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Airport transfers from Kent
London Southend Airport Taxi from Kent
Taxi transfers from Kent to London Southend Airport over the Dartford Crossing, with drop-off directly opposite the single terminal. Send your flight and luggage details and a licensed private hire operator quotes you and carries out the journey.
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Terminals, pickups and charges
Kent to Southend, one terminal and a short walk
London Southend is a single-terminal airport in south-east Essex, reached from Kent over the Dartford Crossing. A London Southend airport taxi from Kent takes from about 40 minutes off-peak from Dartford. You request a quote through Airport Taxi Kent, and a licensed private hire operator quotes you and drives you there.
Where are you dropped off at Southend?
London Southend has a single terminal. The Express Pick-up and Drop-off area sits directly opposite it and is used both for dropping off and for meeting arriving passengers, so the walk to the car is short.
How do Southend drop-off and pickup charges work?
The Express area costs £8 for up to 10 minutes, paid online after you leave, by midnight the following day. If a longer wait is likely, the Superior car park is the alternative, and it also charges a fee. [HOLD-QUOTE-RULE: the operator’s quote includes the drop-off charge and the Dartford Crossing, so there is nothing extra to pay on the way. If you are being collected, the quote also says how any pick-up parking while the driver waits is charged.]
How long does a London Southend airport taxi from Kent take?
The usual route crosses the Thames at Dartford. From the M25, the A13 runs east from junction 30, or the A127 from junction 29, to the airport. The Dartford Crossing charge for a car is £3.50 from 6am to 10pm and free overnight. Off-peak drive times start from:
- West Kent (Dartford, Gravesend, Swanley): from about 40 minutes off-peak from Dartford.
- Mid Kent (Maidstone, Medway, Sittingbourne): from about 55 minutes off-peak from Medway, via the M20, M2 or A2.
- East Kent (Canterbury, Thanet, Dover): from about 1 hour 30 minutes off-peak from Canterbury, via the M2 and A2.
Allow 20 to 45 minutes more at weekday peaks.
What happens if your flight into Southend is delayed?
Put your flight number on your quote request with the scheduled landing time. Give a valid flight number and the operator monitors your flight, adjusting the collection time at no extra charge, subject to driver availability. Airport collections include up to 60 minutes of free waiting from the actual landing time. After that, waiting may be charged at £5 per 15 minutes, plus any extra airport parking, and the quote sets this out before you accept. Because the Express area fee covers 10 minutes, an accurate landing time keeps the pickup simple.
Will your luggage fit?
List every passenger and suitcase on your quote request, plus any skis, golf bags or pushchair, so the operator can quote for a car with enough boot space. Estate cars, MPVs and other larger vehicles are available for bigger groups and extra luggage, and wheelchair-accessible vehicles are available too.
Terminals
Terminals at London Southend
London Southend terminal
Your flight sets the timetable
Why use an airport specialist for London Southend?
Airports only, nothing else
Airport Taxi Kent handles airport transfer requests and nothing else. Every page is built around terminals, pickup points, luggage and flight times, so the questions you have before a flight are already answered.
Drive times from your town
You can see the drive time from your town to each of the six London airports, and to Birmingham, East Midlands, Southampton, Bristol, Manchester and Bournemouth. It is the least the journey takes, so you can set your pickup time with a sensible margin for traffic.
A quote before you commit
You send your journey details and the operator sends you a quote for that exact journey. Nothing is booked until you accept it, and you can ask about the route, terminal or luggage first.
Licensed private hire operators
Airport Taxi Kent passes your request to licensed private hire operators that cover your town. The operator that takes your journey quotes you, confirms your booking and is who you deal with on the day.
Questions before you fly
London Southend airport taxi questions
A taxi from Kent to London Southend Airport takes from about 40 minutes off-peak from Dartford, from about 55 minutes from Medway, and from about 1 hour 30 minutes from Canterbury. Airport Taxi Kent suggests allowing 20 to 45 minutes more at weekday peaks.
London Southend Airport has one passenger terminal, so you do not need to choose a terminal when you request a quote. Give Airport Taxi Kent your pickup address, flight number and time, passengers and suitcases, and add a return journey to the same request if you are flying back into Southend.
Yes. A taxi from Kent to London Southend crosses the Thames at Dartford, then usually takes the A13 east from junction 30 of the M25 or the A127 from junction 29. The crossing charge for a car is £3.50 between 6am and 10pm and nothing overnight. [HOLD-QUOTE-RULE: the operator’s quote includes the drop-off charge and the Dartford Crossing, so there is nothing extra to pay on the way. If you are being collected, the quote also says how any pick-up parking while the driver waits is charged.]
At London Southend, arriving passengers are usually collected from the Express Pick-up and Drop-off area directly opposite the terminal, where the fee is £8 for up to 10 minutes. Airport Taxi Kent passes your flight number and landing time to the licensed private hire operator, so the driver has your flight details before you land.
Yes. The Express Pick-up and Drop-off area directly opposite the terminal costs £8 for up to 10 minutes, paid online by midnight the following day. The Superior car park is the other drop-off and pickup option and also charges a fee. [HOLD-QUOTE-RULE: the operator’s quote includes the drop-off charge and the Dartford Crossing, so there is nothing extra to pay on the way. If you are being collected, the quote also says how any pick-up parking while the driver waits is charged.]
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