From Guildford, both Heathrow and Gatwick are within a comfortable run, and we plan the timing to your flight. Book a fixed-fare car or an executive vehicle for longer business journeys across the South.
Door-to-door Southend to Guildford transfers at a fixed price, with flight tracking and round-the-clock booking. Know your fare before you travel.
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Airportmove runs fixed-fare transfers between Southend and Guildford, 24 hours a day. The journey is roughly 70 miles by road, usually around 90–145 minutes depending on traffic. We track your flight so your driver is ready when you land, help with your luggage, and the price is agreed before you travel — no meters and no surge pricing.
From Guildford, both Heathrow and Gatwick are within a comfortable run, and we plan the timing to your flight. Book a fixed-fare car or an executive vehicle for longer business journeys across the South.
Coming back to Guildford or setting off for your flight, a transfer booked in advance keeps the whole trip simple and door-to-door. Your driver knows the Southend–Guildford roads, works around the traffic, and on arrivals times the pickup to when you actually land. Guildford lies roughly to the west-south-west of Southend, and at around 70 miles it is a longer-distance run, so we build in extra time for traffic.
Booking your Southend to Guildford transfer takes about two minutes and the fare is fixed from the start. Here is how the journey works, step by step.
Tell us the Southend and Guildford 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 Southend we watch your flight and adjust the pickup automatically, so a delay costs you nothing and your driver is ready when you reach the Guildford side.
Settle in for a direct ride to your Guildford 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.
Everything about a Southend to Guildford transfer is built to be easy: one fixed fare, flight tracking, and 24/7 cover.
Fixed fare quoted before you book.
Free flight tracking on arrivals.
Your Guildford door, start to finish.
Name-board meet & greet on request.
A vehicle range from saloon to 8-seater.
Booking and travel around the clock.
The journey between Southend and Guildford is roughly 70 miles by road, typically via the A127 and A13. In normal conditions allow about 90–145 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.
Guildford sits roughly to the west-south-west of Southend. By distance across all the areas we cover from Southend, this route is a longer-distance run, so we build in extra time for traffic — the 64th shortest of the 64 areas we cover from Southend, by road distance — useful context if you are weighing up Guildford 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 Southend–Guildford run is roughly 70 miles, usually along the A127 and A13, with Guildford sitting to the west-south-west of the airport. Guildford is a historic county town in Surrey, south-west of London, set among the Surrey Hills with a cobbled high street.
Southend Airport is east of London in Essex, a smaller airport with its own railway station and a relaxed feel.
In everyday London speech, people say “taxi” for almost any hired car, but a licensed minicab is legally distinct from a black cab: it cannot be hailed on the street and must be booked in advance, with the driver and vehicle separately licensed for private hire. A pre-booked transfer like this one works on exactly that basis — agreed in advance, licensed throughout, with the fare fixed before you travel. On this specific route, Guildford lies to the west-south-west of Southend, a journey of around 70 miles — a longer-distance run, so we build in extra time for traffic compared with our other Southend routes, though the licensed, pre-booked model is identical whichever direction you are travelling.
Traffic around Southend to Guildford builds fastest on weekday mornings and early evenings, when commuters share the A127 and A13 with airport and local traffic. A journey before 8am or after 5pm on a weekday is when it is worth allowing extra time; outside those windows, and at weekends, the roads are usually calmer. Either way, our drivers build a buffer into every pickup so a slow patch of traffic does not turn into a rushed one.
On the day, your driver confirms the pickup point in advance so there is no last-minute searching, and for airport legs the flight is tracked so the car is ready whether you land early or late. Allow the usual airport routine either side of the drive itself: security and check-in on the way out, and passport control or baggage reclaim on the way in, both of which our free waiting allowance already covers.
Groups and luggage are worth mentioning at booking rather than working out on the day: a saloon suits up to four people and two large cases comfortably, while an estate, MPV or 8-seater gives more room for extra bags, buggies or sports kit. School holidays and the summer season tend to bring more group and family travel on this kind of journey, so booking a little further ahead helps guarantee the right-sized vehicle at a time that suits you.
Booked this as a single taxi ride? The same fixed fare, driver and vehicle are available for more than one journey:
An executive chauffeur car 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.
Your fare is fixed and quoted upfront from Southend to your exact Guildford address, including parking and free waiting time. The route is about 70 miles, normally 90–145 minutes by road, but the price stays the same whatever the traffic. Get an instant price on our booking page or by phone.
Every time. Give us the flight number and we track it into Southend, moving the pickup to match reality rather than the original schedule, at no extra cost for delays.
Two options at Southend: meet & greet, where the driver holds a name board inside arrivals, or a standard pickup just outside, with a call once you are clear of customs and baggage.
No address in Guildford 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 Southend to Guildford price you see at booking is the price on the invoice.
Yes. Book the outbound and return together to hold both fixed fares. For the trip to Southend we allow for traffic and check-in times so you arrive in good time.
From saloons and estates to MPVs, 8-seaters and executive cars. Share your group size and luggage at booking and we will match the best vehicle for the Guildford run.
Yes, at no cost. Tell us the number and type of infant, child or booster seats at booking and they are in place before pickup.
There is free waiting time built into every Southend 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.
Guildford is roughly to the west-south-west of Southend, at around 70 miles by road — a longer-distance run, so we build in extra time for traffic. Your driver takes the most direct route on the day, typically via the A127 and A13, and the fixed fare covers whichever way the traffic runs.
Written by the people who dispatch these journeys: the Airportmove operations team, a licensed London private-hire operator based at 450 Bath Rd near Heathrow. We handle Southend to Guildford runs and door-to-door transfers across the capital and beyond every day. Questions about your Southend to Guildford transfer? Call +44 (0) 158 282 4631 or email booking@airportmove.co.uk.
Last updated: 7 July 2026