Area guide · SS5
Wrapped around ancient Hockley Woods, this large Essex village has its own station on the Shenfield to Southend line, and Value Cars covers every road in.
Trusted across Hockley
About 12 miles by road from base, so a car is never far away, with drivers who know Hockley and the quickest way through it.
Local knowledge
Hockley has its own railway station, Hockley (HOC), on Greater Anglia, on the Shenfield to Southend line.
Local knowledge
Hockley's Spa Pump Room on Spa Road is a Grade II listed early-Victorian building, designed by James Lockyer in 1842 around a medicinal spring that briefly made Hockley a fashionable spa town.
Local knowledge
Hockley Woods is the largest surviving area of the ancient wildwood that once covered much of Essex.
Local knowledge
The B1013 (Main Road) is the key through-route, running from Rayleigh through Hawkwell into Hockley.
Local knowledge
The high street, the shops and the market in Hockley, bags and all.
Trusted across Hockley
About 12 miles by road from our base, so a car is never far away, with local drivers who know Hockley and the quickest way through it at any hour.
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By rail
Hockley has its own railway station, Hockley (HOC), on Greater Anglia, on the Shenfield to Southend line.
Landmarks & history
Hockley's Spa Pump Room on Spa Road is a Grade II listed early-Victorian building, designed by James Lockyer in 1842 around a medicinal spring that briefly made Hockley a fashionable spa town.
Parks & days out
Hockley Woods is the largest surviving area of the ancient wildwood that once covered much of Essex.
Getting around
The B1013 (Main Road) is the key through-route, running from Rayleigh through Hawkwell into Hockley.
Town & shopping
The high street, the shops and the market in Hockley, bags and all.
Fixed airport fares
Fixed prices from Hockley (SS5), agreed before you travel. Your flight is tracked and your driver is waiting when you land.
Approximate standard-saloon prices from Hockley, calculated by the same system that takes your booking. Larger vehicles, pick-ups and returns are priced live when you quote.
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Hockley taxis, answered
Airport transfers
Fixed-price runs from Hockley to Stansted, Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, London City and Southend. Your flight is tracked and the price is agreed before you travel, with no meter.
Station runs
We run the Hockley station hop every day, the early-train drop and the last-train pickup, so you are never stuck on the platform.
Hospital runs
Door-to-door to Basildon University Hospital on Nethermayne, plus Southend and Broomfield. Pre-book the return when you book the outward trip.
School & college
Reliable morning and afternoon runs to local schools and South Essex College, on account or one-off, with the same trusted drivers.
Nights out
A safe ride home from anywhere, a card reader in every car, and a local firm that actually answers the phone at 2am.
Click a car for more information
One fixed fare, agreed before you travel.
Common questions
Value Cars has driven Hockley for over 20 years, a Basildon firm licensed by Basildon Borough Council with local drivers who know the roads here. Our base is about 12 miles away, roughly 20 minutes, so a car is never far. We hold a 4.7-star rating from 2,405-plus Google reviews and run 24 hours a day.
Anywhere you need. We run fixed-price airport transfers to Stansted, Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, London City and Southend, the Hockley station run, trips into Basildon and the surrounding Essex towns, hospital appointments and nights out. Every Hockley fare is agreed before you travel, with no meter and no surprises.
Every Hockley fare is a fixed price agreed before you set off, so there is no meter and no surge. The run to our Basildon base is about 12 miles. Airport transfers are quoted as a single fixed price with your flight tracked. Get an exact price in seconds with an instant online quote, or call us any time.
Hockley has its own railway station, Hockley (HOC), on Greater Anglia. First Essex buses serve the town too, and for door-to-door at any hour a Value Cars taxi covers Hockley and the roads around it, 24 hours a day.
Yes. Value Cars covers Hockley (SS5) 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, including early starts, late finishes and bank holidays. Book in seconds on the free app, message us on WhatsApp, or call 01268 525252 and we will send the nearest car.
Yes. We run fixed-price airport transfers from Hockley to all six London-area airports: Stansted, Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, London City and Southend. We track your flight so an early landing or a delay is never a problem, and your driver meets you when you land. Pre-book online or on the app.
The journey
One tap, and a licensed local driver is on the way. Door to door, any hour, every road in between.
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