Southwark runs on the riverbank — Tate Modern, the Globe, the Borough fringe — with flats and studios stacked behind it. Stansted is its awkward airport: right across the city, then out the M11. £136 fixed for a saloon, 55–90 minutes by road via the City, then the A12 and M11, free cancellation to 24 hours — and the price you confirm is the price you pay.
| Taxi, fixed fare | from £136 · 55–90 min · door to door |
| Pickup | Any address or named corner in Southwark |
| Airport drop | Single terminal |
| Cancellation | Free to 24 h · 50% to 12 h |
| Deposit | 30% now · balance on the day |
| Return together | Save 10% |
| Bookings | 24/7 · card, wallet or cash |
One figure for the whole journey, locked before you book. Vehicles by party size — the fare is per car, not per person, so groups split it.
| Vehicle | Passengers | Best for | Southwark → Stansted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saloon | Up to 4 | Solo, couples, light luggage | from £136 |
| MPV | Up to 6 | Families, groups, heavy cases | from £165 |
| 8-seater | Up to 7 | Big groups and serious luggage | from £181 |
30% deposit secures the booking, balance on the day of travel; return journeys booked together save 10%. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup, 50% refund up to 12 hours before. Pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay online, or cash to the driver. Any weekend-peak or late-night adjustment is applied before you see the final figure — the price you confirm is the price you pay, congestion-zone charges included.
~33 miles by road via the City, then the A12 and M11. The honest number is a range — about 55 minutes when the roads are empty, up to 90 in the peaks — and the pickup time we agree is built on the slow end, not the brochure end.
Work backwards from the flight: low-cost bag-drop is strict — often a hard 40-minute cutoff. Check your airline. Add the drive at 90 minutes plus a 15-minute buffer, and treat the result as a floor, not a dare — we sanity-check the pickup time against your flight when you confirm.
At the airport we drop at the single Stansted terminal.
Fixed means fixed: traffic, diversions and the driver’s route choice are our problem, not a surcharge. The figure you approved at booking is the figure you pay at the kerb.
Low-cost departures cluster from 06:00, which means 03:30–04:30 pickups from SE1. At that hour the drive runs clean, and any late-night or weekend adjustment shows on the quote before you confirm — no surprise at the kerb.
Saturday afternoons the Bankside riverside walk overflows onto the roads. Pickups stage on Southwark Street or Union Street rather than the river side — thirty seconds more walking, several minutes less crawling.
Over the river and out through the City to the A12 and M11. The Bow interchange drags on weekday evenings; the quote already carries that buffer.
An 06:25 Stansted departure: 03:40 pickup from a Union Street flat, empty roads, terminal kerb about 04:35 — inside the strict low-cost bag-drop window with time to spare.
From £136 for a saloon (up to 4 passengers), £165 for an MPV (up to 6) and £181 for an 8-seater (up to 7) — fixed before you book. 30% deposit secures it, balance on the day; returns booked together save 10%, and cancellation is free to 24 hours before pickup.
55–90 minutes by road depending on the hour, via the City, then the A12 and M11. Work back from your airline cutoff — low-cost bag-drop is strict — often a hard 40-minute cutoff. Check your airline. Add the drive at the top of the range plus a 15-minute buffer, and treat the result as a floor, not a dare.
It leaves from Liverpool Street, so you would cab or Tube there first — an extra leg that is no fun at four in the morning. Solo with one bag in daytime it is a fair option; pre-dawn or with a family, door to door wins.
Yes — name the hotel in the booking and we collect from the door. If a river-facing entrance is pedestrianised, the driver messages the exact street-side meeting point.
Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before pickup and 50%% refunded up to 12 hours before. Weekend-peak or late-night adjustments appear on the quote before you confirm — the figure you approve is final, congestion-zone charges included.
From £136, fixed before you book, free cancellation to 24 hours, and a pickup timed to your flight — not the other way round.