Richmond residents book us for quick Heathrow runs and discreet executive travel. We collect from your door, hold the price, and can provide an executive car with a professional driver for business trips or a special evening out.
London City to Richmond, door to door, for one fixed price — flight tracking, meet & greet and drivers on call around the clock.
Fixed fares, professional drivers and 24/7 cover across London and beyond.
Travelling between London City and Richmond? Airport Move provides fixed-fare, door-to-door transfers around the clock. Expect about 20 miles and 30–50 minutes in normal conditions. Your flight is tracked, your driver helps with the bags, and the fare is locked in before you set off — never metered, never surged.
Richmond residents book us for quick Heathrow runs and discreet executive travel. We collect from your door, hold the price, and can provide an executive car with a professional driver for business trips or a special evening out.
Whether you are heading home to Richmond after a trip or leaving for the airport, a pre-booked transfer is the easy door-to-door option. Your driver knows the routes between London City and Richmond and plans around the traffic, and for arrivals we adjust the pickup to your real landing time. Richmond lies roughly to the west of London City, and at around 20 miles it is one of the longer transfers we run from London City.
Arranging a London City to Richmond transfer is quick and the price never changes after you book. The four steps below show how it all fits together.
Tell us the London City and Richmond ends of your trip and we return one fixed price upfront. There are no meters running and no peak-time surcharges to worry about.
Select the right vehicle for your group and luggage, request extras like child seats or meet and greet, and book in a minute. Your driver and car details arrive before pickup.
For landings at London City we watch your flight and adjust the pickup automatically, so a delay costs you nothing and your driver is ready when you reach the Richmond side.
Settle in for a direct ride to your Richmond address and pay whichever way suits — online, card in the car, or on account — at the price agreed when you booked.
One fixed fare, quoted before you book, covers the whole journey. Here is what comes as standard.
No charge for airline or air-traffic delays.
Meet & greet available at the airport.
Child seats fitted free on request.
No meters, no guesswork, no surge pricing between London City and Richmond — just a fixed fare and a driver who knows the way.
A fixed price agreed before booking.
Free flight tracking on arrivals.
Direct to any Richmond address, no changes.
A name board waiting in arrivals, on request.
Vehicles from saloon to 8-seater.
Available to book and travel 24/7.
The journey between London City and Richmond is roughly 20 miles by road, typically via the A13, A406 North Circular and Limehouse Link. In normal conditions allow about 30–50 minutes, though the real time depends on traffic, roadworks and the time of day. Because your fare is fixed, a longer run on the day costs you no more than the price you were quoted.
Richmond sits roughly to the west of London City. By distance across all the areas we cover from London City, this route is one of the longer transfers we run from London City — the 49th shortest of the 64 areas we cover from London City, by road distance — useful context if you are weighing up Richmond against a nearby postcode for the same trip.
Distance and time are approximate, measured by road and intended as a guide only. For airport pickups we track your flight and time the journey to your landing, building in extra for traffic so you are not left waiting.
The London City–Richmond run is roughly 20 miles, usually along the A13, A406 North Circular and Limehouse Link, with Richmond sitting to the west of the airport. Richmond is a sought-after riverside borough in south-west London, known for its park, the Thames and village feel.
London City Airport is in the Royal Docks in east London, the closest airport to the City and Canary Wharf.
Plenty of people use “taxi” loosely for any hired car, but a licensed minicab is a distinct, regulated category from a black cab: no hailing on the street, a booking made ahead of time, and separate private hire licensing for both car and driver. This transfer runs on that same basis — booked ahead, fully licensed, fare fixed before you set off. On this specific route, Richmond lies to the west of London City, a journey of around 20 miles — one of the longer transfers we run from London City compared with our other London City routes, though the licensed, pre-booked model is identical whichever direction you are travelling.
For London City to Richmond, the roads are predictably busier on weekday mornings and early evenings, when local commuters and airport traffic both use the A13, A406 North Circular and Limehouse Link. Booking an early or late weekday slot is where a little extra time helps most; outside peak hours and on weekends, journeys tend to run more smoothly. Our drivers watch the traffic and adjust the route, not the price.
The pickup point is settled in advance so there is no confusion on the day, and any airport leg is flight-tracked, meaning the car follows your real landing time rather than the original schedule. Either side of the drive, expect the usual airport process — check-in and security outbound, or passport control and baggage reclaim inbound — both allowed for in the included waiting time.
It helps to flag your group size and luggage when you book rather than on the day — a saloon comfortably takes four passengers and two large cases, and an estate, MPV or 8-seater covers anything bigger, from extra suitcases to pushchairs. Demand for this kind of trip tends to rise in school holidays and over summer, so an earlier booking makes it easier to lock in the vehicle you need.
Booked this as a single taxi ride? The same fixed fare, driver and vehicle are available for more than one journey:
An executive car with a professional driver for business trips and special occasions.
A company account for corporate airport travel.
Airport meet & greet, if you would rather be met inside arrivals.
A bigger group travelling together with minibus transfers.
Step-free travel in one of our wheelchair-accessible vehicles.
A day out further afield with a private tour.
We quote the whole London City to Richmond journey as a single fixed number, parking and waiting time already in it, so there is nothing to add up afterwards. It covers roughly 20 miles and around 30–50 minutes in typical traffic, yet the quoted fare never moves. Ask online or call us.
Yes, automatically. Once we have your flight number for the London City arrival, the pickup adjusts itself to your real landing time, whatever happens in the air.
Pick meet & greet for a name-board welcome inside arrivals, or a standard pickup where the driver stays nearby and phones you the moment you are out with your luggage.
No address in Richmond is out of reach for us, home, hotel or office alike. Add the full postcode when you book and your driver will be at the right door.
One hundred percent. We do not run meters or apply surge pricing, so the London City to Richmond price you see at booking is the price on the invoice.
Yes, and it is worth doing at the same time: both fares are locked in together, and we plan the London City-bound leg around traffic and your check-in deadline.
Our fleet spans saloons, estates, MPVs, 8-seaters and executive cars. Tell us how many people and bags are travelling to or from Richmond and we will size the car accordingly.
Yes, free of charge every time. Let us know the ages or seat types you need at booking so they are ready and fitted before pickup.
Your London City pickup includes free waiting time after landing for passport control and baggage reclaim. The allowance is shown when you book.
Pay securely online when you book, by card in the car, or on an account for regular travel. The fixed fare is the same whichever way you pay.
Richmond is roughly to the west of London City, at around 20 miles by road — one of the longer transfers we run from London City. Your driver takes the most direct route on the day, typically via the A13, A406 North Circular and Limehouse Link, and the fixed fare covers whichever way the traffic runs.
The team behind this London City to Richmond page dispatches these journeys daily: Airport Move is a London-licensed private-hire operator working from 450 Bath Rd, near Heathrow, across every London airport and the areas around them. Questions about your London City to Richmond transfer? Call +44 (0) 158 282 4631 or email booking@airportmove.co.uk.
Last updated: 17 August 2026