London City to Potters Bar: distance, time and the real cost of getting there.
- Road distance
- 29.1 miles
- Fixed private-hire fare
- £78.59
46.8 km by road, not straight-line.
All-in, up to 3 passengers. No meter, no surge.
Drive time by time of day
Four figures most transfer sites never publish — because they quote one number and hope. Traffic is real; here is what it does to this route.
| Overnight (22:00–06:00) | 41 min |
|---|---|
| Off-peak (10:00–16:00) | 51 min |
| Morning peak (07:00–10:00) | 75 min |
| Evening peak (16:00–19:00) | 79 min |
- London City forecourt drop-off charge (£8.00)
Distances and drive times from road-network routing. Fares modelled from licensed-operator cost benchmarks and shown VAT-inclusive. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) — road geometry via OSRM. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024 (OGL v3); airport points © OurAirports (public domain); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) · GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0) · Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: NaPTAN, Department for Transport.. Powered by TfL Open Data. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights.
Everything about the London City to Potters Bar journey.
Your journey from London City to Potters Bar
A private hire transfer from London City Airport to Potters Bar covers 29.1 miles (46.8 km) by road and takes 41–79 minutes door to door, depending on the time of day and traffic. The drop covers the EN6 postcode district. Your fixed all-in fare is £78.59 for up to 3 passengers — agreed before you travel, with no meter, no surge and no change if the roads are busy.
At 29.1 miles by road this is a longer motorway-and-city route,, and the fixed fare covers the whole of it whether the journey runs to 41 minutes or the full 79.
How long the Potters Bar drive takes at different times
Traffic, not distance, decides how long the London City to Potters Bar drive takes. Overnight, between 22:00 and 06:00, the roads are clear and the run takes about 41 minutes. Through the off-peak middle of the day it settles around 51 minutes. The morning peak from 07:00 to 10:00 is the busiest inbound window at roughly 75 minutes, and the evening peak from 16:00 to 19:00 runs about 79 minutes as central London empties out.
The gap between the best and worst case on this route is 38 minutes — an evening-peak run into Potters Bar takes about 93% longer than the same drive overnight. Most of that variation lands on the M25, which carries the longest single stretch of this route at 20.5 km. Planning works the same way in reverse. Leaving Potters Bar for a flight out of London City Airport during the morning peak means allowing the full 75 minutes plus check-in time, while an off-peak departure needs closer to 51 minutes and a quiet overnight start nearer 41.
What a Potters Bar transfer costs
Every London City to Potters Bar fare is fixed and all-in, quoted VAT-inclusive before you book. Economy seats up to 3 passengers with room for 2 bags at a fixed £78.59, Business seats up to 3 passengers with room for 2 bags at a fixed £95.88, First seats up to 3 passengers with room for 2 bags at a fixed £153.25 and Van seats up to 7 passengers with room for 7 bags at a fixed £109.24.
On the cheapest class that works out at about £2.70 per mile across the 29.1-mile route.
Travelling as a group changes the sum. The Van seats up to 7 passengers with 7 bags for a fixed £109.24 — about £15.61 a head when it is full, and usually less than 7 separate train or coach tickets once luggage and changes are counted.
What's included in your fixed fare
Every London City to Potters Bar journey is pre-booked and driven by a TfL-licensed chauffeur who meets you inside arrivals with a name board, tracks your flight so an early or delayed landing moves the pick-up automatically, and helps with your luggage. The fare covers the drive itself, the meet-and-greet, the free wait if your flight lands early or late, and the drop at your exact address — there is nothing further to settle with the driver on the day, a traffic-heavy crawl costs exactly the same as a clear overnight run, and the same fixed fare applies wherever in Potters Bar you are headed. Fares are quoted VAT-inclusive and all-in, so there is never a separate airport, waiting or booking fee to settle on the day. Prices rise with the size and class of vehicle, never with demand or the time you travel: there is no meter running in traffic and no surge multiplier however busy the roads or the calendar, and everyone in the party arrives together at the same door on one fixed fare. Fixed pass-through costs such as London City forecourt drop-off charge (£8.00) are already folded into the quoted fare, not bolted on afterwards. On the London City to Potters Bar route you can choose from 4 vehicle classes, from the Economy at £78.59 to the First at £153.25, so the fixed fare scales to the party and the occasion rather than to a meter. Because the booking is accepted by a licensed operator before you travel, it is a pre-booked private hire transfer end to end — never a hailed or ranked service.
Where we cover around Potters Bar
We cover Potters Bar and the surrounding EN6 postcode, picking up and dropping at the exact door you need. Potters Bar sits outside central London's Congestion Charge zone, so the daily charge does not apply to this route.
Potters Bar on the map
The London City to Potters Bar drive runs mainly on M25 (20.5 km), M11 (12.1 km) and A406 (7.2 km), with the M25 carrying about 44% of the 46.8 km route — which is why the same journey can be quicker or slower than a similar distance across a different corridor. London City is the second-closest of the 6 London airports to Potters Bar by road, 29.1 miles (46.8 km) against 33.6 km from the nearest, Luton. Closest is not always fastest: a fixed London City fare is quoted on the real road route and the time band you actually travel in, not on the map distance, so Potters Bar passengers flying from London City pay the same agreed price whichever airport is nearer. Potters Bar sits within a short drive of Hadley Wood Station (2.8 km), Brookmans Park Station (3.6 km), High Barnet (4.5 km) and Cuffley Station (5.0 km), so the same fixed fare covers pick-ups either side of the area boundary.
- Route
- London City → Potters Bar
- Distance
- 29.1 mi · 46.8 km
- Typical drive time
- 41–79 min
- Postcodes covered
- EN6
- Congestion Charge
- Not applicable to this route
- Main roads
- M25 20.5 km · M11 12.1 km · A406 7.2 km
- Airport proximity
- London City is #2 of 6 by road
- Nearby areas
- Hadley Wood Station 2.8 km · Brookmans Park Station 3.6 km · High Barnet 4.5 km · Cuffley Station 5.0 km
- Fixed fare from
- £78.59
From the London City forecourt to a Potters Bar doorstep.
Your driver meets you inside arrivals, tracks your flight so the pick-up moves with it, and takes the fastest clear route into Potters Bar. One fixed fare, agreed before you travel.
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