The Congestion Charge
Just a bit of background – not that you'll
need to worry about this now.
- The Congestion Charging Operating Hours
are 7:00AM - 6:00PM
- Charging Days are Monday to Friday
(excluding Public Holidays).
- The Congestion Charging Zone is clearly
defined by signs and / or road markings at
entrance and exit points.
- The standard daily charge is £8.
Map of the Zone
Payment of the Congestion Charge
allows you to enter, drive within, and exit the
Congestion Charging Zone as many times as you wish on that day.
Here's how TFL describe the
zone:
"There are no tollbooths or barriers around the
Congestion Charging Zone and no physical tickets
or passes are required. Instead, you pay to
register your vehicle registration mark on a
database for your journeys within the Congestion
Charging Zone, on a daily, weekly, monthly or
annual basis. Cameras read your vehicle
registration mark as you enter, drive within or
exit the Congestion Charging Zone and check it
against the database. Once your vehicle
registration mark has been matched, showing that
you have paid or do not have to pay the charge
(because your vehicle is exempt or 100%
discounted), the photographic image of your
vehicle is automatically wiped from the
database.
"The computer keeps the vehicle registration
mark of vehicles that should have paid but have
not done so and issue a Penalty Charge Notice
(PCN) of £100 to the registered keeper of the
vehicle. As with parking penalties, this payment
will be reduced to £50 for prompt payment within
14 days. Failure to pay the PCN within 28 days
will result in the penalty being increased to
£150."
For further information on the congestion
charge we recommend visiting
Transport for London.
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