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Bath Clean Air Zone (CAZ) Check

BATH CLEAN AIR ZONE (CAZ) CHECK

How does Carwow’s Bath CAZ check work?

Carwow’s free Bath clean air zone check uses your vehicle’s registration to tell you if your vehicle is compliant and whether you’ll need to pay the daily charge to drive into the CAZ.

Our tool also shows you the boundary of Bath’s clean air zone. You can enter an address or postcode to see if it lies within the zone.

What is the Bath clean air zone?

Like many cities in England, Bath has introduced a clean air zone to help the city meet UK air quality legislation. In order to help reduce pollution from vehicle emissions, and to encourage people to use alternative means of transport to reduce congestion, Bath has introduced a clean air zone with restrictions and charges for certain vehicles entering it.

Is my vehicle compliant with the Bath clean air zone?

Bath has a class C clean air zone, which means that charges only apply to taxis, private hire vehicles, vans (including pick-ups and some camper vans), light goods vehicles (LGVs), buses, coaches and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) that do not meet the required emission standards.

Most passenger cars and motorcycles do not have to pay a daily charge for driving in Bath’s clean air zone; however some vehicles with the ‘N1’ category will be chargeable, such as 4x4s and campervans.

Non-compliant campervans and 4x4s, plus taxis, minibuses, pick-up trucks, vans and LGVs must pay a £9 daily charge to drive in the Bath clean air zone.

Private HGVs (such as motorhomes and horse transporters), coaches, buses, trucks and HGVs with exhaust emissions that comply with the Euro 1 to 5 standards for diesel or Euro 1 to 3 for petrol engines need to pay a daily charge of £100 to enter the clean air zone in Bath.

Bath clean air zone FAQs

The Bath clean air zone covers the city centre.

Clean air zones are enforced with ANPR number plate recognition cameras. These check whether any vehicle entering the clean air zone is compliant with its regulations. If non-compliant vehicles do not pay the relevant charge within the time allowed, a penalty charge notice will be issued to the registered keeper of the vehicle.

Most passenger cars and motorcycles do not have to pay a daily charge for driving in Bath’s clean air zone; however some vehicles with the ‘N1’ category, such as SUVs, 4x4s and campervans, must pay a £9 daily charge.

Taxis, minibuses, pick-ups, vans and light goods vehicles must pay a £9 daily charge to drive in the Bath clean air zone.

Non-compliant private HGVs (e.g. motorhomes and horse transporters), coaches, buses, trucks and HGVs need to pay a daily charge of £100 to enter the clean air zone in Bath.

The daily charge is valid for that day only (from midnight to midnight), not 24 hours from when you enter the clean air zone. Once you have paid the daily charge you can leave and enter the clean air zone again as many times as you like in a day.

You can pay the Bath clean air zone charge by debit or credit card up to six days in advance, on the day or up to seven days afterwards.

You can pay via the Government website.

Most passenger cars and all motorcycles are exempt from paying the CAZ charge.

Other vehicles with diesel engines that comply with the Euro VI (6) emissions standard or with petrol engines complying to Euro IV (4) emissions standard, all hybrid vehicles, fully electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are also exempt.

Other exemptions include historic vehicles, military vehicles, disabled tax class vehicles, and vehicles retrofitted with technology accredited by the Clean Vehicle Retrofit Accreditation Service (CVRAS) from the Energy Saving Trust.