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Brighton to Gatwick Airport taxi

From £88 fixed for a pre-booked saloon to Gatwick Airport.

A car booked ahead between Brighton and Gatwick Airport is from £88.00 for a saloon, and that figure holds once you pay. The drive covers 27.6 miles in about 42 minutes. Read this first: National Rail Enquiries prices the cheapest adult single on this pair at £11.50, and the quickest train is 26 minutes with nothing to change onto, so a lone traveller with a cabin bag has very little reason to book a car at all.

Fixed price
from £88
Journey
42 minutes
Distance
27.6 miles

Lowest live operator quote, checked 27 October 2026.

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What does it cost?

Pre-booked, fixed

from £88

Lowest live operator quote to Gatwick Airport, saloon, 27 October 2026.

What the fixed price includes

Which car, and what does each cost?

To Gatwick Airport, from

One price for the car, not per person. Lowest live operator quote, checked 27 October 2026.

How this compares

Travelling as
Airport Taxi Hub, pre-bookedCost for 2: £88 one price per car, up to 3 passengersFrom £88, fixed when you bookJourney time: 42 minutesDoor to door? YesPre-bookable? Yes
Thameslink-only Anytime Day SingleCost for 2: £23 2 × Anytime Day Single, valid only on Thameslink services£11.50 an adult: £11.50 travelling alone, £23 for two, £34.50 for threeJourney time: 33 to 38 minutes on the services this ticket permitsDoor to door? NoPre-bookable? Yes
Anytime Day Single, any permitted routeCost for 2: £27.40 2 × Anytime Day Single, valid via any permitted route£13.70 an adult: £13.70 travelling alone, £27.40 for two, £41.10 for threeJourney time: 26 minutes on the quickest direct departureDoor to door? NoPre-bookable? Yes

Totals count every traveller at the fare shown; children often travel cheaper or free.

When not to book us: For one or two people going to central Brighton in normal hours, the train is usually cheaper and faster. This is a 30-mile hop with a fast, frequent railway laid along it: the Anytime Day Single is £11.50 for one adult, £23 for a couple and £34.50 for three, and the quickest departure covers the ground in 26 minutes, faster than a car even on an empty road. Even at three the seats are still cheap enough that no honest comparison hands the journey to a car on money alone. Where the arithmetic changes is at the edges of the day and the edges of the town. The £11.50 ticket is locked to Thameslink services taking 33 to 38 minutes, so getting the 26-minute run means the £13.70 unrestricted single instead. Hove, Rottingdean, Woodingdean and the streets climbing away from the station are a further journey once the train has done its part, and an early check-in means being on a platform before the service you were counting on exists. Book the car for those, and for the flight that lands after the last useful connection has gone.

Which traveller are you?

If you areWhat we would suggest
Travelling alone to the station areaThe train. One seat costs far less than a car, and the quickest departure is direct.
A couple going to central BrightonUsually the train. Two seats still come to less than one car, with nothing to change onto.
A family with 3–4 casesWorth pricing a car. One price covers the whole car and the cases go door to door, so set it against the seats for everyone.
Going to Hove, Rottingdean or WoodingdeanPrice a car to the address. The train fares on this page are to Brighton station, and these places are a further journey from there.
Landing after the last useful trainBook a car. It does not depend on a timetable.
Leaving before dawn for an early flightBook a car. The price is agreed when you book and does not rise because it is early, and you are not waiting for the first train.

Gatwick Airport to Brighton taxi

What it costs from Gatwick Airport

Pre-booked, fixed

from £90

Lowest live operator quote for this direction, saloon, 27 October 2026.

Each leg is quoted separately and a different operator can win each, so this price can differ from the Brighton to Gatwick Airport price at the top of this page.

To book this direction, set Gatwick Airport as your pick-up in the form at the top of this page.

On this leg the fixed price also includes:

Where you meet your driver

  1. Book against the door you are actually going to, not Brighton in general. Seafront terraces, the Lanes and the hill roads behind the station are separate journeys with separate quotes, and naming the postcode is what stops a driver arriving at the wrong end of a one-way system.
  2. Your supplier details email carries the driver's mobile number and arrives separately from the booking confirmation. Screenshot it before you fly.
  3. The inbound flight is tracked at no charge, so a late landing moves your collection instead of forfeiting it. The allowance that starts at touchdown is set out under What it costs above.
  4. Express pick-up is what you get as standard: your driver is waiting at the designated point rather than in the hall. London Gatwick describes the arrivals-hall welcome sign as something its own official operator provides on request, and with us that is meet and greet, a paid extra you choose at checkout.

Contact your driver as soon as you land, their number is in your supplier details email.

Arrivals-hall meet and greet with a name board is available as a paid extra at checkout.

Questions people ask about this route

Is the train from Gatwick to Brighton cheaper than a taxi?

Yes, and by a distance. The cheapest adult single is £11.50, so a couple travels for £23 and three for £34.50. On a 30-mile journey with a direct railway the train is almost always the cheaper way to go, and we would rather write that down than let you find out afterwards.

What is the difference between the £11.50 and £13.70 tickets?

Which services you may board. The £11.50 Anytime Day Single is valid only on Thameslink, whose runs take 33 to 38 minutes. The £13.70 Anytime Day Single is valid via any permitted route, which is what lets you take the 26-minute departure. No Off-Peak Single was offered for the date we sampled, Thursday 17 September 2026.

How long does the drive take compared with the fastest train?

The quickest direct departure takes 26 minutes. For the car, use the live drive time shown at the top of this page, and allow for traffic, which can lengthen a drive but not a timetabled train.

So when does booking a car actually make sense here?

When the station is not the destination. A house up on the Downs side of the city, three cases and a pushchair, a check-in slot before dawn, or a landing at an hour when the connection you wanted has stopped running. In those shapes the seat price stops being the whole cost, because the journey does not end where the platform does.

Is your price per person or for the whole car?

For the whole car. That is the only lever we have against a £11.50 seat, and it does not become decisive until the party is large or the luggage is awkward.

Can you collect at four in the morning for a first-wave departure?

Yes, and the amount does not rise because of the hour. It is agreed when you book rather than run up on a meter with a night tariff, which is the practical difference when you are moving before the rest of the town is awake.

Do you cover Hove, Shoreham and the villages behind the city?

Yes, each quoted to its own address rather than to a single Brighton rate. Put the postcode in the form and the price you are shown is for that journey.

Where will the driver be when I come through at Gatwick?

At the airport's designated pick-up point, and you reach them on the mobile number in your supplier details email. Being met inside arrivals with a board is meet and greet, which is a paid extra rather than the standard service.

What happens if the flight is delayed?

The driver watches the inbound and resets the collection to the real landing time at no extra charge. Free waiting begins when the wheels are down, and the allowance included in your fare is stated under What it costs above.

Can I cancel or change it?

A cancellation made more than 24 hours before pick-up is refunded in full; inside that window the full amount is charged. Changes go through the booking link in your confirmation email, to the same deadline.

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