Bus lanes and experimental traffic orders

Bus lanes are designated traffic lanes which are reserved for the use of buses, taxis, cycles and dial-a-ride vehicles.

You must not drive in a bus lane during the hours of control specified on adjacent, blue signs.

• The Camden (Bus Lanes) (Consolidation) Traffic Order 2012 (PDF)

Amendments:

• 2024 No. 43 - Proctor Street, Drake Street, Kingsway, Southampton Row, High Holborn bus lane amendments (PDF)
• 2022 No. 119 - Lower Kilburn High Road - Experimental Traffic Order made permanent (PDF)
• 2022 No. 112 - Camden Park Road and Torriano Avenue - Experimental Traffic Order made permanent (PDF))
• 2022 No. 99 - Highgate Road (PDF)
• 2022 No. 25 - Highgate Road - Experimental Traffic Order made permanent (PDF)
• 2021 No. 97 - Southampton Row, Bloomsbury Way, Bloomsbury Square, Vernon Place and Theobald's Road (PDF)
• 2021 No. 20 - Lower Kilburn High Road - Experimental Traffic Order (PDF)
• 2021 No. 13 - Camden Park Road and Torriano Avenue - Experimental Traffic Order (PDF)
• 2020 No. 63 - Highgate Road - Experimental Traffic Order (PDF)
• 2019 No. 61 - Bloomsbury Way, Bloomsbury Square, Vernon Place, Midland Road, Highgate Road (PDF)
• 2018 No. 38 - Bedford Square, Bloomsbury Street, Gower Street and Tottenham Court Road (PDF)
• 2018 No. 32 - Haverstock Hill and Rosslyn Hill (PDF)

Experimental Traffic Orders

A list of the Experimental Traffic Orders which are currently in force in Camden are listed below together with a brief description of the scheme to which they relate.

Torrington Place and Tavistock Place

Implements changes to traffic movements along Torrington Place, Byng Place, Gordon Square, Tavistock Square and Tavistock Place together with associated changes to parking places.  

• The Camden (Prescribed Routes, Waiting and Loading Restrictions and Parking Places) (No. 1) Experimental Traffic Order 2015 (PDF)
• Tavistock Trial Illustration (PDF)
• Scheme Overview (PDF)
• Decision details

Modifications:

• The Camden (Prescribed Routes, Waiting and Loading Restrictions and Parking Places) (No. 1) (Amendment No. 1) Experimental Traffic Order 2016 (PDF)
• Torrington Place loading bay diagram (PDF)

Acland Burghley School – Burghley Road

Road closure between 8 and 9am and 3 and 4pm. To be assessed over the course of one year.

• The Camden (Waiting and Loading Restrictions and Prescribed Routes) Experimental Traffic Order (No. 1) 2018 (PDF)

Gospel Oak Primary School - Savernake Road

Road closure between 8.30 and 9.30am and 3 and 4pm. To be assessed over the course of one year.

• The Camden (Waiting and Loading Restrictions and Prescribed Routes) Experimental Traffic Order (No. 4) 2018 (PDF)