From Kingston's riverside, Heathrow is a short run and Gatwick reachable the other way. Book a fixed-fare car for the airport, choose the size that fits your bags, and leave the timing to your driver.
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Travelling between Southend and Kingston? Airportmove provides fixed-fare, door-to-door transfers around the clock. Expect about 55 miles and 70–105 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.
From Kingston's riverside, Heathrow is a short run and Gatwick reachable the other way. Book a fixed-fare car for the airport, choose the size that fits your bags, and leave the timing to your driver.
Coming back to Kingston 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–Kingston roads, works around the traffic, and on arrivals times the pickup to when you actually land. Kingston lies roughly to the west-south-west of Southend, and at around 55 miles it is among the more distant areas we cover from Southend.
Arranging a Southend to Kingston transfer is quick and the price never changes after you book. The four steps below show how it all fits together.
Enter your Kingston pickup or drop-off and your Southend 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 Southend 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 Kingston 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.
Fixed-fare, flight-tracked journeys between Southend and Kingston, booked in minutes and driven by licensed local drivers.
One set fare, confirmed up front.
Arrivals tracked to your landing time.
Picked up at any Kingston address, door to door.
Meet & greet at the airport.
Vehicles from saloon to 8-seater.
Round-the-clock booking and travel.
The journey between Southend and Kingston is roughly 55 miles by road, typically via the A127 and A13. In normal conditions allow about 70–105 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.
Kingston sits roughly to the west-south-west of Southend. By distance across all the areas we cover from Southend, this route is among the more distant areas we cover from Southend — the 50th shortest of the 64 areas we cover from Southend, by road distance — useful context if you are weighing up Kingston 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 Southend and Kingston covers around 55 miles by road, typically via the A127 and A13, with Kingston lying to the west-south-west of the airport. Kingston upon Thames is a riverside town centre in south-west London, popular for shopping and its market.
Southend Airport is east of London in Essex, a smaller airport with its own railway station and a relaxed feel.
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, Kingston lies to the west-south-west of Southend, a journey of around 55 miles — among the more distant areas we cover from Southend compared with our other Southend routes, though the licensed, pre-booked model is identical whichever direction you are travelling.
Weekday rush hours are the main thing to plan around for Southend to Kingston, since the A127 and A13 get busy with commuters as well as airport traffic. An early-morning or early-evening weekday trip is worth a little extra buffer; things generally ease off in the evenings, at weekends and during school holidays. The fare stays fixed regardless of which of these you land in.
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.
Mentioning your group size and luggage at booking, rather than on the day, means we bring the right car from the start — a saloon for four passengers and two large cases, or an estate, MPV or 8-seater when there is more to carry. Expect more demand for this kind of journey around school holidays and summer, so a little lead time helps when it comes to booking the right vehicle.
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.
There is no meter running between Southend and Kingston: you get one price for the full journey, parking and waiting included, before you book. The route is about 55 miles, normally 70–105 minutes by road, but the price stays the same whatever the traffic. Get it instantly online 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.
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.
Every Kingston 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.
Fully fixed. Once you accept the quote for Southend to Kingston, that is the amount charged — traffic, weather and time of day do not change it.
Absolutely. Booking both legs together secures two fixed fares in one go, and the return to Southend is timed with check-in and traffic already factored in.
We run saloons, estates, MPVs, 8-seaters and executive cars. Let us know your numbers and luggage when booking and we will suggest the right one for your Kingston trip.
We do, free of charge. Note how many infant, child or booster seats you need at booking and they are fitted before the driver arrives.
Every Southend pickup comes with a free waiting allowance for passport control and baggage reclaim built in. You will see the figure when you book.
Settle securely online at booking, by card with the driver, or on account for regular trips — the fixed fare is identical whichever method you choose.
Kingston is roughly to the west-south-west of Southend, at around 55 miles by road — among the more distant areas we cover from Southend. 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.
Kept up to date by Airportmove's operations desk, a licensed London private-hire operator at 450 Bath Rd near Heathrow, this page reflects how we actually run Southend to Kingston transfers, not a generic template. Questions about your Southend to Kingston transfer? Call +44 (0) 158 282 4631 or email booking@airportmove.co.uk.
Last updated: 7 July 2026