Where a car takes you from London
These are the day trips from London on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Whitstable (Kent oysters) Whitstable in Kent, a 90-minute train ride from London, runs The Whitstable Oyster Company since 1856, Wheelers Oyster Bar from 1856 and a fishing-vil
- Bray (Berkshire riverside dining) Bray on the Thames in Berkshire, 45 minutes from Paddington, runs Heston Blumenthal's three-starred Fat Duck and the Hinds Head pub
- Margate (Kent seafood) Margate on the Kent coast, 90 minutes from St Pancras, the seaside town reopened post-2010 by the Turner Contemporary, The Sett, Buoy and Oyster
- Oxford (university-city pub lunches) Oxford, an hour from Paddington, runs historic university pubs (The Turf Tavern from 1381, The Eagle and Child) and the Covered Market for traditional
- Cambridge (river-and-college lunches) Cambridge, an hour from King's Cross, runs Fitzbillies's century-old Chelsea bun bakery (1920), Midsummer House two-Michelin-star riverside dining
- Rye (East Sussex) Rye in East Sussex, 90 minutes from St Pancras, the medieval Cinque Ports town runs The Mermaid Inn (1420), Webbe's Fish Cafe and the cobbled-street
Booking a car in London
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 8.31 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Avis, Dollar, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz, Keddy, National
- Pick up at
- London City Airport · London Gatwick Airport · London Heathrow Airport · London Hammersmith Station · London Ashford Train Station · London Caledonian Road Station
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.