Yes — this is Clocktower Cars. We are a licensed private hire operator covering Ewell, West Ewell, East Ewell, Stoneleigh and Ewell Court, 24 hours a day, from our head office at the Epsom Clock Tower and a second office on Chessington Road in West Ewell. To book, call 01372 747 747, book online, or get a fixed quote first.
Ewell sits in the borough of Epsom and Ewell, about two miles north-east of Epsom and twelve miles from central London, sharing the KT17 and KT19 postcodes. It is a place with two railway stations on two entirely different networks, an A24 that was a Roman road long before it was a commuter route, and a surprising number of people who need to be at Gatwick before six in the morning.
Whether you are after a taxi in Ewell for the morning commute, minicabs in Ewell for a group heading to the airport, cabs in Ewell at closing time, or a wheelchair taxi in Ewell for a hospital appointment, it is the same office, the same fleet and the same licensing. The words differ; the service does not. This page covers all of it — airport runs, station drops, school and college journeys, hospital appointments, accessible vehicles, pets, accounts and the late-night trip home.
Our head office is at the Epsom Clock Tower on the A24, roughly two miles from Ewell Village, and we run a second office at Chessington Road, West Ewell, KT17 1DW on 0208 330 5555. Between them, cars are rarely far away — which is the practical difference between a firm that covers Ewell and a firm that is in Ewell.
It also means the office knows the things that do not show up on a map: that the Kingston Road and London Road junction is not where you want to be at half past eight, that Ewell West and Ewell East are a fifteen-minute walk apart on opposite sides of the village, and that the Nescot run and the Glyn run happen at different times.
Ewell’s licensing authority is Epsom and Ewell Borough Council, which draws a clear line between two kinds of vehicle. A hackney carriage may be hailed in the street, taken from a rank, or pre-booked. A private hire vehicle may only be booked in advance through a licensed private hire operator.
We are the second kind. Every journey is booked ahead, which is why you will not flag us down on the High Street — and also why you know which car is coming, roughly what it will cost, and that the booking exists on record before anyone sets off. Drivers are licensed and DBS-checked; vehicles are licensed and insured for private hire.
The historic centre around the High Street, Church Street and Bourne Hall — the circular 1960s building housing the library, museum and theatre, with the spring that starts the Hogsmill River in its grounds. The A24 runs straight through, which makes the village easy to reach and slow to leave at peak times.
The large residential area north-west of the village, with its own shops and our Chessington Road office. Ewell Court House and its park sit on this side. We have a separate page for private hire in West Ewell.
Mostly 1930s semi-detached housing on the Sutton side, wrapped around Nonsuch Park and the ruins of Henry VIII’s palace. East Ewell taxis are further from both stations than the village, which is why regular account and school bookings cluster here.
Stoneleigh has its own station and its own small parade of shops, and sits closer to Worcester Park than to Ewell Village. Ewell Court, Cuddington and Ruxley fill in the ground between. All covered as standard, along with Worcester Park, Cheam, Chessington and Banstead.
The most common booking we take from KT17 and KT19, and the one where getting it slightly wrong costs the most.
People in Ewell often assume Heathrow is the default because it is the bigger airport and feels like the London one. From here it is not. Gatwick is the nearer airport from almost every part of Ewell, usually by around a quarter of an hour each way.
| From | To Gatwick | To Heathrow | Closer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ewell (KT17) | 18.1 miles · ~28 min | 28.1 miles · ~42 min | Gatwick by ~15 min |
| West Ewell (KT19) | 24.4 miles · ~32 min | ~40 min | Gatwick |
| Stoneleigh (KT19) | 20.0 miles · ~34 min | 27.1 miles · ~40 min | Gatwick, narrowly |
Those are clear-road times; add a buffer for the airport approach when a flight is involved. Note how the gap narrows at Stoneleigh — the further north-west you go, the more evenly matched the two become, and by Worcester Park they are level. More on Gatwick transfers and Heathrow transfers.
Heathrow charges a flat £7 to enter a terminal drop-off zone. Gatwick charges a minimum of £10 for the first ten minutes and then by the minute, capped at thirty minutes. The shorter journey costs more to pull up outside — worth factoring in rather than being surprised by.
All covered, along with Southampton, Dover and Tilbury for cruise departures. These are the runs where agreeing a price in advance matters most, because the difference between a fixed quote and a meter over that distance is not small. See all airport transfers.
Ewell has two stations about fifteen minutes’ walk apart, on two different railways, run by two different operators, going to three different London terminals. Getting this wrong is the most common local travel mistake there is.
| Ewell West | Ewell East | Stoneleigh | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | South Western Railway | Southern | South Western Railway |
| Zone | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| London Waterloo | 2 tph via Wimbledon | No | 2 tph via Wimbledon |
| London Victoria | No | 1 tph via Hackbridge | No |
| London Bridge | No | 2 tph via West Croydon | No |
| Also serves | Dorking, Guildford | Epsom, Dorking, Horsham | Dorking, Guildford |
Heading to Waterloo? Ewell West or Stoneleigh. Heading to Victoria or London Bridge? Ewell East — and nothing else will do, because the two stations are not on the same network. Tell us where you are going rather than which station you want, and we will take you to the right one.
The everyday version of this is most of what we do: the early commuter drop, the collection when the last train terminates at Epsom instead, and the ten-minute lift in the rain that saves a soaking.
A good share of our Ewell work runs inbound rather than outbound — someone landing at Heathrow or Gatwick and needing to reach a house in KT17, or a late train from London that stops short.
These are worth pre-booking rather than sorting out on arrival, for one practical reason: as a private hire operator we cannot be flagged down or picked up from a rank, so a car has to be arranged in advance either way. Booking before you fly means a named driver, a fixed price and flight tracking, instead of joining a queue with luggage at midnight. Give us the flight number and the arrival terminal and the rest is handled.
Ewell has an unusual concentration of education for a place its size, and a lot of it draws pupils and students from well outside the borough. That is what makes the daily run here a real piece of work rather than a sideline.
Nescot in particular generates journeys at hours no school run does — evening classes, shift-pattern apprenticeships and adult courses that finish long after the last bus is useful.
A standing booking is set up once and then runs to the school calendar — same pickup, same times, term-time only, with a named regular driver wherever the rota allows. Most parents would rather see the same face at the gate than a different car each week, and we do our best to make that the case.
Drivers carrying children are licensed and DBS-checked. Child seats and boosters are provided when requested at the time of booking — give us the child’s age and we bring the right one. Where a child travels alone, we agree in advance exactly who hands over and who receives at each end.
Some families qualify for council-funded home-to-school transport: broadly, a child under eight living more than two miles from school, a child of eight or over living more than three miles away, a child with SEND or mobility needs, or one with no safe walking route. That is arranged through the council rather than through us, and it is worth checking before paying privately. More on travelling with children.
Epsom Hospital is the nearest general hospital to Ewell and a short run from anywhere in KT17 or KT19. We also cover St Helier at Carshalton, the Royal Marsden at Sutton, and the Epsom and Ewell clinics for routine appointments.
Two things make a taxi worth it for a hospital trip rather than driving. You are dropped at the entrance instead of circling a car park while your appointment time passes, and nobody is paying to leave a car there for an unknown number of hours. For collections after a procedure or a discharge, ring us when the patient is genuinely ready to leave rather than booking a time and hoping — discharges almost never happen when anyone predicted.
We run wheelchair-accessible vehicles, and they need requesting when you book rather than hoping on the day — there are fewer of them than saloons, so notice genuinely helps.
Often the vehicle is the easy part and the detail is what matters: a driver who comes to the door rather than waiting at the kerb, helps with a folding chair or a frame, allows time rather than hovering, and knows which hospital entrance is the right one. If you are booking for a parent or relative, tell us once what would make the journey easier and it stays on the booking so it never has to be explained again. See accessible travel with Clocktower Cars.
We run pet-friendly journeys — the vet trip, the cattery drop, the move, the airport run with a dog in the back. Like accessible vehicles, this is a booking note rather than an assumption: say what animal is travelling, roughly what size, and whether it will be in a carrier or crate, and we will send a driver and vehicle suited to it. Carriers make everything easier, and for a nervous animal the boot is usually kinder than the back seat.
Ewell is close enough to Waterloo, Victoria and London Bridge to make a car a practical business expense rather than an indulgence — particularly for the early meeting where the train timetable does not cooperate, and for airport runs where turning up on time is the whole point.
Accounts open through our account application, and there is more on executive and corporate travel. Ordinary bookings take card, cash or account, so nothing needs setting up to travel with us.
The pubs around Ewell High Street, a night in Epsom or Kingston, or a train that gives up at Epsom — they all end with the same question. Our offices run 24 hours, so a car at one in the morning is ordinary work rather than a special request.
Two things help. Book ahead if you know roughly when you are leaving, because Friday and Saturday nights are the busiest hours of our week. And check the car when it arrives: you booked a private hire vehicle, so the driver should already know your name and your destination. A car that pulls up unbooked and offers a lift is not us, and should not be anyone.
Call the Epsom head office on 01372 747 747, or the West Ewell office on 0208 330 5555. Either works at any hour, and the phone is quickest for anything urgent or complicated.
Book online any time, or request a fixed quote first if you would rather know the price before committing. Every branch and number is listed on our find us page.
Say it once when you book and it stays on the job, so it never needs repeating to the driver on the doorstep.
Call the Epsom office on 01372 747 747 or the West Ewell office on 0208 330 5555, book online, or request a fixed quote first. We are a private hire operator licensed by Epsom and Ewell Borough Council, so every journey is pre-booked — we cannot be hailed in the street or taken from a rank.
Our head office is at the Epsom Clock Tower on the A24, about two miles from Ewell Village, and we run a second office at Chessington Road, West Ewell, KT17 1DW. We also operate from branches across Surrey and south London including Sutton, Carshalton, Reigate, Leatherhead, Bookham, Chessington, Kingston, Guildford, Godalming and Weybridge.
Gatwick, by roughly fifteen minutes. From Ewell it is about 18 miles and 28 minutes, against around 28 miles and 42 minutes to Heathrow. The gap narrows the further north-west you go — at Stoneleigh it is about 34 minutes to Gatwick and 40 to Heathrow.
They are on different railways. Ewell West is South Western Railway and runs to London Waterloo via Wimbledon, plus Dorking and Guildford. Ewell East is Southern and runs to London Victoria via Hackbridge and London Bridge via West Croydon, plus Epsom, Dorking and Horsham. Both are in Zone 6 and they are about fifteen minutes’ walk apart.
Yes. Bookings are taken and cars run 24 hours a day, every day, including early-hours airport departures and late-night collections. Friday and Saturday nights are the busiest period, so book ahead where you can.
Yes, and it is worth booking before you fly rather than arranging it on arrival. Give us the flight number and arrival terminal and we track the flight, so a delay does not cost you a car. Meet and greet in arrivals is available on request.
Yes. Wheelchair-accessible vehicles are available and should be requested when booking, as there are fewer of them than standard cars. Tell us what assistance would help — a door-to-door collection, help with a folding chair, or which hospital entrance you need — and it is recorded on the booking.
Yes, we run pet-friendly journeys. Mention the animal when you book, with its size and whether it travels in a carrier or crate, so we can send a suitable vehicle. Carriers make the journey easier for everyone, and for a nervous animal the boot is usually kinder than the back seat.
In everyday speech people use all three for the same thing, and we answer to all of them. In licensing terms there is a real distinction: a hackney carriage can be hailed or taken from a rank, while a private hire vehicle — what most people mean by a minicab — must be booked in advance through a licensed operator. Clocktower Cars is a private hire operator, so whether you search for taxis in Ewell, minicabs in Ewell or cabs in Ewell, the answer is the same: book ahead and the car is yours.
Ewell Village, West Ewell, East Ewell, Stoneleigh, Ewell Court, Cuddington and Ruxley, plus Epsom, Worcester Park, Cheam, Chessington, Banstead and Sutton. Ewell sits in the Epsom and Ewell borough and shares the KT17 and KT19 postcodes.
Call 01372 747 747 (Epsom) or 0208 330 5555 (West Ewell), book online, or get a fixed quote before you travel. Airport transfers, station runs, school and Nescot journeys, hospital appointments, accessible vehicles, pets and corporate accounts — 24 hours a day across KT17 and KT19.
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