Chauffeur Service in St James's

St James's lies between Piccadilly and the Mall, with St James's Street running down the middle of it and Pall Mall crossing at the bottom. It is the most formal district in London: the private members' clubs of Pall Mall and St James's Street, the shirtmakers and perfumers of Jermyn Street, the galleries of Bury Street and Duke Street, and the auction rooms of King Street. The people we drive here value discretion above almost everything, and the arrival is expected to be invisible.

St James's Street runs one way northbound towards Piccadilly, which shapes every approach to the clubs along it, and Pall Mall is one way eastbound for much of its length. The Mall is closed to traffic on Sundays and during ceremonial events, and Marlborough Road and Cleveland Row are restricted. The practical set-downs are King Street, Bury Street and the St James's Square side. The district sits inside the congestion charge zone, and the charge is handled quietly by us.

The reasons for a car here are unhurried ones. A lunch at a club that runs into the afternoon, a private view at a gallery, an auction where the lot you want comes up at an unpredictable hour, a fitting on Jermyn Street. None of these has a fixed finish, and none is improved by standing on Pall Mall in the rain hoping for a taxi. An hourly booking is the natural fit, with the car held on Bury Street or St James's Square.

Onward journeys tend south and west. Heathrow is typically 45 to 80 minutes via the Mall and the A4, or via Hyde Park Corner when the Mall is closed. Gatwick runs 55 to 95 minutes over Vauxhall Bridge. For Windsor and Ascot allow 60 to 90 minutes on an ordinary day and considerably more on a race day. London City is usually 35 to 60 minutes east along the Embankment, avoiding the West End altogether.