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✦Southend Airport · SEN
Southend Airport Taxi Transfer
London's easternmost airport, priced before you travel. One small terminal, no shuttle, and a car waiting at the door.
Passengers
2
Bags
2
- Terminals
- Single terminal
- Distance
- 42 miles to central London
- Journey time
- 70 to 95 minutes
- Saloon from
- £70
- Drop-off charge
- £8 for 10 minutes, included in your fare
- Rail alternative
- Southend Airport station, 53 minutes to Liverpool Street
Overview
What is a Southend taxi transfer?
A Southend taxi transfer is a booked private hire journey between London Southend Airport (SEN) and an address you name, at a fare agreed before travel. Taxiqo prices these from £70 in a saloon seating four.
Southend sits on the Essex coast, 42 miles east of central London and further out than any other airport carrying the city's name. Allow 70 to 95 minutes by road, almost all of it on the A127 and A13 corridor rather than the M25, so the slow stretches are different from those on a Gatwick or Stansted run.
The airport works from one small terminal that opened in 2012, handling around two million passengers a year at its busiest. The walk from arrivals to the forecourt is short, and with one terminal there is no inter-terminal shuttle to think about, unlike at the two largest of the London airports we serve.
Drivers hold private hire licences and vehicles carry the matching plate. Southend's £8 drop-off charge covers a 10 minute stay and is already inside the quoted fare, along with tolls, the Dartford Crossing where a route uses it, and VAT.
What follows sets out what each Southend run costs, how pickup works at the single terminal, choosing a vehicle for your party, everything the fare takes in, an honest read on the train against a car, and the booking process. The questions at the end cover delayed landings, the rail option, luggage, early departures and cancellations.
Why Taxiqo
Why Southend passengers pre-book
Distance is the argument here. Forty-two miles is far enough that a metered fare becomes a real unknown, and far enough that being left without a car at 06:00 is a genuine problem rather than an inconvenience.
The counterweight is that Southend is an easy airport to be collected from. One terminal, a short walk, and a forecourt immediately outside. Once the fare is fixed, the rest of the journey looks after itself.
- Licensed for private hire, drivers DBS checked
- Fare agreed before travel and confirmed in writing
- Flight number matched against live arrival feeds
- Sixty minutes of free waiting from touchdown
- Payment by card, cash or business account
- Reservations handled 24 hours a day
Fixed prices
Southend transfer prices
A saloon running to central London is £130. The price covers the car rather than the seat, so four passengers travelling together pay the same as one.
| Destination | Vehicle | Journey time | Fixed fare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central London | Saloon | 70 to 95 min | £130 |
| Southend-on-Sea | Saloon | 10 to 20 min | £70 |
| Basildon | Saloon | 25 to 40 min | £75 |
| Chelmsford | Saloon | 35 to 50 min | £80 |
| Stansted Airport | Saloon | 55 to 80 min | £120 |
| Canary Wharf | Saloon | 60 to 85 min | £120 |
Fares here carry the forecourt fee, tolls, parking and tax.Price your own route
Coverage
Pickup at the single terminal
Southend is a simple airport to be met at. Arrivals and departures share one building, the walk from the aircraft to the exit is measured in minutes rather than corridors, and the forecourt sits directly outside.
Road access comes off the A127 and Eastwoodbury Lane. That approach is quiet compared with the M25 airports, though the A127 itself slows through Rayleigh at peak, which is worth allowing for on a departure rather than an arrival.
01
Main terminal
One building for every flight. Meet and greet drivers wait inside the arrivals area with a name board.
02
Forecourt pickup
Immediately outside arrivals, used for standard pickups. The bay number comes by text.
03
Southend Airport station
On the airport site, a short covered walk from the terminal. Trains to Liverpool Street via Shenfield.
04
A127 approach
The main road link towards London and the M25, and the stretch to allow extra time on for a departure.
What's included
What the fare takes in
Taken into the quoted figure is each cost the journey creates, so the amount shown at booking is the amount paid at the end.
- Southend drop-off charge of £8 for a 10 minute stay
- Parking fees on meet and greet bookings
- The Dartford Crossing charge where the route uses it
- Congestion charge and ULEZ on journeys entering either zone
- VAT at the standard rate
- Sixty minutes of waiting, free, timed from landing
Arrivals
Where does the driver meet you?
Arrivals are served by one of two pickup types. Meet and greet places the driver inside the terminal; a standard pickup meets you at the designated pickup point outside.
Meet and greet
- Where
- Inside the arrivals hall
- Driver
- Waits at the arrivals gate holding a name board
- Luggage
- Driver helps with luggage to the car
- Parking
- Car park fee included in the fare
- Best for
- First-time arrivals, families, late-night landings
Standard pickup
- Where
- At the terminal's designated pickup point
- Driver
- Calls or texts you on landing with the bay number
- Luggage
- You bring luggage to the car
- Parking
- No car park fee
- Best for
- Frequent flyers with hand luggage only
Vehicle choice
Which vehicle do you need?
Choose by passenger count first, then by luggage. Count pushchairs, ski bags and golf clubs as large cases. Under-filling a vehicle is the most common cause of a transfer going wrong at the kerb.
| Vehicle | Passengers | Large cases | Example | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saloon | Up to 4 | 2 large cases | Toyota Prius or similar | £70 |
| Estate | Up to 4 | 4 large cases | VW Passat Estate or similar | £75 |
| Mercedes E-Class | Up to 3 | 2 large cases | Mercedes E-Class or similar | £80 |
| Mercedes S-Class | Up to 3 | 2 large cases | Mercedes S-Class or similar | £110 |
| Mercedes V-Class | Up to 6 | 6 large cases | Mercedes V-Class or similar | £110 |
| 8 Seater | Up to 8 | 8 large cases | Mercedes Vito or similar | £80 |
| 16 Seater Minibus | Up to 16 | 16 cases | Mercedes Sprinter or similar | £465.60 |
| Range Rover | Up to 4 | 3 large cases | Range Rover or similar | £200 |
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Alternatives
Car or train from Southend?
Southend Airport station is on the airport site, a couple of minutes' covered walk from the terminal, and trains reach Liverpool Street in about 53 minutes.
For a single traveller with hand luggage heading into the City, that is genuinely hard to beat. The calculation turns on party size, bags and which vehicle class fits them: three people with checked cases pay three fares, change at the far end, and finish the journey by tube. One car at £130 takes them to the door, and on an early departure or a late landing it does not depend on the train timetable.
How to book
Booking a car to Southend
Give us the flight number and the address. Everything else is quoted back to you before anything is confirmed.
- 1Enter the journey and the date to get an instant fixed fare
- 2Add your flight number so the pickup tracks your landing
- 3Pick a vehicle by counting cases, not passengers
- 4Confirm and receive the fare and driver details in writing
Southend transfer questions
Southend Airport transfers, answered
Direct answers on fares, terminals, delayed landings, luggage and cancellations for Southend Airport.
Still have questions?
Our London team is available 24/7 to help you choose the right vehicle, explain fixed prices and take your booking.
CONTACT US£130 in a saloon to a central London address, fixed before you travel. The fare covers the car, so up to four passengers pay the same figure.
Yes. Southend is 42 miles from central London against Stansted's 40, and the drive takes 70 to 95 minutes rather than 55 to 80 — the A127 is slower than the M11.
Yes. Southend Airport station is a couple of minutes' covered walk from the terminal, with trains reaching Liverpool Street in about 53 minutes.
The £8 forecourt charge, parking on meet and greet bookings, the Dartford Crossing where the route uses it, congestion charge and ULEZ where they apply, VAT, and 60 minutes of free waiting from landing.
The pickup moves with it. We track the flight number you give us and re-time the driver automatically, then start the 60 minutes of free waiting from the actual landing time.
Yes. Bookings are taken 24 hours a day and the fare does not change with the hour, so a 04:00 pickup costs the same as a midday one.
Other airports
Transfers to the other London airports
Taxiqo covers all six London airports, plus Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and Leeds Bradford, on the same fixed-fare basis. Compare the starting price and journey time for each.
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One fixed fare, agreed up front.
Enter your journey for an instant price from £70, or speak to the London team at any hour.