Bloomsbury is squares, colleges and the Museum — UCL term tides, the Russell Square hotel row, coach parties by lunchtime. Gatwick from here is a river crossing and the A23 south. £120 fixed for a saloon, 50–85 minutes by road via Blackfriars to the A23/M23, free cancellation to 24 hours — and the price you confirm is the price you pay.
| Taxi, fixed fare | from £120 · 50–85 min · door to door |
| Pickup | Any address or named corner in Bloomsbury |
| Airport drop | North or South Terminal |
| Cancellation | Free to 24 h · 50% to 12 h |
| Deposit | 30% now · balance on the day |
| Return together | Save 10% |
| Bookings | 24/7 · card, wallet or cash |
One figure for the whole journey, locked before you book. Vehicles by party size — the fare is per car, not per person, so groups split it.
| Vehicle | Passengers | Best for | Bloomsbury → Gatwick |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saloon | Up to 4 | Solo, couples, light luggage | from £120 |
| MPV | Up to 6 | Families, groups, heavy cases | from £149 |
| 8-seater | Up to 7 | Big groups and serious luggage | from £165 |
30% deposit secures the booking, balance on the day of travel; return journeys booked together save 10%. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup, 50% refund up to 12 hours before. Pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay online, or cash to the driver. Any weekend-peak or late-night adjustment is applied before you see the final figure — the price you confirm is the price you pay, congestion-zone charges included.
~27 miles by road via Blackfriars to the A23/M23. The honest number is a range — about 50 minutes when the roads are empty, up to 85 in the peaks — and the pickup time we agree is built on the slow end, not the brochure end.
Work backwards from the flight: bag-drop typically closes 40–60 minutes before departure — check your airline. Add the drive at 85 minutes plus a 15-minute buffer, and treat the result as a floor, not a dare — we sanity-check the pickup time against your flight when you confirm.
At the airport we drop at Gatwick North or South Terminal — your airline sets which.
Fixed means fixed: traffic, diversions and the driver’s route choice are our problem, not a surcharge. The figure you approved at booking is the figure you pay at the kerb.
Great Russell Street clogs with coaches midday. Hotel-door pickups on the square edges run cleaner; name the hotel and the driver handles the geometry.
September move-ins and June move-outs mean cases in multiples. An MPV takes a student year’s luggage in one go — say the count when you book.
Thameslink from St Pancras to Gatwick is genuinely good solo. Four people with cases from a Bloomsbury hotel? The split fare and the single seat usually win — we would rather you knew both.
An 09:20 Gatwick departure: 06:15 pickup on Montague Street, over Blackfriars, South Terminal kerb about 07:10.
From £120 for a saloon (up to 4 passengers), £149 for an MPV (up to 6) and £165 for an 8-seater (up to 7) — fixed before you book. 30% deposit secures it, balance on the day; returns booked together save 10%, and cancellation is free to 24 hours before pickup.
50–85 minutes by road depending on the hour, via Blackfriars to the A23/M23. Work back from your airline cutoff — bag-drop typically closes 40–60 minutes before departure — check your airline. Add the drive at the top of the range plus a 15-minute buffer, and treat the result as a floor, not a dare.
Alone with a cabin bag, often yes — St Pancras is close. As a pair or family with luggage, door to door at a fixed fare tends to beat the platform maths.
Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before pickup and half back up to 12 hours — rebooking is just a new confirmation.
Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before pickup and 50%% refunded up to 12 hours before. Weekend-peak or late-night adjustments appear on the quote before you confirm — the figure you approve is final, congestion-zone charges included.
From £120, fixed before you book, free cancellation to 24 hours, and a pickup timed to your flight — not the other way round.