Gatwick to Alexandra Park: distance, time and the real cost of getting there.
- Road distance
- 63.5 miles
- Fixed private-hire fare
- £152.74
102.2 km by road, not straight-line.
All-in, up to 3 passengers. No meter, no surge.
Drive time by time of day
Four figures most transfer sites never publish — because they quote one number and hope. Traffic is real; here is what it does to this route.
| Overnight (22:00–06:00) | 88 min |
|---|---|
| Off-peak (10:00–16:00) | 111 min |
| Morning peak (07:00–10:00) | 164 min |
| Evening peak (16:00–19:00) | 172 min |
- Gatwick forecourt drop-off charge (£10.00)
Distances and drive times from road-network routing. Fares modelled from licensed-operator cost benchmarks and shown VAT-inclusive. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) — road geometry via OSRM. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024 (OGL v3); airport points © OurAirports (public domain); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) · GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0) · Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: NaPTAN, Department for Transport.. Powered by TfL Open Data. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights.
Everything about the Gatwick to Alexandra Park journey.
Your journey from Gatwick to Alexandra Park
A private hire transfer from Gatwick Airport to Alexandra Park covers 63.5 miles (102.2 km) by road and takes 88–172 minutes door to door, depending on the time of day and traffic. The drop covers the N10 postcode district in the London Borough of Haringey. Your fixed all-in fare is £152.74 for up to 3 passengers — agreed before you travel, with no meter, no surge and no change if the roads are busy.
At 63.5 miles by road this is a long regional transfer,, and the fixed fare covers the whole of it whether the journey runs to 88 minutes or the full 172.
How long the Alexandra Park drive takes at different times
Traffic, not distance, decides how long the Gatwick to Alexandra Park drive takes. Overnight, between 22:00 and 06:00, the roads are clear and the run takes about 88 minutes. Through the off-peak middle of the day it settles around 111 minutes. The morning peak from 07:00 to 10:00 is the busiest inbound window at roughly 164 minutes, and the evening peak from 16:00 to 19:00 runs about 172 minutes as central London empties out.
The gap between the best and worst case on this route is 84 minutes — an evening-peak run into Alexandra Park takes about 95% longer than the same drive overnight. Most of that variation lands on the M25, which carries the longest single stretch of this route at 37.1 km. Planning works the same way in reverse. Leaving Alexandra Park for a flight out of Gatwick Airport during the morning peak means allowing the full 164 minutes plus check-in time, while an off-peak departure needs closer to 111 minutes and a quiet overnight start nearer 88.
What a Alexandra Park transfer costs
Every Gatwick to Alexandra Park fare is fixed and all-in, quoted VAT-inclusive before you book. Economy seats up to 3 passengers with room for 2 bags at a fixed £152.74, Business seats up to 3 passengers with room for 2 bags at a fixed £183.05, First seats up to 3 passengers with room for 2 bags at a fixed £287.92 and Van seats up to 7 passengers with room for 7 bags at a fixed £206.45.
On the cheapest class that works out at about £2.41 per mile across the 63.5-mile route.
Travelling as a group changes the sum. The Van seats up to 7 passengers with 7 bags for a fixed £206.45 — about £29.49 a head when it is full, and usually less than 7 separate train or coach tickets once luggage and changes are counted.
What's included in your fixed fare
Every Gatwick to Alexandra Park journey is pre-booked and driven by a TfL-licensed chauffeur who meets you inside arrivals with a name board, tracks your flight so an early or delayed landing moves the pick-up automatically, and helps with your luggage. The fare covers the drive itself, the meet-and-greet, the free wait if your flight lands early or late, and the drop at your exact address — there is nothing further to settle with the driver on the day, a traffic-heavy crawl costs exactly the same as a clear overnight run, and the same fixed fare applies wherever in Alexandra Park you are headed. Fares are quoted VAT-inclusive and all-in, so there is never a separate airport, waiting or booking fee to settle on the day. Prices rise with the size and class of vehicle, never with demand or the time you travel: there is no meter running in traffic and no surge multiplier however busy the roads or the calendar, and everyone in the party arrives together at the same door on one fixed fare. Fixed pass-through costs such as Gatwick forecourt drop-off charge (£10.00) are already folded into the quoted fare, not bolted on afterwards. On the Gatwick to Alexandra Park route you can choose from 4 vehicle classes, from the Economy at £152.74 to the First at £287.92, so the fixed fare scales to the party and the occasion rather than to a meter. Because the booking is accepted by a licensed operator before you travel, it is a pre-booked private hire transfer end to end — never a hailed or ranked service.
Where we cover around Alexandra Park
We cover Alexandra Park and the surrounding N10 postcode, picking up and dropping at the exact door you need. Alexandra Park sits outside central London's Congestion Charge zone, so the daily charge does not apply to this route.
Alexandra Park on the map
The Gatwick to Alexandra Park drive runs mainly on M25 (37.1 km), A406 (19.5 km) and M23 (12.6 km), with the M25 carrying about 36% of the 102.2 km route — which is why the same journey can be quicker or slower than a similar distance across a different corridor. Gatwick is the sixth-closest of the 6 London airports to Alexandra Park by road, 63.5 miles (102.2 km) against 27.2 km from the nearest, London City. Closest is not always fastest: a fixed Gatwick fare is quoted on the real road route and the time band you actually travel in, not on the map distance, so Alexandra Park passengers flying from Gatwick pay the same agreed price whichever airport is nearer. Alexandra Park sits within a short drive of Alexandra Palace Station (0.7 km), Hornsey (1.0 km), Wood Green (1.2 km) and Haringey (1.6 km), so the same fixed fare covers pick-ups either side of the area boundary. Alexandra Park lies in the London Borough of Haringey, and every pick-up there is dispatched to a licensed operator before your driver is assigned.
- Route
- Gatwick → Alexandra Park
- Distance
- 63.5 mi · 102.2 km
- Typical drive time
- 88–172 min
- Postcodes covered
- N10
- Congestion Charge
- Not applicable to this route
- Main roads
- M25 37.1 km · A406 19.5 km · M23 12.6 km
- Borough
- Haringey
- Airport proximity
- Gatwick is #6 of 6 by road
- Nearby areas
- Alexandra Palace Station 0.7 km · Hornsey 1.0 km · Wood Green 1.2 km · Haringey 1.6 km
- Fixed fare from
- £152.74
From the Gatwick forecourt to a Alexandra Park doorstep.
Your driver meets you inside arrivals, tracks your flight so the pick-up moves with it, and takes the fastest clear route into Alexandra Park. One fixed fare, agreed before you travel.
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