Royal Leamington Spa to London Gatwick is 120.5 miles and takes between 118 and 145 minutes by road. Timing matters on this one: there is 27 minutes between the quickest and slowest hour. Hampton Travel covers it as pre-booked private hire with a named driver confirmed the night before and a fixed price agreed in writing before you travel.
Measured for each departure time rather than quoted as a single average, because they are not the same journey.
| Leave Royal Leamington Spa at | Drive time | Route |
|---|---|---|
| 04:00 | 123 min | Clear roads |
| 07:00 | 145 min | A452 / M40 J14 |
| 10:00 | 128 min | A452 / M40 J14 |
| 16:00 | 140 min | A452 / M40 J14 |
| 19:00 | 118 min | A452 / M40 J14 |
That 27 minute spread is the difference between comfortable and tight, and on this route it is the 07:00 hour that costs you the extra 27 minutes.
For a 07:00 departure from London Gatwick we would collect you from Royal Leamington Spa at about 02:57 for a short-haul flight, or 01:57 for long haul. That allows the measured drive plus the standard advice to arrive two hours before short haul and three before long haul.
| If your flight leaves | Type | At the airport by | We collect you |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00 | Short haul | 05:00 | 02:57 |
| 07:00 | Long haul | 04:00 | 01:57 |
| 11:00 | Short haul | 09:00 | 06:57 |
Worked examples for a 07:00 departure. Give us the real flight time and the whole table shifts with it.
At 120.5 miles this is a long drive at the end of a flight, so the landing hour changes the arrival home considerably.
| You land at | Drive back to Royal Leamington Spa | Home by roughly |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00, a morning landing | 128 min | 12:53 |
| 16:00, an afternoon landing | 140 min | 19:05 |
| 19:00, an evening landing | 118 min | 21:43 |
Times allow 45 minutes from landing to being in the car. On a run this length an evening arrival means most of the drive is on empty motorway, which is why the late figures are not the worst ones.
If the inbound is delayed we track it and send the driver to the actual landing time, not the one you booked. No waiting charge either way.
We leave Royal Leamington Spa on the A452 and join at M40 J14. At 120.5 miles it is a long-distance journey. The slowest hour we have measured on it is 07:00 at 145 minutes, against 118 at 19:00. That is the window to plan around.
We work the pickup time back from it and confirm your driver the night before.
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