Clocktower Cars runs licensed taxis, minicabs and chauffeur-driven cars in Farnham, GU9 and GU10. Our nearest office is in Guildford, 11.3 miles along the A31 — about twenty minutes. Call 01483 301 000, or book online and we will confirm the car and the price before you travel.
Farnham is a market town of nearly forty thousand people, 36 miles south-west of London in the Borough of Waverley, right up against the Hampshire border. The civil parish takes in Badshot Lea, Hale and Wrecclesham and covers 14.1 square miles — which is the first thing worth knowing. Farnham is not a compact town. It is a Georgian centre with a large rural parish wrapped round it, at the western end of the North Downs, on the north branch of the River Wey.
Practically, that means:
Farnham has its own local taxi firms with cars sitting in the town, and for a five-minute hop to the station at eight in the morning one of them will usually beat us. We would rather say that than pretend otherwise.
What we are genuinely good at from twenty minutes away is the pre-booked work:
If that is the kind of journey you have, a twenty-minute base is irrelevant — the car is dispatched to be there when you asked, not when it happens to be free.
01483 301 000 — our Guildford office at Station Approach, London Road, GU1 4DQ, which covers Farnham, Godalming, the Clandons and the Horsleys. Answered by a person twenty-four hours a day. 01372 747 747 is the Epsom head office. The branch locator shows which of our offices is nearest to any address.
The first three are the same thing in ordinary speech: a licensed car with a licensed driver. The legal distinction is that a hackney carriage can be hailed and a private hire car must be booked — we are private hire, so every job is pre-booked. A chauffeur booking is different in kind rather than degree: a better vehicle, a driver who waits with you rather than dropping and going, and a price for the time as well as the journey. More on that next, because it is a large part of what we do in Farnham.
A chauffeur booking is not a taxi with a nicer badge. It is a car and a driver held for you for a period of time, and it suits a different set of journeys.
Our executive travel service and corporate chauffeur service cover the detail.
The commonest chauffeur booking here. Heathrow is under forty minutes from Farnham on a good run, which makes a car-and-driver a genuinely sensible alternative to parking for a fortnight. On the return, meet and greet means the driver is inside arrivals with a name board rather than in a short-stay car park, and we track the inbound flight so a delay does not turn into a waiting bill.
Farnham Castle, the town’s Georgian centre and the country venues around Waverley make this wedding country, and a wedding car is a chauffeur booking by another name: held for the day, arriving early, waiting through the photographs. The same applies to a race day, a day at a show, or a dinner in London where nobody wants to drive home. Ring the office with the shape of the day and we will price it as a whole rather than as separate fares.
Farnham sits on the western side of Surrey, and its airport geography reflects that plainly.
| From Farnham to | Distance | Typical drive | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | 29.3 miles | ~38 min | M3 |
| Gatwick | 43.6 miles | ~49 min | M25 |
| Gatwick (shorter route) | 40.7 miles | ~56 min | A3 and M25 |
Heathrow is fourteen miles closer than Gatwick and about eleven minutes quicker — a clear preference, and the opposite of the towns on the eastern side of our patch, where Gatwick wins comfortably. If you have a choice of flight from Farnham, Heathrow is the easier journey.
The third row is the useful one. There is a shorter way to Gatwick — 2.9 miles less driving — and it takes seven minutes longer. That is why we quote journeys rather than publishing a price per mile: a mileage rate would charge you less for the slower route and more for the faster one.
All covered by our airport transfer service, along with Southampton and the cruise ports — which are closer to Farnham than either London airport and are a regular run for us — and the Eurotunnel terminal. Luton and Stansted mean the M25 in whichever direction is moving, and are quoted as the long runs they are. Gatwick has its own page.
Five things, and only the first is distance.
Give us the journey and you get a figure before you commit. That figure is what you pay; it does not move because the M3 did.
Farnham station is on the Alton line, with South Western Railway services running between Alton, Aldershot, Woking, Clapham Junction and London Waterloo. Two branch lines also give services to Ascot and Guildford, which makes it better connected than most Surrey market towns.
There is one feature every local driver plans around. Immediately north of the station the railway crosses Station Hill, the B3001, on a level crossing — and it is recorded as one of the most misused crossings in Network Rail’s Wessex Region.
It is a small thing, and it is the difference between making a train and watching it go.
Some of what brings people into Farnham, and what it means for a pickup.
With the Downs and the Wey on the doorstep this is walking country, and a dog is the commonest reason a booking falls apart at the kerb. We run pet-friendly taxis with drivers who have agreed in advance to carry animals. Tell us the size of the dog and whether it travels in a crate when you book, not when the car arrives. Assistance dogs travel as of right and need no notice.
A parish of 14 square miles makes for a long school run, and Farnham families feed into schools across Waverley and over the Hampshire border into Aldershot and beyond. Add a university campus in the town and you have two quite different kinds of regular journey.
We run school taxis in Farnham as standing term-time bookings: same pickup, same time, same named driver wherever the rota allows. For a child making the same journey 190 mornings a year, a familiar driver is worth more than a marginally cheaper fare.
Drivers carrying children are licensed and DBS-checked. Child seats and boosters are provided when you tell us the child’s age and weight at the time of booking — not on the morning. If the school needs a named driver on a list, we will supply the details.
Moving a student in or out means a car with real boot space, not a saloon with a full tank of optimism. Tell us roughly what is coming and we will send something that fits, or an eight-seater with the seats down.
We run wheelchair-accessible vehicles with ramp access, proper restraints and drivers trained to use them. Being honest about the constraint: Farnham is at the western edge of our area, so an accessible vehicle here needs more notice than a saloon. A day ahead is comfortable, an hour is optimistic, and for a course of appointments it is worth booking the whole series at once.
The Royal Surrey County Hospital on the edge of Guildford is the district general for much of this area — 520 beds, run by the Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission along with its maternity services. It is a straightforward run down the A31 from Farnham, and one we do often.
Our medical appointment transport is built around the way hospital days actually run. Clinics overrun and discharges happen when they happen, so we will hold an open return rather than book you for a time you cannot keep. If the patient should not be left alone at the door, say so when you book and the driver will see them in.
Farnham’s business travel runs west into Hampshire and east into London and Heathrow, and a good deal of it is the kind that should never involve a driver taking a card at the kerb.
We also run a same-day courier service for documents and parcels that have to be somewhere today and are not people.
| From Farnham to | Distance | Typical drive |
|---|---|---|
| Guildford | 11.3 miles | ~20 min |
| Heathrow Airport | 29.3 miles | ~38 min |
| Gatwick Airport | 43.6 miles | ~49 min |
Worth noticing: Guildford is 11.3 miles and takes twenty minutes; Heathrow is nearly three times as far and takes under twice as long. The A31 and M3 are good roads. Short local journeys are where the time goes, not long motorway ones — which is the opposite of what a price-per-mile would tell you.
The airport transfer, the chauffeur booking, the station car, the school contract, the hospital appointment, the wheelchair-accessible vehicle, the dog, the eight-seater for a group. One office, one account, one number: 01483 301 000.
We have been straight above about what a twenty-minute base means. It means we are not the firm to ring for a car in five minutes, and we are a good firm to ring for a car at ten past three on Tuesday morning — because that car is allocated to you in advance rather than depending on who happens to be free.
Every car is a licensed private hire vehicle, every driver is licensed, and every journey is insured for hire and reward. Because the booking goes through the office there is a record of who drove you, when, and where — which matters most for children, elderly relatives, and anybody travelling alone at night.
You get the figure on the call or in the booking confirmation. No meter, no surge multiplier, and no change because the M25 had a bad afternoon. If the job changes — an extra stop, an extra passenger, a longer wait — we tell you what that changes before the car sets off.
Card in the car, card over the phone, or on account. Account customers are invoiced monthly and never handle payment at the kerb.
We are a taxi, private hire and chauffeur operator. We do not hire out self-drive cars or vans, and we do not do car servicing or repairs. If what you want is a car and a driver for a day, that is exactly what a chauffeur booking is — ring the office and we will price it.
01483 301 000 — our Guildford office at Station Approach, London Road, GU1 4DQ, which covers Farnham and the villages around it. Answered by a person twenty-four hours a day. 01372 747 747 is the Epsom head office.
No — our nearest is Guildford, 11.3 miles and about twenty minutes along the A31. We would rather tell you that than imply otherwise. It makes no difference to a booked journey, because the car is dispatched to arrive when you asked; it does mean that for a car in the next five minutes, a Farnham-based firm will usually be quicker.
Yes, and it is a large part of what we do here. An executive vehicle, a driver in a suit, waiting time built into the price, and a fixed figure agreed in advance for the whole engagement — for airport runs, client collections, weddings, events and days in London. Ring 01483 301 000 with the shape of the day and we will price it as a whole.
About 38 minutes for 29.3 miles up the M3, measured on 27 September 2026. Heathrow is clearly the easier of the two London airports from Farnham — fourteen miles closer than Gatwick and about eleven minutes quicker.
About 49 minutes for 43.6 miles round the M25. There is a route 2.9 miles shorter that takes seven minutes longer, which is why the driver picks the route on the day and why we quote the journey rather than the mileage.
Our office is staffed around the clock and cars run through the night, so yes for a pre-booked journey. For an on-demand car at four in the morning on the western edge of our area, book ahead rather than hoping — that is the honest version, and early flights should always be booked in advance anyway.
The Alton line, with South Western Railway services between Alton, Aldershot, Woking, Clapham Junction and London Waterloo, plus branch services to Ascot and Guildford. Note the level crossing immediately north of the station on Station Hill — we build it into pickup times, and if you are catching a particular train it is worth telling us which.
Yes — all three are part of the Farnham civil parish and we cover them on the same number. Because the parish runs to 14.1 square miles, name the village as well as the postcode when you book.
Yes, regularly — it is a straightforward run down the A31 to the edge of Guildford. We will hold an open return for an appointment that overruns, and if the patient should not be left at the door, say so when you book.
Yes. We run wheelchair-accessible vehicles with ramp access, restraints and trained drivers. Book as far ahead as you can, because Farnham is on the western edge of our area and there are fewer accessible vehicles than saloons. Tell us whether the passenger stays in the chair, the type of chair, and whether a carer is travelling.
Yes, with notice, so we can send a driver who has agreed to carry animals. Tell us the size of the dog and whether it travels in a crate. Assistance dogs travel as of right and need no notice.
It depends on the journey rather than the mileage, which is why we quote instead of publishing a rate card. The price is set by how long the journey takes, the time of day, the vehicle, whether the car returns empty, and any waiting or extras. Ring 01483 301 000 with the pickup, the destination and the time and you will have a fixed figure before you commit.
Call 01483 301 000, or book online and we will confirm the car and the price. Twenty-four hours a day, every day.
Farnham taxis, Farnham cabs, Farnham minicabs and chauffeur-driven cars — taxis in Farnham and cabs in Farnham for Heathrow, Gatwick, the station, the school run and the hospital, across GU9 and GU10, Hale, Wrecclesham and Badshot Lea. Licensed drivers, and a price agreed before you travel.
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