Black car in London · 2026-09-21 · 8-minute read
King's University College and Huron University are Western's affiliated colleges in London, Ontario: King's on Epworth Avenue across Richmond Street from the main campus, a Catholic liberal-arts college with its own residences, chapel and convocation; and Huron on Western Road at the campus's west edge, the founding college of Western with its own residences, chapel, convocation and a growing international cohort. LondonLimo.net drives both colleges' years: the international arrivals at Pearson and YXU, the family days and the convocations by the hour, the visiting scholars on departmental accounts, the chapel weddings and the photograph stops, at fixed in-city rates of $40-55 for a sedan between the colleges, the city and the airport. The universities page has the service; this article is the two colleges in detail.
The campuses, and where the car goes
King's sits on Epworth Avenue between Richmond Street and Waterloo Street in Old North, a compact campus of the main building, the Wemple building, the Cardinal Carter Library, the chapel and the residences - Alumni Court, Wemple Hall and the townhouses - with a drop-off on Epworth and street parking that vanishes on event days. Huron sits on Western Road at the main campus's west edge, its Victorian main building and chapel facing the road, with the residences - Hellmuth Hall, O'Neil-Ridley, Southwest and the newer ones - behind, and a drive off Western Road where the chauffeur drops. The two are five minutes apart and both are ten minutes from downtown; the neighbourhoods page has Old North.
| Journey | Time | Sedan, planning figure |
|---|---|---|
| King's to Huron, or either to Western's main campus | 5 min | $40-50 |
| Downtown hotels to King's or Huron | 10 min | $40-55 |
| King's or Huron to London International Airport (YXU) | 15-20 min | $45-60 |
| King's or Huron to Toronto Pearson | 195 km, 2 h | $295-345 |
| King's or Huron to University Hospital | 5-8 min | $40-50 |
| A family day or a convocation by the hour | - | $95-135/h |
LondonLimo.net planning ranges before HST.
King's convocation and Huron's
Each college holds its own convocation - King's in June at its own ceremonies, Huron in its chapel and at Alumni Hall - alongside Western's fortnight, and the families fly in, the hotels fill, and the small campuses' parking is gone by 8; a family's day is an SUV by the hour from the hotel to the college's drop, the ceremony, the photographs in the chapel and on Western's concrete beach, lunch in Wortley Village or on the Row, and the hotel or the airport. The Western convocation article has the fortnight's logistics and the events page the dates.
The international students at Huron and King's
Huron's international cohort and King's arrive in late August and early January on the same Pearson and YXU flights as Western's, are met with a name board, driven to Hellmuth Hall or Alumni Court with the cases carried in, and the parents texted; the international student article is the parent's guide, and a household account opened from abroad holds the four years of runs.
Family days, parents' weekends and Thanksgiving
King's and Huron hold family days in the autumn, and parents from Toronto, Ottawa and abroad visit for them, for Thanksgiving and for Homecoming; a parents' weekend is a fixed-rate meet at YXU or Pearson, the hotel, and a day by the hour - the college, lunch, the Grand or the Knights, and the hotel - as the hourly page describes.
The chapels, the weddings and the photographs
Huron's chapel and King's Christ the King chapel host alumni weddings and are photograph stops for every wedding and prom in the city, alongside Western's University College tower and the concrete beach; the wedding page has the timeline with the chapel's drop and the photographs' loop, and the partner fleet's stretch pulls up on Western Road or Epworth Avenue for the pictures.
Visiting scholars, examiners and donors
King's and Huron bring visiting scholars, external examiners, candidates and donors to their small campuses year-round, on departmental accounts: the Pearson meet with a board, the hotel, the college's door at 8:30, the dinner, and the airport, on one invoice by cost centre. The corporate page describes the departmental account and the corporate chauffeur service page the standard.
Between the colleges and University Hospital
King's and Huron are five to eight minutes from University Hospital, and a student's or a scholar's medical appointment, a visiting family's emergency, and the medical school's affiliated events are in-city fixed rates with the hospital's entrances known.
The college formals and the nights on the Row
King's and Huron's formals, the residence semi-formals and the end-of-exam nights on Richmond Row are two blocks and a world away from the colleges' chapels; the prom and graduation page covers the formal's limousine and the party bus page the group night, with Ontario's rules on alcohol and age applied by every chauffeur.
The exodus and the flights home
King's and Huron's students fly home in December and April with Western's, and the desk's shared Sprinters to Pearson at $39-46 a head run from the colleges' residences as well as the main campus's; the Pearson page has the timing rules and the parent's household account the one-minute booking.
Three college bookings, as they went
Huron convocation, June. An SUV by the hour for a family from Nairobi: the Delta Armouries at 8:30, Huron's drive, the chapel, the photographs at University College, lunch in Wortley Village, and Pearson at 4 for the evening flight. Ten hours.
A King's visiting scholar, February. Met at YXU at 10:40 p.m., the Idlewyld Inn, King's at 9, dinner on the Row, and YXU at 6 the next day, on the department's account.
A Huron chapel wedding, September. The partner fleet's stretch for the couple from a Masonville home to the chapel, the photographs on Western Road and at the concrete beach, and the reception at Windermere Manor; the guests by Sprinter from the DoubleTree.
Booking it
The reservation engine prices any journey to King's or Huron in seconds; the convocation day, the departmental account and the wedding are booked with the desk; the universities page has all three campuses.
Three questions the desk is asked about the colleges
Are King's and Huron part of Western? They are Western's affiliated colleges - their students are Western students with Western degrees - with their own campuses, residences, chapels and convocation ceremonies; the universities page explains the arrangement. Can a car wait on Epworth Avenue? Briefly at the drop; the chauffeur waits on a nearby street or in Western's lots and returns on a text. Do you serve Brescia's former campus? It is now part of Western at the campus's north end, and the run is the same in-city rate.
The King's and Huron calendars
Both colleges publish their own orientation, family-day, exam and convocation dates alongside Western's, and the desk plans from all three; a Huron convocation and a Western one on the same June morning is a fleet the desk rosters in April.
Old North, around King's
Epworth Avenue, Waterloo Street and the streets between Richmond and Adelaide around King's are Old North's Victorian houses, many of them student rentals, and a King's student's off-campus address is an in-city fixed rate the chauffeur knows by the street; the neighbourhoods page has Old North's drive times to the airport and downtown.
Western Road, around Huron
Huron's frontage on Western Road faces Western's Alumni Hall and the athletic centre across the road, and the residences behind it back onto the Thames' valley; a Huron family's convocation day at Alumni Hall is a two-minute walk across Western Road, and the chauffeur drops at Huron's drive for the chapel and at Alumni Hall's loop for the ceremony.
The chapels, for a wedding, in detail
Huron's chapel seats a small wedding with the reception at Windermere Manor five minutes north or the Idlewyld in Old South; King's Christ the King chapel does the same with the reception downtown at the Delta Armouries; the wedding page has the timeline and the hotels page the venues, and the partner fleet's stretch waits on Epworth Avenue or Western Road for the photographs.
The visiting scholar's day, worked through
Met at YXU at 10:40 p.m.; the Idlewyld Inn; King's Wemple building at 9 for the lecture; lunch on Richmond Row with the department; a seminar at 2; dinner in Wortley Village; and YXU at 6 the next day. Four fixed rates on the department's account, with the Idlewyld booked through the travel desk.
Booking checklist for a college journey
King's or Huron, and the building; the date and time; the flight for an airport meet; the student's name for the board; the residence; whether the day is by the hour; the account, the department or the card; and a phone number. The reservation engine takes it and the desk the convocation day.
The honest summary
Two colleges a mile apart with their own chapels, residences and convocations, served by the same chauffeurs who drive Western's year, at the same in-city rates; the Western article has the main campus and the rates page the figures.
A worked example: the two convocations
A family with a daughter graduating from Huron on a Thursday morning and a son from King's on the Friday: an SUV by the hour both days from the Delta Armouries, Huron's chapel and Alumni Hall on the Thursday with lunch in Wortley Village, King's chapel on the Friday with dinner on the Row, and Pearson on Saturday. Nineteen hours across two days on a household account, and the desk rostered the same chauffeur for both; the events page has the June fortnight.
The exodus from the colleges, in detail
King's and Huron's residences empty in December and April on the same days as Western's, and the shared Sprinters the desk runs to Pearson collect from Epworth Avenue and Western Road on the same manifest as Saugeen and Delaware; a parent abroad books the seat on the engine and the Pearson page has the timing.
The colleges and the city
A King's student's part-time job downtown, a Huron student's volunteer shift at University Hospital, a college choir's concert at Aeolian Hall, a college debate at the courthouse: each is an in-city fixed rate, and the venues page and the government page have the doors.
Booking it, in one line
The reservation engine prices any journey to King's or Huron in seconds; the desk books the convocation day, the wedding and the departmental account.
The desk's rule of thumb
Book the convocation day by the hour the week the colleges publish the dates; take the shared Sprinter at the exodus; open a departmental account for the scholars; and give the chapel wedding's photographer the loop the chauffeur suggests. The FAQ has the questions families ask most, and the neighbourhoods page the streets around both colleges.
Booking it, in one line more
A single journey to either college is on the reservation engine in seconds; the family's day, the scholar's account and the chapel wedding are one email to the desk, which confirms the itinerary and the rooms through the travel desk.
