How far is it from London Metropole Hotel
to Gatewick Airport and what time should I
Leave the Hotel to catch 11:AM flight to
USA on Delta Airlines.

It is Gatwick. The airport is 30 minutes by train from Victoria Station. The hotel is up off of Edgware road which is quite a distance from Victoria station.

What time does Delta say you need to be at the airport? If 0900, you will have to leave the hotel by 0800 at the latest.

Hello altonttn.

How do you plan to get to the airport? My suggestion is to either take the tube or taxi to Victoria Staion. From there you should take the train from Victoria Station. You have 2 options for trains. The Gatwick Express is a 30 minute non-stop train. Southern Trains is closer to 40 minutes because it makes a few stops, however it's £5 cheaper.

You should get to the airport at least 2 hours early, so to be on the safe side I would leave the hotel by 8am.

One more thing--I don't usually say anything about misspellings, but on the chance you need to google any info, it's spelled Gatwick. Please omit the "e" from your spelling

janis, as usual we were right on the same page.

at the same time

We recently flew Delta from Gatwick, and arrived at the airport close to 3 hours before our flight. First I took care of my tax refund, then made my way to the Delta area. Check in was already underway. Look for the different lines for the different flight destinations - Atlanta was one line and JFK was another.

If you take the Gatwick Express or Southern train to Gatwick, you will need to get to the other terminal (take the airport train) for Delta.

Janisj, I think you timings are a little out.
Hotel to Victoria allow 15 minutes in Taxi,
Getting tickests and boarding the train allow 20 minutes
Train journey allow 35 minutes
Getting to Check in desl allow 20 minutes

Totals 90 minutes and this is tight and assuming that there is a train waiting to go when you get to Victoria.

If it were me I would allow 2 hours and leave the hotel at 7am for a 9 am check in.

Getting tickets?? You can just step on the train and sit down - then buy your tickets from the conductor after you are already 1/2 way to LGW.

Ok, but the point I was trying to make was that I thought they out to allow more time

This is more a query than a reply but I hope that's okay. I will be arriving at Gatwick in August and plan to travel by bus to Oxford the same day. Is it easier/cheaper (or can I even do it) to take the bus or train from Gatwick or do I have to go into London (which I would like to avoid doing).
Thanks for any help. Is there also a site for bus service?

hi, greenfiddler,

I just googled "buses from Gatwick to Oxford" and found there's an hourly bus called "the Airline". Modern buses with A/C apparently.

buses are normally cheaper than trains, and you can book on-line.

regards, ann

The bus to Oxford leaves from the side of Victoria rail station, much better to take the train from Gatwick to Vic. train station.

Sorry annhig. missed your posting, yes the hourly service from Gatwick is good.

Thank you all very much. I appreciate the prompt response.

The bus from Gatwick to Oxford stops at a number of places in central Oxford, and then goes to its slightly off-centre bus station.

The train involves a painless cross-platform connection at Reading, and gets you to Oxford's rather more off-centre railway station.

On average, the bus is slightly quicker. At busy times, the train's probably quicker, since Oxford's traffic is VERY congested. Most of the day, the bus is a lot handier for getting to the city's historic core or for geting to its eastern suburbs. The train's much better for catching the rail connection to the Cotswolds.

Both are hourly for most of the day: never assume British trains are running normally at weekends, and always check running at the National Rail site. Neither offer any significant benefit by booking in advance, and facilities at Gatwick aren't that dependable you can be sure of making a specific departure time.

www.oxfordbus.co.uk/gatwick.html or www.nationalrail.co.uk