Heathrow to Gatwick Transfer & Gatwick to Heathrow by Private Car

Book Your Airport-to-Airport Transfer

Heathrow to Gatwick is pre-filled — use the swap button for Gatwick to Heathrow, or edit either field for a hotel or any other address.

Choose your vehicle

One price per car, either direction; return £270 or £350. Included: 60 minutes’ free waiting after landing, airport parking, flight tracking and child seats, with nothing added on top.

Mercedes E-Class

£145 fixed(≈ $195)

3 passengers · 2 large cases

Book E-Class

Most families choose the V-Class

Mercedes V-Class

£185 fixed(≈ $250)

7 passengers · 7 large cases

Book V-Class

How it works

1. 1Book online in minutes — price fixed upfront
2. 2We track your inbound flight and time the pickup to your landing
3. 3Your chauffeur greets you on arrival and takes you to the right Gatwick terminal

The journey

Heathrow to Gatwick is about 45 miles (72 km), almost all of it on the motorway — 51 minutes at night and up to just over an hour at the 16:00 weekday peak, door to door, by our own hour-by-hour data. The other way, Gatwick to Heathrow peaks at 79 minutes around 07:00 (every hour of the day). Your chauffeur collects you at any Heathrow terminal, 2, 3, 4 or 5, and drops you at the correct Gatwick terminal, North or South, right at the departures door. Our Gatwick terminal guide lists which airlines use each one.

Connection time and checked bags

Allow at least 4 to 5 hours between landing at Heathrow and departing from Gatwick, and around 6 hours with children. That covers 45 to 60 minutes to clear passport control and collect bags, about an hour on the road, and your airline’s check-in and bag-drop window. Separate tickets are not protected if you miss the second flight, so a generous buffer is worth more than a fast car. Three hours is tight and leaves little room for a late landing or a long queue.

On a self-transfer your bags do not travel between the airports for you. Here is how the connection runs:

• Land at Heathrow Terminal 2, 3, 4 or 5 and follow the arrivals signs, not the flight connections signs.
• Clear UK passport control, then collect every checked bag from the reclaim belt.
• Walk through customs into the arrivals hall, where your chauffeur is holding a board with your name.
• Step out at the departures door of the North or South Terminal and go straight to bag drop.

Your airline’s bag-drop cut-off is usually earlier than gate closing, and it decides how much connection time you really have. Give us both flight numbers and we time the pickup around your actual landing. Landing at Heathrow first? Meet & Assist at Heathrow (the box above) takes you through the priority passport lanes and shortens the immigration leg.

Onward flight the next morning? Many travellers prefer a night near Gatwick to a late drive and an early alarm. Give us your hotel address and we drop you at the door; the morning ride to the terminal is booked as a separate trip.

Gatwick to Heathrow — the same run in reverse

Landing at Gatwick with an onward flight from Heathrow? Same service, same fixed price in either direction. A Gatwick to Heathrow transfer is the same motorway drive in reverse, so an early-morning landing needs the widest buffer before your onward flight. Your chauffeur meets you in Gatwick arrivals, North or South, and drives you to the correct Heathrow terminal. Use the swap button on the booking form to reverse the route, or select Return (new ride) to book both legs in one go.

Not connecting straight through?

Staying in London between flights? See the Heathrow airport transfer to your hotel and the Gatwick airport transfer to central London.

A long gap between flights? See London on the way

With most of a day between landing at Heathrow and flying out of Gatwick, the switch does not have to be one straight drive down the motorway. A private London landmarks tour by car can begin at your arrival terminal and end at your departure terminal, so the connection becomes a day in the city instead of hours in a lounge.

• Start in arrivals: your driver is waiting inside the hall, just as on the direct run.
• Keep your cases in the boot all day, so you step out at each stop with only what you need.
• End at departures: the last leg finishes at the North or South Terminal of your onward flight.
• Work backwards from your bag-drop cut-off: leave the drive to Gatwick and a margin for traffic after the final stop.

Leaving the airport means passing UK border control, so confirm your entry permission first (see the visa section below). Send both flight numbers when you enquire and we shape the day around them. Flying in reverse? The same plan works from Gatwick arrivals to Heathrow.

What’s included

• Meet & greet at Heathrow arrivals — your chauffeur waits at the barrier with your name displayed
• Help with your luggage at both airports
• One fixed price per car — waiting time and airport parking included
• Pay securely by card, or in cash to your chauffeur
• The price you see is the price you pay — no booking fee, no card surcharge

Do I need a UK visa or ETA to switch airports?

Yes, in most cases. Changing airports means passing UK border control, so you are formally entering the country. The exemption for airside transit does not cover this connection.

Visitors from Europe, the USA, Canada and Australia usually need an ETA, an electronic travel authorisation. Apply through the official GOV.UK service well before you fly. British and Irish passport holders do not need one.

If your nationality needs a visa, a Visitor in Transit visa usually covers passing through the border. It requires you to leave the UK within 48 hours. Rules depend on your passport, so check GOV.UK for your own nationality.

Keep your ETA or visa ready for passport control at Heathrow. Once you clear the border, the drive to your Gatwick terminal can begin. The same rules apply if you land at Gatwick and fly on from Heathrow.

Travelling between the two airports with children or reduced mobility?

Child seats are free on every booking, for any age from baby to booster. Tell us each child’s age when you book, and the right seats will be ready in the car.

Pushchairs and checked car seats ride in the boot with your cases. Count them as luggage when you pick the vehicle, so everything fits.

Our cars have no ramp or lift. The passenger needs to move from the wheelchair onto the car seat, with a helping hand if needed. A folding wheelchair travels in the boot.

Airport special assistance is booked with your airline, ideally at least 48 hours before you fly. Request it on both flights, so help is waiting at each airport.

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