So, I wrote this for another (related) forum and considering it was brought to my attention here, on this forum, I thought I’d bore you all with a brief, no, wrong word, well, telling you about the book.
Some of you will not be interested, and some will not care. Understandable, but I have been sent to London a few times at night time or in the early hours in rigid’s up to 26t and NOTHING of this was mentioned to me in the past!!!
So, yeah. Here it is 
Well, it’s full title is “The Official London Lorry Control Drivers Guide” published by The Pie Guide
URL: www.thePIEguide.com
It has content from the ‘London Councils’ and also the RHA, the Road Haulage Association. It doesn’t cost much and I was quite frankly surprised to come across it because I would have thought it would be an essential item for truckers in London. I know some like to keep it simple but I have been sent to London for early mornings or overnight runs and items like the LEZ, CCZ and ERN don’t seem that obvious to find. This book covers it well.
Contents.
Postcode Map. At first I didn’t look that closely but it does help considerably and for someone who is not familiar with how it’s all covered, a boon. There are some postcodes that I have heard and remembered over time, like TW for Heathrow, and DA for Kent but, well.
So, this map alone covers from Slough (SL) across to Tilbury (RM), above from Cheshunt (EN) and down to Redhill (RH). Different postcode boundaries, their numbers, names and motorways, their junctions yada yada. You get the idea. Pretty handy considering. Ooh, and a key, clearly helpful in it’s own right
There is also a red line that circles around showing where the ‘Lorry Controls area’ covers.
So that’s on page 8. There are a few adverts in this A4 size guide, which I do not approve of but I guess it’s space for me to put post it notes in, in later times 
Some of the adverts are helpful though, such as a page labeled “South London Route Maps” from “South London Freight” on page 4
Beddington Lane, South Wimbledon, Kangley Bridge, Chessington, Kimpton, Kingston Town Centre and are available to download for free from : South London FQP Section or Transport for London Freight Partnerships
Page 12 & 13 gives ‘London Rules of loading and unloading’ with diagrams, pictures and information for motor vehicles, pedestrians and cycles/bikes
Page 14. HGV Walkaround Checks. No, seriously! Still, it has diagrams and piccies
Page 15. A nice table of the Boroughs and their loading and unloading suspensions and dispensations
Page 16 & 17 gives us the wonderfully titled “London Lorry Control Scheme”. It basically effects use of HGVs/LGVs over 18t at night and weekends within the area they designate. The permitted road network is often referred to as the ‘excluded roads’ or ‘excluded route network’ and hence, ERN.
So you can either stick to the routes or get an exemption. If you transgress this route at night in a larger vehicle then the fine is £550 for the company and £120 for the driver. There are a list of the 5 most common breeches and one of them, the first, lists details for delivery to a supermarket that happens at night! More eek stuff to think about!!! Subsections on how to challenge a PCN, appeal grounds for drivers and operators but quite frankly there seem to be quite limited options which are basically ‘we weren’t in it’ or ‘we’re not the people you want’.
Page 18 & 19 are about the wonderful topic of Bridge strikes. Well, having not yet hit a bridge I am still a virgin in that regard but I can see how complicated it would be for some drivers who make those kind of mistakes. Such as, after coupling up not making a note of the height of the trailer and setting the machine in the cab to remind you or even missing all the signs… So yeah, right. Well. We all make mistakes.
There are listed the 10 most hit bridges in London plus details of ALL the low bridges, or in fact any restricted bridge height in London. On the maps, later, it lists such things including restricted width and weight limits.
Page 21 gives us the LEZ. The Low Emission Zone. That’s been around a while, but they’re always changing things.
22 & 23 give a whole area map plus some zones marked and the key for the following map pages. They last24-47 inclusive. They also show such things as the ERN and other roads. Speed cameras, popular speed cameras, shopping centres, industrial estates and the towns/villages within this great city. The bridge heights are in meters and the weights are in T, such as 17T A4000 at Acton, a light green road which has restricted night time and weekend controls. The restrictions last for Mon-Fri 9pm to 7am, Saturday is 1pm to 7am and all day Sunday. It also lists that the ‘Central London Congestion Charge’ is only in effect for 7am to 7pm Mon to Fri.
Pages 50 and 51 list a guide to the Central London section of the map, and show the key. Pages 52 to 63 inclusive. More advertising then pages 66 to 80 is an index, to streets and the like.
ISBN: 978-0-9551711-9-2, RRP £9.99 The PIE Guide to London for Lorries (Amazon)
Any information is good so thanks for that chap!