Ilford and Woodford pickups suit a pre-booked car, with Stansted up the M11 and City close by. We confirm the price from your door and bring a larger vehicle when there is more luggage than a saloon will take.
Travelling between Southend and Redbridge? Airportmove provides fixed-fare, door-to-door transfers around the clock. Expect about 35 miles and 45–65 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.
Ilford and Woodford pickups suit a pre-booked car, with Stansted up the M11 and City close by. We confirm the price from your door and bring a larger vehicle when there is more luggage than a saloon will take.
Whether you are heading home to Redbridge 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 Redbridge and plans around the traffic, and for arrivals we adjust the pickup to your real landing time. Redbridge lies roughly to the west of Southend, and at around 35 miles it is among the closest areas we cover from Southend.
Whether it is your first time booking with us or your fiftieth, a Southend to Redbridge transfer follows the same reliable four-step process below.
Enter your Redbridge 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 Redbridge 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.
Travellers keep coming back for the same reasons on this route: a fixed Southend to Redbridge price, a tracked flight, and a driver who turns up.
One set fare, confirmed up front.
Landing time tracked, at no extra cost.
Collected and dropped at your Redbridge door.
Arrivals meet & greet available.
A vehicle range from saloon to 8-seater.
Book and travel any hour, any day.
The journey between Southend and Redbridge is roughly 35 miles by road, typically via the A127 and A13. In normal conditions allow about 45–65 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.
Redbridge sits roughly to the west of Southend. By distance across all the areas we cover from Southend, this route is among the closest areas we cover from Southend — the 7th shortest of the 64 areas we cover from Southend, by road distance — useful context if you are weighing up Redbridge 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.
Southend Airport is east of London in Essex, a smaller airport with its own railway station and a relaxed feel. It suits east London and Essex journeys, and we run fixed-fare transfers there with flight tracking on arrivals.
Redbridge is a north-east London borough taking in Ilford, Wanstead and Woodford on the Essex border. Its position near the M11 and A12 makes Stansted and London City easy to reach. We provide fixed-fare door-to-door airport transfers from Redbridge, day and night.
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, Redbridge lies to the west of Southend, a journey of around 35 miles — among the closest areas we cover from Southend compared with our other Southend routes, though the licensed, pre-booked model is identical whichever direction you are travelling.
the A127 and A13 are at their busiest on weekday mornings and early evenings around Southend to Redbridge, as commuter traffic overlaps with airport and local trips. Early or late weekday journeys benefit from extra time in the schedule; quieter periods fall on evenings, weekends and school holidays. Whatever the traffic, your driver plans the route in advance and the fare does not change.
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.
Telling us your group size and luggage at booking, rather than leaving it to the day, means the right vehicle is waiting: a saloon for up to four people and two large cases, or an estate, MPV or 8-seater for more bags, buggies or equipment. Journeys like this get busier in school holidays and summer, so booking ahead is the simplest way to secure the size of car 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 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 Redbridge: you get one price for the full journey, parking and waiting included, before you book. The route is about 35 miles, normally 45–65 minutes by road, but the price stays the same whatever the traffic. Get it instantly online or by phone.
Yes. We track your inbound flight by its number and adjust the pickup to your real landing time, so your driver is ready to take you to Redbridge whether you are early or late.
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.
Every Redbridge 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.
Yes. We do not use meters or surge pricing. The price you are quoted for the Southend to Redbridge journey is the price you pay, whatever the traffic on the day.
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 Redbridge 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.
We do not charge for the time it takes to clear passport control and collect bags at Southend, up to a free allowance. It is shown at booking.
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.
Redbridge is roughly to the west of Southend, at around 35 miles by road — among the closest 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.
This guide to Southend ↔ Redbridge transfers is written and kept current by the Airportmove 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 Redbridge transfer? Call +44 (0) 158 282 4631 or email booking@airportmove.co.uk.
Last updated: 7 July 2026