Bath Clean Zone Charge
Check your vehicle and pay the charge You may need to pay a daily charge to drive in Bath's Clean Air Zone if your vehicle does not meet emission standards. Charges do not apply to cars or motorbikes unless it is a taxi or private hire vehicle. Everything you need to know about the Bath Clean Air Zone, from the latest maps to details about fees and penalties.
Where you'll find clean air zones, how to check if you'll need to pay a charge and create a business account, and what support or exemptions are available. Bath is a 'class C' clean air zone, which means drivers and motorcyclists with private vehicles can drive through the zone free of charge. Vans (including pick-up trucks and campervans), some 4x4s and taxis will need to pay £9 each day they drive in the zone.
! Warning Cars and motorbikes are not charged in Bath's CAZ, regardless of the emissions they produce. However, commercial vehicles such as taxis and private hire vehicles will have to pay. View a map of the zone Check if a postcode is in the zone Check your vehicle and pay the charge Find out about charges Get an exemption or discount for.
Learn about the boundaries, charges and exemptions for Bath's Clean Air Zone, and check how it will impact your vehicle and journeys. The Bath Clean Air Zone is a class C CAZ meaning there is no charge for private cars or any motorbikes. It covers the city centre and charges are generally £9 per day for Taxis, Minibuses or Vans and £100 per day for Coaches, Buses and HGVs that aren't Euro 6 compliant.
Charges for driving in Bath's Clean Air Zone apply 7 days a week from midnight to midnight, all year round. Caura is the UK's all. When was Bath's clean air zone introduced? Bath's Clean Air Zone was launched on the 15th of March, 2021.
It covers an area within the inner city boundary and encompasses all roads inside the A36 and A46. All non-compliant vehicles are required to pay a daily charge to enter the zone, with the aim of encouraging cleaner vehicles on the roads. The Bath Clean Air Zone restricts access to the city centre for the most polluting vehicles.
To encourage drivers of these vehicles to switch to a cleaner mode of transport, they have to pay a charge to drive in the zone.