Shoreditch works late and flies early — studios and co-working around the tech junction, Boxpark and the bars along the High Street, weekend crowds that treat the roads as pavement. £125 fixed for a saloon, 55–90 minutes by road via the City and the river to the A23/M23, free cancellation to 24 hours — and the price you confirm is the price you pay.
| Taxi, fixed fare | from £125 · 55–90 min · door to door |
| Pickup | Any address or named corner in Shoreditch |
| 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 | Shoreditch → Gatwick |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saloon | Up to 4 | Solo, couples, light luggage | from £125 |
| MPV | Up to 6 | Families, groups, heavy cases | from £154 |
| 8-seater | Up to 7 | Big groups and serious luggage | from £170 |
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.
~29 miles by road via the City and the river to the A23/M23. The honest number is a range — about 55 minutes when the roads are empty, up to 90 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 90 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.
Friday to Sunday nights, Shoreditch High Street and Brick Lane move at walking pace because everyone is walking in them. Pickups on the Great Eastern Street or Curtain Road corners keep the car pointed out, not parked in.
Gatwick means crossing the City and the river to the A23/M23. Off-peak it flies; 17:00–19:00 it does not, and the quote’s buffer knows which one you booked.
Studio wrap at midnight, 06:35 Gatwick flight — the 04:15 pickup is the standard Shoreditch move. Late-night adjustments show on the quote before you confirm; the empty streets at that hour repay it.
An 06:35 Gatwick departure: 04:15 pickup on a Curtain Road corner, City empty, M23 clear, South Terminal kerb about 05:10.
From £125 for a saloon (up to 4 passengers), £154 for an MPV (up to 6) and £170 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.
55–90 minutes by road depending on the hour, via the City and the river 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.
Because the block you are on may be one-way, closed for a market, or solid with people. A named corner plus our five-minutes-out message beats circling every time.
Book both legs together and the return saves 10% — and the price of both is locked now, whatever surge the weekend invents.
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 £125, fixed before you book, free cancellation to 24 hours, and a pickup timed to your flight — not the other way round.