Guidance

Drink-drive rehabiliation scheme: areas in England and Scotland

Updated 13 March 2024

Applies to England and Scotland

1. Areas in England

There are 16 areas in England for the drink-drive rehabilitation scheme. The courts in these areas can refer offenders to courses in the same area.

Specified geographical areas in England

List of areas in England

Area number Area name
1 Cumbria and Lancashire
2 Greater Manchester
3 Cheshire and Merseyside
4 Cleveland, Durham and Northumberland
5 North and West Yorkshire
6 Humber and South Yorkshire
7 Staffordshire and West Mercia
8 West Midlands and Warwickshire
9 East Midlands
10 South West west area
11 South West east area
12 Kent, Surrey and Sussex
13 Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk
14 Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Thames Valley
15 London north and west
16 London south and central

Area 1: Cumbria and Lancashire

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in Cumbria and Lancashire are:

  • Accrington Magistrates’ Court
  • Barrow-in-Furness Crown, Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Blackburn Magistrates’ Court
  • Blackpool Magistrates’ Court
  • Burnley Combined Court
  • Burnley Magistrates’ Court
  • Carlisle Magistrates’ Court
  • Carlisle Crown Court
  • Chorley Magistrates’ Court
  • Fleetwood Magistrates’ Court
  • Kendal Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Lancaster Crown Court
  • Lancaster Magistrates’ Court
  • Leyland Magistrates’ Court
  • Ormskirk Magistrates’ Court
  • Preston Combined Courts Centre
  • Preston Crown Court (Sessions House)
  • Preston Magistrates’ Court
  • Reedley Magistrates’ Court
  • Workington Magistrates’ Court

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Area 2: Greater Manchester

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in Greater Manchester are:

  • Bolton Crown Court
  • Bolton Magistrates’ Court
  • Bury Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Manchester Crown Courts
  • Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court
  • Oldham Magistrates’ Court
  • Rochdale Magistrates’ Court
  • Salford Magistrates’ Court
  • Stockport Magistrates’ Court
  • Tameside Magistrates’ Court
  • Trafford Magistrates’ Court and Altrincham County Court
  • Wigan and Leigh Magistrates’ Court

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Area 3: Cheshire and Merseyside

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in Cheshire and Greater Manchester are:

  • Birkenhead Magistrates’ Court
  • Bootle Magistrates’ Court (South Sefton)
  • Chester Crown Court
  • Chester Magistrates’ Court
  • Crewe Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Knutsford Crown Court
  • Liverpool Crown Court
  • Liverpool & Knowsley Magistrates’ Court
  • Macclesfield Magistrates’ Court
  • Runcorn (Halton) Magistrates’ Court
  • St Helens Magistrates’ and County Court
  • South Cheshire Magistrates’ Court
  • Warrington Crown Court
  • Warrington Magistrates’ Court
  • Wirral Magistrates’ Court

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Area 4: Cleveland, Durham and Northumberland

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in Cleveland, Durham and Northumberland are:

  • Bedlington Magistrates’ Court
  • Berwick-Upon-Tweed Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Chester-le-Street Magistrates’ Court
  • Consett Magistrates’ Court
  • Darlington Magistrates’ Court
  • Durham Crown Court
  • Durham Magistrates’ Court
  • Gateshead Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Hartlepool Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Mid and South East Northumberland Magistrates’ Court
  • Newcastle Crown Court
  • Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Magistrates’ Court
  • Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court
  • North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court
  • Peterlee Magistrates’ Court
  • South Tyneside Magistrates’ and South Shields County Court
  • Sunderland Magistrates’ Court
  • Teesside Crown Court
  • Teesside Magistrates’ Court

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Area 5: North and West Yorkshire

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in North and West Yorkshire are:

  • Bradford Crown Court
  • Bradford Magistrates’ Court
  • Halifax Magistrates’ Court (Calderdale)
  • Harrogate Magistrates’ Court
  • Kirkless Magistrates’ Court
  • Leeds Crown Court
  • Leeds District Magistrates’ Court
  • Northallerton Magistrates’ Court
  • Scarborough Magistrates’ Court
  • Skipton Magistrates’ and County Court
  • York Crown Court
  • York Magistrates’ Court
  • Wakefield and Pontefract Magistrates’ Court

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Area 6: Humber and South Yorkshire

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in the Humber and South Yorkshire are:

  • Barnsley Magistrates’ Court
  • Beverley Magistrates’ Court
  • Bridlington Magistrates’ Court
  • Doncaster Crown Court
  • Doncaster Magistrates’ Court
  • Grimsby Crown Court
  • Grimsby Magistrates’ Court
  • Hull Crown Court
  • Hull and Holderness Magistrates’ Court
  • Kingston-upon-Hull Magistrates’ Court
  • Rotherham Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Scunthorpe Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Sheffield Crown Court
  • Sheffield Magistrates’ Court

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Area 7: Staffordshire and West Mercia

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in Staffordshire and West Mercia are:

  • Burton-Upon-Trent Magistrates’ Court
  • Cannock Magistrates’
  • Court Hereford Magistrates’ Court
  • Kidderminster Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Newcastle-Under-Lyme Magistrates’ Court
  • Shrewsbury Crown Court
  • Shrewsbury Magistrates’ Court
  • South Worcestershire Magistrates’ Court
  • Stafford Crown Court
  • Stafford Magistrates’ Court
  • Telford Magistrates’ Court
  • Worcester Crown Court
  • Worcester Magistrates’ Court

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Area 8: West Midlands and Warwickshire

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in the West Midlands and Warwickshire are:

  • Aldridge Magistrates’ Court
  • Birmingham Crown Court
  • Birmingham Magistrates’ Court
  • Bromsgrove and Redditch magistrates’ Court
  • Coventry Crown Court
  • Coventry Magistrates’ Court
  • Dudley Magistrates’ Court
  • Leamington Spa Magistrates’ Court
  • North Warwickshire Justice Centre (Nuneaton)
  • South Worcestershire Magistrates’ Court
  • Stafford Crown Court
  • Stafford Magistrates’ Court
  • Telford Magistrates’ Court
  • Worcester Crown Court
  • Worcester Magistrates’ Court

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Area 9: East Midlands

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in the East Midlands are:

  • Boston Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Buxton Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Chesterfield Magistrates’ Court
  • Corby Magistrates’ Court
  • Derby Crown Court
  • Derby Magistrates’ Court
  • Grantham Magistrates’ and County Court
  • High Peak Magistrates’ Court
  • Hinckley Magistrates’ Court
  • Kettering Magistrates’ Court
  • Leicester Crown Court
  • Leicester Magistrates’ Court
  • Lincoln Crown Court
  • Lincoln Magistrates’ Court
  • Loughborough Magistrates’ Court
  • Mansfield Magistrates’ Court
  • Northampton Crown Court
  • Northampton Magistrates’ Court
  • Nottingham Crown Court
  • Nottingham Magistrates’ Court
  • Skegness Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Spalding Magistrates’ Court
  • Wellingborough Magistrates’ Court
  • Worksop and Retford Magistrates’ Court

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Area 10: South West west area

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in the South West west area are:

  • Barnstaple Crown, Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Bath Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Bodmin Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Bristol Crown Court
  • Bristol Magistrates’ Court
  • Cheltenham Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Chippenham Magistrates’ Court
  • Exeter Magistrates’ Court
  • Exeter Crown Court
  • Gloucester Crown Court
  • Gloucester Magistrates’ Court
  • Isles of Scilly Magistrates’ Court
  • Newton Abbot Magistrates’ Court
  • North Avon Magistrates’ Court
  • North Somerset Magistrates’ Court
  • Plymouth Crown Court
  • Plymouth Magistrates’ Court
  • South Somerset & Mendip Magistrates’ Court
  • Stroud Magistrates’ Court
  • Swindon Crown Court
  • Swindon Magistrates’ Court
  • Taunton Crown Court
  • Taunton Deane Magistrates’ Court
  • Torquay Magistrates’ Court
  • Truro Crown Court
  • Truro Magistrates’ Court
  • Worle Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Yate Magistrates’ Court
  • Yeovil Magistrates’ Court

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Area 11: South West east area

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in the South West east area are:

  • Aldershot Magistrates’ Court
  • Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court
  • Bournemouth Crown Court
  • Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court
  • Dorchester Crown Court
  • Fareham Magistrates’ Court
  • Isle of Wight Combined Court
  • Newport Magistrates’ Court
  • Poole Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Portsmouth Combined Court Centre
  • Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court
  • Salisbury Law Courts
  • Southampton Crown Court
  • West Hampshire Magistrates’ Court
  • Weymouth Magistrates’ Court
  • Winchester Crown Court

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Area 12: Kent, Surrey and Sussex

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in Kent, Surrey and Sussex are:

  • Brighton Magistrates’ Court
  • Canterbury Crown Court
  • Canterbury Magistrates’ Court
  • Chatham Magistrates’ Court
  • Chichester Crown Court
  • Chichester Magistrates’ Court
  • Crawley Magistrates’ Court
  • Dartford Magistrates’ Court
  • Dover Magistrates’ Court
  • Eastbourne Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Folkestone Magistrates’ Court
  • Guildford Crown Court
  • Hastings Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Horsham Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Lewes Crown Court
  • Maidstone Combined Court
  • Maidstone Magistrates’ Court
  • Margate Magistrates’ and Thanet County Court
  • Medway Magistrates’ Court
  • Redhill Magistrates’ Court
  • Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court
  • Worthing Magistrates’ and County Court

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Area 13: Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk are:

  • Basildon Combined Court
  • Basildon Magistrates’ Court
  • Bury St Edmunds Crown and Magistrates’ Court
  • Cambridge Crown Court
  • Cambridge Magistrates’ Court
  • Chelmsford Crown Court
  • Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court
  • Colchester Magistrates’ Court
  • Epping Magistrates’ Court
  • Great Yarmouth Magistrates’ Court
  • Harwich Magistrates’ Court
  • Harlow Magistrates’ Court
  • Huntingdon law Courts
  • Ipswich Crown Court
  • Ipswich Magistrates’ Court
  • King’s Lynn Crown and Magistrates’ Court
  • Lowestoft Magistrates’ Court
  • Norwich Crown Court
  • Norwich Magistrates’ Court
  • Peterborough Crown Court
  • Peterborough Magistrates’ Court
  • Southend Magistrates’ and County Court

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Area 14: Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Thames Valley

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Thames Valley are:

  • Aylesbury Crown Court
  • Aylesbury Magistrates’ Court
  • Banbury Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Bedford and Mid-Beds Magistrates’ Court
  • Bicester Magistrates’ Court
  • Bracknell Magistrates’ Court
  • Central Buckinghamshire Magistrates’ Court
  • Hatfield Remand Centre
  • Hertford Magistrates’ Court
  • High Wycombe Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Luton Crown Court
  • Luton and South Bedfordshire Magistrates’ Court
  • Maidenhead Magistrates’ Court
  • Milton Keynes Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Newbury Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Oxford Crown Court
  • Oxford and Southern Oxfordshire Magistrates’ Court
  • Reading Crown Court
  • Reading Magistrates’ Court
  • St Albans Crown Court
  • St Albans Magistrates’ Court
  • Slough Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Stevenage Magistrates’ Court (Danesgate)
  • Watford Magistrates’ Court
  • West Berkshire Magistrates’ Court

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Area 15: London north and west

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in London north and west are:

  • Brent/Willesden Magistrates’ Court
  • Barkingside Magistrates’ Court
  • City of London Magistrates’ Court
  • Ealing Magistrates’ Court
  • Feltham Magistrates’ Court
  • Harrow Crown Court
  • Romford Magistrates’ Court
  • Hendon Magistrates’ Court
  • Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court
  • Redbridge Magistrates’ Court
  • Isleworth Crown Court
  • Snaresbrook Crown Court
  • Staines Magistrates’ Court
  • Stratford Magistrates’ Court
  • Tottenham Magistrates’ Court
  • Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court
  • Waltham Forest Magistrates’ Court
  • West London Magistrates’ and County Court
  • Westminster Magistrates’ Court
  • Wood Green Crown Court

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Area 16: London south and central

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in London south and central are:

  • Belmarsh Magistrates’ Court
  • Bexley Magistrates’ Court
  • Blackfriars Crown Court
  • Bromley Magistrates’ Court
  • Camberwell Green Magistrates’ and Youth Court
  • Central Criminal Court
  • Croydon Crown Court
  • Croydon Magistrates’ Court
  • Greenwich Magistrates’ Court
  • Inner London Crown Court
  • Kingston-Upon-Thames Crown Court
  • Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court
  • Richmond-Upon-Thames Magistrates’ Court
  • Southwark Crown Court
  • South Western (Battersea and Wandsworth) Magistrates’ Court
  • Thames Magistrates’ Court
  • Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court
  • Woolwich Crown Court

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2. Areas in Scotland

There are 6 areas in Scotland for the drink-drive rehabilitation scheme. The courts in these areas can refer offenders to courses in the same area.

Specified geographical areas in Scotland

List of areas in Scotland

Area number Area name
17 South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway
18 Lothian and Borders
19 Glasgow and Strathkelvin
20 North Strathclyde
21 Tayside, Central and Fife
22 Grampian, Highland and Islands

Area 17: South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway are:

  • Airdrie Sheriff Court
  • Annan Justice of the Peace Court
  • Ayr Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Cumbernauld Justice of the Peace Court
  • Dumfries Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Hamilton Sheriff Court
  • Hamilton Sheriff Court Civil Building (Birnie House)
  • Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Lanark Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Motherwell Justice of the Peace Court
  • Stranraer Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court

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Area 18: Lothian and Borders

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in Lothian and Borders are:

  • Duns Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Haddington Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Jedburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Peebles Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Livingston Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Selkirk Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court

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Area 19: Glasgow and Strathkelvin

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in Glasgow and Strathkelvin are:

  • Coatbridge Justice of the Peace Court
  • Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court

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Area 20: North Strathclyde

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in North Strathclyde are:

  • Campbeltown Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Dunoon Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Dumbarton Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Greenock Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Irvine Justice of the Peace Court
  • Kilmarnock Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Lochgilphead Justice of the Peace Court
  • Oban Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Paisley Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Rothesey Sheriff Court

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Area 21: Tayside, Central and Fife

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in Tayside, Central and Fife are:

  • Abroath Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Alloa Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Cupar Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Dundee Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Dunfermline Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Falkirk Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Forfar Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Perth Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Stirling Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court

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Area 22: Grampian, Highland and Islands

The courts that can refer drink-drive offenders in Grampian, Highland and Islands are:

  • Aberdeen Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Banff Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Dingwall Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Dornoch Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Elgin Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Fort William Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Kirkwall Sheriff Court
  • Lerwick Sheriff Court
  • Lochmaddy Sheriff Court
  • Peterhead Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Portree Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Stonehaven Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Stornoway Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Tain Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
  • Wick Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court

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