Clocktower Cars runs licensed taxis, minicabs and private hire cars in Wotton and across the RH5 postcode, including Wotton House, Friday Street and the lanes up towards Leith Hill. Call 01483 301 000 or book online.
This is the biggest single reason people look for a car in Wotton, so it goes first.
Wotton House — the former home of the diarist John Evelyn, now a hotel and conference centre with over 100 bedrooms — sits in a parish of 583 people. It generates more journeys than the village around it, and they are all the kind of journey a private hire firm exists for: delegates arriving without cars, guests leaving after dinner, wedding parties, and airport runs at both ends of a stay.
A country-house hotel empties in waves — the end of a conference session, the end of a wedding, the last of the bar. There is no rank outside, nothing to hail on the A25, and no useful public transport at eleven at night. Book the car home at the same time as the car out, and if there are five of you, ask for an MPV rather than two saloons.
For an event we can hold several cars for one time. Ring 01483 301 000 and tell the office the shape of the evening.
Worth one line. Wotton is a well-wooded parish with one main settlement, a small village mostly south of the A25 between Guildford in the west and Dorking in the east, in the Mole Valley district, postcode district RH5. The civil parish, including Friday Street, had a population of 583 at the 2011 census, and it lies wholly within the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Wotton-under-Edge is in Gloucestershire, and Wootton is a different place again. We do not operate in either. If you want a car on the A25 between Dorking and Guildford, you are in the right place.
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 parish of 583 people spread through woodland there is nothing to hail, so every journey 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.
There is no platform in the parish. Dorking is 3.6 miles and about ten minutes along the A25, and it is the practical station for almost everything. Gomshall, west along the same road, is the other option.
How much difference the car makes here is worth stating with numbers rather than adjectives:
An hour and a quarter of difference on the Heathrow run. That is not a marketing claim; it is what the same journey planner returns for the same trip on the same morning.
Station runs to Dorking can be set up as a standing arrangement rather than booked each morning — ring 01483 301 000 and describe the week.
| From Wotton to | Route | Distance | Typical drive | By public transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gatwick | A25 | 17.2 miles | about 35 minutes | about 1 hr 4 min |
| Gatwick | A25 and Smalls Hill Road | 16.7 miles | about 37 minutes | — |
| Heathrow | M25 | 26.4 miles | about 48 minutes | about 2 hours |
| Heathrow | A25 and M25 | 30.2 miles | about 49 minutes | — |
| Dorking station | A25 | 3.6 miles | about 10 minutes | about 17 minutes |
Seventeen miles along the A25 and down, about thirty-five minutes. Note the second row, though: the route via Smalls Hill Road is half a mile shorter and two minutes slower. Small, but it is the same pattern we find in every village on these roads — distance is a poor guide to time, which is why we quote the job rather than the mileage.
See Gatwick airport transfers.
Up to the M25 it is 26.4 miles and about 48 minutes. Along the A25 first and then the M25 it is 30.2 miles and about 49 — nearly four miles further for one extra minute. Which one is right depends entirely on what the A25 is doing that morning, and that is a judgement a local driver makes on the day.
Against roughly two hours on public transport, this is the run where a booked car earns its money in this village.
Long runs from RH5, and ones where public transport has no sensible answer at all. Luton and Stansted transfers are booked the same way; our airport transfers page covers the rest.
Be met inside the terminal with a name board rather than hunting a pick-up bay — our meet and greet chauffeur service. Particularly worth it for a guest arriving at Wotton House from abroad, who will otherwise be working out a two-hour public transport route with luggage.
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 parish church is situated in the scattered hamlet of Wotton at the end of Church Lane, overlooking a broad sweep of the North Downs. John Evelyn was born at Wotton House in 1620 and is buried, with his wife, in the Evelyn Chapel in St John’s Church.
Church Lane is exactly the sort of address that needs a landmark rather than a number — weddings and funerals here bring several cars to one narrow approach, and they are much easier booked together and in advance.
Friday Street is the common’s main settlement, and the county’s only natural waterfall is on Wotton Common. Both are walking country with no postal addresses in them. Give us a car park, a gate, a pub or a road junction plus a time, and we will be there — and if you are coming off the hill with a dog, say so and we will send a driver who takes them.
The parish runs south to the escarpment of the Greensand Ridge at Leith Hill. The lanes up there are narrow, steep and unlit, and they look identical in the dark. This is the single best reason to use a firm whose drivers work these roads rather than one following a phone: a house name or a gate beats a lane name every time.
Everything in Wotton measures from the A25 between Guildford and Dorking. It is the road to the station, to both airports and to the hotel, and what it is doing at half past eight decides how long your morning takes. A driver who runs it daily knows; a satnav taking the first suggestion does not.
A parish of 583 people with a 100-bedroom conference hotel in it has an unusual transport profile, and it is worth setting out what we actually do for events rather than leaving it implied.
Ring 01483 301 000 well before the date and describe the whole event, not just the first journey.
Ramp-equipped wheelchair accessible vehicles across RH5, with drivers trained to secure a chair properly rather than improvise. This is a rural parish at the edge of the network and there are fewer accessible cars than saloons, so notice matters — a day for a local run or a hospital appointment, 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.
A well-wooded parish inside the Surrey Hills, with Leith Hill and the common on the doorstep, is about as dog-heavy as Surrey gets — and not every private hire driver will take one. We keep drivers who will and match them to the booking. Vet runs, kennel drop-offs and lifts home from a long 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 this parish leaves it, mostly towards Dorking or Guildford along the A25 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.
Hospital journeys from Wotton run to Dorking, Guildford or Redhill. 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. 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 Dorking, 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. Use the phone for anything out of the ordinary: an event at Wotton House, an accessible vehicle, an early airport run, a group, a pet, a chauffeur car, 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.
Yes — it is the single commonest journey we take in this parish. Dorking station is 3.6 miles and about ten minutes; Gatwick is about 35 minutes; Heathrow about 48. For an event, book the return at the same time as the outward journey, because a country-house hotel empties all at once and there is nothing to hail on the A25.
01483 301 000, answered around the clock. You can also book online.
Surrey. Wotton is a small village mostly south of the A25 between Guildford and Dorking, in Mole Valley, postcode district RH5. Wotton-under-Edge is in Gloucestershire and we do not operate there.
Dorking, 3.6 miles and about ten minutes along the A25. Gomshall is the other option, west along the same road. There is no station in the parish itself.
17.2 miles along the A25, about 35 minutes — against about 1 hour 4 minutes on public transport. A slightly shorter route via Smalls Hill Road is 16.7 miles and takes about 37.
About 48 minutes for 26.4 miles up the M25. On the same day, the public transport options came out at about two hours with two changes and a RailAir coach — the widest gap of any journey from this village.
Yes. Neither has a useful postal address, and the lanes up there are narrow, steep and unlit. Give us a car park, a pub, a gate or a road junction plus a time. Say if you have a dog with you.
Yes — several cars held for one time, airport collections with flight tracking, station shuttles across an arrival window, executive cars, and one invoice at the end. Ring well before the date and describe the whole event rather than the first journey.
Yes, ramp-equipped vehicles with trained drivers, booked in advance. This is a rural parish at the edge of the network, so give as much notice as you can, and say whether the chair is manual or powered.
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 off Leith Hill.
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 misleads: the shorter way to Gatwick is slower, and the four-miles-longer way to Heathrow costs one minute. Ring 01483 301 000 or use the booking form and you will have a price before you travel.
Licensed drivers who know the A25 and the lanes up to Leith Hill, cars held together for events at Wotton House, and a price agreed before you get in. Call 01483 301 000 or book your Wotton taxi online.
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