Plates by Pickle is a free online number plate visualiser built for drivers, enthusiasts and custom plate buyers across the United Kingdom. Type any registration and instantly see it rendered on a true-to-scale plate in the official Charles Wright 2001 typeface — the exact typeface used on road-legal British plates — so you know exactly how your plate will look before you order.
The tool supports every common UK plate format, including standard and short plates, Land Rover oversize, Lambo hex, 4×4 and import sizes, motorcycle plates and full show plates. You can switch between white front and yellow rear backgrounds, add legal side badges and flags for UK and EU travel, toggle a black border, and choose digit finishes from flat print through 3D gel, 4D acrylic, bevel and glitter gel. Show plates go further, with custom typefaces, slogans and tinted acrylic options.
It is built for everyday motorists checking how a new private reg will sit on their car, bikers and 4×4 owners who need non-standard sizing, and show-car builders who want bespoke styling that still previews accurately. Live pricing keeps the preview honest, and secure checkout handles document uploads and tracked postage so a finished, MOT-compliant plate arrives ready to fit.
Plates by Pickle is built and maintained by PICKLE — a UK number plate maker focused on BS AU 145e-compliant road-legal plates and custom show plates. We combine genuine manufacture with a precise digital preview, so what you see on screen is what arrives in the post.