Our best ever park & ride

• Our most booked car park at Gatwick
• Hand over your keys – the team will park for you
• 10-minute shuttle bus to both terminals
• Perimeter fencing, CCTV, floodlighting and regular patrols
• New truck, van and camper restrictions apply plus a 2.1m height limit. Check below for more info.

A simple, highly rated and secured car park. It's close to both terminals so just drop off your car and keys at reception and catch the 10-minute shuttle bus – easy as that!

Need to know

Drive to the Purple Parking car park, park in an arrivals lane and head to reception. Hand over your keys and the team will park for you while you catch the shuttle bus to your terminal. It runs every 20 minutes and takes 10 minutes to both terminals.

Your return information will be given to you with your bus ticket on arrival.

The postcode for satnavs and a link for what3words will be in your booking confirmation to make your journey easier.

Accessibility

The car park and shuttle buses are accessible to wheelchairs and pushchairs. Accessible parking bays aren't needed as the team will park your car for you.

Facilities

The reception has toilets and baby changing facilities.

Security

Your car's in safe hands. We only work with trusted car parks that take care of your car like it's their own. While your car's with them, it's fully protected – so you can head off without a second thought.

The car park is secured by:

• Perimeter fencing
• Floodlighting
• Regular staff patrols
• CCTV

The small print

Larger or commercial vehicle? The car park has changed its terms and conditions meaning that some larger vehicles are no longer accepted. If your vehicle is one they won't accept you'll be charged an additional £25 per day when you arrive. Please read below for full details and check whether the car park will accept your vehicle before you book.

Purple Parking Park and Ride cannot accept:

• Commercial vehicles or minibuses of any variant.
• Single or double cab pickup trucks such as Ford Ranger, Toyota Hilux or Nissan Navara.
• Medium-panelled or windowed vans such as a VW Transporter, VW Caravelle, VW Caddy, Ford Transit, Mercedes Vito, Mercedes Viano or short wheel-based vehicles of any description.
• Large panelled or windowed vans such as a Mercedes Sprinter, VW Crafter, Renault Master, Ford Transit or long wheel-based vehicles of any description.
• Any variant of camper van.
• Any vehicles over 2.1m high.
• You'll be charged an additional £25 per day if your vehicle fails to comply with the above.

The parking team will move your car to a self-park area and charge an additional £25 per day in any of the following cases:

• Not providing a key to your vehicle.
• Not deactivating ghost alarms (or not providing clear instructions to the team at check-in).
• Not removing steering wheel locks.

If you have an electric car, make sure it has enough battery charge to be moved through the car parks and last the duration of the stay otherwise the car park may charge you a fee. The car park does not offer electric charging.

We recommend that you leave 45 minutes to drop your car and keys off and get the shuttle to the airport.

Help us go green! There's no need to print out your booking confirmation, show it on your mobile device.

Early or late? The car park offers a grace period until midnight at their discretion. Any longer than this and you'll be charged the car park's standard rate of £25, which is subject to change.

Getting to and from airport

Arriving at the airport

Drive to the Purple Parking car park, park in an arrivals lane and head to reception. Hand over your keys and the team will park for you while you catch the shuttle bus to your terminal. It runs every 20 minutes and takes 10 minutes to both terminals.

The postcode for satnavs and a link for what3words will be in your booking confirmation to make your journey easier.

Returning to the airport

Your return information will be given to you with your bus ticket on arrival.