Umar Jahangir | Last updated: Thursday 24 September 2026
> Quick answer: A pre-booked taxi from CBS Arena (Judds Lane, Coventry, CV6 6AQ) means a named driver waiting at an agreed meeting point when the event ends, not a queue for an app. The arena sits 800 yards from M6 Junction 3. Call 0800 061 4661 or book online.
The Coventry Building Society Arena, still known to most people as CBS Arena, is one of the busiest event venues in the Midlands, with a bowl that seats 32,609 for football and holds up to 40,000 for a concert. When that many people leave at once, getting home is the hard part, not getting in. A pre-booked taxi from CBS Arena books the driver to you before the event, so the car is already assigned while the final whistle is still blowing. Hampton Travel is a Coventry-based private hire operator covering CV1 to CV8 and the whole of Warwickshire, with DBS-checked drivers and fixed-price quotes agreed at booking. For an event pickup, arrival, or group booking, call 0800 061 4661 or Get a fixed-price quote online. Quotes come back by email.
What a pre-booked taxi from CBS arena covers
A pre-booked taxi from CBS Arena covers three jobs, and they are not the same journey. The first is the ride home after an event, when tens of thousands of people all want a car in the same twenty minutes. The second is arriving on time, which for a 3pm kick-off or a 7.30pm show means beating the traffic building on the A444. The third is group and corporate movement, where a hospitality box of ten or a supporter party of thirty needs one plan rather than thirty separate apps. Hampton Travel handles all three as pre-booked work, with a named driver and a quote fixed at booking. The one thing we do not do is turn up on spec, and after a sold-out night that is rather the point.
Leaving CBS arena after an event
The ride home is where pre-booking earns its keep. A 40,000-capacity concert empties in roughly the same twenty minutes, and every ride-hailing app in the city knows it, so prices climb and cars thin out. With a pre-booked pickup your driver already holds the booking and a set meeting point, so you walk to the car rather than hunting for one. We agree the spot when you book, usually a short walk from your exit and clear of the worst of the crush on Judds Lane.
Arriving for an event, and group bookings
Arriving is about timing. The roads around Rowleys Green fill well before kick-off, so we plan the drop for before the queues form, not after, working back from door-opening time. Groups need one point of contact, not ten people each opening an app, so we run hospitality and supporter movements with named drivers and an agreed schedule. For executive single-vehicle work there is our Chauffeur service in Coventry, and for larger organised trips see our Group travel service.
Where CBS arena is and how the roads work
CBS Arena sits at Judds Lane, Longford, Coventry, CV6 6AQ, in the Rowleys Green area on the northern edge of the city. The single most useful fact about the site is its road access: it is 800 yards from Junction 3 of the M6, reached off Phoenix Way, the A444, according to the Arena's own directions page. That closeness is a blessing before an event and a bottleneck after one, because the same slip road has to swallow thousands of cars leaving at once. The arena has around 2,000 on-site parking spaces, which sounds like plenty until you divide it into a 40,000 crowd. A driver who knows the Judds Lane approach from the A444 approach saves you the part of the evening nobody enjoys, sitting still in a car park that has become a car park in every sense.
The address and postcode to give your driver
Give your driver CV6 6AQ for navigation and Judds Lane as the road. The arena is a large site with several entrances, so the postcode gets the car close while the agreed meeting point gets you to the right door. If you are at a concert, tell us which stand or entrance you will leave from, because the walk from the far side of the bowl adds real minutes on a busy night when you would rather be moving to the car than standing in a queue.
M6 junction 3, the a444 and parking
Junction 3 of the M6 feeds the A444 Phoenix Way straight to the arena, the route most drivers from outside the city take. On an event day the M6 and the local network Around Junction 3 can back up, so our drivers plan the approach and, where it helps, an alternative in and out through the Foleshill side. Event parking fills early and clears slowly, so for pickups we use an agreed point away from the car park exits.
Why the on-site train station is not the plan for a big event
CBS Arena has its own railway station, Coventry Arena, a few minutes' walk away at the Arena Park shopping centre. It sounds ideal, and on a quiet weekday it is fine. For a sold-out event it is the opposite of a plan. The station runs only One train an hour in each direction, described by Transport for West Midlands As a less frequent service, and it was never built to clear a full stadium at once. The platform is small and the timetable thin, so it cannot absorb the crowd at the exact moment 30,000 people want to leave. With a pre-booked taxi the car is assigned to you, the meeting point is agreed, and you leave when you are ready rather than when the timetable allows. This is the single biggest reason arena regulars pre-book their ride home.
Why the station cannot move a full crowd
The platform is small and the service thin, so it was never designed to clear tens of thousands of people in one go. Outside events the station is an eight-minute ride to Coventry and about fifteen minutes to Nuneaton, which is workable for a normal trip but no way to move a stadium. On a sold-out night the safe assumption is that the train will not be your way home, and that catches out visitors every week who only find out once they are standing on the platform.
What we do instead
We set a driver and a meeting point before you arrive. You get a text with the car, the driver, and where to walk, and the driver holds the agreed spot. For visitors coming from out of town, that is far calmer than discovering the station is shut and joining the walk to find a signal and a surge price. It is the same certainty behind a straightforward Pre-booked Coventry taxi, applied to a night when 40,000 people leave at once.
Airport, long-distance and group transport from the arena
Plenty of arena visitors are not local. Away supporters, touring crews, conference delegates and hospitality guests often fly in, and the arena is well placed for it: Birmingham Airport (BHX) is around 12 miles from CBS Arena, usually 25 to 35 minutes by road depending on traffic. The arena is also built for hospitality, with an on-site 121-bedroom DoubleTree by Hilton hotel and conference and event facilities alongside the stadium bowl, Per the venue's visitor information. That mix means much of the demand is organised rather than individual. Hampton Travel handles airport transfers, long-distance runs and group movements to and from the arena as fixed-price, pre-booked jobs with named drivers. Whether it is a flight to meet or a supporters' party to move together, the plan is agreed in advance, not improvised in a car park.
Airport transfers for arena visitors
For guests flying into BHX for a match or a show, we meet the flight and drive straight to the arena or the hotel, with the driver watching the arrival time so a late flight moves the pickup rather than cancelling it. In reverse, you can leave the arena and go straight to the airport for an early flight without a dawn scramble. It runs on the same footing as our Hotel guest airport transport And our Coventry to Birmingham Airport transfers.
Groups, hospitality and long-distance runs
Corporate hospitality and supporter groups need one plan and one contact, not a dozen separate bookings that may not arrive together. We coordinate group movements with named drivers and an agreed timetable, which suits boxes, sponsors and organised parties. For journeys further afield, we run point-to-point trips anywhere in mainland UK from a Coventry origin, quoted at booking, covered on our Long-distance private hire Page. Premium single-vehicle event work sits on our Event chauffeur service.
Our drivers on CBS arena events, and why pre-booked beats an app
In our experience, the arena run is won or lost on the meeting point. When an event ends, the area around the main exits and the Judds Lane approach becomes a slow-moving crowd, and a car sat in that crush helps nobody, so our drivers hold an agreed point slightly away from the peak and send you exactly where to walk. We plan for the arena's own quirks: the thin train service, the 2,000-space car parks clearing slowly, and the A444 back to M6 Junction 3 filling within minutes of full time. What we have found over two years of arena work is that certainty beats speed. A hospitality group we move regularly after big fixtures gets home faster from a known spot with a committed driver than it ever did chasing cars that were theoretically closer but stuck in the same queue. At the arena, the exit is the whole job.
Surge pricing when the event ends
The moment an event finishes is the moment app prices are highest, because demand spikes and supply does not. Surge is not a glitch on a sold-out night, it is the model, and the number you see is whatever the algorithm thinks you will pay to get out of the cold. A fixed quote booked in advance sidesteps it, because you already know the price and it does not care that the concert sold out.
A named driver who is already assigned
A national app running a Coventry pickup is a national app hoping a local driver is online. A Coventry operator running a Coventry pickup is a Coventry operator, with a named driver who knows Judds Lane from the A444 and does not need the satnav to find the meeting point. Across England there were 313,008 licensed taxis and private hire vehicles as at April 2024, Per government statistics. The licence is the floor, not the service. For the wider county, see our Warwickshire private hire Page.
How to book a taxi from CBS arena, and faqs
Booking is straightforward. Tell us the event, the date, how many passengers, and where you are coming from or going to, and we send a fixed-price quote by email. Call 0800 061 4661 or use the Online quote form, and for a busy event book ahead rather than on the night, because the whole advantage of pre-booked transport is that the car is committed to you before the crowd forms. We cover CV1 to CV8 and all of Warwickshire, with airport and long-distance work from a Coventry origin. Public transport options to the site, including bus and event-day coach services, are listed by Transport for West Midlands, but for the crowd peak a committed car remains the calm option.
How far in advance should i book a taxi for a CBS arena event?
As early as you can for a busy event. A day or more ahead is ideal, because it lets us confirm the driver, agree the meeting point, and plan the exit route. Same-day and short-notice bookings are taken when a vehicle is free, but for a sold-out concert or a big match, earlier is safer.
Can you pick up right outside CBS arena after a concert?
We use an agreed meeting point rather than the busiest exit, because the area immediately outside fills with people the moment an event ends. The spot is usually a short walk away and clear of the car park queues, and we confirm exactly where by text before you leave your seat.
How much does a taxi from CBS arena cost?
Pricing depends on route and vehicle. Call 0800 061 4661 for an instant fixed-price quote, or use the online form and we will email one back. The quote is fixed at booking and does not surge because an event sold out.
Are your drivers licensed and dbs-checked?
Yes. Hampton Travel is a licensed private hire operator under Coventry City Council, every driver is DBS-checked, and we are fully insured. Private hire vehicles must be pre-booked through an operator, which is exactly the model an arena event calls for.
Key takeaways
- CBS Arena is at Judds Lane, Coventry CV6 6AQ, 800 yards from M6 Junction 3.
- The on-site station runs one train an hour, so it cannot move a full crowd after an event.
- Pre-booked means a named driver at an agreed meeting point, not an app surge queue.
- Birmingham Airport is about 12 miles away, roughly 25 to 35 minutes by road.
- Book ahead for sold-out events so the car is committed before the crowd forms.
Book your pre-booked private hire from Coventry or Warwickshire. Call 0800 061 4661 or Get a fixed-price quote online. Quotes return by email.
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Written by Umar Jahangir. Hampton Travel is a fully licensed private hire operator based in Coventry, serving Coventry, Warwickshire, and the wider UK.
Pre-booked private hire from Coventry
Fixed price. Named driver. No surge.