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Major and minor Toll Roads in the UK
(Please note this list was compiled from various sources & tolls are subject to change)

Toll Road Cars Off-peak concessions Notes / Web links
Central London £5.00 per day Charge only applies between
7am - 6.30pm
Charge introduced in Feb 2003
http://www.cclondon.com/
M4 / M48 Severn Bridges £4.80 Westbound
(Into Wales)
Free Eastbound
(Into England)

Original Severn Bridge
opened in 1966

Second Severn Crossing
opened in 1996
www.severnbridge.co.uk

M6 Toll
Birmingham
£3.00
50% reduction between
11pm & 6am Cars £1.50
Road opened in December '03
& has a fifty year concession until 2054 when it will be handed over to governmental control
http://www.m6toll.co.uk
A15
Humber Bridge
 £2.50

None 

Was the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world when opened in 1981. www.humberbridge.co.uk
A19
Tyne Tunnel
 80p

None

Tunnel opened in 1967
www.twpta.gov.uk
A38
Tamar Bridge

£1 Eastbound
(Into Devon)

Free Westbound
(Into Cornwall)
www.tamarbridge.org.uk

1st May to
30th Sept.

1 Oct to
30th April
A90
Forth Bridge
80p
Northbound
(Into Fife)
Free Southbound
(Into Lothian)
Bridge opened in 1964
www.feta.gov.uk
 
A92
Tay Bridge
80p
Southbound
(Into Fife)
Free Northbound
(Into Dundee) 
Bridge opened in 1966
www.tayroadbridge.co.uk
A282 (M25) Dartford Crossings £1.00 Bridge Southbound
Twin Tunnels Northbound 
Tunnels opened in
1967 and 1980 respectively
One of Europe's most heavily used toll crossings

www.dartfordrivercrossing.co.uk
A898
Erskine Bridge
Glasgow
60p  None Bridge opened in 1971
Mersey Tunnels £1.30 Kingsway & Queensway Tunnels Queensway (Opened in 1934)
is the longest road tunnel in the UK at 3.2km
Mersey Tunnels info
A19
Second Tyne Crossing
Could be open in 2008
Not yet Known Not Known

Official site
www.newtynecrossing.info/

A406?
Thames Gateway
Could open in 2010
Not yet known Not known Projected Major Crossing of the Lower Thames

Find out more Here

Minor Tolls (Bridges)

A57
Dunham Bridge
Nottinghamshire
25p   Toll Bridge over River Trent
A178
Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge
80p None Toll Bridge over
River Tees
opened in 1911

More info here
A477
Cleddau Bridge
Pembroke
75p None 820m Box Girder
Bridge over
Milford Haven
Waterway
A588
Cartford Bridge
Near Blackpool
30p   Toll Bridge over the River Wyre
A3025
Itchen Bridge
Southampton
60p   Toll Bridge over River Itchen
Opened in 1977
B471
Whitchurch-on-
Thames, Bucks
10p   Present Bridge dates from 1902
Find out more here
B3129
Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol
30p No 5p's accepted! Toll Bridge over
Avon Gorge
Official website
Here
B4044
Whitney-on-Wye
at Eynsham, Oxfordshire
5p or 8p or 10p?? Local uproar when the toll was raised from 2p to 5p! Toll Bridge over
upper part of the
River Thames
B4350
River Wye Bridge nr. Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
20p or 50p?   Toll Bridge over
River Wye
B5159
Warburton
Toll Bridge
10p or 12p? Mornings only 8-10am Bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal
Aldwick Toll Bri.
north west of 
York
15p   Toll Bridge over
River Ouse
Batheseaton Bri. off A4
Near Bath
30p   Toll Bridge
Briwet Bridge
Penmeanpool
Linking the
A493 and A496 N.Wales
30p   Toll Bridge over
Afon Mawddach
Estuary
Braunton Toll Rd. Nr. Barnstaple Devon ?   Privately owned access road to Braunton Burrows Beach & Estate
Dulwich, London
The Toll Gate
College Road
50p   Built in 1789 and still in use
Durham
Saddler Street

 

£2.00 Charge introduced on 1st Oct. 2002 Read about the scheme here to
charge cars to enter the Cathedral Peninsular.
Eling Toll Bridge
Nr. Totton, Hants
80p   Toll Bridge
for location see
here
Gt. Ormes Head
Marine Drive, Llandudno
15p Summer only

One way traffic

Cut into the hill-side the road twists around
Gt. Ormes Head past the lighthouse
Kimmeridge, Near Swanage, Dorset £2.00 £5.00 for
wind surfers!

Find out more here
One mile long private access road to the beach which the owners levy a charge
Porlock Somerset £1.00?   Porlock Manor Estate Private toll Rd. avoiding Porlock Hill
Rye House to Roydon, Herts. 50p Link road owned by a Private Water Company For map of location see here
Sandwich Estate, Kent £1 Link road from the town to Sandwich Estate Beach For map of location see here
Shrewsbury
Kingsland Bridge
10p   Toll Bridge from the late C19th over the R. Severn
Spurn Head
East Yorkshire
£1.50?   The one and only time I went down this road back in 1988. It was free!
Weston super Mare Somerset 70p Private Road leading to Sand Point  
     

Forestry Commission Toll Roads

Cropton Forest
N.York Moors National Park
£4.00 Low Season £1.50 Forestry Commission Road
Dalby Forest 
N.York Moors National Park
£4.00 Low Season £1.50 Forestry Commission Road
Galloway Forest Scotland
Raiders Road Forest Drive
£1.00? Summer only
April to October
Forest Drive Toll
Hamsterley Forest
Co. Durham
£2.00 Forestry
Commission Road
£20 Season Ticket
Forest Drive
Toll Road
Kielder to A68 Northumberland £1.00? Forestry Commission Road Forest Drive
Toll Road

Former Tolled Road / Bridges

The Cob at
   Portmadog
  Was 5p Further info here Road on lower level
Railway on upper part
A87
Skye Bridge
Tolls stopped
in Dec 2004
Tolls were
£5.70
High Season
£4.70
Low Season
Bridge opened in 1995

www.skye-bridge.co.uk

 

 
         
         

* Special thanks to Guy for suggesting that I include M4Simons list from an early SABRE thread from 30.05.02 for a lot of information for the above chart.
* Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge thanks to Paul Berry.
* The Cob at Portmadog no longer levies a toll. Thanks to Mark for this info.
* Thanks to Bealach na Ba for toll info on the Erskine Bridge.
* Spurn Head & Rye House info thanks to Chris C2R.
* Clifton Bridge road classification number & toll
* Thanks to Nag for confirmation of Tay and Forth road bridges info.
* Thanks to Tony Priest for correct toll charge for A57 Dunham Bridge
Also correct toll directional charges Re: England & Wales
Info thanks to Christopher Larsen (Seajay)
* Thanks to Nic Storr for extra info on M6Toll road.
* Thanks to Paul Berry (UK Roads) for the info on the Sandwich Estate
* Thanks to Jon Earley for Totton Bridge info

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