Driving in
Driving in Hull
East Riding of Yorkshire, England. What is different here rather than what is the same everywhere.
273,257
No zone
HU
Checked on 30 June 2025.Office for National Statistics, Population estimates, local authority based by single year of age (mid-2025) (as of 30 June 2025)
No charging zone here
Hull has no clean air zone, low emission zone or congestion charge. Nothing about the age or fuel of your car changes what it costs to drive into the city, and the only motoring charges that apply are the national ones.
Nearby crossing: Humber Bridge tolls.
What is different about driving in Hull?
Very little, in charging terms. Hull runs no zone, so the national rules are the whole story. What is local is the shape of the fleet and the charging network, which the figures below describe.
Local figures for Hull
- The council area is formally Kingston upon Hull, and its population of 273,257 at mid-2025 makes it slightly larger than Stoke-on-Trent.
- 35.1% of Hull households had no car or van at the 2021 census, more than eleven points above the England figure.
- About 104,600 licensed cars were recorded in the city at the end of March 2026, one of the smallest fleets relative to population in northern England.
- The city had 252 public chargers at 1 April 2026, or 91.5 per 100,000 people. There is no clean air zone here: the nearest are Bradford's and Sheffield's, both class C, and neither charges cars.
The numbers behind those lines
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Vehicle fleet | 35.1% of Hull households had no car or van at the 2021 census, more than eleven points above the England figure. |
| Public charging | The city had 252 public chargers at 1 April 2026, or 91.5 per 100,000 people. There is no clean air zone here: the nearest are Bradford's and Sheffield's, both class C, and neither charges cars. |
| Car ownership | 35.1% of Hull households had no car or van at the 2021 census, more than eleven points above the England figure. |
Common questions
- Is there a clean air zone in Hull?
- No. Hull has no charging or low emission zone, so no daily charge applies to driving there. The nearest zone, if any, is in a different authority area.
- What does a car pay to drive in Hull?
- Nothing. There is no zone charge in Hull. The only motoring charges that apply are the national ones: vehicle excise duty, fuel duty and any local parking scheme.
- How many public chargers are there in Hull?
- The city had 252 public chargers at 1 April 2026, or 91.5 per 100,000 people. There is no clean air zone here: the nearest are Bradford's and Sheffield's, both class C, and neither charges cars.
- Are motoring rules different in England?
- Vehicle tax, speeding penalties and licensing are set nationally, so they are the same everywhere in Great Britain. What varies locally is whether a charging zone applies and what it costs.
Sources
- Office for National Statistics, Population estimates, local authority based by single year of age (mid-2025) (as of 30 June 2025)
- Office for National Statistics, Population estimates for England and Wales: mid-2025 (as of 29 July 2026)
- Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, TS045 car or van availability (as of 21 March 2021)
- Department for Transport, Vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0105 (2026 Q1) (as of 31 March 2026)
- Department for Transport, Electric vehicle charging infrastructure statistics, table EVCI0102 (as of 1 April 2026)
- GOV.UK, Driving in a clean air zone (as of 30 July 2026)