Kensington hotels and homes book us for airport runs and discreet executive travel. We collect from your exact address, hold the price, and can provide a chauffeur-driven car for business or special occasions.
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Airportmove links Gatwick and Kensington with fixed-price transfers, day or night. The journey is roughly 30 miles by road, usually around 40–60 minutes depending on traffic. We follow your flight, meet you with help for your luggage, and confirm the fare upfront so there is no meter and no surge pricing to worry about.
Kensington hotels and homes book us for airport runs and discreet executive travel. We collect from your exact address, hold the price, and can provide a chauffeur-driven car for business or special occasions.
From your Kensington 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 Kensington, allow for delays, and reset arrival pickups to your real landing time. Kensington lies roughly to the north of Gatwick, and at around 30 miles it is a middle-distance run, neither especially short nor long for Gatwick.
Getting from Gatwick to Kensington is simple: book in a couple of minutes, lock in your price, and travel. Here is each stage of the journey.
Enter your Kensington 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 Kensington 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.
Fixed-fare, flight-tracked journeys between Gatwick and Kensington, booked in minutes and driven by licensed local drivers.
One set fare, confirmed up front.
Landing time tracked, at no extra cost.
Your Kensington door, start to finish.
Meet & greet in arrivals if you want it.
Any group size, saloon to 8-seater.
Booking and travel around the clock.
The journey between Gatwick and Kensington is roughly 30 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.
Kensington sits roughly to the north of Gatwick. By distance across all the areas we cover from Gatwick, this route is a middle-distance run, neither especially short nor long for Gatwick — the 31st shortest of the 64 areas we cover from Gatwick, by road distance — useful context if you are weighing up Kensington 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.
Gatwick lies to the south of London off the M23, with separate North and South terminals linked by a shuttle. It is the natural choice for south London and the South Coast, and we plan the run around the M23 and M25.
Kensington is one of London's most prestigious areas, taking in the museums of South Kensington, High Street Kensington and Holland Park. Hotel and embassy travel is common here, and Heathrow lies due west along the A4. We provide saloons and executive cars at fixed fares from any Kensington address.
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, Kensington lies to the north of Gatwick, a journey of around 30 miles — a middle-distance run, neither especially short nor long for Gatwick compared with our other Gatwick routes, though the licensed, pre-booked model is identical whichever direction you are travelling.
For Gatwick to Kensington, the roads are predictably busier on weekday mornings and early evenings, when local commuters and airport traffic both use the M23 and M25. Booking an early or late weekday slot is where a little extra time helps most; outside peak hours and on weekends, journeys tend to run more smoothly. Our drivers watch the traffic and adjust the route, not the price.
We agree the exact pickup point with you before the day, so there is nothing to work out when you travel, and any airport leg has the flight tracked so timing follows your real schedule rather than the printed one. Build in the normal airport steps around the drive — check-in and security outbound, passport control and baggage on arrival — both covered by the waiting time already included in your fare.
It helps to flag your group size and luggage when you book rather than on the day — a saloon comfortably takes four passengers and two large cases, and an estate, MPV or 8-seater covers anything bigger, from extra suitcases to pushchairs. Demand for this kind of trip tends to rise in school holidays and over summer, so an earlier booking makes it easier to lock in the vehicle you need.
Booked this as a single taxi ride? The same fixed fare, driver and vehicle are available for more than one journey:
An executive chauffeur car 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.
The cost is set in advance for the Gatwick to Kensington trip and covers parking and waiting time, so nothing is added later. The route is about 30 miles, normally 40–60 minutes by road, but the price stays the same whatever the traffic. Request your price online or over the 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 Kensington whether you are early or late.
You decide at Gatwick: a name-board welcome inside arrivals with meet & greet, or a driver waiting a short walk away who calls the moment you have your bags.
Yes. We collect from and drop at any Kensington address — homes, hotels and offices. Provide the full address and postcode when booking so the driver finds you easily.
It is. There is no meter and no surge pricing — the quote you accept for the Gatwick to Kensington trip is exactly what you pay, regardless of the traffic.
Yes, and it is worth doing at the same time: both fares are locked in together, and we plan the Gatwick-bound leg around traffic and your check-in deadline.
We run saloons, estates, MPVs, 8-seaters and executive cars. Let us know your numbers and luggage when booking and we will suggest the right one for your Kensington trip.
Yes, at no cost. Tell us the number and type of infant, child or booster seats at booking and they are in place before pickup.
Every Gatwick pickup comes with a free waiting allowance for passport control and baggage reclaim built in. You will see the figure when you book.
Settle securely online at booking, by card with the driver, or on account for regular trips — the fixed fare is identical whichever method you choose.
Kensington is roughly to the north of Gatwick, at around 30 miles by road — a middle-distance run, neither especially short nor long for 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.
The Airportmove operations team writes and reviews this Gatwick to Kensington page. We are a London-licensed private-hire operator at 450 Bath Rd, minutes from Heathrow, arranging fixed-fare transfers between the airports and areas like Kensington around the clock. Questions about your Gatwick to Kensington transfer? Call +44 (0) 158 282 4631 or email booking@airportmove.co.uk.
Last updated: 7 July 2026