From Kingston's riverside, Heathrow is a short run and Gatwick reachable the other way. Book a fixed-fare car for the airport, choose the size that fits your bags, and leave the timing to your driver.
Reliable Gatwick to Kingston transfers for one fixed fare — flight-tracked, door-to-door and bookable any hour of the day or night.
Fixed fares, professional drivers and 24/7 cover across London and beyond.
Airport Move runs fixed-fare transfers between Gatwick and Kingston, 24 hours a day. The journey is roughly 24 miles by road, usually around 40–60 minutes depending on traffic. We track your flight so your driver is ready when you land, help with your luggage, and the price is agreed before you travel — no meters and no surge pricing.
From Kingston's riverside, Heathrow is a short run and Gatwick reachable the other way. Book a fixed-fare car for the airport, choose the size that fits your bags, and leave the timing to your driver.
From your Kingston doorstep to the terminal, or the other way round, booking ahead takes the stress out of the journey. Drivers know the best way between Gatwick and Kingston, allow for delays, and reset arrival pickups to your real landing time. Kingston lies roughly to the north-north-west of Gatwick, and at around 24 miles it is one of the shorter transfers we run from Gatwick.
Arranging a Gatwick to Kingston transfer is quick and the price never changes after you book. The four steps below show how it all fits together.
Enter your Kingston pickup or drop-off and your Gatwick details, or call us. You get an instant, fixed price for the whole journey — no meters, no surge pricing.
Choose a saloon, estate, MPV or 8-seater, add child seats or meet and greet, and confirm in under a minute. We text your driver's name, number and car before pickup.
On arrivals into Gatwick we follow your flight by number and move the pickup to your real landing time. Your driver can wait in arrivals with a name board and help with bags.
Your driver takes you straight to Kingston and you pay online, by card in the car, or on account — always at the fixed fare you were quoted.
One fixed fare, quoted before you book, covers the whole journey. Here is what comes as standard.
No charge for airline or air-traffic delays.
Meet & greet available at the airport.
Child seats fitted free on request.
Here is why travellers between Gatwick and Kingston choose Airport Move for a door-to-door, fixed-price ride.
The price is fixed before you travel.
Free flight tracking on arrivals.
Direct to any Kingston address, no changes.
A name board waiting in arrivals, on request.
Any group size, saloon to 8-seater.
Book and travel any hour, any day.
The journey between Gatwick and Kingston is roughly 24 miles by road, typically via the M23 and M25. In normal conditions allow about 40–60 minutes, though the real time depends on traffic, roadworks and the time of day. Because your fare is fixed, a longer run on the day costs you no more than the price you were quoted.
Kingston sits roughly to the north-north-west of Gatwick. By distance across all the areas we cover from Gatwick, this route is one of the shorter transfers we run from Gatwick — the 6th shortest of the 64 areas we cover from Gatwick, by road distance — useful context if you are weighing up Kingston against a nearby postcode for the same trip.
Distance and time are approximate, measured by road and intended as a guide only. For airport pickups we track your flight and time the journey to your landing, building in extra for traffic so you are not left waiting.
By road, Kingston is about 24 miles from Gatwick, generally via the M23 and M25, and lies to the north-north-west of the airport itself. Kingston upon Thames is a riverside town centre in south-west London, popular for shopping and its market.
Gatwick lies to the south of London off the M23, with separate North and South terminals linked by a shuttle.
In everyday London speech, people say “taxi” for almost any hired car, but a licensed minicab is legally distinct from a black cab: it cannot be hailed on the street and must be booked in advance, with the driver and vehicle separately licensed for private hire. A pre-booked transfer like this one works on exactly that basis — agreed in advance, licensed throughout, with the fare fixed before you travel. On this specific route, Kingston lies to the north-north-west of Gatwick, a journey of around 24 miles — one of the shorter transfers we run from Gatwick compared with our other Gatwick routes, though the licensed, pre-booked model is identical whichever direction you are travelling.
The busiest times for Gatwick to Kingston are weekday rush hours, when the M23 and M25 carry commuter traffic alongside airport and local journeys. If you are travelling before 8am or after 5pm on a weekday, it pays to leave a little earlier; evenings, weekends and school holidays tend to move more freely. We plan the timing either way, so the fixed fare and the pickup time both hold.
On the day, your driver confirms the pickup point in advance so there is no last-minute searching, and for airport legs the flight is tracked so the car is ready whether you land early or late. Allow the usual airport routine either side of the drive itself: security and check-in on the way out, and passport control or baggage reclaim on the way in, both of which our free waiting allowance already covers.
A quick note on group size and luggage at booking saves any surprise on the day: a saloon is comfortable for four with two large cases, and an estate, MPV or 8-seater takes the extra bags, buggies or kit that a bigger trip brings. Since school holidays and summer tend to be busier for journeys like this, booking a little ahead makes securing the right vehicle straightforward.
Booked this as a single taxi ride? The same fixed fare, driver and vehicle are available for more than one journey:
An executive car with a professional driver for business trips and special occasions.
A company account for corporate airport travel.
Airport meet & greet, if you would rather be met inside arrivals.
A bigger group travelling together with minibus transfers.
Step-free travel in one of our wheelchair-accessible vehicles.
A day out further afield with a private tour.
There is no meter running between Gatwick and Kingston: you get one price for the full journey, parking and waiting included, before you book. The route is about 24 miles, normally 40–60 minutes by road, but the price stays the same whatever the traffic. Get it instantly online or by phone.
Yes. We track your inbound flight by its number and adjust the pickup to your real landing time, so your driver is ready to take you to Kingston whether you are early or late.
Choose meet & greet and the driver is in the arrivals hall with a name board; with a standard pickup they wait close by and ring you once you are through with your bags.
Anywhere in Kingston works — a house, hotel or office, picking up or dropping off. Add the full address and postcode when you book so the driver locates you first time.
One hundred percent. We do not run meters or apply surge pricing, so the Gatwick to Kingston price you see at booking is the price on the invoice.
Of course — reserve both legs at once to lock in two fixed fares. On the way back to Gatwick we factor in traffic and check-in so you are there in good time.
From saloons and estates to MPVs, 8-seaters and executive cars. Share your group size and luggage at booking and we will match the best vehicle for the Kingston run.
Yes. Add the number and type of infant, child or booster seats when you book and we will fit them before pickup, at no extra charge.
Your Gatwick pickup includes free waiting time after landing for passport control and baggage reclaim. The allowance is shown when you book.
Choose to pay securely online, by card in the car, or on a business account for regular travel — the fixed fare stays the same either way.
Kingston is roughly to the north-north-west of Gatwick, at around 24 miles by road — one of the shorter transfers we run from Gatwick. Your driver takes the most direct route on the day, typically via the M23 and M25, and the fixed fare covers whichever way the traffic runs.
Written by the people who dispatch these journeys: the Airport Move operations team, a licensed London private-hire operator based at 450 Bath Rd near Heathrow. We handle Gatwick to Kingston runs and door-to-door transfers across the capital and beyond every day. Questions about your Gatwick to Kingston transfer? Call +44 (0) 158 282 4631 or email booking@airportmove.co.uk.
Last updated: 17 August 2026