Bradford, United Kingdom · Low emission zone
In force in Bradford right nowTuesday, 13 October 2026 at 10:04 · Europe/London
The zone runs continuously; whether you pay depends on what you drive, which this does not check. A car and a motorbike are outside the charge at every hour.
The boundary we hold includes the outer ring road itself, because the council states the red line is inside the zone. Unlike Birmingham's A4540 or Edinburgh's ring, this ring road is not a way round.
Operating times only, read from the source below. It does not check your vehicle.
Bradford's is the largest Clean Air Zone in England — 9.35 square miles by the national register, reaching out of the city centre along the Aire valley to Shipley and Saltaire — and it does not charge cars.
The council calls it a Class C+ zone: passenger cars and motorbikes are not charged even when used for work, while a non-compliant hackney carriage or private hire vehicle pays £7 a day, a non-compliant van, light goods vehicle or minibus £9, and a non-compliant HGV, bus or coach £50. Campervans, motorhomes and car-derived vans are charged like vans, whether the journey is for work or for fun.
There is no charge for a car or a motorbike in Bradford, and the council says so in as many words — "Cars and motorbikes don't have to pay in Bradford—even if you use them for work" — so this blank is the scheme's, not ours.
The zone does charge other vehicles, and at three different rates: £7 a day for a non-compliant hackney carriage or private hire vehicle, £9 for a non-compliant minibus or light goods vehicle, and £50 for a non-compliant HGV, bus or coach. Campervans, motorhomes and car-derived vans count as light goods vehicles here, not as cars.
A charging day means midnight to midnight. You can go in and out of the zone as many times as you like in one day and pay only once, but driving in the zone before and after midnight is two days and two charges.
The zone covers the area inside, and including, the Bradford outer ring road — the ring road itself is in the zone, not a way round it. It also extends out along the Aire valley corridor, through Manningham Lane, Bradford Road and the Canal Road area, to take in Shipley and Saltaire.
Euro 4 petrol or newer is compliant for vans, light goods vehicles and minibuses. Taxis and private hire vehicles have their own table rather than one standard: a Euro 5 or 6 petrol hybrid or Euro 5 petrol/LPG clears a four-seat private hire vehicle, while a larger private hire vehicle, a wheelchair-accessible one or a hackney carriage clears at Euro 4 petrol.
Euro 6 diesel or newer, including alternative fuels, is compliant for HGVs, buses and coaches, and Euro 6 diesel is the standard for vans, light goods vehicles, minibuses, taxis and private hire vehicles as well. An older diesel in any of those classes is charged; an older diesel car is not charged at all.
Next scheduled re-check: 2026-12-10.