Tolls
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Free to drive. Motorways are free; bridges, tunnels and ferries are priced on their own.
Fuel, week 2026-10-26
€2.09
petrol /l · diesel €2.39
How a visitor pays
Motorways are free apart from the M6 Toll north of Birmingham, paid at the plaza or online. The Dartford Crossing on the M25 is a Dart Charge paid online by midnight the next day; the Tyne tunnels and the Mersey tunnels are paid online or at the booth. London's Congestion Charge and ULEZ apply to foreign cars too: register the vehicle and pay by the next day.
From gov.uk/dart-charge, checked 2026-10-02.
Bridges, tunnels and city charges
Priced on their own, on top of any motorway charge. A car, one crossing, the published tariff.
- ⛴ Fishguard–Rosslare ferry€241.07
Car up to 6 m
~3.5 h across St George's Channel — the SW Wales crossing into SE Ireland.
- ⛴ Holyhead–Dublin ferry€229.07
Car up to 6 m
~3.25 h, the busiest Irish Sea route. Fast craft do it in ~2 h.
- ⛴ Cairnryan–Belfast ferry€224.27
Car up to 6 m
~2.25 h from SW Scotland — the short hop to Northern Ireland.
- ⛴ Liverpool (Birkenhead)–Belfast ferry€224.27
Car up to 6 m
Overnight ~8 h, cabin available.
- ⛴ Amsterdam (IJmuiden)–Newcastle ferry€200.00
Car
Overnight ~15 h, cabin included — the way into Scotland/NE England without driving the length of GB.
- ⛴ Pembroke–Rosslare ferry€184.70
Car up to 6 m
~4 h.
- ⛴ Cairnryan–Larne ferry€176.30
Car up to 6 m
~2 h.
- 🚇 Eurotunnel Le Shuttle (Folkestone–Calais)€148.72
Car + up to 9 passengers
~35 min, drive on / drive off — the fastest Channel crossing for a car or camper. Book ahead; height/length bands apply to high vehicles and caravans.
- ⛴ Newhaven–Dieppe ferry€140.32
Car up to 6 m
~4 h. Lands you in Normandy — shorter drive than Calais if you're heading into western France.
- ⛴ Dover–Calais ferry€136.72
Car + up to 5 passengers
About 1 h 40 min (DFDS), very frequent — the workhorse Channel crossing and usually the cheapest.
- ⛴ Dover–Dunkirk ferry€136.72
Car + up to 5 passengers
~2 h. Dunkirk terminal is west of the town, handy for the A16 toward Belgium/NL.
- ⛴ Ullapool–Stornoway ferry (Lewis)€82.81
Car, driver extra
CalMac publishes a fixed fare table per route.
- ⛴ Uig–Tarbert ferry (Harris)€50.25
Car, passengers extra
CalMac publishes a fixed fare table per route.
- 🏙 London Congestion Charge€21.59
Any motor vehicle, one charge a day
£18/day in central London, 07:00–18:00 Mon–Fri / 12:00–18:00 weekends. Separate from ULEZ.
- ⛴ Oban–Craignure ferry (Mull)€21.11
Car, passengers extra
About 45 min. CalMac publishes a fixed fare table per route.
- 🚇 M6 Toll€8.88
Car (class 2)
Optional tolled bypass of the M6 around Birmingham.
- 🚇 Dartford Crossing€4.20
Class B: car (including when towing a trailer), motorhome, or minibus with 9 seats or fewer
Dart Charge — pay online by midnight the day after; motorcycles free. Charged 06:00–22:00.
On a Sunday
open, with limits. In England and Wales a large supermarket may open only six hours between 10:00 and 18:00 — usually closing at 16:00 or 17:00. Small shops and petrol stations are unrestricted, and Scotland has no Sunday limit.
Low-emission zones
- 🚫 London: ULEZ — £12.50/day if non-compliant (covers all Greater London) — Pre-Euro-6 diesel / pre-Euro-4 petrol pay £12.50/day; separate from the central Congestion Charge
Roads through this country
In an emergency
112. 999 or 112; register at emergencysms.net to reach 999 by text; the phone sends its position.
From gov.uk, checked 2026-10-03.
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