W1 TCH Number Plate Value

Key Factors Behind This Valuation

• Sold at DVLA auction (DVLA auction Mar 2001) for £26,500
• 8 DVLA retail stock movements, median £599
• 23 equivalent reads live in DVLA stock from £499
• Reads WITCH (read score 92)
• Standout number combination

How W1 TCH Reads

WITCH read score 92/100

The whole plate spells it out.

Name and word reads carry the deepest demand: a plate that spells something real appeals to every matching buyer at once, and that pool never empties.

Auction Evidence

This exact registration has been through a DVLA auction (DVLA auction Mar 2001), hammering at £26,500. Hammer prices are real money changing hands: the strongest single anchor any valuation can have.

We hold 9 auction hammer prices for plates sharing these letters in this same plate format, with a median of £430, anchoring the band to what buyers actually pay rather than asking prices.

The Full Story

W1 TCH is a prefix style (1983-2001) registration.

Its standout feature is the read: it says WITCH. The whole plate spells it out. Plates that spell something real always sit above the crowd, because they appeal to everyone who shares the name or the meaning rather than one buyer with matching initials.

On the numbers: the number 1: the single most sought-after digit there is.

Here is the headline: this exact registration has been through a DVLA auction (DVLA auction Mar 2001) and sold for £26,500. A plate's own hammer price is the strongest evidence that can exist, so our band simply brackets that real sale.

Alongside that, our estimate draws on 8 priced movements from plates carrying the TCH block in our DVLA stock tracking, with a typical (median) price of £599. Worth knowing: these are DVLA retail asking prices for NEW stock at fixed price bands, so the resale market usually prices above them once a plate is no longer available new.

Search interest on our own site for this read has been quiet over the last three months (0 searches), which feeds the demand side of the picture.

Reality check from the shelf: 23 equivalent WITCH reads are available new in DVLA stock right now from £499. Live supply like that anchors what anyone will pay, because a buyer can always take the cheaper alternative.

Price & Valuation History

Everything on file for W1 TCH: recorded market events and our automated guide bands as data shifted.

1. ✓

   A strong, readable plate Our valuer

   £23,850 – £35,780

   12 Oct 2026

2. £

   Sold at DVLA auction DVLA auction

   £26,500

   DVLA auction Mar 2001 · Hammer price: real money changing hands.