Oxford Zero Emission Zone

Charges vary depending on your vehicle. Zero-emission vehicles do not need to pay to use the Oxford ZEZ. Ultra-low emission vehicles pay £2 per day, low-emission vehicles pay £4 per day and all other vehicles pay £10 per day.

Yes, it has been live since 2022.

The Oxford ZEZ covers a small area of Oxford. Drivers of most vehicles will need to pay a charge to drive into the zone. Read more about the charge on our Oxford ZEZ page.

If you’re driving something fully electric, the number plate cameras will recognise your vehicle and issue no charges. The same applies for the rest of the Oxford ZEZ’s exempt vehicles:

• Taxis (Hackney carriages, licensed by Oxford City Council)
• Buses (registered locally)
• Emergency service vehicles
• Historic vehicles
• Military vehicles
• Agricultural vehicles (like tractors, snowploughs and gritters)
• Special vehicles (like cranes, road rollers and forklift trucks)
• Hearses
• Certain recovery vehicles

There are discounts available for some vehicles and drivers. These need to be applied for and Oxford City Council recommend that you do this at least 10 days before you use the zone, allowing time for the application to be processed:

• Some low emission hybrid private hire vehicles
• Residents or businesses inside the Oxford ZEZ
• Blue Badge holders
• Disabled tax vehicles
• Healthcare workers
• Community transport vehicles
• Students in financial hardship who are moving in or out of the Oxford ZEZ

Caura charges no additional fee to pay for Oxford ZEZ, or to make any other transaction via the app. We don’t take any of the money for your payment and once it’s made it goes straight to the end provider.

Download Caura and find Oxford ZEZ under City Charges, where you can pay for today, yesterday or tomorrow. You can pay up to six days before or after on the Oxford ZEZ website.

If you’ve paid for the wrong day, unfortunately we aren’t able to offer a refund. We don’t take any of the money for your payment and once it’s made it goes straight to the end provider (e.g. TfL). We’re unable to recover funds so we aren’t able to offer a refund.

Charges apply 7am to 7pm every day, all year.

You can view any payments you’ve made by going to the History tab in Caura. Tap on any payment in the list to view more detail. From there, you can even export a receipt to your email.

It currently covers nine streets in Oxford city centre. It covers the whole of:

• Bonn Square
• Queen Street
• Cornmarket Street
• New Inn Hall Street
• Shoe Lane
• Ship Street
• St Michael’s Street

It also covers sections of Market Street (from the Cornmarket junction, east for 40 metres) and New Road (between Bonn Square and its junction with Castle Street).

The zone is well signposted. The road signs that mark its boundary are easy to recognise.

Yes, and you won’t get a reminder to pay. You’ll be issued with a Penalty Charge Notice for £60, payable within 28 days. This can be reduced to £30 if paid within 14 days.