Leeds Bradford Airport to Newmarket Racecourse taxi and Newmarket Racecourse to Leeds Bradford Airport after the event, fixed fare from £385 each way

Leeds Bradford Airport to Newmarket Racecourse and back: fixed fares

The Leeds Bradford Airport to Newmarket Racecourse journey is regular event work for us, day and night. A saloon from Leeds Bradford Airport to Newmarket Racecourse is a fixed fare from £385 each way, about 162 miles and 3.8-5.4 hrs door to door. Book the return with it and the pair is priced at 1.8 times a single, from £693, with the driver waiting at the agreed meeting point after the Guineas and the July Festival. An 8-seater for a group is from £558, executive cars on request.

Fares are per car, agreed at booking, and include tolls and any London charges where they apply. No meter, no surge, the same price after the last encore.

Pick-up in Leeds Bradford Airport, drop-off at Newmarket Racecourse

Pick-up is in the arrivals hall at Leeds Bradford Airport: the driver holds a name board, the flight is tracked and 45 minutes of waiting is included, so you go from the gate to Newmarket Racecourse without a queue for the rank. At Newmarket Racecourse we drop at the official drop-off point, or the meeting corner we agree for the Guineas and the July Festival when the roads around the venue are closed.

The drive is about 162 miles; the driver checks closures and event-day traffic orders and picks the fastest route on the day, so the time above already allows for normal traffic.

Newmarket Racecourse to Leeds Bradford Airport: the journey home

Newmarket Racecourse to Leeds Bradford Airport is the same fixed fare as the outbound leg. Book both legs together and the driver waits at the agreed meeting point at the end of the Guineas and the July Festival, however late it runs; for a flight home we time the departure from the venue around your check-in, and the driver drops you at the terminal door. Waiting time is included in the return price and the fare does not change for the finish time.

Event days at Newmarket Racecourse

For the Guineas and the July Festival we plan around the venue, not the postcode: the drop-off point that is actually open, the corner we meet on afterwards, and a departure time that beats the car-park queue. An 8-seater takes the whole group from Leeds Bradford Airport for little more than two saloons, and a wait-and-return price keeps the same driver on site for the day. Late finishes are normal for us; the fare is the same at 1am.