Getting Around Cambridge
Cambridge is a university city with two large research sites at opposite ends. Cambridge Science Park is in the north of the city, and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, with its hospitals and laboratories, on the southern edge.
Each of those business areas has its own station. Cambridge North serves the Science Park, the main Cambridge station is close to the centre, and Cambridge South, which opened on 28 June 2026, stands next to the Biomedical Campus. Add the train and its arrival time to the booking, and the car is scheduled for that arrival.
The historic centre is protected by bus gates, for example on Regent Street, Emmanuel Road, Bridge Street, Silver Street and Mill Road, where ordinary traffic cannot pass. For a college, a hotel or a restaurant in that area, send the full address with the booking and we will tell you how close the car can go.
Visits split between a lab on the Biomedical Campus, a company on the Science Park and a dinner in town fit an hourly booking: one chauffeur and one vehicle stay with you for the time you reserve.
Airport Transfers in Cambridge
Stansted Airport is the airport for Cambridge: 30 miles south along the M11, 1 hour to 1 hour 25 minutes by car. It handled 29.76 million passengers in 2025 through a single terminal. Luton Airport is 39 miles, 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 50 minutes.
Of the London airports further away, London City Airport is 56 miles, 1 hour 25 minutes to 1 hour 50 minutes, and Heathrow 71 miles, 1 hour 40 minutes to 2 hours 10 minutes; Heathrow does not allow pick-ups on the terminal forecourts; collections take place from the terminal car parks. The right one depends on your airline and route.
Book with your flight number. For a visitor flying in, your chauffeur checks the flight status and times the pick-up to when you actually land, and your booking confirmation shows where to meet the chauffeur. For a departure from Cambridge, what counts is the length of the drive, not the time on the clock: the M11 carries most of the traffic south, and a Heathrow flight adds the M25 on top. Journey times vary with traffic and weather. You set the pick-up time yourself, and the confirmation shows it.
Long-Distance & Multi-City Travel from Cambridge
Two towns of the region are close at hand. Linton, a South Cambridgeshire village with a small zoo, is 12 miles, 40–55 minutes. Bishop's Stortford, the Hertfordshire town by the airport, is 31 miles, 1 hour to 1 hour 25 minutes. IWM Duxford, the aviation museum on a former RAF airfield, is about 13 miles, 35–50 minutes.
London is 62 miles, 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours 15 minutes, which makes a day of meetings in the capital realistic by car. For motor racing, Silverstone is 71 miles, 1 hour 40 minutes to 2 hours 10 minutes.
The other great university city, Oxford, is 100 miles to the west, 2 hours 10 minutes to 2 hours 50 minutes. Coming back that evening? Then book by the hour so that one chauffeur and one car cover both legs; a one-way journey takes you to your Oxford address only, and the return needs a second booking.
Groups & Event Travel in Cambridge
If you are bringing a research group, visiting faculty or a school party to Cambridge, plan their transport as one programme; in summer, IWM Duxford adds flying days and air shows to the calendar. For a delegation of fifteen visiting labs on both science sites, a Sprinter van carries up to 12 people with their bags, and bigger groups go by coach, with up to 56 seats; the vehicle is matched to the load, including posters and equipment cases.
When you book for other people, all their transfers can be kept in one account, each with its own booking and confirmation. If speakers and guests come in on several flights, every arrival gets a transfer of its own.
Local vehicles and drivers are booked up early for air show dates and at the start and end of the university terms. If your plans go beyond a standard booking, write to support with the dates, addresses, number of passengers, flights and luggage, and the team will arrange it.
