Radford Semele to Port of Dover is 180.7 miles and takes between 177 and 204 minutes by road. Timing matters on this one: there is 27 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 Radford Semele at | Drive time | Route |
|---|---|---|
| 04:00 | 183 min | Clear roads |
| 07:00 | 204 min | A425 / M40 J13 |
| 10:00 | 186 min | A425 / M40 J13 |
| 16:00 | 198 min | A425 / M40 J13 |
| 19:00 | 177 min | A425 / M40 J13 |
That 27 minute spread is the difference between comfortable and tight, and on this route it is the 07:00 hour that costs you the extra 27 minutes.
For a 07:00 departure from Port of Dover we would collect you from Radford Semele at about 01:58 for a short-haul flight, or 00:58 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 | 01:58 |
| 07:00 | Long haul | 04:00 | 00:58 |
| 11:00 | Short haul | 09:00 | 05:58 |
Worked examples for a 07:00 departure. Give us the real flight time and the whole table shifts with it.
At 180.7 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 Radford Semele | Home by roughly |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00, a morning landing | 186 min | 13:51 |
| 16:00, an afternoon landing | 198 min | 20:03 |
| 19:00, an evening landing | 177 min | 22:42 |
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 Radford Semele on the A425 and join at M40 J13. At 180.7 miles it is a long-distance journey. The slowest hour we have measured on it is 07:00 at 204 minutes, against 177 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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