ANPR Cameras — Farm Gates & Rural Estates

Log every vehicle in and out of your gates and entrances — solar-powered and 4G, no mains or broadband required.

RuralCam ANPR cameras read and record the number plate of every vehicle that passes a farm gate, estate entrance or remote access track. Each plate is captured, time-stamped and stored, giving you a searchable record of who came and went long after they have driven off. Mounted on a pole at the road, our AI plate-reading engine works through rain, mud-spray, glare and full darkness, and matches incoming vehicles against your own watch-lists so you are alerted the moment a flagged plate appears. Because the cameras run on their own solar panel and battery and connect over 4G, you can monitor an entrance that has never had a power cable or a broadband line anywhere near it.

Key features

• Plate Reading That Holds Up. Our deep-learning recognition engine pulls clean reads off muddy and weathered plates across rain, low sun and headlight glare, day or night.
• Watch-List Alerts. Add plates you want to know about — known offenders, banned hauliers, ex-staff — and get a notification the instant one arrives at the gate.
• Runs Off-Grid. Solar panel, on-board battery and a 4G SIM mean the camera works at field entrances and farm tracks with no mains and no broadband.
• Two-Way Gate Logging. Records both arrivals and departures with direction of travel, so you can see exactly when a vehicle entered and how long it stayed on the holding.
• Searchable Vehicle Record. Every plate is logged with the date, time and a still image, building a timeline you can hand straight to the police or your insurer.
• Privacy by Design. Retention limits, restricted access and an activity log are built in, so your gate camera stays on the right side of data protection rules.

What SIM and data plan do I need?

Any unlocked SIM from EE, Vodafone, O2 or Three will run a RuralCam ANPR camera. Bring your own or take a ready-configured SIM from us. Many models hold two SIMs and switch automatically to the second network if the first loses signal — worth having where rural coverage is patchy across the farm.

Expect roughly 15–40 GB a month depending on how busy the entrance is and whether you send full overview images or plate data alone. A normal mobile data allowance usually covers it, and you can trim what is uploaded to keep usage down on a quieter gate.

Frequently asked questions

Will it still read plates after dark?

Yes. Built-in infrared lighting and exposure tuning made for plate capture mean registrations come through clearly on an unlit lane at night, not just in daylight.

Does it cope with muddy or damaged plates?

Our recognition engine is trained on the kind of dirty, splashed and faded plates you actually see on rural roads. Heavily obscured plates can still be missed, but day-to-day farm grime is handled well.

Can I get told when a specific vehicle turns up?

Yes. Put any plate on a watch-list and the camera sends you an alert the moment that vehicle reaches the gate, so you know about an unwanted arrival in real time.

There's no power or broadband at my gate — does that matter?

Not at all. The camera runs on its own solar panel and battery and sends data over 4G, so it works at remote entrances and field tracks that have never been wired up.

Is logging plates at my entrance allowed under data protection rules?

Yes, provided you put up clear signage, have a genuine reason such as preventing rural crime, set how long records are kept and limit who can see them. We supply guidance to help you set this up correctly.

Can I cover more than one entrance?

Yes. Add a camera at each gate or access track and manage them together from a single view, so a large holding with several entry points is covered from one place.

What happens if the 4G signal drops?

The camera keeps reading plates and storing them on local storage while it is offline. As soon as the signal returns, the backlog of records syncs across automatically so nothing is lost.