Clocktower Cars runs licensed taxis, minicabs and private hire cars throughout Burgh Heath and the KT20 postcode. The cars come from our Reigate office, 5.2 miles and about eleven minutes down the A217, and the number is a local 01737 one. Call 01737 333 700 or book online.
Printed here in full rather than hidden behind a button, because people search for the digits themselves. 01737 333 700 reaches a person at the Reigate office — the same office that covers Kingswood, Tadworth, Banstead, Chipstead and Reigate.
Burgh Heath is a residential neighbourhood on the upper slopes of the North Downs, in the borough of Reigate and Banstead, sharing its name with a remnant part of the Banstead Commons. It sits on the A217, immediately north of Upper Kingswood, in postcode district KT20. At the 2011 Census there were 1,884 people living in 843 households.
Worth saying plainly: this is Burgh Heath in Surrey. It is not Small Heath in Birmingham, and it is not Musselburgh. If you want a car between Banstead and Kingswood on the A217, you are on the right page.
Different words, one thing. In law a taxi, or hackney carriage, can be hailed in the street; a minicab or private hire car must be booked with a licensed operator first. Clocktower Cars is a private hire operator, so every Burgh Heath job is a booking — a named driver, a known car and a price agreed before you travel. Our guide to minicabs versus black cabs explains the difference properly.
The station that serves this village is called something else. Kingswood station opened on 2 November 1897 under the name Kingswood and Burgh Heath, and it is still the closest platform. Tadworth is the next one down the same Tattenham Corner branch; Banstead is on the Epsom Downs line; Epsom itself is 4.0 miles and about twelve minutes away by road.
That is why a village of under two thousand people generates as much car work as it does. Every rail journey from Burgh Heath begins with getting to a station somewhere else, usually at an hour when the A217 is not helping.
On Sundays the Tattenham Corner branch drops to an hourly service running only between Tattenham Corner and Purley, so a London journey from Kingswood or Tadworth means changing at Purley. If your Sunday has a fixed time in it, a car from Burgh Heath to Epsom station, or the whole way, is usually the simpler answer — and it is worth booking on the Saturday.
Gatwick is close and Heathrow is not, and the gap is wide enough to change how you plan the morning.
| From Burgh Heath to | Route | Distance | Typical drive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatwick Airport | M23 | 16.7 miles | about 22 minutes |
| Heathrow Airport | M25 | 32.0 miles | about 40 minutes |
| Heathrow Airport | B2033 and M25 | 29.8 miles | about 42 minutes |
| Heathrow Airport | M25 and Southern Perimeter Road | 28.1 miles | about 42 minutes |
| Epsom station | Ashley Road / B290 | 4.0 miles | about 12 minutes |
| Reigate (our office) | Brighton Road / A217 | 5.2 miles | about 11 minutes |
Sixteen and a half miles, almost all of it motorway once you are on the M23. On the same day and the same journey, the public transport routes Google offers from Burgh Heath to Gatwick came out at 1 hour 27 minutes and 1 hour 29 minutes. That is roughly four times the driving time, before anyone carries a case up a footbridge.
Details on our Gatwick airport transfers page. Give us the flight number on the return leg and we will track the inbound.
Look at the three Heathrow lines in the table. The shortest route is 28.1 miles and takes about 42 minutes. The longest is 32.0 miles and takes about 40. Nearly four miles further, two minutes quicker.
That is the clearest argument there is against paying for a car by the mile. A mileage rate would charge you most for the fastest route and least for the slowest — which is backwards. We quote the job instead, and the driver takes whichever road is actually moving that morning.
Long runs from KT20, and jobs where the departure hour matters more than the mileage because the whole thing is M25. Luton and Stansted transfers are booked the same way; our general airport transfers page covers the rest. Ring 01737 333 700 and we will be honest about what the morning is likely to do.
Being met inside the terminal with a name board, rather than finding a pick-up bay with a trolley and a tired child, is our meet and greet chauffeur service. Worth the small extra on a late Gatwick landing.
This needs saying on this page more than on any other we run, because most of the people who find this page are looking for something we do not do.
If you are searching for car hire, car rental or van hire in Burgh Heath, we are not it. We do not rent vehicles for you to drive yourself, we have no counter, no self-drive fleet and no hire agreements. Rather than waste your afternoon, here is the honest version of what we are and what we can actually do instead.
A fortnight in the Highlands, a house move, a van full of garden waste — those are hire jobs and you should hire. What is worth checking first is the arithmetic on shorter trips: for a single airport run, two or three days of hire plus fuel plus airport parking plus the drive at both ends is frequently more than a return transfer, and none of it involves finding the car park at six in the morning. Ring 01737 333 700 and ask us to quote the return transfer, then compare.
Tell the office where, when, how many and how much luggage. You get a price for that job, and it does not change while you are in the car.
The Asda superstore opened in 1988 and, with the parade of shops along the A217, it is the practical centre of the village. It is also the easiest pick-up point to describe: a named entrance beats a house number when you are standing outside with six bags. Shopping runs — out empty, back loaded — are one of the steadiest local jobs we take here.
Burgh Heath commons are looked after by the Banstead Commons Conservators; Banstead Woods are managed by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council. Both are lovely and both have the same problem for a driver: the entrances are gaps in a hedge rather than addresses. Give us a car park, a gate or a road junction and we will meet you there.
St Mary’s parish church is a Gothic revival building completed in 1909, though the settlement is far older — the Domesday Book records a church at Burgh. Weddings and funerals here generate the same booking: several cars, one timing, relatives who do not know the lanes.
The Burgh Heath BMX track sits in the triangular wood beside the supermarket. Worth knowing because it is a pick-up point that no satnav names — say “the BMX track” to the office and the driver will know exactly where to stop.
A pump station was built here in 1943 as part of a wartime fuel pipeline running to Dungeness, and was demolished after 1973. It is gone, but it explains some of the odd road geometry on the heath — useful knowledge if you have ever wondered why a lane bends the way it does.
Toyota’s UK headquarters is at Great Burgh, on the doorstep. That single fact changes what this village needs from a car firm: visitor collections from Heathrow and Gatwick, staff to and from Epsom station, directors to meetings in town, and all of it invoiced rather than paid for at the kerb.
Epsom is 4.0 miles and about twelve minutes from Burgh Heath by road, and the Downs are closer still. For most things — the station, the hospital, the shops, a restaurant — Epsom is the town this village actually uses, which is why our Epsom taxis and minicabs page is worth a look alongside this one.
On Derby day and Oaks day the roads around the Downs fill, and they fill worse going out than coming in. Book the car home before you go rather than after the last race.
Ramp-equipped wheelchair accessible vehicles across KT20, with drivers trained to secure a chair properly rather than improvise. There are fewer accessible cars than saloons, so give as much notice as you can — a day for a local run, longer for a Gatwick transfer at a busy hour. Say on the phone whether the chair is manual or powered. See our certified and trained wheelchair accessible minicab service.
With the commons and Banstead Woods on the doorstep this is dog country, and not every private hire driver will take one. We keep drivers who will and match them to the booking rather than leaving it to chance. Tell us the size of the animal and whether it travels in a carrier. See pet friendly taxis.
Almost every secondary journey from here goes out of the village, mostly along the A217 or across to Banstead, Epsom and Tadworth, at exactly the hour those roads are worst. A regular run is set up once — named, DBS-checked drivers, an agreed pick-up point, a monthly invoice — rather than booked every morning. See our school run chauffeur service.
Hospital journeys from Burgh Heath run mostly to Epsom, to East Surrey at Redhill, or into Croydon, and they all have the same shape: a fixed arrival time at the front, an unknown finish at the back. We book both halves — an outward leg to the appointment and a return that waits for your call. Drivers will help to the door where that is needed. More on reliable transport for medical appointments, or ring 01737 333 700.
01737 333 700. Use the phone for anything out of the ordinary: an accessible vehicle, an early Gatwick run, a group, a pet, a day booking, an account.
The booking form takes the whole job at once, day or night — the easier route for a straightforward airport transfer booked a week ahead.
Every office we run is listed on find us and the branch locator.
01737 333 700 — an 01737 Reigate number reaching the office that covers Burgh Heath, Kingswood, Tadworth, Banstead and Chipstead. You can also book online at any hour.
No. We are a licensed private hire operator — a car with a driver, booked by the journey, the hour or the day. We do not rent self-drive cars or vans. If a hire vehicle really is what you need, hire one; if what you need is to get somewhere, ring 01737 333 700 and we will quote the journey.
Kingswood, on the Tattenham Corner branch — it opened in 1897 as Kingswood and Burgh Heath. Tadworth is the next station south, Banstead is on the Epsom Downs line, and Epsom is 4.0 miles away with the fastest trains into London.
16.7 miles via the M23, typically about 22 minutes by car. On the same day, the public transport options came out at about an hour and a half.
About 40 minutes for 32.0 miles via the M25. Two shorter routes exist — 29.8 miles and 28.1 miles — and both take about 42 minutes. The shortest way is the slowest, which is why we quote the job rather than the mileage.
Yes — Burgh Heath in the borough of Reigate and Banstead, postcode KT20, on the A217 between Banstead and Kingswood. Not Small Heath in Birmingham, and not Musselburgh.
Yes, and it is one of the easiest pick-ups in the village. Name the entrance you will be standing at and the driver will come to it. Shopping runs — out empty, back loaded — are a regular booking here.
Yes — Burgh Heath, Kingswood, Tadworth, Walton-on-the-Hill and Lower Kingswood, all from the Reigate office, 5.2 miles and about eleven minutes down the A217.
Yes, ramp-equipped vehicles with trained drivers, booked in advance. Give as much notice as you can and say whether the chair is manual or powered — the ramp and anchor points differ.
Yes, with a pet friendly taxi booked in advance. Tell us the size of the animal and whether it travels in a carrier.
Yes. A car and driver at your disposal for a day of meetings, viewings, a funeral or a family occasion is a normal booking, and it is often what people looking for a short hire actually want. Ring 01737 333 700 and describe the day.
It depends on the journey, the hour, the size of car and whether there is waiting or meeting involved, which is why we quote the job rather than publish a mileage rate — on these roads a mileage rate would be actively misleading. Ring 01737 333 700 or use the booking form and you will have a price before you travel.
Licensed drivers, a local 01737 number, real knowledge of the A217 and the Downs, and a price agreed before you get in. Call 01737 333 700 or book your Burgh Heath taxi online.
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