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.
Fixed-fare Southend to Richmond transfers with flight tracking, meet & greet and 24/7 cover — your price confirmed before you book.
Fixed fares, professional drivers and 24/7 cover across London and beyond.
Travelling between Southend and Richmond? Airport Move provides fixed-fare, door-to-door transfers around the clock. Expect about 55 miles and 65–105 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.
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 Southend 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 Southend, and at around 55 miles it is one of the longer transfers we run from Southend.
There is nothing complicated about booking between Southend and Richmond — four short steps stand between you and a confirmed, fixed-fare ride.
Put in your route between Southend and Richmond, or phone us, for an instant fixed fare covering the full journey — parking and waiting included, no surprises later.
Pick a saloon, estate, MPV or 8-seater, add any child seats or a meet-and-greet, and confirm. We send the driver's name, number and registration ahead of time.
We monitor inbound flights to Southend and shift your pickup to the actual landing time. Your driver meets you in arrivals and helps with luggage out to the car.
Enjoy a door-to-door run into Richmond and pay online, by card on the day, or on a business account — the fixed fare never changes with the traffic.
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.
What travellers value most on the Southend to Richmond route: a price that does not move, a driver who is on time, and help with the bags.
One set fare, confirmed up front.
Flight tracking included on arrivals.
Picked up at any Richmond address, door to door.
A name board waiting in arrivals, on request.
A vehicle range from saloon to 8-seater.
Booking and travel around the clock.
The journey between Southend and Richmond is roughly 55 miles by road, typically via the A127 and A13. In normal conditions allow about 65–105 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.
Richmond sits roughly to the west of Southend. By distance across all the areas we cover from Southend, this route is one of the longer transfers we run from Southend — the 49th shortest of the 64 areas we cover from Southend, 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 Southend–Richmond run is roughly 55 miles, usually along the A127 and A13, 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.
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, Richmond lies to the west of Southend, a journey of around 55 miles — one of the longer transfers we run from Southend compared with our other Southend routes, though the licensed, pre-booked model is identical whichever direction you are travelling.
For Southend to Richmond, the roads are predictably busier on weekday mornings and early evenings, when local commuters and airport traffic both use the A127 and A13. 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.
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.
We give you one fixed price from Southend to your Richmond address before you book, with parking and waiting time built in. It covers roughly 55 miles and around 65–105 minutes in typical traffic, yet the quoted fare never moves. Use the booking page or call for an instant quote.
Yes, automatically. Once we have your flight number for the Southend 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.
We do — any Richmond home, hotel or office, for pickup or drop-off. Give the full address and postcode at booking so your driver reaches you without delay.
It is. There is no meter and no surge pricing — the quote you accept for the Southend to Richmond trip is exactly what you pay, regardless of the traffic.
Yes, and it is worth doing at the same time: both fares are locked in together, and we plan the Southend-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, 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.
However you prefer: securely online at the time of booking, by card in the car, or on a standing account for regular travellers — the fare does not change either way.
Richmond is roughly to the west of Southend, at around 55 miles by road — one of the longer transfers we run 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.
This guide to Southend ↔ Richmond transfers is written and kept current by the Airport Move operations team, a London-licensed private-hire operator based at 450 Bath Rd, near Heathrow. We run fixed-fare airport, station and door-to-door journeys across London and the UK every day. Questions about your Southend to Richmond transfer? Call +44 (0) 158 282 4631 or email booking@airportmove.co.uk.
Last updated: 17 August 2026