Taxis, cabs and minicabs in Twickenham, TW1 and TW2, including wheelchair accessible and disabled car service. Clocktower Cars is a licensed private hire operator — Twickenham is inside Greater London, so this work is licensed by Transport for London, and cars are dispatched from our Kingston office at 39A Walter Street, KT2 5DS. Call 0203 388 9999 or 01372 747 747, or book online.
Disabled car service and wheelchair accessible taxis in Twickenham
This is the most asked-for thing in Twickenham that nobody advertises properly, so it goes first. We run wheelchair accessible vehicles and assisted travel in TW1 and TW2: a vehicle with a ramp where the passenger stays in their own chair, or a saloon with the driver helping into the seat and the chair folded into the boot — whichever suits.
- Say “wheelchair accessible” or “assisted” when you book, because the right vehicle has to be allocated rather than found on the day
- Tell us whether the passenger travels in their own chair or transfers to a seat — it changes which vehicle comes
- A named driver on repeat bookings, which matters more on assisted journeys than on any other kind
- Hospital, clinic and day-centre journeys with the driver waiting where waiting is allowed
- Standing weekly bookings billed to an account rather than paid each time
Full detail on wheelchair accessible taxis and assisted travel. If you are arranging travel for someone else, ring rather than book online and tell us the circumstances — it is quicker than a form and we will get the vehicle right.
Taxi in Twickenham — taxi, cab or minicab
All the same booking. Twickenham is served by pre-booked private hire; the black cabs you can flag down belong to central London and are a rare sight in TW1. People search for twickenham taxi, twickenham taxis, taxi twickenham, twickenham cabs and minicab twickenham in roughly equal numbers, and all of them reach the same car.
One thing we do not do: we do not hire cars out for self-drive. Searches for car hire in Twickenham are looking for a rental desk, and we are not one. Every Clocktower booking includes a licensed driver.
Match days at Twickenham Stadium
Twickenham Stadium is the home of England rugby and the largest rugby union stadium in the world, seating around 82,000. On an international or a cup final the whole of TW1 changes shape for about six hours: Twickenham station queues out onto the road, the streets around the ground close or fill, and cars booked on the day are simply not available at any price.
- Book the return before the match, not after it. This is the single most useful piece of local advice on this page
- Take a pickup point a ten-minute walk from the ground rather than at it — reliably faster than waiting in the cordon
- For a group, one larger vehicle beats three saloons trying to reach the same corner
- Tell us if you are going on somewhere afterwards; an hourly booking holds the car instead of gambling on a second one
Heathrow from Twickenham — the short airport run
Twickenham is one of the closest places we cover to Heathrow, and the run is short enough that the usual train-versus-car argument barely applies: by the time you have reached a platform, changed, and come back out at the other end, a car has done the whole thing. We have a dedicated page for it — Twickenham taxis to Heathrow — and we track the flight on arrivals so a delay moves the pickup rather than costing you the car.
For the other airports, Gatwick, Luton and Stansted are all motorway journeys of an hour or more from TW1, and London City is shorter in miles but longer in minutes because the route crosses the capital. Everything together on the airport transfers hub.
Twickenham stations, and the one people mix up
TW1 and TW2 are served by Twickenham, St Margarets, Strawberry Hill and Whitton stations. Twickenham is the busy one and the one that absorbs match crowds; St Margarets is often the quicker option for a morning commute if you live on that side, and Strawberry Hill is quieter again. If you ask for “the station” we will ask which, because from some addresses the shortest run is not to the obvious one.
Around Twickenham — where we pick up
Twickenham is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, on the Middlesex bank of the Thames. The riverside addresses are the ones a driver who does not know TW1 gets wrong: Twickenham Riverside and the lanes behind it, Marble Hill and Orleans House on the towpath side, York House and its gardens, and Eel Pie Island, which is reached on foot over a footbridge and has no road access at all — so the pickup there is the bridge, not the address. Give us the postcode and we will be at the right door.
Everything else we run in Twickenham
- School runs — standing weekly bookings with the same DBS-checked driver, on account
- Hospital and clinic appointments, including assisted journeys
- Pet friendly taxis, with notice so the right vehicle comes
- Executive cars with a chauffeur, and chauffeur services across Surrey
- Courier and parcel runs
- Station runs to Twickenham, St Margarets, Strawberry Hill, Whitton and Richmond
What sets the price of a Twickenham journey
Distance and drive time from your door, the hour of the day, the vehicle class — an accessible vehicle or an MPV is a different job from a saloon — the number of passengers and cases, and on airport arrivals how long the car is likely to wait. We quote the journey as one figure before you book. On match days we will tell you plainly if the time you have asked for is optimistic.
Nearby areas we cover
Richmond · East Molesey · West Molesey · Thames Ditton · Surbiton · Esher · Walton-on-Thames. Offices and local numbers are on about Clocktower Cars.
How to book a Twickenham taxi
- By phone — 0203 388 9999 (Kingston office) or 01372 747 747, 24 hours
- Online — the booking form
- By WhatsApp — message the booking and we confirm it back
- On account — one monthly invoice instead of paying each journey
- For an accessible or assisted booking, ring rather than book online so we get the vehicle right
Twickenham taxi questions answered
Do you provide a disabled car service in Twickenham?
Yes. We run wheelchair accessible vehicles and assisted travel across TW1 and TW2. Tell us when booking whether the passenger travels in their own chair or transfers to a seat, because it decides which vehicle we send. Ringing is quicker than the online form for these bookings.
Do you have wheelchair accessible taxis in Twickenham?
Yes, on request. Accessible vehicles have to be allocated in advance rather than found on the day, so ask for one when you book. Repeat bookings can be set up with the same named driver.
Can I get a taxi on a Twickenham Stadium match day?
Yes, if you book in advance. On an international the streets around the ground fill and the station queues onto the road, and cars booked on the day are effectively unavailable. Book the return before the match and take a pickup a ten-minute walk from the ground.
Is there a taxi rank in Twickenham?
Not in any useful sense. Twickenham is served by pre-booked private hire; the black cabs you can hail belong to central London and are rare in TW1. Ring 0203 388 9999 or book online.
Do you do taxis from Twickenham to Heathrow?
Yes, and it is one of the shortest airport runs we do. There is a dedicated Twickenham to Heathrow page, and we track the flight on arrivals so a delayed landing moves the pickup.
Do you hire out cars in Twickenham?
No. Clocktower Cars does not rent cars for self-drive. Every booking includes a licensed private hire driver.
Which stations serve Twickenham?
Twickenham, St Margarets, Strawberry Hill and Whitton. Twickenham is the busiest and the one that absorbs stadium crowds; from some addresses St Margarets or Strawberry Hill is the shorter run, so we will ask which you want.
Are your Twickenham drivers licensed?
Yes. Twickenham is inside Greater London, so this work is licensed by Transport for London, and every driver is DBS checked.
Book a Twickenham taxi
Call 0203 388 9999 or 01372 747 747 at any hour, or book online. For an accessible journey, ring and tell us the circumstances and we will send the right vehicle.