Bishop's Tachbrook to Harwich International is 176.4 miles and takes between 173 and 197 minutes by road. Timing matters on this one: there is 24 minutes between the quickest and slowest hour. Hampton Travel covers it as pre-booked private hire with a named driver confirmed the night before and a fixed price agreed in writing before you travel.
Measured for each departure time rather than quoted as a single average, because they are not the same journey.
| Leave Bishop's Tachbrook at | Drive time | Route |
|---|---|---|
| 04:00 | 184 min | Clear roads |
| 07:00 | 190 min | A452 / M40 J13 |
| 10:00 | 181 min | A452 / M40 J13 |
| 16:00 | 197 min | A452 / M40 J13 |
| 19:00 | 173 min | A452 / M40 J13 |
That 24 minute spread is the difference between comfortable and tight, and on this route it is the 16:00 hour that costs you the extra 24 minutes.
For a 07:00 departure from Harwich International we would collect you from Bishop's Tachbrook at about 02:02 for a short-haul flight, or 01:02 for long haul. That allows the measured drive plus the standard advice to arrive two hours before short haul and three before long haul.
| If your flight leaves | Type | At the ferry port by | We collect you |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00 | Short haul | 05:00 | 02:02 |
| 07:00 | Long haul | 04:00 | 01:02 |
| 11:00 | Short haul | 09:00 | 06:02 |
Worked examples for a 07:00 departure. Give us the real flight time and the whole table shifts with it.
At 176.4 miles this is a long drive at the end of a flight, so the landing hour changes the arrival home considerably.
| You land at | Drive back to Bishop's Tachbrook | Home by roughly |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00, a morning landing | 181 min | 13:46 |
| 16:00, an afternoon landing | 197 min | 20:02 |
| 19:00, an evening landing | 173 min | 22:38 |
Times allow 45 minutes from landing to being in the car. On a run this length an evening arrival means most of the drive is on empty motorway, which is why the late figures are not the worst ones.
If the inbound is delayed we track it and send the driver to the actual landing time, not the one you booked. No waiting charge either way.
We leave Bishop's Tachbrook on the A452 and join at M40 J13. At 176.4 miles it is a long-distance journey. The slowest hour we have measured on it is 16:00 at 197 minutes, against 173 at 19:00. That is the window to plan around.
We work the pickup time back from it and confirm your driver the night before.
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