For early Eurostar connections, client meetings or a flight after a day in the Square Mile, a booked car beats hailing one in rush-hour traffic. We hold a fixed fare and can put an executive vehicle on your company account.
One fixed fare for Stansted to City of London, confirmed before you travel, with flight tracking and 24/7 availability built in.
Fixed fares, professional drivers and 24/7 cover across London and beyond.
Travelling between Stansted and City of London? Airport Move provides fixed-fare, door-to-door transfers around the clock. Expect about 35 miles and 45–70 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.
For early Eurostar connections, client meetings or a flight after a day in the Square Mile, a booked car beats hailing one in rush-hour traffic. We hold a fixed fare and can put an executive vehicle on your company account.
Coming back to City of London or setting off for your flight, a transfer booked in advance keeps the whole trip simple and door-to-door. Your driver knows the Stansted–City of London roads, works around the traffic, and on arrivals times the pickup to when you actually land. City of London lies roughly to the south-south-west of Stansted, and at around 35 miles it is one of the shorter transfers we run from Stansted.
Booking your Stansted to City of London transfer takes about two minutes and the fare is fixed from the start. Here is how the journey works, step by step.
Put in your route between Stansted and City of London, 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 Stansted 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 City of London 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 Stansted to City of London route: a price that does not move, a driver who is on time, and help with the bags.
The price is fixed before you travel.
Arrivals tracked to your landing time.
Your City of London door, start to finish.
A name board waiting in arrivals, on request.
Vehicles from saloon to 8-seater.
Booking and travel around the clock.
The journey between Stansted and City of London is roughly 35 miles by road, typically via the M11 and M25. In normal conditions allow about 45–70 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.
City of London sits roughly to the south-south-west of Stansted. By distance across all the areas we cover from Stansted, this route is one of the shorter transfers we run from Stansted — the 17th shortest of the 64 areas we cover from Stansted, by road distance — useful context if you are weighing up City of London 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 Stansted–City of London run is roughly 35 miles, usually along the M11 and M25, with City of London sitting to the south-south-west of the airport. The City of London is the capital's historic financial district, the "Square Mile" around the Bank of England and Liverpool Street.
Stansted sits to the north-east of London off the M11, the main base for several low-cost airlines.
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, City of London lies to the south-south-west of Stansted, a journey of around 35 miles — one of the shorter transfers we run from Stansted compared with our other Stansted routes, though the licensed, pre-booked model is identical whichever direction you are travelling.
Traffic around Stansted to City of London builds fastest on weekday mornings and early evenings, when commuters share the M11 and M25 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.
Your pickup point is confirmed ahead of time, removing any guesswork on the day, and flight tracking on airport journeys means the car adjusts to when you actually land rather than when the schedule says you should. The usual airport steps still apply either side of your drive — check-in and security, or passport control and baggage reclaim — and the included waiting time is there to cover them.
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 Stansted to City of London journey as a single fixed number, parking and waiting time already in it, so there is nothing to add up afterwards. It covers roughly 35 miles and around 45–70 minutes in typical traffic, yet the quoted fare never moves. Ask online or call us.
We do. Your flight is followed by its number and the pickup shifts to the actual landing time, so the car to City of London is ready early or late at no extra cost.
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.
Yes. We collect from and drop at any City of London address — homes, hotels and offices. Provide the full address and postcode when booking so the driver finds you easily.
One hundred percent. We do not run meters or apply surge pricing, so the Stansted to City of London 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 Stansted we allow for traffic and check-in times so you arrive in good time.
Choose from saloons, estates, MPVs, 8-seaters or an executive car for the City of London journey — just tell us your group size and luggage when you book.
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.
Your Stansted 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.
City of London is roughly to the south-south-west of Stansted, at around 35 miles by road — one of the shorter transfers we run from Stansted. Your driver takes the most direct route on the day, typically via the M11 and M25, and the fixed fare covers whichever way the traffic runs.
This page is maintained by the Airport Move operations team. Based at 450 Bath Rd by Heathrow and licensed for private hire in London, we arrange fixed-fare City of London transfers to and from Stansted and every other London airport, seven days a week. Questions about your Stansted to City of London transfer? Call +44 (0) 158 282 4631 or email booking@airportmove.co.uk.
Last updated: 17 August 2026