Compare taxi fares by UK city

London is the busiest transport market in the UK, and fares vary enormously depending on where you start and finish — a hop across Zone 1 is a very different journey to a run from Croydon out to Canary Wharf. MiniCabFinder lets you compare an estimated price before you commit, so you can weigh up a licensed private-hire booking against a black cab on the meter.

Manchester’s taxi demand clusters around the city-centre core — Deansgate, the Northern Quarter and Piccadilly — and the trams only reach so far, so cabs fill the gaps out to Salford, Trafford and the wider boroughs. MiniCabFinder helps you compare an estimated fare before booking, whether it’s a short hop to MediaCityUK or a longer run out towards Stockport.

Birmingham sprawls across a large area, so taxi journeys here are as often about reaching Solihull, the NEC or the Jewellery Quarter as they are about the city centre itself. MiniCabFinder lets you compare an estimated fare so a run out to the airport or across town isn’t a guess.

Liverpool’s compact waterfront core — the Albert Dock, the Pier Head and the two cathedrals — sits close together, but taxi demand stretches out to Anfield, Goodison and the university district, plus longer runs across Merseyside. MiniCabFinder helps you compare an estimated fare before booking with a licensed taxi partner.

Leeds has grown into one of the North’s biggest business and shopping destinations, and taxi demand reflects that — from the financial district and the railway station out to Headingley, the universities and the wider West Yorkshire towns. MiniCabFinder lets you compare an estimated fare before you book.

Bristol’s hilly geography and harbourside layout make it a city where a taxi often beats walking — from Clifton and the suspension bridge down to Temple Meads and the floating harbour. MiniCabFinder helps you compare an estimated fare across those ups and downs before booking with a licensed taxi partner.

Oxford is a small, congested city with strict traffic restrictions around the historic centre, so a licensed taxi is often the practical way to reach a college, the railway station or the ring road. MiniCabFinder lets you compare an estimated fare before booking.

Cambridge is famously bike-friendly, but its narrow historic core, park-and-ride sites and spread-out research parks mean taxis still do plenty of work — especially to and from the station and the Biomedical Campus. MiniCabFinder helps you compare an estimated fare before booking with a licensed taxi partner.

Reading is a major commuter and business town where taxi demand centres on the station, the Thames-side offices and the sprawling business parks like Green Park and Thames Valley Park. MiniCabFinder lets you compare an estimated fare before booking with a licensed taxi partner.

Glasgow is Scotland’s largest city and a big taxi market, with demand spread from the Merchant City and the West End out to the SEC and Hampden. Its famous black-cab trade sits alongside a busy private-hire sector. MiniCabFinder lets you compare an estimated fare before booking with a licensed taxi partner.

Edinburgh’s stone-built centre, split between the Old Town and the Georgian New Town, is compact but hilly and often closed to traffic during major events — so a licensed taxi is frequently the easiest way to reach the Castle end of town, Waverley or the suburbs. MiniCabFinder helps you compare an estimated fare before booking.