Destinations & day trips · 2026-09-21 · 8-minute read
London, Ontario to Hamilton by car is 125 kilometres and an hour and twenty minutes - the 401 east to Woodstock, the 403 through Brantford and Ancaster and down the escarpment to the city - at a LondonLimo.net planning figure of $240-290 plus HST for a business sedan, $290-340 for an executive SUV and $470-560 for a Sprinter, fixed before the car arrives, to McMaster University's campus and its hospital in Westdale, Hamilton Health Sciences' Juravinski and General sites, St. Joseph's on the mountain's edge, the John C. Munro Hamilton airport at Mount Hope with its leisure flights and cargo hub, the downtown arena and the FirstOntario Concert Hall, Tim Hortons Field, the Royal Botanical Gardens and Dundas's main street. The Hamilton page has the destination; this article is the run, drop by drop, with the honest note on the Skyway's wind and the escarpment's ice.
The run, and the drops
| Drop | Where | From London | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| McMaster University | Main Street West, Westdale | 1 h 15 | The Sterling Street entrance; the hospital's own loop |
| McMaster University Medical Centre | The campus's south side | 1 h 15 | The main entrance on the campus's ring |
| Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre | Concession Street, the mountain | 1 h 25 | The Concession Street entrance; the mountain's access roads |
| Hamilton General Hospital | Barton Street East | 1 h 25 | The Barton entrance |
| St. Joseph's Healthcare | Charlton Avenue East | 1 h 20 | The Charlton entrance below the escarpment |
| John C. Munro Hamilton airport, YHM | Airport Road, Mount Hope | 1 h 20 | The terminal's curb; the YHM page has the flights |
| The downtown arena and the FirstOntario Concert Hall | York Boulevard; Summers Lane | 1 h 20 | The Bay Street corner; the hall's door |
| Tim Hortons Field | Balsam Avenue North | 1 h 25 | The Ticats' corner at Cannon and Balsam |
| The Royal Botanical Gardens | Plains Road West, Burlington | 1 h 20 | The main entrance's lot |
| Dundas | King Street West, Dundas | 1 h 10 | The main street; the Dundas Valley |
LondonLimo.net planning figures before HST; the Hamilton airport site has the flights.
The 403, in detail
The 401 east to Exit 235 at Woodstock, the 403 southeast through Brant County past Brantford's exits and Paris, Ancaster's Wilson Street and the escarpment's descent at the Main Street West exit for McMaster or the Lincoln Alexander Parkway for the mountain's hospitals and the airport; an hour and twenty minutes on a normal day and the escarpment's descent iced before the flat in January. The Brantford page has the town on the way.
McMaster, and its hospital
The campus in Westdale with the Sterling Street entrance, the residences, the Health Sciences Centre and the children's hospital on the campus's south side; a London family's move-in and convocation by the hour, a professor's lecture, and a patient's referral to the children's hospital with the return held open; the universities page has the pattern and the McMaster site the campus map.
The hospitals
Juravinski's cancer centre on the mountain takes London's referred patients for some treatments and London's Victoria takes Hamilton's for others; the General's trauma and cardiac units on Barton; St. Joseph's on Charlton; the run is the sedan to the entrance with the return held open, and the medical page has the referrals and the hospital wait article the car that waits.
The airport at Mount Hope
YHM's terminal on Airport Road takes the leisure carriers' flights to the sun and the west, the cargo hub's overnight freighters, and a London passenger who finds a fare there that Pearson does not have; an hour and twenty minutes at $240-290, the YHM page has the flights and the airports page the comparison. Hamilton airport's own site is the GTAA's counterpart at flyhamilton.
The arena, the concert hall and the stadium
The downtown arena on York Boulevard for the Bulldogs and the concerts, the FirstOntario Concert Hall on Summers Lane for the Philharmonic and the touring shows, Tim Hortons Field on Balsam for the Ticats; a London group's night is a Sprinter by the hour with the concerts and sports page's corners, and the Knights article has the corner logic.
The gardens, Dundas and the waterfalls
The Royal Botanical Gardens on Plains Road, Dundas's main street and the Dundas Valley, Webster's and Tews Falls and the escarpment's hundred waterfalls: a London couple's day by the hour in May with lunch in Dundas, and the hourly page has the day.
The Toronto-bound stop
A Bay Street run that stops at McMaster for a meeting, or a Pearson run by the 403 and the QEW with a Hamilton drop: the day by the hour, or two fares; the Toronto article has the run and the desk plans the stop.
The Skyway and the ice, honestly
The Burlington Skyway on the QEW east of Hamilton closes to high-sided vehicles in a wind and the escarpment's descents ice before the flat in January; the chauffeur takes the Lincoln Alexander and the Red Hill for the mountain and the QEW's lower road for the lake, and the Ontario 511 site posts the closures; the winter article has the rules.
Three runs, as they went
A Juravinski appointment, a Byron patient and a companion, a Wednesday. The sedan at 7:30, the Concession Street entrance at 9, the return held open, home at 3:20. Two fares with the wait.
A McMaster move-in, a family of three, September. The SUV at 8, the Sterling Street entrance at 9:20, the day by the hour, home at 3.
A YHM departure, a couple, a Sunday. Masonville at 4 a.m., the terminal at 5:20. One sedan fare at $265.
Booking it
The run is a fixed fare on the reservation engine with the Hamilton address; the hospital's open return and the day by the hour are one email to the desk; the Hamilton page has the destination.
Three questions the desk is asked about the Hamilton run
Is Hamilton on the way to Toronto? Only by the 403 and the QEW, which is the Niagara road; the 401 is the Toronto road; a passenger who needs both books the day by the hour.
Can we take the train to Hamilton? VIA's Brantford line stops at Aldershot for the GO to Hamilton's downtown; the car drops at McMaster's door and the hospitals' entrances.
Which Hamilton hospital takes London's referrals? Juravinski's cancer centre for some treatments, the General's cardiac unit for some, McMaster's children's hospital for some; the referral's letter says which and the desk drops at that entrance. The FAQ has the rest.
The 403, in detail
The 401 to Exit 235, the 403 southeast through Brant County's flat farms past Paris and Brantford's exits at 36 and 38, Ancaster's Wilson Street exit, the escarpment's descent with the city and the lake below, the Main Street West exit for McMaster and Westdale, or the Lincoln Alexander Parkway east across the mountain for Juravinski and the Red Hill to the airport and the QEW; an hour and twenty minutes, and the Brantford page has the town on the way.
McMaster, in detail
The campus's Sterling Street entrance off Main Street West, the residences' loops on the campus's west side, the Health Sciences Centre's main entrance and the children's hospital's on the south side, and Westdale's village of shops at the campus gate; a London family's move-in, convocation and a lecture by the hour, and the McMaster site has the campus map.
The hospitals, in detail
Juravinski's Concession Street entrance on the mountain with the cancer centre's own door, the General's Barton Street entrance with the trauma and cardiac units, St. Joseph's Charlton Avenue entrance below the escarpment, McMaster's children's hospital; the sedan at the entrance at the appointment's time and the return held open by text, and the hospital wait article has the arithmetic of the wait.
The airport at Mount Hope, in detail
YHM's terminal on Airport Road with the leisure carriers' counters, the curb at the door, the lot across the road and the cargo apron's freighters overnight; an hour and twenty minutes from London at $240-290, and the YHM page has the flights and the YHM article the arithmetic against Pearson.
The arena, the hall and the stadium, in detail
The downtown arena on York Boulevard with the corner at Bay and York, the FirstOntario Concert Hall on Summers Lane with the door and the lot, Tim Hortons Field on Balsam Avenue North with the Ticats' corner at Cannon and Balsam; the drop and the pickup as the Knights article describes for London's arena, and the Hamilton page has each.
The gardens and the waterfalls, in detail
The Royal Botanical Gardens' main entrance on Plains Road with the rock garden and the arboretum, Dundas's King Street with the shops and the valley's conservation area, Webster's and Tews Falls off Harvest Road, Albion Falls on the mountain; a May day by the hour from 9 with lunch in Dundas, and the hourly page has the day.
The corporate run, in detail
A London company's executive to a Hamilton steel supplier's office, a Stoney Creek plant or the port's terminal; the sedan at 7 for a 9 o'clock meeting, the return or the day by the hour, and the corporate page has the account; the business page has London's companies with Hamilton's customers.
Booking checklist for the Hamilton run
The date and the time; the pickup; the Hamilton address and the entrance; the return, fixed or open; the vehicle; the numbers; the card. Seven lines to the desk or a fixed fare on the reservation engine.
The honest summary
An hour and twenty minutes down the 403 to McMaster, the hospitals and the airport at $240-290 for a sedan, with the escarpment's ice and the Skyway's wind in the plan; the Hamilton page has the destination.
A worked example: the Juravinski series
A Byron patient's six weeks of treatment at Juravinski, three mornings a week: the desk opened a household account, rostered the same two chauffeurs, ran the sedan to the Concession Street entrance at 8:30 each morning with the return held open for the clinic's end, and invoiced monthly; the family's own car stayed home and the patient slept both ways. The hospital wait article has the arithmetic and the medical page the referrals.
The desk's rule of thumb
An hour and twenty minutes; $240-290 for a sedan, fixed; the 403's descent and the Skyway watched in winter; the entrance named at booking; the return held open for a clinic; and YHM when the fare is there. The Hamilton page has the destination.
Booking it, in one line
The run is a fixed fare on the reservation engine with the Hamilton address; the clinic's series and the day by the hour are one email to the desk.
The Hamilton visitor's run to London
A McMaster researcher to a Western lecture, a Hamilton family to a London wedding, a Stoney Creek patient to University Hospital: the same fare from a Hamilton door to a London door, with the London entrance named at booking; the universities page has Western's loops and the hotels page the wedding's hotels.
