HGV Nav: Truck Route Planner

Michael Hipkiss

About this app

HGV Nav is a UK-focused navigation and route-planning app built for lorry, HGV, coach, van, camper, car, motorcycle, bicycle, and pedestrian journeys.

Plan routes using vehicle-aware settings including height, width, length, gross weight, axle load, number of axles, trailer type, fuel type, and hazmat class. For HGV profiles, the app uses truck-routing engines to help avoid unsuitable roads, low bridges, weight restrictions, width restrictions, tunnels, ferries, tolls, and other route constraints where data is available.

Core features include:

• HGV-aware route planning with HERE and TomTom routing
• Apple Maps, Mapbox, and Google Maps display options
• Live traffic incidents and delay information
• Low bridge, height, weight, and width restriction alerts
• Speed limit display and overspeed warnings
• Turn-by-turn navigation with spoken guidance
• Route alternatives for fastest, practical, and shortest routes
• Multi-stop route planning
• Saved places and route history
• Driver vehicle profiles for different trucks and loads
• Hazmat and tunnel restriction settings
• Break reminders for driver rest planning
• Satellite yard view for difficult delivery locations
• Yard Intel with driver-submitted access notes, entrance tips, reversing advice, wait times, and photos
• Community road alerts for hazards, closures, DVSA checks, debris, and delays
• Truck stops, HGV parking, fuel stations, AdBlue, CNG/LNG, and EV charging overlays
• London ULEZ, Congestion Charge, Clean Air Zone, and TfL disruption information
• National Highways variable message signs, CCTV camera locations, roadworks, and live motorway data
• Level crossings, speed cameras, weigh stations, rest areas, toll estimates, and weather/wind alerts
• Offline map download support when using Mapbox
• Vehicle check and load security check tools

HGV Nav is designed as a practical driver companion for planning safer, better-informed UK journeys. Routing and restriction data can change and may be incomplete, so drivers must always obey road signs, legal restrictions, traffic orders, and instructions from authorities.

What’s new

Enter your vehicle height, weight and hazmat class once. Every route you plan filters out low bridges, weight-restricted roads, tunnel bans and hazmat exclusion zones automatically — using both HERE and TomTom truck engines in parallel.

TRUCK-SAFE ROUTING
• Height, weight, width and axle-load filtering on every route
• 14 vehicle types: HGV artic, rigid, drawbar, tanker, STGO Cat 1–3, coach, motorhome and more
• Auto mode runs HERE + TomTom simultaneously and returns the faster result