Southam to Port of Dover is 178.0 miles and takes between 174 and 202 minutes by road. Timing matters on this one: there is 28 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 Southam at | Drive time | Route |
|---|---|---|
| 04:00 | 181 min | Clear roads |
| 07:00 | 202 min | A425 / M40 J12 |
| 10:00 | 185 min | A425 / M40 J12 |
| 16:00 | 196 min | A425 / M40 J12 |
| 19:00 | 174 min | A425 / M40 J12 |
That 28 minute spread is the difference between comfortable and tight, and on this route it is the 07:00 hour that costs you the extra 28 minutes.
For a 07:00 departure from Port of Dover we would collect you from Southam at about 02:01 for a short-haul flight, or 01:01 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 | 02:01 |
| 07:00 | Long haul | 04:00 | 01:01 |
| 11:00 | Short haul | 09:00 | 06:01 |
Worked examples for a 07:00 departure. Give us the real flight time and the whole table shifts with it.
At 178.0 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 Southam | Home by roughly |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00, a morning landing | 185 min | 13:50 |
| 16:00, an afternoon landing | 196 min | 20:01 |
| 19:00, an evening landing | 174 min | 22:39 |
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 Southam on the A425 and join at M40 J12. At 178.0 miles it is a long-distance journey. The slowest hour we have measured on it is 07:00 at 202 minutes, against 174 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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