)

275, 284.

 

Waverley Travel (Tel: 0131 317 7697)

68: Gyle Flyer Turnhouse to Clermiston via Gyle

63, 65/67

 

M&S Bus (Tel: 0131 317 1333)

Free weekly services to Gyle from Biggar, Peebles, Lauder, Dunbar and North Berwick.

By Train

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