Low Bridge Map — United Kingdom

There are 22,589 recorded height restrictions on roads in United Kingdom — bridges, tunnels, underpasses and height barriers. The lowest clearance a road vehicle could pass is 2.00 m — anything tagged lower is a gate or a barrier — and 4,969 restrictions are under 2.5 m. This map shows all of them, and the data behind it is rebuilt every week.

Updated October 25, 2026

22,589Restrictions

4,969under 2.5 m

2.00 mLowest6 ft 7 in

9,341height unknown

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The lowest clearances in United Kingdom

The 100 lowest signed restrictions, lowest first. Every one of the 22,589 is on the map above.

Location	Height	Type	Road	Region
The Bowers · Chorley	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Radfall Road · Canterbury	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Napier Gardens · Rushmoor	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Arcadian Court · St Albans	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Arcadian Court · St Albans	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Avenue Jacques Faucheux · Ashford	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Swanmead Way · Tonbridge and Malling	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Southernhay East · Exeter	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Hazlehead Avenue · Aberdeen City	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	Scotland
New Barn Lane · East Hampshire	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
West Motney Way · Gillingham	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Basingstoke and Deane	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Coalport Road · Broseley	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
High Street · Surrey Heath	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
De Grey Terrace · York	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Windmill Lane · Broxbourne	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Elmgreen Close · Greater London	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Baldock Road · North Hertfordshire	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Walton Well Road · Oxford	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Kingsbury Road · Birmingham	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Fishponds Road · Kenilworth	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Westbrook Lane · Canterbury	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
St John's Wood Car Park · City of Westminster	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Berry Head Road · Brixham	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Avon Run Road · Christchurch	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Queen Mary Close · Greater London	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Chester Green · Broxtowe	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Palmers Road · Redditch	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Churchgate · Bassetlaw	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Eastlake Street · Plymouth	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Steep Hill · Torbay	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Cow Lane · Reading	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Coalport	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
A14 · Ipswich	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	A14	England
Engine Lane · Broxtowe	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Engine Lane · Broxtowe	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Swan and Pike Road · Greater London	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Fort Road · Newhaven	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Meadow Way · Northampton	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Station Approach · Metropolitan Borough of Solihull	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
BW 147 · Guildford	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	BW 147	England
Maze Green Heights · East Hertfordshire	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Maple Drive · Mid Sussex	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Filtrick Lane · Troon	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Westway · Crawley	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Widney Road · Metropolitan Borough of Solihull	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Widney Road · Metropolitan Borough of Solihull	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
B1348 · Longniddry	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	B1348	Scotland
Market Road · Rother	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Turton Lane · Bury	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
High Bridgham Road · Breckland District	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
West Quay Road · Southampton	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
The Terrace · Southampton	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
West Quay Road · Southampton	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
High Bridge Road · Chelmsford	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Stockdove Way · Greater London	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
George Square · Nottingham	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Portland Street · Bassetlaw	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Trinity Road · Southampton	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Park Drive · Royal Leamington Spa	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Church Road · West Suffolk	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Ramsgate Road · Dover	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Ulceby	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Commercial Road · Strood	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Flood Defence · Malvern Hills	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Vowels Lane · Mid Sussex	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Regent's Park Road · Greater London	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Bedford	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Hunsbury Hill Road · Upton	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Slater Street · Barrow-in-Furness	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Victoria Street · Belfast City District	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	Northern Ireland
Inkpen Road · Kintbury	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Ethelred Court · Oxford	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Prudhoe Street · Newcastle upon Tyne	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Station Way · North Hertfordshire	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Consort Way · Reigate and Banstead	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Turner Walk · Crawley	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Station Drive · Birmingham	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Station Drive · Birmingham	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Middelburg Square · Folkestone and Hythe District	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Middelburg Square · Folkestone and Hythe District	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Middelburg Square · Folkestone and Hythe District	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Falkland Place · Glenrothes	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	Scotland
Rothesay Place · Glenrothes	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	Scotland
Greater London	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Ipsley Street · Redditch	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Ross Way · Folkestone and Hythe District	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Longdon Road · Metropolitan Borough of Solihull	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Sergeant Simon Valentine Way · Nuneaton and Bedworth	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
St Margaret's Way · Leicester	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Ram Yard · Bedford	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Alfred Street South · Nottingham	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Sherriffs Ride · Lichfield	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Glenrothes	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	Scotland
Glenrothes	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	Scotland
Kingsbury Road · Birmingham	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Newport to Cowes cycleway · Newport	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
Dunboe Place · Borough of Spelthorne	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England
New Street · Musselburgh	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	Scotland
Avenue Jacques Faucheux · Ashford	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England

By region

Where the 22,589 restrictions in United Kingdom are, across 227 regions.

Region	Restrictions	Lowest
Kent	922	2.00 m
Surrey	701	2.00 m
Norfolk	694	2.00 m
Hampshire	673	2.00 m
Hertfordshire	634	2.00 m
Lancashire	472	2.00 m
Warwickshire	456	2.00 m
Birmingham	427	2.00 m
Cambridgeshire	404	2.00 m
Leeds	360	2.00 m
Essex	355	2.00 m
Staffordshire	349	2.00 m
Devon	343	2.00 m
Edinburgh	326	2.00 m
Sandwell	312	2.00 m
Northamptonshire	303	2.00 m
Oxfordshire	290	2.00 m
Derbyshire	285	2.00 m
Cumbria	285	2.00 m
East Sussex	270	2.00 m
West Sussex	265	2.00 m
Nottinghamshire	255	2.00 m
Gloucestershire	253	2.00 m
Cheshire East	249	2.10 m
Cornwall	244	2.00 m
Somerset	240	2.00 m
Leicestershire	239	2.00 m
Bristol	225	2.00 m
Buckinghamshire	217	2.00 m
North Yorkshire	209	2.10 m
Tower Hamlets	205	2.00 m
Worcestershire	200	2.00 m
Southwark	196	2.00 m
Durham	195	2.00 m
Nottingham	195	2.00 m
Westminster	193	2.00 m
Newham	183	2.00 m
Glasgow	183	2.00 m
South Gloucestershire	179	2.00 m
Wiltshire	175	2.00 m
Gateshead	172	2.00 m
Milton Keynes	167	2.00 m
Manchester	165	2.00 m
Wakefield	162	2.10 m
Camden	161	2.00 m
Highland	154	2.00 m
Lincolnshire	143	2.00 m
Warrington	141	2.00 m
Aberdeen	141	2.00 m
Fife	141	2.00 m
Suffolk	138	2.00 m
Coventry	137	2.05 m
Southampton	133	2.00 m
West Berkshire	131	2.00 m
Dorset	128	2.00 m
Hackney	121	2.00 m
Shropshire	118	2.00 m
Cheshire West and Chester	117	2.00 m
Medway	115	2.00 m
York	110	2.00 m
Northumberland	109	2.00 m
Barnet	104	2.00 m
Brent	101	2.00 m
Sheffield	97	2.05 m
Cardiff	97	2.15 m
Gwynedd	95	2.00 m
Sunderland	90	2.10 m
Reading	88	2.00 m
Peterborough	85	2.00 m
Waltham Forest	85	2.00 m
Newcastle upon Tyne	84	2.00 m
Lambeth	84	2.30 m
Wokingham	84	2.00 m
Perthshire and Kinross	82	2.00 m
Wigan	82	2.00 m
Liverpool	81	2.10 m
Brighton and Hove	80	2.00 m
Derby	80	2.00 m
Barnsley	80	2.00 m
Kirklees	77	2.00 m
Hillingdon	77	2.00 m
Swindon	77	2.00 m
Bromley	75	2.00 m
Stoke-on-Trent	75	2.00 m
Aberdeenshire	72	2.00 m
Walsall	70	2.00 m
Newport	70	2.00 m
Enfield	70	2.00 m
North Lanarkshire	67	2.20 m
Central Bedfordshire	67	2.00 m
Ealing	66	2.00 m
Flintshire	66	2.00 m
Tameside	65	2.10 m
Luton	64	2.00 m
Thurrock	63	2.10 m
Anglesey	63	2.00 m
Halton	63	2.00 m
Lewisham	62	2.00 m
Doncaster	61	4.30 m
Renfrewshire	61	2.50 m
Solihull	59	2.00 m
Oldham	59	2.00 m
Isle of Wight	59	2.00 m
North Somerset	58	2.00 m
Richmond upon Thames	58	2.00 m
Moray	58	2.00 m
Hounslow	58	2.00 m
Haringey	57	2.00 m
West Lothian	56	2.50 m
City	55	2.36 m
Wandsworth	55	2.00 m
Bexley	55	2.00 m
Kensington and Chelsea	54	2.44 m
Bath and North East Somerset	53	2.25 m
Bradford	53	2.10 m
Harrow	53	2.00 m
Calderdale	52	2.00 m
Bournemouth	51	2.40 m
Dumfries and Galloway	50	2.13 m
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead	49	2.00 m
Salford	49	2.10 m
Swansea	48	2.00 m
Stockport	48	2.00 m
Merseyside	48	2.10 m
Hammersmith and Fulham	46	2.40 m
West Dunbartonshire	46	2.00 m
Trafford	46	2.05 m
Telford and Wrekin	45	2.00 m
Torbay	45	2.00 m
Leicester	44	2.00 m
Plymouth	43	2.00 m
Kingston upon Thames	41	2.00 m
Newry and Mourne	40	2.08 m
Falkirk	40	2.00 m
Greenwich	39	2.00 m
Wolverhampton	39	2.74 m
Portsmouth	38	2.00 m
Dungannon	38	2.00 m
Conwy	38	2.21 m
Croydon	37	2.00 m
Bedford	37	2.00 m
North East Lincolnshire	33	2.00 m
Belfast	33	2.00 m
Rotherham	33	3.96 m
Poole	33	2.06 m
Slough	33	2.00 m
Redbridge	32	2.13 m
Midlothian	31	2.00 m
East Riding of Yorkshire	31	2.10 m
Bracknell Forest	31	2.00 m
Scottish Borders	31	2.00 m
Dudley	30	2.00 m
Monmouthshire	29	2.06 m
Stockton-on-Tees	28	2.00 m
Down	28	2.06 m
Coleraine	27	2.08 m
Lisburn	26	2.20 m
North Tyneside	26	2.30 m
South Tyneside	25	3.58 m
Dundee	25	2.10 m
Merton	25	2.00 m
Wrexham	25	2.00 m
South Lanarkshire	24	2.29 m
Sutton	23	2.00 m
Derry	23	2.90 m
Darlington	23	2.74 m
Havering	22	2.20 m
Pembrokeshire	22	2.00 m
East Lothian	22	2.00 m
Barking and Dagenham	21	2.00 m
Blackburn with Darwen	21	2.10 m
Blackpool	21	2.50 m
Islington	21	2.30 m
Neath Port Talbot	21	2.00 m
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	21	2.59 m
East Dunbartonshire	21	2.00 m
Argyll and Bute	20	2.00 m
Knowsley	19	3.51 m
Angus	19	2.00 m
Craigavon	18	2.06 m
Carmarthenshire	18	2.00 m
Caerphilly	17	2.00 m
South Ayrshire	17	2.29 m
Vale of Glamorgan	17	2.00 m
Powys	17	2.00 m
Kingston upon Hull	16	3.50 m
Herefordshire	16	2.10 m
Bury	16	2.00 m
Stirling	15	3.12 m
Bolton	15	2.10 m
Ceredigion	15	3.00 m
North Ayshire	14	2.10 m
Magherafelt	14	2.30 m
Antrim	14	2.50 m
North Lincolnshire	14	2.00 m
Inverclyde	13	2.20 m
Rochdale	13	2.08 m
Bridgend	10	2.50 m
Redcar and Cleveland	10	2.10 m
Larne	10	2.13 m
Merthyr Tydfil	9	3.00 m
Denbighshire	9	2.00 m
Middlesbrough	9	2.10 m
Ballymena	9	2.51 m
North Down	9	2.50 m
Banbridge	8	3.50 m
Newtownabbey	8	2.50 m
Armagh	8	2.06 m
Moyle	7	2.00 m
East Renfrewshire	7	3.40 m
Torfaen	7	2.10 m
Southend-on-Sea	7	2.10 m
Mid Ulster	7	2.20 m
Sefton	6	2.90 m
Rutland	6	2.00 m
East Ayrshire	6	4.20 m
Clackmannanshire	6	3.89 m
Ballymoney	5	2.00 m
Hartlepool	5	2.30 m
Ards	5	2.10 m
Fermanagh	5	2.00 m
Carrickfergus	4	3.30 m
Castlereagh	4	2.00 m
Limavady	3	2.30 m
Eilean Siar	2	3.90 m
Omagh	2	4.00 m
Strabane	1	3.70 m

How to read this data

Every point on this map comes from open map data, where a height restriction is recorded against the road, the bridge or the barrier it applies to. We rebuild our copy of United Kingdom once a week, so a clearance corrected on Monday is here by the following weekend. The table lists the 100 lowest restrictions in the country; the map shows every one of them.

Of the 22,589 restrictions in United Kingdom, 9,341 carry no height at all. That does not mean the road is clear. It means somebody recorded that a limit exists without recording the number — an unsigned height barrier, a sign nobody has read closely, or a tag that says only "lower than the usual limit". Treat those as unknown obstacles, not as open road. The rest break down as 4,969 under 2.5 m, 1,452 between 2.5 and 3.2 m, 2,098 between 3.2 and 4.0 m, and 4,729 above 4.0 m, with a median stated clearance of 3.28 m.

Coverage is uneven, and honestly so

This data is surveyed by people, and people survey what they drive. Motorways and trunk roads in United Kingdom are close to complete; farm tracks, private yards and small village underpasses are not. Kent alone accounts for 922 of the country's restrictions, which says as much about who maps there as about where the low bridges are. A road with no marker on this map has probably never been surveyed for clearance — it is not a guarantee of headroom.

How tall is your vehicle

Vehicle	Typical height
Small campervan (VW California, Transit Custom)	2.0–2.2 m
Panel van conversion with a roof vent	2.6–2.9 m
Coachbuilt motorhome	3.0–3.5 m
Motorhome with a roof box or satellite dome	up to 3.6 m
Box truck / lorry	4.0 m

Measure yours rather than trusting the brochure: an air conditioner, a solar panel or a roof rack routinely adds 20 cm to a figure that was measured empty, and a loaded suspension does not give it back. Write the number on a sticker on the dashboard — it is the only figure that matters at the moment you are looking at a bridge and a queue of traffic behind you.

Before you drive

Restrictions cluster where old railways cross old roads, and those are exactly the routes a satnav picks to avoid a motorway toll. If your vehicle is over 3 m, plan the route before you start rather than trusting the shortest line on a phone screen.

Questions

How do I find the low bridges on my route in United Kingdom?

Open the map above and look along your route before you leave: all 22,589 recorded restrictions in United Kingdom are on it, coloured by clearance, and the table lists the 100 lowest with the town and road each one is on. On the road itself you want something watching ahead for you — a plan made at the kitchen table does not help at a junction you have already reached.

What is the maximum vehicle height allowed in United Kingdom?

The general limit is 5.03 m, and anything lower than that has to be signed. That is exactly what makes the 22,589 restrictions on this page worth reading: they are the places where the ordinary limit does not apply.

How many low bridges are there in United Kingdom?

Recorded here are 22,589 height restrictions of every kind — railway bridges, tunnels, underpasses and height barriers. 4,969 of them are under 2.5 m and 1,452 are between 2.5 and 3.2 m — the band that stops an ordinary campervan — while 4,729 are above 4.0 m.

What is the lowest bridge in United Kingdom?

The lowest clearance a road vehicle could pass is 2.00 m; anything tagged lower is a gate or a barrier rather than a road. The median stated clearance is 3.28 m, and the table above starts at the lowest and works up.

A restriction on the map has no height. Does that mean the road is clear?

No. 9,341 of the 22,589 restrictions in United Kingdom carry no number at all: somebody recorded that a limit exists without recording what it is — an unsigned barrier, a sign nobody read closely. Treat those as unknown obstacles, not as open road.

Where does this data come from, and how current is it?

From OpenStreetMap, rebuilt weekly; these figures were last measured on October 25, 2026. Coverage is uneven and this page says so: Kent alone accounts for 922 of the restrictions, which is as much about where people survey as about where the low bridges are.

Nearby countries

Ireland2,196 · lowest 2.00 m France50,380 · lowest 2.00 m Belgium4,344 · lowest 2.00 m Netherlands12,531 · lowest 2.00 m Germany102,381 · lowest 2.00 m Italy23,486 · lowest 2.00 m

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