How do I get from London Stansted airport to Gatwick Airport?

Q: How do I get from London Stansted airport to Gatwick Airport?

National Express coaches to Gatwick, changing at Victoria: from £13 for one traveler, 175–325 min. It leaves you at Gatwick Airport, South Terminal coach stops (the North Terminal ten minutes earlier), after a change at London Victoria Coach Station. No coach runs the whole way: National Express's A8 takes you to London Victoria Coach Station and its 025 goes on to Gatwick, the North Terminal first and the South Terminal ten minutes later. It costs from £13 for the two and is over four hours of riding, plus a wait at Victoria of 20 minutes to a little over two hours.

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1 way to Gatwick Airport

For London generally we recommend the National Express coach; for Gatwick Airport the answer changes.

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The lowest listed price, sold from £13. Nothing listed is quicker.

National Express coaches to Gatwick, changing at Victoria

A8025 · National Express

175–325 min rideAt your booked time00:10–23:50

Coach stationGatwick Airport

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Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Coach station, two minutes from the terminal; the A8's bay is shown on the day

Two starting prices added together: from £7 for the coach from Stansted to London and from £6 for the coach from Victoria to Gatwick, each including a £1.50 booking fee that is waived when you buy signed in to a My Account. The £7 is National Express's starting price for Stansted to London, not a fare to Victoria in particular; later bookings cost more.

Luggage. One large suitcase (or two medium) and one soft hand-luggage item per person on both coaches.

Hours. The A8 leaves Stansted every 15 to 45 minutes, 00:10 to 01:30 and 05:00 to 23:50, and nothing on it runs between 01:30 and 05:00. The 025 leaves Victoria only 16 times a day (01:30, 02:30, 03:30, 06:30, 08:00, 09:30, 10:30, 12:00, 13:30, 15:00, 16:30, 18:00, 19:00, 20:30, 22:00 and 23:59), so the wait there is 20 minutes to a little over two hours.

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No coach runs the whole way: National Express's A8 takes you to London Victoria Coach Station and its 025 goes on to Gatwick, the North Terminal first and the South Terminal ten minutes later. It costs from £13 for the two and is over four hours of riding, plus a wait at Victoria of 20 minutes to a little over two hours.

Ride times exclude walking and waiting. Every way from Stansted into London

Your destination

Straight there.

London's southern airport, about 45 km south of the centre. For a connection, not for the city.

London Stansted

Follow the signs

Coach station

National Express coaches to Gatwick · 175–325 min

Gatwick Airport

National Express coaches to Gatwick serves Gatwick Airport. Stansted Express does not.

Arriving late?

Not everything runs around the clock: the National Express coaches to Gatwick, changing at Victoria runs 00:10–23:50. Outside those hours nothing on this board runs to the center, and taxis are not priced on it. and the board keeps only what is running.

From arrivals to Gatwick Airport

Find the stop

Coach station. Follow the signs from arrivals.

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Arrive at Gatwick Airport

175–325 min. Continue to your accommodation or follow signs for onward transport.

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Continuing by public transport?

Follow the station signs for your onward connection.

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Before you travel

Does the Stansted Express stop at Gatwick Airport?

No. It runs to Liverpool Street.

Does the National Express coach stop at Gatwick Airport?

No. It runs to Liverpool Street on route A8.

What if my flight arrives late?

Is Gatwick Airport in London?