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✦Heathrow to Cambridge · 90 to 130 minutes
Heathrow to Cambridge Taxi Transfer
From arrivals to your college, lab or front door in Cambridge. One fixed fare, room for the luggage, and a driver who watches your flight.
Passengers
2
Bags
2
- Distance
- 72 to 77 miles by road
- Journey time
- 90 to 130 minutes
- Fares from
- £160
- Road route
- M25 clockwise to junction 27, then the M11 north to junction 11, 12 or 13
- By rail
- No direct train. One change in central London, roughly 2 to 2.5 hours
- By coach
- Direct coach, roughly 2.5 to 3 hours
Overview
What is a Heathrow to Cambridge transfer?
Heathrow and Cambridge are on opposite sides of London, and every way of making the trip has to get round the capital or through it. Taxiqo drives it from £160 in a saloon, priced and fixed when you book, from the arrivals hall to a college, the Biomedical Campus, the Science Park or your front door.
The drive is 72 to 77 miles and never enters London. The car takes the M25 clockwise round the north of the capital to junction 27, then the M11 north, leaving at junction 11 for Addenbrooke's and the south of the city, or at junction 12 or 13 for the colleges and West Cambridge. Allow 90 to 130 minutes and off-peak it is about 1 hour 35. The part to leave time for is the northern M25 at peak times.
In Cambridge the destination is as often a hospital or a lab as a college. The Cambridge Biomedical Campus, with Addenbrooke's and Royal Papworth hospitals, sits on the southern edge of the city a short way from the M11. Cambridge Science Park is on the northern edge by the A14. Then there are students and families arriving at a college for the start of term, business travellers and people simply going home.
Further down are the fares by vehicle, how pickup works at Heathrow, where we drop off in each part of Cambridge, what the price covers, and how a car compares with the train across London and the coach. The questions at the end cover crossing London, Addenbrooke's, Science Park fares, whether Stansted would be closer, delayed flights and the trip back.
Why book a car
Why take a car from Heathrow to Cambridge
By train you go through London. That means the Elizabeth line into the centre and a change there for a Cambridge train, with your luggage, roughly 2 to 2.5 hours in all, and Cambridge station is south-east of the centre, so the colleges and the Science Park are another journey again.
Direct coaches avoid the change, but they keep to a timetable and set stops and take roughly 2.5 to 3 hours. A private airport transfer takes the M25 and the M11 without stopping and leaves you at the door you give us.
No crossing London, by train or with your cases
M11 junction 11 for Addenbrooke's and the Biomedical Campus
Door to door to a college, lab, hospital or CB postcode
Flight tracked, so a delayed arrival moves the pickup
Sixty minutes of free waiting from touchdown
One fixed fare, agreed before you travel
Fares
Heathrow to Cambridge prices by vehicle
One fare covers the vehicle and everyone in it. It does not change with the time of day, the traffic, or how long you wait.
| Vehicle | Passengers | Luggage | Fixed fare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saloon | Up to 4 | 2 large cases | £160 |
| Estate | Up to 4 | 4 large cases | £220 |
| Mercedes E-Class | Up to 3 | 2 large cases | £240 |
| Mercedes S-Class | Up to 3 | 2 large cases | £340 |
| Mercedes V-Class | Up to 6 | 6 large cases | £290 |
| 8 Seater | Up to 8 | 8 large cases | £260 |
| 16 Seater Minibus | Up to 16 | 16 cases | £762.10 |
| Range Rover | Up to 4 | 3 large cases | £386.60 |
Booking for a group, or travelling with more than the luggage shown? Call +44 7471 282859 and we will quote the right vehicle.
Terminals
Pickup at Heathrow, drop-off across Cambridge
The driver meets you at whichever Heathrow terminal your flight uses. We read it from your flight number, and it is on your booking confirmation too.
In Cambridge, the M11 runs down the west side of the city, so Addenbrooke's in the south and the western side of the city, by Barton Road and Madingley Road, are quick to reach. The Science Park in the north is reached from the A14. Some central streets are closed to through traffic, so for a college we stop at the porters' lodge, or as close to it as a car can get.
- Heathrow arrivalsMeet and greet drivers wait inside the arrivals hall of Terminals 2, 3, 4 or 5 with a name board. Car park charges are inside the fare.
- Heathrow forecourtStandard pickups use the designated pickup area at each terminal. The driver sends the exact spot once they are there.
- Colleges and the city centre£160 in a saloon. Give us the college and we go to the porters' lodge, or the nearest point a car is allowed to stop.
- Addenbrooke's and the Biomedical Campus (CB2)Addenbrooke's, Royal Papworth and the research buildings on the campus. It is a large site with many entrances, so tell us the building or department.
- Science Park, West Cambridge and elsewhereCambridge Science Park (CB4), the university's West Cambridge site, Cambridge station and every other part of the city. Enter the address for the exact fixed fare.
Included
What the £160 covers
Every charge the journey creates is already inside the quoted figure, so the amount at booking and the amount at the end are the same.
- The Heathrow pickup charge
- Car park charges when meet and greet is chosen
- Sixty minutes of free waiting, timed from when you land
- Live tracking of your inbound flight number
- Drop-off at a porters' lodge, campus building or any Cambridge address
- VAT at the standard rate
Compare
Car, coach or train to Cambridge?
The direct coach needs no change, but with a timetable and stops it takes roughly 2.5 to 3 hours against 90 to 130 minutes by car. It saves money rather than time; travelling alone with one bag, that can be the right trade.
The train is quicker than the coach, at roughly 2 to 2.5 hours, but it takes you through central London with one change and your luggage. It arrives at Cambridge station, south-east of the centre, so the colleges, the Science Park and West Cambridge are a further taxi or bus.
A car is the better choice for a group, for heavy luggage, or for anyone due at the Biomedical Campus or the Science Park on a working day. Six people sharing a V-Class people carrier at £290 pay about £48 each, door to door.
Booking
Booking a Heathrow to Cambridge transfer
Give us your flight number and the full Cambridge address with its postcode. For the Biomedical Campus or the Science Park, add the building, company or department and for a college, the college name, so the driver goes to the right porters' lodge.
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Enter the journey
Put Heathrow as the pickup and your Cambridge postcode as the destination, CB2 for Addenbrooke's and the Biomedical Campus, and CB4 for the Science Park. The fare returns instantly and does not change afterwards.
- 2
Add your flight number
This is what we track. If the flight lands early or late, the pickup moves with it at no extra charge.
- 3
Choose a vehicle
On a drive of this length, room matters. A saloon takes two large cases, while equipment, samples or a family's luggage needs an estate, a V-Class or larger.
- 4
Confirm and travel
You get written confirmation with the fare and the driver's details. Pay by card, cash or business account.
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Heathrow Airport to Cambridge, answered
Straight answers on the Cambridge fare and journey time, crossing London by train, Addenbrooke's and the Science Park, Stansted, late flights and the trip back.
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CONTACT USFrom £160 in a saloon, £220 in an estate, £240 in an E-Class and £290 in a V-Class. The fare is for the whole vehicle and is fixed when you book.
90 to 130 minutes, covering 72 to 77 miles on the M25 and the M11. Off-peak it is about 1 hour 35 minutes, while the longer end applies when the northern M25 is busy at the morning and evening peaks.
By train, yes: there is no direct service, so you go into central London and change, roughly 2 to 2.5 hours with your luggage. By car, no. The M25 takes you round the north of London and the M11 up to Cambridge in 90 to 130 minutes.
Yes. The campus is on the southern edge of Cambridge, close to M11 junction 11, and includes Addenbrooke's and Royal Papworth hospitals. Tell us the hospital, building or department and we drop you at that entrance.
Not always. The fare is worked out from the address, and the Science Park, on the northern edge of the city off the A14, is a little further from Heathrow than the centre, which can put it in a higher price band. Enter the postcode for the exact fixed fare before you book.
Yes. Stansted is about 30 miles from Cambridge by road, against 72 to 77 from Heathrow. If you are still choosing flights, that is worth knowing, and we also run Stansted transfers. If your flight lands at Heathrow, a car is the way to avoid crossing London.
The pickup moves with it. We track the flight number you give us and re-time the driver. You also get 60 minutes of free waiting from the actual landing time.
Yes. Book the return with your Cambridge address as the pickup and Heathrow as the destination, it is priced the same way. Allow the 90 to 130 minute drive on top of your airline's check-in time, and more if you travel during the weekday rush on the northern M25.
Book Heathrow to Cambridge.
£160 fixed, 90 to 130 minutes.
Give us your inbound flight number and we will track it. Book online, or call the Taxiqo team at any hour.