Change description : 2025-12-10 13:14:00: Opening times for Christmas 2025 and New Year 2026 for inland border facilities have been added. [Guidance and regulation]
Information for heavy goods vehicle hauliers or drivers who attend an inland border facility, where customs and document checks can take place away from ports.
Inland border facilities are UK government sites where customs and document checks can take place away from port locations.
The facilities will act as a government office of departure (for outbound journeys) and a government office of destination (for inbound journeys), where hauliers can start and end journeys when moving goods in and out of the UK, under the Common Transit Convention (CTC — also referred to as Transit). They can also be used for ATA Carnets, TIR Carnets and Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) checks.
Dover Western Docks has been removed from the list of inland border facilities. Information updated to confirm vehicles that are excluded from Sevington for being oversized or for containing hazardous goods can only be processed at Stop 24 from 17 January 2025.
5 December 2024
Opening times for Christmas 2024 and New Year 2025 for inland border facilities have been added.
26 September 2024
Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks have been added to the functions carried out at Sevington border control post.
29 July 2024
Links to the service to check for delays at inland border facilities and to book your vehicle into an inland border facility have been removed as these services are no longer available.
21 May 2024
The 'Common transit convention movements' section of the 'What to do when attending an inland border facility' attachment has been amended. This is to make it clear how traders and drivers should use an office of destination at an inland border facility.
13 May 2024
Information for the Sevington inland border facility has been updated to include a link to information about the new Sevington border control post (BCP).
9 May 2024
Welsh translation has been added for the Sevington inland border facility.
1 January 2024
The locations of inland border facilities table has been updated to confirm that from 1 January 2024 Stop 24 will not offer stamping of ATA Carnets and Dover Western Docks will only give ATA endorsement through commercial operations.
1 December 2023
Opening times for Christmas and New Year 2023 for inland border facilities have been added.
20 November 2023
What to do when attending an inland border facility has been updated with information on when you may need to attend an inspection. The functions of 2 inland border facilities have also been updated.
20 September 2023
More information added around which docks take in vehicles that are excluded from Sevington inland border facility including oversized vehicles.
31 May 2023
Restrictions at Holyhead inland border facility, on tankers carrying over 3,000 litres of contaminant liquid, have been added.
14 December 2022
The inland border facility at Ebbsfleet closed on 27 November 2022.
24 November 2022
The inland border facility at Warrington closed on 13 November 2022.
4 November 2022
Information about the permanent closures of Ebbsfleet inland border facility and Warrington inland border facility has been added.
20 September 2022
North Weald inland border facility closed permanently on Sunday 11 September 2022.
7 September 2022
Ebbsfleet and Warrington inland border facilities are closed from 12:01am on Tuesday 13 September until 11:59pm on Friday 16 September 2022. If you need to attend an inland border facility during these periods, you must attend either Sevington or Holyhead inland border facilities.
22 August 2022
Information about the closure of Ebbsfleet, North Weald and Warrington inland border facilities has been removed. All sites have now reopened.
15 August 2022
Ebbsfleet, North Weald and Warrington inland border facilities will be closed from 11:59pm on 15 August 2022 to 11:59pm on 19 August 2022. If you need to attend an inland border facility during this time, you must use either Sevington or Holyhead inland border facilities.
1 August 2022
The guidance in 'Attending an inland border facility' has been updated to explain what documents you'll need to start a Common Transit Convention movement out of Great Britain. Birmingham Airport IBF has also been removed.
12 July 2022
North Weald inland border facility will close permanently at 11:59pm on Sunday 11 September 2022.
1 July 2022
We have reminded drivers to check that their goods or vehicles are not excluded from an inland border facility before arriving at one. Birmingham Airport facility closed permanently on 30 June 2022.
22 June 2022
Ebbsfleet inland border facility is no longer restricted to the Prioritisation of Goods process between 11pm and 7am.
17 June 2022
Birmingham inland border facility will permanently close on Thursday 30 June 2022.
8 April 2022
You can no longer get Defra prioritisation for seafood and day old chicks at Ebbsfleet inland border facility.
12 January 2022
Information about Holyhead (inbound and outbound) has been added to locations of inland border facilities and guidance for attending Holyhead inland border facility has been added.
15 December 2021
Guidance about checking if you need to report for an inspection if you’re arriving at the Port of Dover, Eurotunnel or Holyhead from 1 January 2022 has been added.
6 December 2021
Information on Christmas opening times has been added.
29 November 2021
Attending an inland border facility (IBF) has been updated with information for traders and drivers using Office of Destinations at Inland Border Facilities.
6 September 2021
The address for Holyhead Interim Border Facility has been updated.
3 August 2021
Tankers and HGVs can attend the Ebbsfleet site again.
8 June 2021
The post code of the Birmingham Airport inland border facility has been changed to B26 3RQ.
19 May 2021
Information added to Sevington, Ebbsfleet, Warrington, North Weald and Birmingham IBF to say that you only need to attend an inland border facility if you're travelling through certain ports and moving goods under specified criteria.
13 May 2021
Guidance added to show where live animals can and cannot be accepted. Sevington and North Weald facilities cannot accept live animals and Ebbsfleet facility can only accept seafood and day-old chicks.
7 May 2021
Guidance updated to explain that tankers or heavy goods vehicles with bulk liquid of any type are now permitted to use the Birmingham inland border facility.
20 April 2021
Guidance updated to explain that tankers or heavy goods vehicles with bulk liquid of any type are temporarily not permitted on to the Ebbsfleet inland border facility until further notice.
15 April 2021
Guidance updated to explain that tankers or heavy goods vehicles with bulk liquid of any type are temporarily not permitted on to the Birmingham inland border facility until further notice.
26 March 2021
The 'Attending an inland border facility (IBF)' page has been updated as Sevington inland border facility is now fully operational.
24 March 2021
Welsh version of the guide has been added.
22 March 2021
The North Weald inland border facility address has changed to 'HMRC inland border facility North Weald, Rayley Lane, Epping CM16 6AR'.
19 March 2021
Information for Holyhead Interim Inland Border Facility Service (for Port of Holyhead only) has been updated.
18 March 2021
Updated with information about Holyhead Interim Inland Border Facility Service.
14 March 2021
Ashford, Waterbrook inland border facility is closing. It will only open to serve as a contingency site for Sevington site when this site is closed.
12 February 2021
North Weald, Sevington and Birmingham inland border facility addresses have been updated.
29 January 2021
The 'Attending an inland border facility' guidance has been updated with information about required documentation and coronavirus (COVID-19) testing.
18 January 2021
Added details that certain inland border facilities will carry out TIR Carnet stamp checks.
11 January 2021
The address for Sevington inland border facility has been changed as you cannot currently use it's postcode for satellite navigation.
23 December 2020
Sevington inland border facility will be used for traffic Management only during January and February 2021.
15 December 2020
Vehicles containing Class 6.1 substances (insecticides) and vehicles subject to Special Types General Order (STGO) 2003 have been added to the excluded vehicle section.
11 December 2020
Addresses for inland border facilities have been updated.
11 December 2020
The site addresses for North Weald, Dover Western Docks, Stop 24 and Manston have been updated.