If you are driving to Great Britain, you must know from home what taxes you will have to pay once you arrive in the UK and what the English motorway tax consists of.
In this regard, in this article we will present to you everything you need to know about road tolls England (motorways, bridges, tunnels and congestion charges).
If you are a haulier, the above mentioned charges will also be compounded with an HGV charge, special for the movement of lorries on UK roads.
Moreover, if you want to be informed about the road tax payment systems of European countries, you can find all the information here.
England M6 Toll
An advantageous thing is that the Anglia vignette is designed in the form of an Anglia motorway toll, and only for the M6 Toll motorway.
In this sense, the M6 Toll is the only motorway on which you will have to pay tolls, and traffic on the rest of the roads is exempt from tolls.
However, beware! There are tolls for bridges and tunnels, but also tolls for London and Durham, which we tell you about below.
How much is the England M6 Toll
For the England motorway toll, its price is calculated according to:
· vehicle type
· the number of wheels and axles
· the height to the first axis
· time of day or week
· distance traveled (full or partial)
To pay motorway toll England, you have 3 payment options:
- M6toll TAG
- Card (credit and debit cards or fuel cards)
- Contactless card.
You can find the price list for the England M6 Toll here!
Other road taxes England
Despite the fact that driving on Great Britain’s national roads is free except for a motorway toll, you will have to pay tolls for the bridges and tunnels you pass through and a congestion charge for London and Dorhum.
Bridges and Tunnels Toll England
For bridges and tunnels, the prices are as follows:
Location | Price (GBP) |
Aldwark Bridge | 0,40 |
Batheaston Bridge | 0,80 |
Clifton Bridge | 1 |
Dartford Crossing | 2,5 |
Dunham Bridge | 0,40 |
Eurotunnel (Great Britain – France) | 101 EUR |
Humber Bridge | 1,50 |
Itchen Bridge | 0, 80 |
Kingsland Bridge | 0,20 |
Mersey Gateway Bridge | 2 |
Mersey Bridge Silver Jubilee | 2 |
The Mersey Tunnels | 1,80 |
Middlesbrough Bridge | 1,50 |
Tamar Bridge | 2 |
The Tyne Tunnels | 1,80 |
Warburton Bridge | 0,12 |
Whitchurch Bridge | 0,60 |
Whitney Bridge | 1 |
For more details on bridges, go here.
Congestion charge
As for the congestion charge, it applies to any type of car in London and Dorhum.
For London, the charge is paid every day of the week between 07:00 and 22:00. Its price is 15 pounds.
For Dorhum, the fee is charged from Monday to Saturday, between 10:00 and 16:00. Its price is 2 pounds.
A simple way to pay this fee is with AutoPay.
HGV tax – road tax England lorries
For lorries over 12 tonnes, an additional charge applies to bridge and tunnel tolls, motorway toll and congestion charge.
The price of the HGV charge is determined by means of a complex algorithm that takes into account vehicle type, weight and axle configuration, as well as euro class.
Prices vary by payment period, ranging from £1.53 to £10 for a day, £3.83 to £49.80 for a week and £7.67 to £99.60 for a month.
Detailed information on prices for heavy vehicles can be found here.
Our road toll payment solutions
If you travel often in Europe, we provide you with information on road tax payment options in all countries of this region.
Moreover, if you often pass through Hungary, Bulgaria or Poland, we can install professional toll payment equipment for you, such as HUGO, BGTOLL and eTOLL.
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