Richmond Minicabs run 24 hours a day for the TW9 and TW10 postcodes, covering everywhere from Richmond town centre and the riverside by Richmond Bridge to the roads bordering Richmond Park. Whether you're catching an early flight or heading home late from Richmond station, our drivers know the local one-way system and quiet routes well enough to avoid the worst of the town centre traffic.
Heathrow is the closest major airport to Richmond, and it shows in the journey time: most pickups reach Terminal 5 in around 20 to 25 minutes off-peak via the A316 and the A308, avoiding the Chertsey Road bottleneck where we can. For Terminals 2 and 3, drivers usually pick up the M4 spur from the A312, which tends to be faster than cutting through Hounslow at rush hour. Because the run is short, we can often offer a later pickup time than a minicab firm based further out — useful if you want to enjoy a last coffee in Richmond before you go.
Gatwick takes longer from Richmond — budget 45 to 55 minutes outside peak times, longer if the A3 is backed up around Tolworth. Our usual route is the A316 to the A3, then the M25 anticlockwise to the M23. We build in extra time automatically for early-morning South Terminal drop-offs, since that stretch of the M25 gets busy well before 6am.
Stansted and Luton are both cross-London runs from Richmond, so we treat them as fixed-price, flight-tracked journeys rather than quoting a rough estimate — the M25 can add 20 minutes to either trip without warning. London City is more straightforward via the A316 and A4, and tends to suit business travellers doing a same-day return.
Every quote is fixed the moment you book, calculated from your exact pickup point — whether that's a house near Richmond Park, a flat by the river, or a hotel near the station — through to your terminal. There's no meter running and no surcharge for the exact drop-off point inside the airport.
For arrivals, our meet and greet from Richmond means the driver watches your flight and adjusts the pickup time for early or late landings, then meets you inside the terminal with a name board rather than waiting in the car park.
The fleet ranges from standard saloons for one or two passengers with luggage, up to MPVs for families or groups travelling together with extra suitcases and golf bags or pushchairs — common requests from the Richmond Park side of the area.
We're a good fit if you want a local firm that already knows the road layout around the Palm Court and the one-way system near the bridge, rather than a driver relying entirely on sat nav for a part of London that can be confusing at short notice.
It's roughly 8 miles, and a typical off-peak transfer takes 20 to 25 minutes via the A316 and A308.
Yes — we take bookings from anywhere in the TW9 and TW10 postcodes, including the roads bordering the park on both the Richmond and Kingston sides.
Yes, this is a common booking for business travellers — the return leg can be booked at the same time or added later.
No. We track your flight and adjust the pickup time at no extra cost, so a delay doesn't change your fixed price.
Yes, just request one when you book so we can allocate the right vehicle.
We also run fixed-price minicabs from Kew Bridge, Twickenham, Barnes, Mortlake, and cover all five London airports — Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport, Luton Airport, Stansted Airport, London City Airport — plus central London stations including Paddington Station, Waterloo Station, Victoria Station. See our full list of areas covered for the complete picture.