Low Bridge Map — United Kingdom

There are 22,244 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 4,840 restrictions are under 2.5 m. This map shows all of them, and the data behind it is rebuilt every week.

Updated September 6, 2026

22,244Restrictions

4,840under 2.5 m

2.00 mLowest6 ft 7 in

9,233height unknown

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The lowest clearances in United Kingdom

The 100 lowest signed restrictions, lowest first. Every one of the 22,244 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
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
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
Heeley Road · Birmingham	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	restriction	—	England
Pasteur Road · Great Yarmouth	2.00 m6 ft 7 in	barrier	—	England

By region

Where the 22,244 restrictions in United Kingdom are, across 227 regions.

Region	Restrictions	Lowest
Kent	917	1.20 m
Surrey	700	1.75 m
Norfolk	691	1.00 m
Hampshire	667	1.00 m
Hertfordshire	614	1.00 m
Lancashire	470	1.00 m
Warwickshire	455	1.80 m
Cambridgeshire	400	1.80 m
Birmingham	400	1.60 m
Essex	354	1.20 m
Staffordshire	349	1.50 m
Devon	336	1.70 m
Edinburgh	324	1.20 m
Leeds	298	1.00 m
Sandwell	293	1.50 m
Northamptonshire	293	1.90 m
Oxfordshire	291	1.30 m
Derbyshire	290	1.70 m
Cumbria	284	1.80 m
East Sussex	267	1.20 m
West Sussex	262	1.80 m
Nottinghamshire	253	1.00 m
Gloucestershire	252	1.20 m
Cheshire East	246	1.85 m
Cornwall	243	1.00 m
Somerset	240	1.00 m
Leicestershire	232	1.80 m
Bristol	215	1.20 m
Buckinghamshire	215	1.83 m
North Yorkshire	209	1.00 m
Tower Hamlets	205	1.98 m
Worcestershire	199	1.00 m
Durham	195	1.80 m
Southwark	195	1.88 m
Nottingham	194	1.00 m
Westminster	192	1.83 m
Glasgow	183	1.50 m
Newham	180	1.00 m
South Gloucestershire	179	1.80 m
Gateshead	172	1.98 m
Milton Keynes	167	1.90 m
Wiltshire	166	1.90 m
Manchester	162	1.80 m
Wakefield	162	2.10 m
Camden	157	1.85 m
Highland	153	1.00 m
Lincolnshire	142	1.00 m
Aberdeen	140	1.70 m
Warrington	140	1.90 m
Suffolk	138	1.00 m
Fife	136	1.90 m
Coventry	135	1.90 m
Southampton	133	1.90 m
West Berkshire	131	1.20 m
Dorset	127	2.00 m
Hackney	119	2.00 m
Cheshire West and Chester	116	1.75 m
Medway	115	1.19 m
Shropshire	114	1.98 m
Northumberland	109	1.90 m
York	107	1.80 m
Barnet	104	1.85 m
Brent	100	1.90 m
Gwynedd	94	1.80 m
Sheffield	91	1.80 m
Sunderland	90	2.10 m
Reading	87	1.90 m
Waltham Forest	84	1.90 m
Newcastle upon Tyne	84	2.00 m
Wokingham	83	1.50 m
Liverpool	82	1.98 m
Wigan	82	1.40 m
Perthshire and Kinross	82	1.98 m
Peterborough	82	2.00 m
Derby	80	1.83 m
Lambeth	80	2.30 m
Barnsley	80	1.70 m
Brighton and Hove	77	1.00 m
Kirklees	77	1.90 m
Hillingdon	77	1.83 m
Swindon	77	1.70 m
Stoke-on-Trent	75	1.80 m
Bromley	74	1.90 m
Enfield	71	1.83 m
Walsall	70	1.80 m
Aberdeenshire	70	2.00 m
Newport	69	1.70 m
Cardiff	69	2.15 m
North Lanarkshire	67	2.20 m
Flintshire	66	1.91 m
Tameside	65	1.60 m
Central Bedfordshire	65	1.80 m
Ealing	64	2.01 m
Halton	64	1.80 m
Luton	63	1.90 m
Anglesey	63	1.50 m
Lewisham	61	2.00 m
Doncaster	61	1.75 m
Thurrock	61	1.83 m
Oldham	59	1.98 m
Renfrewshire	59	2.50 m
Solihull	59	2.00 m
Richmond upon Thames	58	1.70 m
Moray	58	1.00 m
Hounslow	58	1.83 m
Isle of Wight	57	1.00 m
North Somerset	57	1.90 m
West Lothian	56	1.98 m
Haringey	56	1.50 m
City	55	1.80 m
Bexley	54	2.00 m
Bath and North East Somerset	54	1.98 m
Kensington and Chelsea	54	1.80 m
Bradford	53	1.40 m
Harrow	53	1.96 m
Wandsworth	52	2.00 m
Calderdale	52	2.00 m
Swansea	51	1.50 m
Bournemouth	51	2.40 m
Dumfries and Galloway	50	1.98 m
Salford	50	1.98 m
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead	48	2.00 m
Stockport	48	1.85 m
West Dunbartonshire	46	2.00 m
Merseyside	46	1.80 m
Torbay	45	2.00 m
Telford and Wrekin	44	1.83 m
Plymouth	43	1.95 m
Leicester	42	1.90 m
Hammersmith and Fulham	42	1.80 m
Kingston upon Thames	41	1.90 m
Falkirk	40	1.98 m
Newry and Mourne	40	1.80 m
Wolverhampton	39	2.74 m
Greenwich	38	2.10 m
Conwy	38	1.83 m
Trafford	38	1.98 m
Portsmouth	37	1.75 m
Croydon	37	1.80 m
Bedford	37	1.40 m
Dungannon	35	1.98 m
North East Lincolnshire	33	1.00 m
Rotherham	33	1.80 m
Poole	33	2.06 m
Redbridge	32	1.98 m
Slough	32	1.98 m
Belfast	31	1.88 m
Midlothian	31	2.00 m
Bracknell Forest	31	1.95 m
East Riding of Yorkshire	31	2.10 m
Scottish Borders	31	2.00 m
Dudley	30	1.98 m
Monmouthshire	29	1.68 m
Down	28	1.95 m
Stockton-on-Tees	28	2.00 m
Lisburn	26	2.20 m
North Tyneside	26	2.30 m
Dundee	25	1.80 m
Coleraine	25	2.08 m
Merton	25	1.75 m
Wrexham	25	1.90 m
South Tyneside	25	3.58 m
South Lanarkshire	24	1.98 m
Sutton	23	2.00 m
Derry	23	2.90 m
Darlington	23	2.74 m
Pembrokeshire	22	1.90 m
Blackpool	22	1.90 m
East Lothian	22	1.80 m
Havering	22	1.67 m
Islington	21	2.30 m
East Dunbartonshire	21	1.30 m
Neath Port Talbot	21	1.75 m
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	21	1.85 m
Blackburn with Darwen	21	1.50 m
Argyll and Bute	20	2.00 m
Barking and Dagenham	19	1.20 m
Angus	19	1.80 m
Craigavon	18	1.90 m
Knowsley	18	3.51 m
Carmarthenshire	17	2.00 m
Vale of Glamorgan	17	2.00 m
South Ayrshire	17	2.29 m
Caerphilly	17	2.00 m
Powys	17	1.65 m
Herefordshire	16	1.85 m
Stirling	16	3.12 m
Kingston upon Hull	16	3.50 m
Bolton	15	2.10 m
North Ayshire	14	2.10 m
North Lincolnshire	14	2.00 m
Antrim	14	2.50 m
Inverclyde	13	2.20 m
Ceredigion	13	3.00 m
Magherafelt	13	2.30 m
Bury	13	2.00 m
Rochdale	13	2.08 m
Redcar and Cleveland	10	2.10 m
Larne	10	2.13 m
Bridgend	10	2.50 m
Ballymena	9	2.51 m
North Down	9	2.50 m
Middlesbrough	9	1.83 m
Denbighshire	9	2.00 m
Banbridge	8	3.50 m
Merthyr Tydfil	8	3.40 m
Newtownabbey	8	1.98 m
East Renfrewshire	7	3.40 m
Armagh	7	2.06 m
Moyle	7	2.00 m
Southend-on-Sea	7	2.10 m
Torfaen	7	1.88 m
Mid Ulster	7	2.20 m
East Ayrshire	6	4.20 m
Sefton	6	2.90 m
Rutland	6	2.00 m
Clackmannanshire	6	3.89 m
Ballymoney	5	2.00 m
Ards	5	2.10 m
Hartlepool	5	2.30 m
Fermanagh	5	1.98 m
Carrickfergus	4	1.98 m
Limavady	3	2.30 m
Castlereagh	2	2.00 m
Omagh	2	4.00 m
Eilean Siar	2	3.90 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 22,244 restrictions in United Kingdom, 9,233 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 4,840 under 2.5 m, 1,417 between 2.5 and 3.2 m, 2,079 between 3.2 and 4.0 m, and 4,675 above 4.0 m, with a median stated clearance of 3.30 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 917 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 22,244 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 22,244 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 22,244 height restrictions of every kind — railway bridges, tunnels, underpasses and height barriers. 4,840 of them are under 2.5 m and 1,417 are between 2.5 and 3.2 m — the band that stops an ordinary campervan — while 4,675 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 3.30 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. 9,233 of the 22,244 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 September 6, 2026. Coverage is uneven and this page says so: Kent alone accounts for 917 of the restrictions, which is as much about where people survey as about where the low bridges are.

Nearby countries

Ireland2,157 · lowest 2.00 m France49,924 · lowest 2.00 m Belgium4,295 · lowest 2.00 m Netherlands12,426 · lowest 2.00 m Germany101,456 · lowest 2.00 m Italy23,077 · lowest 2.00 m

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