London City to Southendchauffeur transfers.

Your journey from London City to Southend

A private hire transfer from London City Airport to Southend Airport covers 34.5 miles (55.6 km) by road and takes 57–111 minutes door to door, depending on the time of day and traffic. The drop covers the SS2 postcode district. Your fixed all-in fare is £101.95 for up to 3 passengers — agreed before you travel, with no meter, no surge and no change if the roads are busy.

At 34.5 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 57 minutes or the full 111.

How long the Southend drive takes at different times

Traffic, not distance, decides how long the London City to Southend drive takes. Overnight, between 22:00 and 06:00, the roads are clear and the run takes about 57 minutes. Through the off-peak middle of the day it settles around 71 minutes. The morning peak from 07:00 to 10:00 is the busiest inbound window at roughly 105 minutes, and the evening peak from 16:00 to 19:00 runs about 111 minutes as central London empties out.

The gap between the best and worst case on this route is 54 minutes — an evening-peak run into Southend takes about 95% longer than the same drive overnight. Planning works the same way in reverse. Leaving Southend for a flight out of London City Airport during the morning peak means allowing the full 105 minutes plus check-in time, while an off-peak departure needs closer to 71 minutes and a quiet overnight start nearer 57.

What a Southend transfer costs

Every London City to Southend 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 £101.95, Business seats up to 3 passengers with room for 2 bags at a fixed £124.38, First seats up to 3 passengers with room for 2 bags at a fixed £198.81 and Van seats up to 7 passengers with room for 7 bags at a fixed £141.71.

On the cheapest class that works out at about £2.95 per mile across the 34.5-mile route.

Travelling as a group changes the sum. The Van seats up to 7 passengers with 7 bags for a fixed £141.71 — about £20.24 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 Southend 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 Southend 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 Southend route you can choose from 4 vehicle classes, from the Economy at £101.95 to the First at £198.81, 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 Southend

We cover Southend Airport and the surrounding SS2 postcode, picking up and dropping at the exact door you need. Southend sits outside central London's Congestion Charge zone, so the daily charge does not apply to this route.

Southend on the map

London City is the closest of the 4 London airports to Southend Airport by road, 34.5 miles (55.6 km), ahead of Gatwick at 100.8 km. Southend Airport sits within a short drive of Southend Airport Station (0.8 km), Rochford (1.6 km), Prittlewell Station (2.5 km) and Southend Victoria Station (3.5 km), so the same fixed fare covers pick-ups either side of the area boundary.