Guidance

List of UK airports and seaports with red channels or red point phones

Find out which customs areas have a red channel or red point phone if you need to declare goods or tell HMRC that goods you've previously declared have arrived.

Use this alphabetical list to find out which airports and ports in the UK have a red channel or a red point phone in their customs area. You can use them to:

  • speak to a Border Force officer
  • declare your goods
  • tell HMRC about goods previously declared by arriving your declaration on CHIEF

Airports: A to C

A

Aberdeen Airport

B

Belfast City Airport

Belfast International Airport

Biggin Hill Airport

Birmingham International Airport

Bournemouth Airport

Bristol Airport

C

Cardiff Airport

City Of Derry Airport

Airports and seaports: D to K

D

Doncaster Sheffield Airport

Durham Tees Valley (also known as Teeside International Airport)

E

East Midlands Airport

Edinburgh Airport

Exeter Airport

F

Fishguard Ferry Port

G

Gatwick Airport

Glasgow Airport

H

Heathrow

Holyhead Foot Passenger

Humberside Airport

I

Inverness Airport

J

None.

K

None.

Airports and seaports: L to O

L

Leeds Bradford Airport

Liverpool Airport

London City Airport

Luton Airport

Lydd (London Ashford Airport)

M

Manchester Airport (all terminals)

N

Newcastle Airport

Newhaven

Newquay Airport

North Shields

Norwich Airport

O

None.

Airports and seaports: P to Z

P

Pembroke Ferry Port

Plymouth Ferry Port

Poole Ferry Port

Portsmouth Ferry Port

Prestwick Airport

Q and R

None.

S

Southampton Airport

Southampton Cruise Terminals

Stansted Airport

Sumburgh

T

Tilbury Cruise Terminal

U, V, W, X, Y and Z

None.

Updates to this page

Published 22 December 2021

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