Clocktower Cars runs licensed taxis, minicabs and private hire cars in East Clandon and across GU4. Our Guildford office is at Station Approach, London Road — 4.4 miles and about nine minutes along Epsom Road and the A25. Call 01483 301 000 or book online.
01483 301 000 — written out because people search for the digits rather than the words. It reaches a person at our Guildford office at any hour.
That is the single most useful fact about getting about in East Clandon, and it is measured rather than asserted. The 4.4 miles from the village to Guildford station take about nine minutes by car. On the same day, the public transport options for the same journey came out at about fifty-two minutes.
Nearly six times as long, to reach your own nearest town. That is what life is like in a village of 268 people in 109 households with no railway station, and it is why a booked car here is not a luxury but the ordinary way of doing an ordinary journey.
Ring 01483 301 000 and describe the week rather than the journey; a repeating booking is simpler for both of us.
East Clandon is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England on the A246 between the towns of Guildford to the west and Leatherhead to the east — in the Guildford district, postcode district GU4, and 4 miles (6 km) east of Guildford. The 2011 census recorded 268 residents in 109 households, which makes it the smallest place we write a page for.
West Clandon is its neighbour, about a mile to the north-west, and it is the one with the railway station. See West Clandon taxis and minicabs.
Four words, one service. In law a taxi, or hackney carriage, can be hailed in the street or taken from a rank; a minicab or private hire car must be booked through a licensed operator first. In a village of 268 people there is nothing to hail and no rank to use, so every journey from here is a booking — a named driver, a known car and a price agreed before you travel. More in our guide to minicabs versus black cabs.
Hatchlands Park, a National Trust estate, is within the parish of East Clandon — and for a village this size it is by some distance the largest generator of journeys in and out.
Visitor arrangements at National Trust properties change with the season, so check before you travel rather than taking our word for it. What we can tell you is the transport side: it is reached off the A246, the approach is a country road, and a car that sets you down at the entrance saves the walk from wherever you finally park on a busy day.
If you are coming from further afield, a booked car from Guildford station is nine minutes; from Heathrow it is about half an hour. Give us the arrival time and we will be there.
The village church, St Thomas of Canterbury, is Grade I listed and was built in the 12th and 13th centuries. The village’s other landmarks are The Queen’s Head and the village hall — which, in a place of 109 households, is all a driver needs. Name one of the three and we will find you.
Weddings, funerals and village-hall events produce the same booking every time: several cars, one timing, guests who have never driven the A246 in the dark. Book them together and in advance.
| From East Clandon to | Route | Distance | Typical drive | Average speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | M25 | 21.2 miles | about 30 minutes | about 42 mph |
| Heathrow | Ripley Lane and M25 | 22.2 miles | about 31 minutes | about 43 mph |
| Heathrow | A320 and M25 | 21.5 miles | about 36 minutes | about 36 mph |
| Gatwick | M25 | 31.4 miles | about 40 minutes | about 47 mph |
| Gatwick | Henfold Lane | 23.1 miles | about 42 minutes | about 33 mph |
| Gatwick | A217 | 23.2 miles | about 43 minutes | about 32 mph |
| Guildford (our office) | Epsom Road and A25 | 4.4 miles | about 9 minutes | — |
Look at the Gatwick rows. Down the lanes via Henfold Lane it is 23.1 miles and about 42 minutes. Round on the M25 it is 31.4 miles and about 40.
Eight and a third miles shorter, and two minutes slower. A route more than a third longer that still arrives first, because one is motorway at about 47 mph and the other is Surrey lanes at about 33.
That is the whole case against quoting by the mile, in one table. A per-mile rate would charge you roughly a third more for the road that gets you there sooner — which is exactly backwards. We quote the job, and the driver takes whichever way is actually moving that morning.
About 30 minutes for 21.2 miles up the M25 — quicker and more predictable than the Gatwick run despite being only ten miles nearer, because almost all of it is motorway. The A320 alternative is about the same distance and six minutes slower.
Give us the flight time rather than a pick-up time and let the office work backwards. See Gatwick airport transfers and our general airport transfers page; Luton and Stansted are longer runs booked the same way.
Be met inside the terminal with a name board rather than hunting a pick-up bay — our meet and greet chauffeur service. Give us the flight number on the return and we move the pick-up with the inbound, so an hour on the tarmac is not an hour of waiting charges.
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.
Ramp-equipped wheelchair accessible vehicles across GU4, with drivers trained to secure a chair properly rather than improvise. This is the furthest-flung village we serve and there are fewer accessible cars than saloons, so notice matters more here than anywhere: a day for a local run or a hospital appointment in Guildford, longer for an airport transfer at a busy hour. Say on the phone whether the chair is manual or powered; the ramp and the anchor points differ. See our certified and trained wheelchair accessible minicab service.
Open country on every side and a National Trust estate in the parish make this dog territory, 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. Vet runs, kennel drop-offs and lifts home from a muddy walk are all routine. Tell us the size of the animal and whether it travels in a carrier — see pet friendly taxis.
Every school journey from a village of 268 people leaves the village — towards Guildford, the Horsleys, Effingham or Leatherhead — on the A246 at exactly the hour it is busiest. A regular run is set up once, with a named set of drivers, an agreed pick-up point and a monthly invoice, rather than booked every morning. Every driver on school work is licensed and DBS checked. See our school run chauffeur service.
Thirty minutes from Heathrow and nine from Guildford station, on the A246 between two towns: East Clandon is better placed for business travel than its size suggests, and an account takes the admin out of it.
Hospital journeys from East Clandon run into Guildford, nine minutes away by car and the best part of an hour by any other means. They share a shape: a fixed arrival time at the front and an unknown finish at the back. We book both halves — an outward leg to the appointment and a return that waits for your call rather than a guessed time. Drivers will help to the door where that is needed, and a course of appointments can be set up in one call. More on reliable transport for medical appointments, or ring 01483 301 000.
The same cars carry documents and packages when they are not carrying people — a same-day run into Guildford or London, a legal pack against a deadline, something breakable that should not go through a depot. See same day courier in Surrey.
01483 301 000 rings our Guildford office at Station Approach, London Road. Use the phone for anything out of the ordinary: an accessible vehicle, an early airport run, a group, a pet, a chauffeur car, an account, or a standing weekly booking.
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.
01483 301 000, which rings our Guildford office at Station Approach, London Road — 4.4 miles and about nine minutes away, answered around the clock. You can also book online.
No. Clandon station is in neighbouring West Clandon, about a mile north-west, and Guildford is 4.4 miles west with far more services. Both are short car journeys and both can be set up as a standing booking rather than rung in each morning.
About nine minutes by car for 4.4 miles. On the same day we measured it, the public transport options came out at about fifty-two minutes — nearly six times as long for the same journey. That gap is the reason most people here book a car.
31.4 miles and about 40 minutes round the M25. There is a much shorter way — 23.1 miles via Henfold Lane — and it takes about 42. Eight miles shorter and two minutes slower, because one is motorway and the other is Surrey lanes.
About 30 minutes for 21.2 miles up the M25 — quicker and more predictable than the Gatwick run despite being only ten miles nearer, because nearly all of it is motorway.
Yes — it is the National Trust estate within this parish, reached off the A246. We set down at the entrance, which saves the walk from wherever you would otherwise park on a busy day. Check the Trust’s own visitor arrangements before travelling, as they vary with the season.
In everyday use, yes. In law a taxi or hackney carriage can be hailed in the street, while a minicab or private hire car must be booked with a licensed operator first. In a village of 268 people there is nothing to hail, so every journey here is booked — which is what gives you a named driver and an agreed price.
Yes, ramp-equipped vehicles with trained drivers, booked in advance. This is the furthest-flung village we serve, so give as much notice as you can, and say whether the chair is manual or powered.
Yes, and this is where the fifty-two minutes really bites — the public transport options thin out exactly when you want them. A car booked earlier in the evening is easier to fill than one wanted at eleven.
Yes, with a pet friendly taxi booked in advance. Tell us the size of the animal and whether it travels in a carrier; muddy is expected.
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. Around here a mileage rate would be actively misleading: the short way to Gatwick takes longer than the long way. Ring 01483 301 000 or use the booking form and you will have a price before you travel.
Licensed drivers, a Guildford office nine minutes away, and a price agreed before you get in — in a village where the alternative is the best part of an hour. Call 01483 301 000 or book your East Clandon taxi online.
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