Lambeth sits quietly between the river and Kennington — palace gardens, the Imperial War Museum, mansion blocks and estates — with the A23 corridor to Gatwick starting practically on its doorstep. £118 fixed for a saloon, 50–80 minutes by road via the A23 spine to the M23, free cancellation to 24 hours — and the price you confirm is the price you pay.
| Taxi, fixed fare | from £118 · 50–80 min · door to door |
| Pickup | Any address or named corner in Lambeth |
| 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 | Lambeth → Gatwick |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saloon | Up to 4 | Solo, couples, light luggage | from £118 |
| MPV | Up to 6 | Families, groups, heavy cases | from £147 |
| 8-seater | Up to 7 | Big groups and serious luggage | from £163 |
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.
~26 miles by road via the A23 spine to the M23. The honest number is a range — about 50 minutes when the roads are empty, up to 80 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 80 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.
Kennington Road feeds the A23 through Brixton and Streatham to the M23 — a single spine to the airport. Off-peak it flows; school-run and evening peaks add the minutes the fare already allows for.
State occasions across the river can shut Westminster Bridge and the Millbank approaches. We hold south of the water and slip out via Vauxhall instead — the buffer is in the price, not on your nerves.
Holiday-week Gatwick flights mean 05:00 pickups with buggies and cases. Tell us the case count and party size and we size the vehicle, rather than folding a family of five into a saloon.
A family of four on an 08:05 Gatwick departure: 05:10 pickup from a Kennington Road flat, A23 straight through, North Terminal kerb before 06:00 — bags dropped while the queue is still human.
From £118 for a saloon (up to 4 passengers), £147 for an MPV (up to 6) and £163 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.
50–80 minutes by road depending on the hour, via the A23 spine to the 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.
Your airline sets it and it is on the booking confirmation. Tell us which and we drop at the right one — they are a shuttle ride apart, so getting it right matters.
Heavy rain slows the A23 like everywhere else. If the forecast is grim we simply suggest an earlier pickup when we confirm; the fixed fare does not change.
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 £118, fixed before you book, free cancellation to 24 hours, and a pickup timed to your flight — not the other way round.