Staying near Borough Market or visiting one of Southwark's hospitals? We collect from any address, fix the fare before you travel, and time airport runs around your flight so there is nothing to work out on the day.
Reliable London City to Southwark transfers for one fixed fare — flight-tracked, door-to-door and bookable any hour of the day or night.
Fixed fares, professional drivers and 24/7 cover across London and beyond.
Travelling between London City and Southwark? Airport Move provides fixed-fare, door-to-door transfers around the clock. Expect about 8 miles and 20–30 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.
Staying near Borough Market or visiting one of Southwark's hospitals? We collect from any address, fix the fare before you travel, and time airport runs around your flight so there is nothing to work out on the day.
From your Southwark doorstep to the terminal, or the other way round, booking ahead takes the stress out of the journey. Drivers know the best way between London City and Southwark, allow for delays, and reset arrival pickups to your real landing time. Southwark lies roughly to the west of London City, and at around 8 miles it is a quick, short-distance run by our usual standards.
Here is exactly how an Airport Move journey between London City and Southwark works — from your fixed quote to a door-to-door drop-off — in four short steps.
Enter your Southwark pickup or drop-off and your London City details, or call us. You get an instant, fixed price for the whole journey — no meters, no surge pricing.
Choose a saloon, estate, MPV or 8-seater, add child seats or meet and greet, and confirm in under a minute. We text your driver's name, number and car before pickup.
On arrivals into London City we follow your flight by number and move the pickup to your real landing time. Your driver can wait in arrivals with a name board and help with bags.
Your driver takes you straight to Southwark and you pay online, by card in the car, or on account — always at the fixed fare you were quoted.
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.
A London City to Southwark transfer with Airport Move means no meters, no surge pricing and a driver who knows the route.
A fixed price agreed before booking.
Your inbound flight is tracked for free.
Door-to-door at any Southwark address.
Name-board meet & greet on request.
Vehicles from saloon to 8-seater.
Round-the-clock booking and travel.
The journey between London City and Southwark is roughly 8 miles by road, typically via the A13, A406 North Circular and Limehouse Link. In normal conditions allow about 20–30 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.
Southwark sits roughly to the west of London City. By distance across all the areas we cover from London City, this route is a quick, short-distance run by our usual standards — the 11th shortest of the 64 areas we cover from London City, by road distance — useful context if you are weighing up Southwark 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.
Travelling between London City and Southwark covers around 8 miles by road, typically via the A13, A406 North Circular and Limehouse Link, with Southwark lying to the west of the airport. Southwark stretches along the south bank from Bankside and Borough Market to Bermondsey and Peckham.
London City Airport is in the Royal Docks in east London, the closest airport to the City and Canary Wharf.
The word “taxi” gets used for almost any hired car in everyday conversation, but a licensed minicab is a genuinely separate, regulated category from a black cab — it must be pre-booked rather than hailed, and both the driver and vehicle carry their own private hire licence. That is exactly how this transfer is arranged: booked in advance, licensed throughout, and priced before you travel. On this specific route, Southwark lies to the west of London City, a journey of around 8 miles — a quick, short-distance run by our usual standards compared with our other London City routes, though the licensed, pre-booked model is identical whichever direction you are travelling.
The busiest times for London City to Southwark are weekday rush hours, when the A13, A406 North Circular and Limehouse Link carry commuter traffic alongside airport and local journeys. If you are travelling before 8am or after 5pm on a weekday, it pays to leave a little earlier; evenings, weekends and school holidays tend to move more freely. We plan the timing either way, so the fixed fare and the pickup time both hold.
Nothing about the pickup is left to chance: the meeting point is agreed in advance, and on airport legs we track the flight so the timing matches your real arrival, not the timetable. Plan for the usual airport process around the journey itself — security and check-in outbound, passport control and baggage inbound — which is exactly what the free waiting allowance in your fare is there for.
A quick note on group size and luggage at booking saves any surprise on the day: a saloon is comfortable for four with two large cases, and an estate, MPV or 8-seater takes the extra bags, buggies or kit that a bigger trip brings. Since school holidays and summer tend to be busier for journeys like this, booking a little ahead makes securing the right vehicle straightforward.
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.
The cost is set in advance for the London City to Southwark trip and covers parking and waiting time, so nothing is added later. The route is about 8 miles, normally 20–30 minutes by road, but the price stays the same whatever the traffic. Request your price online or over the phone.
Always. We follow your inbound flight and reset the pickup to when you actually touch down, so the driver to Southwark is there on time no matter the delay.
Choose meet & greet and the driver is in the arrivals hall with a name board; with a standard pickup they wait close by and ring you once you are through with your bags.
Every Southwark address is covered, whether it is a private home, a hotel or a workplace. Just include the postcode at booking so the driver has no trouble finding you.
One hundred percent. We do not run meters or apply surge pricing, so the London City to Southwark price you see at booking is the price on the invoice.
Of course — reserve both legs at once to lock in two fixed fares. On the way back to London City we factor in traffic and check-in so you are there in good time.
Saloons, estates, MPVs, 8-seaters and executive cars. Tell us your group size and luggage when booking and we will recommend the right vehicle for the Southwark journey.
We can, with no charge added. Specify infant, child or booster seats and the quantity when you book, and they will already be fitted when the driver arrives.
There is free waiting time built into every London City pickup, allowing for passport control and baggage reclaim. The exact allowance appears as you book.
Three ways to pay: online when you book, by card with the driver, or on account if you travel this route regularly — all at the same fixed fare.
Southwark is roughly to the west of London City, at around 8 miles by road — a quick, short-distance run by our usual standards. 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 Airport Move operations team writes and reviews this London City to Southwark page. We are a London-licensed private-hire operator at 450 Bath Rd, minutes from Heathrow, arranging fixed-fare transfers between the airports and areas like Southwark around the clock. Questions about your London City to Southwark transfer? Call +44 (0) 158 282 4631 or email booking@airportmove.co.uk.
Last updated: 17 August 2026