Valet Parking

Two‑minute covered walk from drop-off to Gatwick’s North and South terminals

Valet Parking at London Gatwick (LGW) is all about skipping the hunt for a space and handing your keys over right by the terminal. You drive to the Valet Parking area for your terminal, North or South, step out, do a quick handover with staff, and you’re in the building within a 2‑minute covered walk. No shuttle buses, no circling levels in a multistorey, and no dragging bags across open car parks in the rain.

This is full valet: staff park your car for the duration of your trip and bring it back to the same area ready for collection. The product sits above standard long‑stay and short‑stay pricing, and it’s the one people book when parking is going on a client invoice or when time at the kerb is more valuable than the daily rate. Daily prices vary by season and advance booking, so check the Gatwick Valet Parking quote before you drive in and lock in a rate rather than paying drive‑up.

There’s no bus transfer time to factor in here, so your buffer is basically check‑in plus security. If your first flight leaves from the North Terminal, use the North Valet area; same logic for South departures, which keeps that 2‑minute walk realistic. All handover happens post‑car-park-barrier, inside the airport road system, so it feels closer in than the long‑stay fields that sit several minutes’ bus ride away.

Big win is luggage: families with two or three large suitcases and pushchairs avoid loading everything on and off a park‑and‑ride bus. Business travellers landing late on a Sunday night can be on the M23 roughly 10–15 minutes after wheels‑down if they’re hand‑baggage only and clear eGates quickly. Cars stay within Gatwick’s official parking estate, not off‑site at a third‑party farm miles away.

Practical tip: add 10–15 minutes to your usual “arrive at airport” time the first time you use Valet Parking, so you can find the correct North or South Valet entrance and complete the handover without rushing.