Uxbridge Minicabs work out from the far western edge of London, covering UB8 around the town centre, the Grand Union Canal towpath and the Brunel University campus. Term-time student bookings and canal-side pickups both come up often enough that our drivers treat them as routine rather than unusual requests.
Getting to Heathrow from here is one of the easier journeys we do — 15 to 25 minutes off-peak along the A40 and onto the A312. There's a reason so many households in UB8 use us for every single Heathrow trip rather than shopping around: the route rarely throws up surprises.
Gatwick asks a lot more of the journey — figure on 60 to 70 minutes down the A40 onto the M25 and across to the M23. It's the trade-off for being so well placed for Heathrow: the airport on the opposite side of London takes proportionally longer to reach.
Luton sits at a similar distance to Gatwick timewise — 45 to 55 minutes via the M25, just in the opposite direction round the orbital. Stansted and London City both involve a proper crossing of London and go out as flight-tracked fixed prices rather than a guessed window.
The Heathrow fare from Uxbridge is genuinely one of the cheapest in our whole price list, purely because the distance is so short — nothing clever about it. Gatwick, Luton and Stansted are priced for what they actually involve, not padded to make Heathrow look artificially good by comparison.
Landing back at Heathrow, you'll usually find one of our drivers can reach you quicker than most, simply because the drive back out to Uxbridge takes so little time in the first place.
For a quick Heathrow run a saloon is usually all anyone needs, but we keep estates and MPVs on hand for the longer Gatwick, Luton and Stansted trips, or for the twice-yearly rush of Brunel students moving belongings in and out of halls at the start and end of each academic term.
If Heathrow is where you're usually headed, it's hard to argue with the logic of booking locally — the A40 route barely changes from one trip to the next, which is exactly what regular flyers want. Plenty of our Uxbridge customers have used the same booking pattern for years without needing to think about it twice.
15 to 25 minutes off-peak is typical — genuinely one of the quickest routes we run anywhere.
Often yes — the short distance gives us more flexibility on timing than most other areas.
It's workable, just longer at 60 to 70 minutes, since you're crossing to the far side of London.
Very well — moving-in and moving-out days are some of our busiest bookings of the year.
Around 45 to 55 minutes, priced as a fixed fare at booking.
Not at all, the towpath area is well within our regular UB8 coverage.
Yes, executive cars are available on request alongside the usual saloon and MPV fleet.
It's an option, though it's quoted as a fixed price given the distance across London involved.
We also run fixed-price minicabs from Hillingdon, Cowley, Denham, Ickenham, Harefield, West Drayton, Yiewsley, 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.