Clocktower Cars runs licensed taxis, minicabs and cabs in Reigate from our office at Castle Court on London Road. Whichever word you use — taxi, cab, minicab, private hire — it is the same booking and the same number: 01737 333 700, twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year.
Reigate is a town of about 22,100 people in the Vale of Holmesdale, below the North Downs escarpment, in the borough of Reigate and Banstead. Postcode district RH2. We cover the town, Woodhatch, Reigate Heath, the Hill and everything down to the Redhill boundary — which, as anyone who lives here knows, is not really a boundary at all. If you would rather not ring, the online booking form takes the same details and comes back with a quoted price.
Gatwick is the closest major airport to any town we serve, and Reigate has the best claim to it. We measured both routes on 29 September 2026, and the result is the clearest illustration we have of why we quote jobs rather than charge by the mile.
| Route | Distance | Drive | Average speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| A217 south | 9.0 miles | ~22 min | ~25 mph |
| M23 | 15.4 miles | ~22 min | ~42 mph |
Six and a half miles of difference, and not one minute between them. A firm charging strictly per mile would bill the M23 run at nearly twice the A217 run for exactly the same journey time. We look at the traffic on the morning, pick whichever is moving, and hold the price we quoted you.
Worth knowing too: the train to Gatwick takes about 26 minutes — four minutes longer than the car, before you have got yourself and your cases to Reigate station and waited for it. For a 6am flight there is no contest. Our Gatwick transfer service covers both terminals, North and South.
31.0 miles and about 47 minutes via the M25. There is a marginally shorter route at 30.3 miles via the Southern Perimeter Road that takes about a minute longer. The public transport alternative is 1 hour 32 minutes with a change. Our airport transfer service covers every Heathrow terminal.
Luton is 61.0 miles and about 1 hour 20 minutes on the M25. Stansted is 67.9 miles and about 1 hour 22 minutes — seven miles further and two minutes longer, because the eastern M25 runs better than the northern arc. Note the M25 route to Stansted carries tolls; the toll-free alternative is 89.9 miles and takes 1 hour 48 minutes.
| Airport | Route | Distance | Drive | Average speed | By public transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gatwick | A217 | 9.0 miles | ~22 min | ~25 mph | ~26 min |
| Gatwick | M23 | 15.4 miles | ~22 min | ~42 mph | — |
| Heathrow | M25 | 31.0 miles | ~47 min | ~40 mph | ~1 hr 32 min |
| Luton | M25 | 61.0 miles | ~1 hr 20 min | ~46 mph | ~1 hr 47 min |
| Stansted | M25 (tolls) | 67.9 miles | ~1 hr 22 min | ~50 mph | ~2 hr 5 min |
On the way back, our meet and greet service puts a driver inside the terminal with a board carrying your name. We watch the flight, so a delay moves the pickup instead of losing you the car. Twenty-two minutes from Gatwick to your door at one in the morning is worth booking for.
Through the second half of the nineteenth century Redhill expanded westwards towards Reigate town centre, and the two towns are now contiguous. There is no green gap. Reigate to Redhill is 2.3 miles and about nine minutes along the A25 — five minutes by train, eleven by the 424 bus.
In practice that means we treat the pair as one working area. A car booked in Reigate reaches a Redhill address in under ten minutes, and vice versa. If your journey is specifically a Redhill one, our Redhill taxi page has the detail for that side; for anything that crosses between the two, book here and we will sort it out.
Merstham sits north-east of Redhill under the Downs, and we run it daily. Woodhatch is counted within Reigate’s own built-up area, south of the town centre on the A217. Betchworth, Leigh, Sidlow and the lanes towards Brockham are all inside our radius — give the driver a postcode, because the lanes south of the A25 are narrow and the house names repeat.
The railway through Reigate was built by the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway and opened in 1849. Today Southern runs services to London Victoria via Redhill and East Croydon, and Great Western Railway runs west to Reading via Guildford and south to Gatwick Airport via Redhill.
That GWR service is the one worth knowing about: Reigate to Gatwick by train is about 26 minutes, which is four minutes slower than the car and involves getting to the station first. For anything with luggage, an early start or a late arrival, book a car.
There is no rank with cars sitting on it through the evening. A delayed Victoria service arriving at 23:50 is the worst possible moment to start looking for a cab. Tell us the train you mean to be on and we will be outside when it pulls in; ring if you miss it and we will move the booking rather than charge you for it.
All three words describe the same vehicle here. A hackney carriage — the black cab — can be hailed in the street or taken from a rank. A private hire vehicle, which is what a minicab is, must be booked in advance through a licensed operator. Reigate has no cruising trade, so every car you get here is pre-booked private hire whichever word you use. Same driver, same licensed vehicle, same number. Our minicab versus black cab page has the full explanation.
Tell us passengers and bags. Four adults with four large cases do not fit in a saloon, and finding that out on the drive at half past four in the morning helps nobody.
Reigate is where our accessible fleet is based. Our certified and trained wheelchair accessible minicab service uses ramp-loading vehicles, so the passenger stays in their own chair and is properly secured, with drivers trained on the restraints rather than improvising at the kerb.
Book ahead where you can. There are fewer accessible vehicles than saloons and on a weekday morning they are usually committed.
Reigate’s school traffic converges on a town centre whose road layout long predates the car, with the A25 running straight through it and the A217 climbing away north over the Downs. Our school run service puts the same named drivers on a standing account, so the child is collected by someone they recognise and you are not re-explaining the arrangement each term. Child seats fitted to order.
Dogs travel in our pet friendly cars. Say so when you book, because it means a specific vehicle and a driver expecting it rather than a favour asked at the door. An estate takes a crate comfortably. Vet runs across Reigate and Redhill are routine, and walks on Reigate Heath or up the Hill end in muddy dogs more often than not — which is fine, as long as we know in advance.
Our medical transport service books the outward and return together, and the driver waits rather than leaving you to find a car afterwards. East Surrey Hospital sits on the far side of Redhill — a short run from Reigate on a clear road, considerably longer at rush hour on the A25 — and after a procedure, having the same car and driver waiting is worth a great deal more than the fare difference.
Reigate is an office town with a motorway junction on its doorstep, which makes it unusually well placed for business travel. A corporate account replaces expense claims with one monthly invoice and gives you a booking line that already knows your addresses, your usual vehicle and who is authorised to book on it.
For client collections from Gatwick — twenty-two minutes away — and for anything where the arrival matters, executive travel in Surrey puts a suited driver in a quiet car that was cleaned that morning.
Reigate Priory, founded before 1240 as an Augustinian house and granted to William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, in 1541, sits in its park at the centre of the town and draws events all year. The streets around the High Street — where the market moved to the widest part, close to the Bell Street junction, back in the eighteenth century — are narrow and largely one-way.
We plan wedding and event work as a timetable rather than a series of separate bookings, so cars arrive in the order you actually need them. For an evening out, book the return leg when you book the outward: a town with no rank is a hard place to leave at midnight.
Documents, samples, keys, a laptop left on the kitchen table — our same day courier service moves them across Surrey and into London the same day with the same licensed drivers. With the M25 four miles up the hill, Reigate is one of the quicker places in the county to send something from.
We quote the job rather than publishing a rate per mile, and the Gatwick figures at the top of this page are the reason in a single line.
Ring 01737 333 700 or use the booking form, give us the postcode, the time and the number of bags, and you will have the price before you travel. No meter, no argument at the far end.
The market moved to the widest part of the High Street, near the Bell Street junction, in the eighteenth century, and that stretch is still the centre of the town. It is also where the one-way system bites, so on a Friday night we will usually suggest a pickup point a few yards off it rather than have you stand in the road.
A motte-and-bailey castle of the late eleventh or early twelfth century stood above the town, and the caves and tunnels beneath it survive. The Wealden Cave and Mine Society runs regular tours of them. Visitors arriving for a tour are a steady little trade for us, particularly on winter weekends when nobody fancies the walk back up the hill.
Much of the North Downs above the town belongs to the National Trust, including Colley Hill at 722 feet and Reigate Hill at 771 feet. The Reigate Hill Footbridge carries the North Downs Way over the A217. Walkers finish up there rather later than they planned far more often than not, and the car parks are a regular pickup — give us the car park name and a rough time.
A 160-acre Site of Special Scientific Interest of open heath and acid grassland on the western edge of the town. Lovely, and almost entirely without street lighting, so an evening pickup wants a proper meeting point rather than “by the heath”.
The M25 was opened between Reigate Hill and Godstone in February 1976, and that junction is why Reigate journeys behave the way they do. Everything north and east of here is motorway work; everything south is A-road. It is also why the two routes to Gatwick can be six miles apart and take the same time.
All our offices are listed on the branch locator, with addresses and numbers on the find us page.
Reigate is the closest town we cover to Gatwick, and the numbers are unusual enough to be worth stating plainly: the A217 is 9.0 miles and the M23 route is 15.4 miles, and both take about 22 minutes. The train takes 26. That is why executive and corporate airport work is the backbone of chauffeur bookings here. Cars come from our Reigate office, Office 227 Castle Court, 41 London Road, RH2 9RJ — 01737 333 700.
An executive car held for your journey, or for an agreed block of hours, with one named licensed driver throughout. Clocktower Cars does not rent cars out for self-drive — a request for executive car hire in Reigate is answered with a car and a chauffeur, not a set of keys.
Reigate and Redhill are effectively one built-up area with two centres, sitting on junction 8 of the M25, which is why so much corporate travel starts here rather than ending here. The typical booking is a visiting client collected from Reigate station or Gatwick and taken to an office in either town, or a team taken to a meeting together where three separate train tickets and a change at Redhill make no sense. Accounts cover Woodhatch, Reigate Heath, Merstham and Betchworth on the same terms.
Gatwick in about 22 minutes either way, Heathrow at 31 miles and roughly 47 minutes on the M25, Luton at 61 miles and Stansted at 68. For early departures and for arrivals where somebody should be waiting inside the terminal, the executive booking is the one people come back for. See Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, Stansted, the airport transfers hub and first class executive cabs.
Yes — chauffeur-driven executive cars across Reigate, Redhill, Woodhatch, Reigate Heath, Merstham and Betchworth, by the journey or by the hour, 24 hours a day. Call 01737 333 700 or book online.
In practice, none that matters: both are licensed private hire journeys with a professional driver. “Chauffeur” usually signals an hourly booking or a higher vehicle class, and “executive taxi” a single journey in a better car. Tell us which you need when you book and we will send the right vehicle.
01737 333 700. That is our Reigate office at Castle Court on London Road, answered twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year. You can also book through the online form if you would rather not ring.
Nine miles via the A217, or 15.4 miles via the M23 — and both take about 22 minutes. We measured both on 29 September 2026. Which one we use on the day depends on the traffic; the price we quoted you does not change either way.
Yes. The Great Western service via Redhill takes about 26 minutes; the car takes about 22, door to terminal, and does not require you to get to Reigate station with your cases first. For an early flight there is no real comparison.
About 47 minutes for 31.0 miles via the M25, measured 29 September 2026. Allow more at rush hour — tell us your flight time when you book and we will suggest a departure.
Yes. Redhill is 2.3 miles and about nine minutes from Reigate on the A25, and the two towns have been contiguous since the nineteenth century. We work the pair as one area. See our Redhill taxi page for that side specifically.
Yes to both. Merstham sits north-east of Redhill beneath the Downs; Woodhatch is inside Reigate’s own built-up area, south of the centre on the A217. Betchworth, Leigh, Sidlow and the Brockham lanes are covered too — give the driver a postcode, because the house names repeat down there.
Not in practice. A black cab can be hailed in the street; a minicab — a private hire vehicle — must be pre-booked through a licensed operator. Reigate has no cruising trade, so every car here is pre-booked private hire whichever word you use. Same driver, same licensed vehicle, same number.
Yes — Reigate is where our accessible fleet is based. Ramp-loading vehicles, the passenger stays in their own chair, drivers trained on the restraints. Full detail on our wheelchair accessible minicab service page. Book ahead where you can.
Yes, in a pet friendly vehicle. Mention it when booking so the right car and driver are sent. An estate takes a crate without difficulty.
Yes, but book it. There is no rank with cars waiting through the evening, and a delayed Victoria service arriving near midnight is the worst moment to start looking. Give us the train you intend to be on; ring if you miss it and we will move the booking rather than charge you for it.
Yes — twenty-four hours, every day of the year, Christmas included. Late nights, early Gatwick runs and bank holidays are worth booking ahead; Christmas and New Year fill up well in advance.
It depends on where you are going, the hour, the vehicle and whether there is waiting or meeting involved, which is why we quote each job rather than publish a rate per mile. Reigate is the clearest case anywhere in our area: two routes to Gatwick, six and a half miles apart, identical journey time. Ring 01737 333 700 or use the booking form and you will have the price before you travel.
Licensed drivers, quoted fares, twenty-four hours a day, covering Reigate, Woodhatch, Reigate Heath, Merstham and across to Redhill. Call 01737 333 700 or book online.
A fair number of people reach this page searching for car hire in Reigate, so here is a straight answer rather than a page that ignores the question. Clocktower Cars is a licensed private hire taxi operator, not a car hire or van rental company. We do not rent out vehicles for you to drive yourself, and we have no servicing or leasing arm. If a rental agreement is genuinely what you need, we are not the firm and we would rather say so than waste your time.
What we do is supply the car and the driver. Worth a thought if your real need is simply to get somewhere: hiring a car for one journey means the rental cost, the insurance, the fuel, the parking, the deposit, and getting the vehicle back by a deadline. A pre-booked car with a driver is one fixed price, no paperwork, and nobody has to stay off the wine at dinner.
This is the case where people assume hiring is the only option, and often it is not. We can hold a car and driver for a set period — a day of appointments, a wedding, a house move with several trips, a day out with elderly relatives — rather than quoting each leg separately. For a day with more than two or three stops it is usually better value than booking individual journeys, and considerably less trouble than a rental. Ask when you ring and we will price it properly.
And if what you want is a smarter car with a driver rather than a standard one, that is our executive car and chauffeur service — again, with a driver included, never self-drive.
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