Getting Around Lewisham
Lewisham, in south-east London, is the town that gives the London Borough of Lewisham its name. Its shopping centre, market and offices sit around the junction of the A20 and the A21, and University Hospital Lewisham is on Lewisham High Street, a short drive south of the station.
Lewisham station is an interchange: the DLR ends here, with trains to Canary Wharf and Bank, and Southeastern runs to London Bridge, Cannon Street and Charing Cross. Add the train and its arrival time to the booking, and the car is scheduled for that arrival. Catford, where the borough council has its offices, is 2 miles south, 10–15 minutes.
For a flat near the station or a particular hospital entrance, send the full address with your booking; the confirmation then tells you where the car will stop. If you need to see several clinics, offices or suppliers across the borough on one date, hourly hire fits: one chauffeur and one vehicle stay with you for the time you reserve.
Airport Transfers in Lewisham
London City Airport is the closest, 7 miles north, 30–40 minutes, on the far side of the river. Gatwick is 43 miles south, 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes; its 42.8 million passengers in 2025 used two terminals, North and South, so check which one your airline uses. Heathrow is 24 miles west, 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 50 minutes. Stansted Airport and Southend Airport are both 40 miles away, 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 50 minutes each. The right one depends on your airline and route.
Book with your flight number. Once you land, your chauffeur checks the flight status and times the pick-up to when you actually land, and your booking confirmation shows where to meet the chauffeur. For a departure from Lewisham, what counts is the length of the drive, not the time on the clock: the A2 and the South Circular are both slow on weekday mornings, and the route to Heathrow crosses the whole of south London. Journey times vary with traffic and weather. You set the pick-up time yourself, and the confirmation shows it.
Long-Distance & Day-Trip Travel from Lewisham
The A21 leaves Lewisham towards the Kent Weald. Tunbridge Wells, the old spa town with its colonnaded Pantiles, is 35 miles down that road, 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes. Canterbury, with its cathedral, is 54 miles east, 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes.
For the south coast, Brighton is 65 miles, 1 hour 35 minutes to 2 hours 5 minutes. Portsmouth is 100 miles, 2 hours 10 minutes to 2 hours 50 minutes. Ferries leave its international port for France, Spain and the Channel Islands, so a family travelling as foot passengers can be driven straight to the terminal with all the luggage.
Booked by the hour, a day in Tunbridge Wells or Canterbury keeps the same car and chauffeur from morning to evening. A one-way journey, for example to the ferry port, ends at the address you give, and any return is booked on its own.
Groups & Event Travel in Lewisham
A group leaving Lewisham may be heading for a sailing, a match or a family celebration elsewhere. If twenty relatives are catching a ferry from Portsmouth, or a church choir is singing in Canterbury Cathedral, the vehicle follows the numbers: a Sprinter van carries up to 12 people with their bags, and bigger groups go by coach, with up to 56 seats. Tell us about prams, wheelchairs and suitcases so the vehicle is matched to the load.
When you book for other people, all their transfers can be kept in one account, each with its own booking and confirmation. If visitors fly in for the occasion on several flights, every arrival gets a transfer of its own.
Local vehicles and drivers are booked up early in the school holidays and around Christmas. If your plans go beyond a standard booking, write to support with the dates, addresses, number of passengers, flights and luggage, and the team will arrange it.
