Three NFL regular-season games come to London in October 2026, across two stadiums on three consecutive Sundays. Between them they will move roughly 200,000 people into two of the least car-friendly postcodes in the city.
| | Tottenham | Tottenham | Wembley | | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | | Date | Sun 4 Oct | Sun 11 Oct | Sun 18 Oct | | Fixture | Colts v Commanders | Eagles v Jaguars | Jaguars v Texans | | Kickoff | 2:30pm | 2:30pm | 2:30pm | | Nearest rail | White Hart Lane · Northumberland Park | as 4 Oct | Wembley Park · Wembley Stadium | | Tube | Seven Sisters / Tottenham Hale, then rail or bus | as 4 Oct | Wembley Park (Jubilee, Metropolitan) | | Capacity | ~62,000 | ~62,000 | ~90,000 | | Tickets | Via NFL.com — resale prices vary widely | | |
Fixtures as of 2 September 2026. Kickoff times occasionally move for broadcast — confirm before you travel. Fares quoted are estimates; we confirm the final price.
The 2:30pm kickoff is the whole problem
A Premier League match finishes in under two hours. An NFL game runs three and a quarter, sometimes closer to four with a long review or overtime.
A 2:30pm kickoff therefore empties the stadium somewhere between 5:45pm and 6:30pm on a Sunday — which is precisely when London's transport network is running its thinnest timetable of the week. Sunday engineering works are also at their most likely. The result is a full stadium's worth of people meeting a reduced service.
That gap is why pre-booking matters more for these three dates than for an ordinary event night. Everyone leaves inside the same twenty minutes, and roughly a third of the crowd has never navigated London transport before.
Tottenham: why the drop-off is not at the stadium
Tottenham High Road closes to traffic around the ground on matchdays, and the closure extends well beyond the stadium footprint. No car reaches the door — not yours, not anyone's.
What works instead is a drop-off short of the cordon and a walk in. Sensible pickup and set-down areas sit around Bruce Grove, Northumberland Park and the side streets east of the High Road. From any of them the walk is ten to fifteen minutes, which is faster than sitting in a queue that is not moving.
For the return, the same logic applies in reverse and matters more, because 62,000 people are doing it simultaneously. Agree the pickup point when you book rather than trying to describe a street corner over the phone with a crowd around you.
Wembley: Olympic Way empties on foot
Wembley is a different shape of problem. The stadium sits at the top of Olympic Way, a wide pedestrian approach from Wembley Park station, and on event days the whole route is a walking corridor. Vehicle access close to the stadium is heavily restricted for several hours either side of kickoff.
The practical drop-off zones are further out — around Wembley Central, the North End Road area, or the residential streets south of the stadium. Local parking restrictions tighten on event days, and stewards move vehicles on briskly, so a driver waiting on a yellow line is not an option.
With 90,000 people rather than 62,000, the 18 October game is the hardest of the three to leave. If you have anywhere to be that evening, build in an hour you do not expect to need.
If you are flying in for the game
A large share of the NFL London audience travels from the United States, usually landing at Heathrow on the Friday or Saturday and staying central.
Two things are worth knowing. First, a transfer from Heathrow to central London on a Saturday afternoon in October is an ordinary journey — allow the usual time and no drama. Second, the Sunday of the game is not a good day to fly out. Kickoff at 2:30pm and a finish near 6pm leaves no realistic margin for an evening flight, particularly from Tottenham, which sits on the wrong side of London from every major airport.
If you are combining the trip with sightseeing, taxis in London covers how fares behave across the city, and the Heathrow to London route has typical times by time of day.
The 11 October clash nobody has flagged
The middle game, Eagles against Jaguars, falls on the same Sunday as the Royal Parks Half Marathon. The race starts in Hyde Park at 9am and closes roads across central and west London through the morning.
These two events are seven miles apart and do not directly interfere. What they share is the road network in between. Anyone crossing central London that day — including anyone travelling to Tottenham from the west or south — meets the tail of the race closures on the way to a stadium that is itself cordoned off.
Leave earlier than the fixture alone would suggest, and route around the centre rather than through it.
What actually helps on the day
- Book the return before you go. Trying to arrange a car at 6pm with 62,000 people doing the same is the mistake almost everyone makes once.
- Pick a landmark, not a postcode. A named pub or station entrance outside the cordon works. A stadium postcode does not, because the road it names is closed.
- Give the driver a phone number that will be answered. Stadium crowds destroy mobile signal; a text arranged in advance beats a call that will not connect.
- Travel in one vehicle. For four or more, a single larger vehicle beats two saloons on cost and on the coordination problem of finding each other afterwards.
Our stadium and concert taxi guide covers the general mechanics of event-night pickups — this page is about these three dates specifically.
Frequently asked questions
Q: When are the NFL London Games 2026? A: Sunday 4 October and Sunday 11 October at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and Sunday 18 October at Wembley Stadium. All three kick off at 2:30pm.
Q: Can a taxi drop me at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium? A: Not at the stadium itself. Tottenham High Road and the surrounding streets close to traffic on event days. Plan a drop-off around Bruce Grove or Northumberland Park and walk the last ten to fifteen minutes.
Q: What time does an NFL game in London finish? A: An NFL game runs about three and a quarter hours, so a 2:30pm kickoff finishes between roughly 5:45pm and 6:30pm. Sunday evening transport runs a reduced timetable, which is why the journey home is harder than the journey there.
Q: How do I get home from Wembley after the NFL game? A: Vehicle access near the stadium is restricted for hours either side, and Olympic Way is a pedestrian route. Arrange a pickup around Wembley Central or the streets south of the ground, agreed in advance, and allow an extra hour for the 90,000-capacity fixture on 18 October.
Q: Is the 11 October NFL game affected by the Royal Parks Half Marathon? A: Indirectly. The race closes central and west London roads from 9am, which affects anyone crossing the city towards Tottenham even though the two venues are seven miles apart. Allow extra time and avoid routing through the centre.
Q: Should I fly home on the day of the game? A: No. A 2:30pm kickoff finishing near 6pm leaves no realistic margin for an evening departure, and Tottenham is poorly placed for every London airport. Fly out the following morning instead.
The bottom line
Book the return leg before kickoff, agree a pickup point outside the cordon, and treat 18 October at Wembley as the hardest of the three. If you are flying in, keep the departure for Monday.
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