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Reading to Gatwick Airport taxi

From £123 fixed for a pre-booked saloon to Gatwick Airport.

A pre-booked car between Reading and Gatwick Airport is from £123.00 for a saloon, agreed before departure and unaffected by the traffic you meet. The road journey is 55.9 miles, about 1 hour 10 minutes on a clear run. The comparison worth knowing: the direct train is £24.50 for one adult and takes 1 hour 28 minutes, and the cheaper £22.00 fare needs two changes and a contactless tap rather than a purchased ticket.

Fixed price
from £123
Journey
1 hour 10 minutes
Distance
55.9 miles

Lowest live operator quote, checked 26 October 2026.

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What does it cost?

Pre-booked, fixed

from £123

Lowest live operator quote to Gatwick Airport, saloon, 26 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 26 October 2026.

How this compares

Travelling as
Airport Taxi Hub, pre-bookedCost for 2: £123 one price per car, up to 3 passengersFrom £123, fixed when you bookJourney time: 1 hour 10 minutesDoor to door? YesPre-bookable? Yes
Direct rail serviceCost for 2: £49 2 × adult fare on the direct train£24.50 an adult: £24.50 alone, £49 for two, £73.50 for threeJourney time: 1 hour 28 minutes, roughly half-hourlyDoor to door? NoPre-bookable? Yes
Cheapest routing, two changesCost for 2: £44 2 × adult single, contactless fare£22.00 an adult on a contactless tap rather than a bought ticket: £44 for two, £66 for threeJourney time: 1 hour 37 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutesDoor to door? NoPre-bookable? No

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

When not to book us: This is the Sussex to Thames Valley run, and it is the one pair on our Gatwick list where the numbers genuinely tighten. The direct service is £24.50 for one adult over 1 hour 28 minutes, which is £49 for a couple and £73.50 for three people who then still have to reach an address in Caversham or Earley with their cases. Shaving the price means the £22.00 routing, and that costs two changes, up to 1 hour 40 minutes and a contactless tap that is not a ticket you can hold in advance. The road version is about 57 miles, roughly 71 minutes free-flow, and it goes wherever you point it. Travelling alone with hand luggage, take the train and put up with the interchange. Travelling as two, or with a bag you would rather not lift onto a platform twice, put the £49 next to the quote at the top of this page before you decide. For three the comparison is barely a comparison, and the M25 stretch is the only real risk in it.

Gatwick Airport to Reading taxi

What it costs from Gatwick Airport

Pre-booked, fixed

from £123

Lowest live operator quote for this direction, saloon, 26 October 2026.

Each leg is quoted separately and a different operator can win each, so this price can differ from the Reading 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. Name the Reading address in full, including the postcode. Central Reading, Caversham across the river and the business parks out towards Winnersh are separate runs, and the quote is built for the one you enter.
  2. The driver's mobile number arrives in your supplier details email. Keep it on your phone rather than in an inbox you will be hunting through in an arrivals hall.
  3. Your inbound is monitored at no cost, so a delay moves the pick-up to the real landing time instead of losing you the booking. The included waiting allowance is described under What it costs above.
  4. Express pick-up at the designated point is the standard arrangement. A welcome sign in the arrivals hall is what London Gatwick describes its own official private hire operator as providing on request; from us it is meet and greet, a paid extra 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

How much is the train from Gatwick to Reading?

£24.50 for one adult on the direct service. Two adults are therefore £49 and three are £73.50, before anything that gets you from Reading station to the door you are actually going to.

Is there a cheaper rail fare than £24.50?

There is, at £22.00, and it comes with conditions worth reading. It needs two changes, it runs 1 hour 37 to 1 hour 40 minutes, and the price is based on a contactless tap rather than a ticket you can buy and hold in advance. Saving £2.50 for two extra interchanges is a poor trade with luggage.

How long is the drive between Reading and Gatwick?

About 57 miles, roughly 71 minutes free-flow. That is a floor rather than an average, because the route uses the western and southern arcs of the M25 and neither is reliably clear. The live estimate at the top of this page is measured when you load it.

What does the airport itself say about the rail journey?

London Gatwick publishes the journey at 1 hour 30 minutes with GWR and prints no fare at all on that page, which is a useful cross-check on the 1 hour 28 minutes the journey planner returns.

At what point does a car beat the tickets?

Sooner than on most of our routes, because £24.50 a head is a high starting figure. Two people are already at £49. Compare that with the single quote above, then add whatever your onward journey from the station would have cost, and the answer usually settles itself.

Do you serve Wokingham, Bracknell and the Thames Valley business parks?

Yes, and each is priced to its own postcode rather than lumped into a Reading rate. Corporate bookings on this corridor are routine and the quote is built the same way for them.

Is the quote per person?

No, it is for the car. Everyone travelling with you is covered by the one amount, which is the whole reason the comparison against a per-adult fare shifts as the party grows.

Can you do an early hours collection for a first departure?

Yes, at any time of night, and the price is not raised for it. It is agreed at booking rather than metered, so a collection before dawn from Reading costs what an afternoon one costs.

What if the flight is late?

The driver watches it and shifts the pick-up to the actual landing time at no charge. Free waiting starts at touchdown and the allowance included in your booking is set out under What it costs above.

How do cancellations work?

More than 24 hours before pick-up, cancelled in full and refunded. Inside 24 hours, the full amount stands. Changes go through the booking link in your confirmation email on the same deadline.

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