Event & venue transfers
Tower Hamlets to Royal Albert Hall runs to roughly 9.5 miles and 25 min off-peak. We quote £60 and that is the number you pay, whatever the traffic does.
A taxi from Tower Hamlets to Royal Albert Hall is £60 in a saloon, £75 in a 6-seat MPV and £85 in an 8-seater. It is about 9.5 miles and 25 min off-peak, or 50 min in traffic. The fare is fixed at the moment you book and covers tolls, the driver's waiting time and your luggage.
| Vehicle | Capacity | Fixed fare |
|---|---|---|
| Saloon | up to 4 passengers, 2 large cases | from £60 |
| MPV | up to 6 passengers, 4 large cases | from £75 |
| 8-seater | up to 7 passengers, 7 large cases | from £85 |
Per vehicle, not per person. Tolls, congestion and crossing charges are already inside the price, and it does not change on the day.
By rail you would go Mile End (Central, District and Hammersmith & City) across to South Kensington (District, Circle and Piccadilly), then a 12-minute walk at the far end. The catch is that it is a pleasant walk in daylight and much less so leaving late. The taxi is about 25 min, or 50 min when the roads are full, but it is one journey rather than three, and nobody stands up for any of it. It is a fair fight on the way there. On the way back, when several thousand people want the same platform, it stops being one.
The usual line from Tower Hamlets is the A13 then the A1261, then A4 Cromwell Road, then Exhibition Road at the end. That is about 9.5 miles. Reckon 25 min off-peak and 50 min if you are crossing town at the wrong moment.
Tower Hamlets pickups take in all of E1, E2, E3, E14. Controlled parking zones and one-way systems are the driver's problem to solve, not yours.
Prince Consort Road, behind the Hall - Kensington Gore is red route with no waiting. Kensington Gore is a red route where a car cannot legally wait, so the pickup is always around the back on Prince Consort Road. Your driver sends the exact standing point and the registration before they set off, so you are not circling a car park looking for a number plate.
Address: Kensington Gore, South Kensington, SW7 2AP.
Parking at Royal Albert Hall is limited and the surrounding streets are metered or permit-only, so self-driving usually costs more in time than the fare saves. A drop-off and a booked return sidesteps it entirely.
Doors are usually an hour before the concert. Working back, that means leaving Tower Hamlets around 50 min plus that hour on a busy night - and booking the return at the same time, because the road out is slower than the road in.
£60 in a saloon, £75 in a 6-seat MPV and £85 in an 8-seater. That is the fixed price, agreed at booking.
Door to door the car is about 25 min off-peak. The rail alternative is Mile End to South Kensington plus the walk, which is competitive going out and considerably slower coming back.
Prince Consort Road, behind the Hall - Kensington Gore is red route with no waiting. You get the exact point and the registration by text beforehand.
Yes, and it is the leg worth booking. The driver is in position before you come out instead of you joining the queue that forms the moment it ends.
The driver waits. We watch venue finish times rather than working to a fixed clock, so a late curtain does not leave you stranded or cost you extra.
Card, bank transfer or a business account, before or after the journey. A VAT receipt is issued either way.
A 6-seat MPV is £75 and an 8-seater £85. Bigger parties travel in several vehicles routed together.
Fares are fixed at booking and shown per vehicle. Distances and journey times are approximate and vary with traffic and the exact pickup address. Page reviewed 7 September 2026.