Basildon to Southend
£40.50one way, for the car · £88.50 return
A pre-booked car from Basildon (SS14) to Southend, door to terminal, at a price agreed before you set off. Southend is around 14 miles from our Basildon base, usually about 25 to 35 minutes by car, though the A127 can be slower at peak times. Your flight is tracked on the way back, and we run every hour of every day.
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The price
These are the real fares from the same system that takes your booking, for the vehicle rather than per person. Book the return together and both legs are locked at once.
Vehicle
One way
Return
Saloon or estate
4 passengers4 cases
One way £40.50
Return £88.50
6-seater or minibus
8 passengers8 cases
One way £58.50
Return £124.50
Totals are all in. Every fare above already includes the £2.50 booking fee, and returns include the £10.00 airport pickup fee that covers meeting your flight. The price you see is the price you agree before you travel. More than four cases moves you up to the larger vehicle, because they will not go in a saloon.
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One agreed price
The Basildon to Southend run is priced before you travel, £40.50 for a saloon one way, for the car rather than per person. No meter, and the number you agree is the number you pay.
Flight tracking
Give us your flight number and we track the inbound to Southend. Land early or sit on the tarmac an hour, and your driver moves to the time you actually land. No calls, no rebooking.
Coming home
Your driver collects you from the designated pick-up point for your terminal, with a full hour from the moment you land, so passport control and a slow baggage belt are not your problem.
Groups and luggage
Saloons and estates take four with up to four cases. Six-seaters and minibuses take up to eight with eight cases, £58.50 one way to Southend. Tell us the party size and we send the right vehicle.
24/7, 365 days
Most Southend departures want you there before the trains start. We run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, so the early check-in and the midnight landing are both covered.
One agreed price
The Basildon to Southend run is priced before you travel, £40.50 for a saloon one way, for the car rather than per person. No meter, and the number you agree is the number you pay.
Flight tracking
Give us your flight number and we track the inbound to Southend. Land early or sit on the tarmac an hour, and your driver moves to the time you actually land. No calls, no rebooking.
Coming home
Your driver collects you from the designated pick-up point for your terminal, with a full hour from the moment you land, so passport control and a slow baggage belt are not your problem.
Groups and luggage
Saloons and estates take four with up to four cases. Six-seaters and minibuses take up to eight with eight cases, £58.50 one way to Southend. Tell us the party size and we send the right vehicle.
24/7, 365 days
Most Southend departures want you there before the trains start. We run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, so the early check-in and the midnight landing are both covered.
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One fixed fare, agreed before you travel.
The journey
Southend is around 14 miles from our Basildon base, usually about 25 to 35 minutes by car, though the A127 can be slower at peak times. The way in is the A127 (Southend Arterial Road) towards Southend, then onto the airport approach, and if the A127 is heavy, the A13 is the usual fallback.
Your driver starts in Basildon and knows the road from here, and the agreed fare does not move whatever the M25 is doing.
Terminals
Southend runs all its scheduled flights from a single passenger terminal, so there is just the one building for arrivals and departures. The older terminal is now a private jet centre. Tell us your flight when you book and your driver takes you to the right door.
Arrivals
Coming home is the leg that goes wrong with most firms, because the plane does not care what time you booked for. Here is how a Value Cars collection from Southend actually works.
We watch the flight, not the timetable
Give us your flight number and we track the inbound to Southend. Land early or sit on the tarmac for an hour, and your driver works to the time you actually touch down.
A full hour from the moment you land
Included on every airport collection, so passport control, a slow baggage belt and the long walk out are all absorbed before any waiting time is charged.
Straight to the car
Your driver collects you from the designated pick-up point for your terminal at Southend, so there is no shuttle to find and no second leg to your journey.
Nothing to pay at the airport
No parking, no drop-off charge, no card machine at a barrier. The fare was agreed before you travelled and that is the end of it.
1 hour
free, from the second you land
Not from the time you booked, and not from the time the airline said you would arrive. From the moment the wheels are down.
Parking vs a taxi
Drive and park
A Value Cars return
£88.50
Basildon to Southend and back, both legs agreed
Door to door, flight tracked, and not a penny of parking or drop-off charge.
Price the returnSouthend's parking prices vary by date and are much cheaper booked ahead, so check londonsouthendairport.com for your dates. See live prices
Common questions
A saloon from Basildon to Southend is £40.50 one way, or £88.50 for the return with both legs booked together. A six-seater or minibus for up to eight is £58.50 one way. Those are all-in totals for the car, not per person, and they already include the £2.50 booking fee. Enter your postcode on this page for your exact figure.
Southend is around 14 miles from our Basildon base, usually about 25 to 35 minutes by car, though the A127 can be slower at peak times. The way in is the A127 (Southend Arterial Road) towards Southend, then onto the airport approach, and if the A127 is heavy, the A13 is the usual fallback. Your driver knows the road, and because the fare is agreed before you travel it does not change if the traffic does.
All of them: Main terminal. Southend runs all its scheduled flights from a single passenger terminal, so there is just the one building for arrivals and departures. The older terminal is now a private jet centre. Tell us your flight when you book and your driver takes you to the right door.
For anything longer than a short trip, usually. Southend doesn't publish a flat weekly price, but Long Stay is around £45 a day if you turn up and park, and pre-booking saves up to 60%. The Short Stay car park opposite the terminal is about £65 a day. A fixed Value Cars return from Basildon is £88.50 for the car, door to door, with no parking to find and nothing to pay at the airport. Southend's parking prices vary by date and are much cheaper booked ahead, so check londonsouthendairport.com for your dates.
Southend now charges £8 every time a car uses its Express Pick-up and Drop-off zone opposite the terminal, with a 10-minute limit. There are no barriers, so you pay online by midnight the following day or a Parking Charge Notice is issued. That charge is set by Southend, not by us. With a booked car you are taken to the terminal and there is nothing for you to pay at the airport.
Yes. Value Cars run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, which covers the pre-dawn check-ins that most Southend departures want, plus bank holidays and Christmas. Pre-book the night before and the car is outside when you need it.
We track it. Give us the flight number when you book the return and your driver works to the time the aircraft actually lands, not the time on the ticket. The return fare includes an hour from landing, which covers passport control and the baggage belt.
At the designated pick-up point for your terminal. We take your flight number when you book the return and track the inbound, so your driver is in position for the time you actually land rather than the time on the ticket.
Airport collections include a full hour from the time your flight lands, which is there to absorb passport control, the baggage belt and a slow walk out. After that hour, standard waiting charges apply at £20 an hour for a car or £30 an hour for a minibus, charged pro rata. Because we track the flight, a delayed landing simply moves the clock, it does not eat into your hour.
A saloon or estate takes up to four passengers with up to four cases. A six-seater or minibus takes up to eight passengers with up to eight cases. More than four cases moves you to the larger vehicle even with a small party, because they will not fit in a saloon. Pick your numbers when you quote and the price updates.
Yes. You can pay securely by card when you book online, or settle with the driver. Either way the amount is the fixed price you agreed, and every car carries a card reader.
Yes. We are a Basildon firm and we cover the towns around it, including Wickford, Billericay, Laindon, Langdon Hills, Pitsea, Benfleet, Stanford-le-Hope, Corringham and Brentwood. Fares are set by postcode, so put yours into the quote box for the exact price from your door.
Other airports
Prices shown are one way for a saloon from Basildon, all in.
Looking for everything we run to Southend? The Southend transfers page has the fare from every town we cover.
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