Reading
Reading to Stansted
Stansted from Reading, collected at home. Measured on the road network, the run is 87.8 miles and 1 hour 49 minutes, via the M4, M25 and M11. Back from Stansted, allow 1 hour 52 minutes again. Heathrow is 72 minutes nearer, but the airline and the flight decide the airport. Historic England lists Reading's St Laurence's Church at Grade I. Reading is a big centre of well over 100,000 people, about 163,000 at the last figure. London Stansted appears as STN on boarding passes.
How the day runs
You are collected from the town itself, not a station or a car park. Pick-up is timed from your flight: 1 hour 49 minutes for the road, then whatever the airline asks for. Close by, Woodley (105 minutes) and Henley-on-Thames (107 minutes) are on similar runs. On the return, the chauffeur tracks the flight and waits in arrivals with your name. Ravensley is based in Oxford; reaching Reading takes 54 minutes.
- Reading to London Stansted1 hr 49 min, 87.8 miles, in clear traffic
- London Stansted to Reading1 hr 52 min, 88.6 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
St Laurence's Church, in central Reading, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukOpenStreetMap records a population of about 163,000 for Reading.
Source: openstreetmap.orgLondon Stansted's IATA code is STN.
Source: wikidata.orgReading is in Berkshire.
Source: wikidata.org
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Questions
What drive time should we allow, Reading to Stansted?
1 hour 49 minutes and 87.8 miles in clear traffic, via the M4, M25 and M11; leave margin at busy times.
Is there a station in Reading?
Reading (RDG) is in the town itself. A car avoids the change of trains and the luggage on the platform.
Will a car meet us at Stansted for the trip home to Reading?
Yes; the trip home is 88.6 miles, 1 hour 52 minutes.
Where does the car come from?
Oxford. The base is 25.9 miles from Reading, and that positioning is part of the quote.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
- Nothing
is added after the quote unless you ask for more on the day. Airport fees, parking and tolls are in it.
- 24 hrs
before collection, cancel or move the journey at no cost.
- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.