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For general enquiries, please email: apha.corporatecorrespondence@apha.gsi.gov.uk
Field Services
Contact details for the Field Services in England, Scotland and Wales that deal with animal health and welfare.
To find your nearest Field Service office (animal health), you can also use the postcode search tool
To find your nearest Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate (PHSI) office in England and Wales, see the PHSI contacts.
England: North
Leeds
Email: EnglandNorth@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 0300 303 1324
Fax: 0113 261 0212
APHA Field Services
Olympia House
Gelderd Lane
Gelderd Road
Leeds, LS12 6DD
Newcastle
Email: EnglandNorth@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 0300 303 1324
Fax: 0191 266 3605
APHA Field Services (animal health)
Whitley Road
Longbenton
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE12 9SE
Preston
Email: EnglandNorth@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 0300 303 1324
Fax: 01772 861 798
APHA Field Services
Barton Hall
Garstang Road
Barton
Preston
Lancashire
PR3 5HE
England: Midlands
Leicester
Email: AHROMidlands@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01162 787 451
Fax: 01162 770 153
APHA Field Services
Saffron House
Tigers Road
Wigston
Leicester
LE18 4UY
Lincoln
Email: AHROMidlands@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01162 787 451
Fax: 01162 770 153
APHA Field Services
Ceres House
2 Searby Road
Lincoln
LN2 4DT
Shrewsbury
For queries about Field Services
Telephone: 01162 787 451
For queries about post-mortems and laboratory tests
Email: shrewsbury@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01743 467 621
Fax: 01743 441 060
APHA Field Services
Kendal Road
Harlescott
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 4HD
Stafford
Email: AHROMidlands@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01162 787 451
Fax: 01785 231 901
APHA Field Services
Beacon House
Staffordshire Technology Park
Dyson Way
Stafford
ST18 0GU
Worcester
Telephone: 01162 787 451
Fax: 01905 764 352
APHA Field Services
Block C, Government Buildings
Whittington Road
Worcester
WR5 2LQ
England: South West
Exeter
Email: APHASWEngland@apha.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01392 266 373
Fax: 01392 266 375 or 01392 266 374
APHA Field Services
Isca Building
Manley House
Kestrel Way
Exeter
Devon
EX2 7LQ
Gloucester
Telephone: 01392 266 373
Fax: 01452 627 483
APHA Field Services
Unit 1
Saw Mills End
Barnwood
Gloucester
GL4 3DE
Truro
Telephone: 01392 266 373
Fax: 01872 265 555
APHA Field Services
Polwhele
Truro
Cornwall
TR4 9AD
England: South East
Chelmsford
Email: AHROSouthEast@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01284 778 150
Fax: 01245 398 299
APHA Field Services
Redwing House (Ground Floor)
Hedgerows Business Park
Colchester Road
Springfield
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 5PB
Bury St Edmunds
For queries about Field Services
Telephone: 01284 778 150
Fax: 01284 724 500
For queries about post-mortems and laboratory tests
Email: BurySt.Edmunds@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01284 724 499
Fax: 01284 724 500
APHA Field Services
Rougham Hill
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 2RX
Scotland
Ayr
Email: APHA.Scotland@apha.gsi.gov.uk
Daytime telephone: 01292 291 350
Night-time: 07000 780 124
Fax: 01292 291 351
APHA Field Services
Russell House
King Street
Ayr
KA8 0BE
Galashiels
Email: APHA.Scotland@apha.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01896 758 806
Fax: 01896 756 803
APHA Field Services
Cotgreen Road
Tweedbank
Galashiels
TD1 3SG
Inverness
Email: APHA.Scotland@apha.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01463 728 800
Fax: 01463 711 495
APHA Field Services
Longman House
28 Longman Road
Longman East
Inverness
IV1 1SF
Inverurie
Email: APHA.Scotland@apha.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01467 626 610
Fax: 01467 626 611
APHA Field Services
Thainstone Court
Inverurie
Aberdeenshire
AB51 5YA
Perth
Email: APHA.Scotland@apha.gsi.gov.uk
Daytime telephone: 01738 602 211
Night-time telephone: 07071 506 050
Fax: 01738 602 240
APHA Field Services
Strathearn House
Broxden Business Park
Lamberkine Drive
Perth
PH1 1RX
Wales
Carmarthen
Email: APHA.CymruWales@apha.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 0300 303 8268
Fax: 01267 245 500
APHA Field Services
Ty Merlin
Heol Glasdwr
Parc Pensarn
Carmarthen
SA31 2NF
Caernarfon
Email: APHA.CymruWales@apha.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 0300 303 8268
Fax: 01286 674 626
APHA Field Services
3rd Floor, Government Building
Penrallt
Caernarfon
Gwynedd
LL55 1EP
Plant Health & Seeds Inspectorate
Head office
Email: planthealth.info@apha.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01904 405 138
APHA Plant Health & Seeds Inspectorate
Room 10GA02/04
The National Agri-food Innovation Campus
Sand Hutton
York
YO41 1LZ
PHSI regional offices
To find your nearest PHSI office in England and Wales, see the
Plant Varieties & Seeds
Email: pvs.helpdesk@apha.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 0300 060 0497
Fax: 0300 060 2115
APHA Plant Varieties and Seeds
Eastbrook
Shaftesbury Road
Cambridge
CB2 8DR
Bee health
Bee Health Policy
Email: BeeHealthInfo@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 0207 238 2017
National Bee Unit
Email: nbu@apha.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 0300 303 0094
Fax: 01904 462 240
Website: www.nationalbeeunit.com
Information about office staff, and regional or seasonal bee inspectors, is available on the National Bee Unit website.
Egg Marketing Inspectorate
To contact your local Egg Marketing Inspector, telephone or email your nearest APHA Field Services office.
GM Inspectorate
Email:gm-inspec@apha.gsi.gov.uk
Further information and contact details are available on the GM Inspectorate website.
Post-mortem Examination Centres
Contact details for the post-mortem examination centres.
To find your nearest centre, you can also use the postcode search tool
Weybridge
Email: lab.services@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01932 357 335
Fax: 01932 357 838
APHA Veterinary Investigation Centre
Woodham Lane
New Haw
Addlestone
Surrey
KT15 3NB
Bury St Edmunds
For queries about post mortems and laboratory tests
Email: BurySt.Edmunds@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01284 724 499
Fax: 01284 724 500
For queries about Field Services
Telephone: 01284 778 150
Fax: 01284 724 500
APHA Veterinary Investigation Centre
Rougham Hill
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 2RX
Newcastle
Newcastle is a diagnostic laboratory only site; post-mortem examinations are no longer performed at this centre. Please contact APHA Thirsk for all PME-related enquiries.
Email: newcastle@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 0300 303 8269
APHA Veterinary Investigation Centre
Whitley Road
Longbenton
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE12 9SE
Penrith
Email: penrith@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01768 885 295
Fax: 01768 885 314
APHA Veterinary Investigation Centre
Merrythought
Calthwaite
Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 9RR
Shrewsbury
For queries about post-mortems and laboratory tests
Email: shrewsbury@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01743 467 621
Fax: 01743 441 060
For queries about Field Services
Telephone: 01162 787 451
APHA Veterinary Investigation Centre
Kendal Road
Harlscott
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 4HD
Starcross
Email: starcross@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01626 891 121
Fax: 01626 891 766
APHA Veterinary Investigation Centre
Staplake Mount
Starcross
Exeter
EX6 8PE
Sutton Bonington
Email: suttonbonington@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01509 672 332
Fax: 01509 674 805
APHA Veterinary Investigation Centre
The Elms
College Road
Sutton Bonington
Loughborough
LE12 5RB
Thirsk
Email: thirsk@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01845 522 065
Fax: 01845 525 224
APHA Veterinary Investigation Centre
West House
Station Road
Thirsk
North Yorkshire
YO7 1PZ
Royal Veterinary College
Telephone: 01707 666 630
Mobile: 07793 801 684
Fax: 01707 666 640
Farm Animal Pathology and Diagnostics
PPB (Pathology and Pathogen Biology)
Hawkshead Lane
North Mymms
Herts
AL9 7TA
University of Bristol
Telephone: 0117 928 9402
Email: pmservices@langfordvets.co.uk
Farm Animal Post Mortem Services
Langford House
Langford
Bristol
BS40 5DU
Lasswade
Email: lasswade@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 0131 445 6169
Fax: 0131 445 6166
APHA Veterinary Investigation Centre
Pentland Science Park
Bush Loan
Penicuik
Edinburgh
EH26 0PZ
SAC Consulting Veterinary Services
Email: George.Caldow@SAC.co.uk
Alternative email: Fiona.Burns@SAC.co.uk
Telephone: 01835 822 456
St Boswells Disease Surveillance Centre
Greycrook
St Boswells
Roxburghshire
TD6 0EQ
Carmarthen
Email: carmarthen@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01267 235 244
Fax: 01267 236 549
APHA Veterinary Investigation Centre
Job’s Well Road
Johnstown
Carmarthen
Dyfed
SA31 3EZ
Specialist Service Centres (SSC)
Contact details for the specialist service centres
Centre for International Trade: Carlisle
Imports and exports of animals and animal products, Pet Travel Scheme and quarantine, welfare in transport
General enquiries email: CentralOps.Carlisle@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01228 403 600
Fax: 01228 591 900
Centre for International Trade - Carlisle
Hadrian House
Wavell Drive
Rosehill Industrial Estate
Carlisle
CA1 2TB
Centre for International Trade: Bristol
Wild bird registration, part of the UK management authority for the Convention on International Trade for Endangered Species (CITES).
Email: wildlife.licensing@apha.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 0117 372 3700
Fax: 0117 372 8206
Centre for International Trade - Bristol
1/17 Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Temple Quay
Bristol
BS1 6EB
SSC Worcester
Specialist Service Centre
Broiler directive registration, Poultry Health Scheme, Compulsory Scrapie Flocks Scheme, movement licences for pre-1996 born cattle, DNA tagging, OV training and authorisation
Email: AHspecialistservicecentreworcester@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01905 768 725
Fax: 01905 768 649
Spur 10
Block C Government Buildings
Whittington Road
Worcester
WR5 2LQ
Tracings, poultry registration
Email: SSCCardiff@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 029 2076 8555
Fax: 029 2076 8520
66 Ty Glas Road
Llanishen
Cardiff
CF14 5ZB
APHA headquarters
Email: apha.corporatecorrespondence@apha.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01932 341111
Woodham Lane
Addlestone
Surrey
KT15 3NB
Press enquiries
Email: apha.corporatecommunications@apha.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone (office hours): 01905 765212
Telephone (out of hours): 07881500146
APHA Scientific
Commercial products and services
See the APHA Scientific website