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Chauffeur service in Roehampton, SW15

A village, a university and a hospital strung along one lane, with Richmond Park at the top end and the A3 at the bottom.

Heathrow 30-50 minutesOne chauffeur, Roehampton to HeathrowRoehampton and neighbouring PutneyRoehampton bookings priced in advance
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Chauffeur service in Roehampton — summary

First Class Chauffeurs drives Roehampton in West London, and most of the work here is the ground half of a longer journey: the run out to Heathrow before a flight, the car waiting when one lands, and days held by the hour between Roehampton Lane and Priory Lane. Collections are made from private addresses, from Richmond Park Golf Course, and from the taxi rank side of Wandsworth Town rather than the drop-off lane. Heathrow is an indicative 30-50 minutes from Roehampton, about 12 miles by road, using A3 at Robin Hood roundabout. Vehicles run from the Mercedes-Benz E-Class up to the Rolls-Royce Phantom, whichever Roehampton address the car is going to. Every class is quoted individually; the written quotation for Roehampton confirms the final price, what it covers and any applicable tax.

Place

Roehampton, West London

Broader area

Greater London, England

Usual departure airport from Roehampton

Heathrow

Roehampton to Heathrow

30-50 minutes

Roehampton districts

SW15

Access roads in Roehampton

Clarence Lane, Priory Lane and Upper Richmond Road (A205)

Stations in Roehampton

Wandsworth Town and Barnes

Coverage near Roehampton

Putney and Richmond

01The Roehampton summary

Chauffeur service in Roehampton

Roehampton Lane runs the length of the district, from the Upper Richmond Road up to Roehampton Gate, and nearly everything sits on it or a few metres off it. The university colleges are spread along the western side, Queen Mary’s Hospital is halfway up, and the Alton estate climbs the hill behind. One road, several very different destinations.

The A3 at the southern end gives a fast run down to the M25 and Gatwick, and a slower one north into town. Heathrow goes the other way, through Barnes and Chiswick or out on the A316. Richmond Park’s Roehampton Gate is a useful shortcut in daylight and no use whatever once the gates have closed for the night.

02The essentials

Place
Roehampton, West London
Broader area
Greater London, England
Usual departure airport from Roehampton
Heathrow
Roehampton to Heathrow
30-50 minutes
Roehampton districts
SW15
Access roads in Roehampton
Clarence Lane, Priory Lane and Upper Richmond Road (A205)
Stations in Roehampton
Wandsworth Town and Barnes
Coverage near Roehampton
Putney and Richmond

03The area

Roehampton on the ground

A working description of Roehampton, not a tourist one.

Roehampton Lane is two lanes carrying a bus route, a hospital entrance, a university crossing and a run of speed tables, which is a great deal for one road. Clarence Lane and Priory Lane lead off into quieter, greener territory with the golf clubs and the Priory. The Alton estate’s roads are wide but disorientating, and several blocks are reached only on foot from a parking court.

04Demand

What Roehampton needs a chauffeur for

Early flights, late returns and the days in between, out of Roehampton.

Three distinct threads run through the diary. The university generates term-start and term-end journeys with heavy luggage, plus airport runs for international students and visiting academics. Queen Mary’s Hospital brings appointment and discharge work through the day. And the large houses on Priory Lane and around the village book the usual private mixture of departures and days out.

05Road time

Peak, off-peak and A3 at Robin Hood roundabout

The difference between 30-50 minutes and the same drive out of Roehampton at eight in the morning.

Roehampton Lane is slow from 08:00 to 09:15, chiefly because of the schools and the hospital, and again from 15:30. The A3 at the Robin Hood roundabout backs up towards Putney in the evening. Journeys south are quick outside those hours: the M25 at Junction 10 is around twenty minutes away on a clear road, which makes Gatwick more manageable here than from most of our west London coverage.

06The kerb

Finding the car in Roehampton

Standing, waiting and loading around Roehampton Gate, Richmond Park.

The hospital has a car park where the chauffeur can wait and walk in, far better than stopping on Roehampton Lane, which has no waiting near the entrance. University collections are made at the college gate rather than the halls, since several colleges have barriers. On the Alton estate we agree a parking court by name, because block numbers are not readable from the road. Priory Lane addresses have their own drives.

Collection notes for Roehampton

  • 01Queen Mary’s Hospital has a car park, so the chauffeur waits there and walks to the department rather than stopping on Roehampton Lane.
  • 02University collections are made at the named college gate; the halls sit behind barriers and are not reachable by car.
  • 03On the Alton estate we agree a parking court by name, since block numbers cannot be read from the road.
  • 04Roehampton Gate closes at dusk, so evening journeys are planned round the outside of Richmond Park.

07Included as standard

Included as standard in Roehampton, not as an upgrade

  • 01

    From wheels-up to the Roehampton kerb

    We reschedule the Heathrow pick-up ourselves when the aircraft slips, and the car simply leaves Roehampton later. What you agreed in writing before you left Roehampton is what you pay when you get back to it.

  • 02

    Hand luggage, or eight cases from Roehampton

    Golf bags out of Roehampton are the classic miscount. Four sets of clubs and four passengers out of Roehampton does not go in a saloon, and it is a cheap thing to establish in advance.

  • 03

    The car stays with you across Roehampton

    The chauffeur waits wherever Roehampton allows it, which is not always within sight of the door. You get one message naming the spot in Roehampton, and the car is at the kerb by the time you reach it.

  • 04

    Knows the loading bays around Roehampton Lane

    Knowing Roehampton from the driver's seat is a different thing from knowing it from a map. In Roehampton it means knowing that the obvious turning off A3 at Robin Hood roundabout is banned between certain hours and the unobvious one is not.

  • 05

    The walk out of Heathrow, with help

    A board with your name on it, held by the chauffeur who will drive you to Roehampton. If the flight into Heathrow is two hours late the board is still there two hours later, because the chauffeur left Roehampton on the aircraft rather than on the schedule.

  • 06

    Nothing added after Heathrow

    The figure quoted for Roehampton covers the drive, the waiting and the meet. It is confirmed in writing, so there is nothing to argue about on a Roehampton doorstep at the end of a long day.

08Terminals

Getting from Roehampton to a gate

Two numbers per row: the indicative drive from Roehampton and the road distance behind it. Neither is a promise, and A3 at Robin Hood roundabout is the reason why.
Heathrow
Indicative drive
30-50 minutes
Distance
12 miles

The long one from Roehampton. We would leave before the peak builds on A3 at Robin Hood roundabout.

Gatwick
Indicative drive
50-90 minutes
Distance
28 miles

Drop at Gatwick, then the car can carry on to Putney on the same booking.

London City
Indicative drive
50-85 minutes
Distance
18 miles

Boot loaded at the kerb in Roehampton, not on the London City forecourt.

RAF Northolt
Indicative drive
35-55 minutes
Distance
14 miles

Private flights out of Roehampton end airside at the RAF Northolt handling agent rather than a terminal door.

The same runs are quoted from Putney and Richmond, adjusted for the extra distance rather than reused unchanged.

09In detail

The part of a Roehampton trip nobody plans

The outbound half of a Roehampton itinerary

LF-01The outbound half of a Roehampton itinerary

The outbound half of a Roehampton itinerary

Most missed flights out of Heathrow are lost somewhere in the SW15 district rather than in the air. Out of Roehampton the ground problem is A3 at Robin Hood roundabout between about seven and half past nine, and the answer is leaving before it rather than driving harder through it.

Where somebody is staying behind, the car carries on afterwards: back into Roehampton, on to Richmond, or held for a later collection. It remains one Roehampton booking and one price either way.

Finding each other on A3 at Robin Hood roundabout

LF-02Finding each other on A3 at Robin Hood roundabout

Finding each other on A3 at Robin Hood roundabout

Ten minutes early on A3 at Robin Hood roundabout, engine off, boot unlocked. The chauffeur has already worked out whether A3 at Robin Hood roundabout will let a car stand outside your door at that hour, or whether the answer is the side street behind Priory Lane.

The route out of Roehampton is chosen for the hour rather than for the map. Sometimes that means the long way round past Priory Lane, and the chauffeur takes it without announcing how clever it was.

  • Collections from Richmond Park Golf Course arranged through the desk, not the forecourt
  • The car holds on Roehampton Lane (A306) when the kerb outside your door will not take it
  • Cases carried from the door in Roehampton rather than watched
  • Chauffeur briefed on the Roehampton address before the car sets off
Meeting a flight into Heathrow properly

LF-03Meeting a flight into Heathrow properly

Meeting a flight into Heathrow properly

A proper meet at Heathrow begins while you are still in the air and the car is still in Roehampton. We watch the aircraft, adjust for the actual landing time rather than the printed one, and the chauffeur leaves Roehampton in time to be inside the Heathrow hall with a name board when the doors open.

A stop on the way in is easy to arrange: someone dropped in Putney, a detour past Richmond Park Golf Course, or a supermarket before you reach an empty fridge. Put it on the Roehampton booking and it appears in the price.

  • Chauffeur inside the Heathrow arrivals hall with a board naming you and Roehampton
  • Heathrow car park found and paid for before the Roehampton chauffeur walks in
  • Indicative 30-50 minutes back into Roehampton
  • Waiting from touchdown at Heathrow built into the Roehampton transfer

10The cars

Vehicles for a Roehampton booking

Four classes that cover almost everything asked for in Roehampton. Each is quoted against your particular run from Roehampton Lane to Heathrow rather than read off a table.

Cabin

Mercedes-Benz E-Class

Passengers
Up to 3
Large cases
2, plus cabin bags
Cabin class
Cabin
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First Saloon

Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Passengers
Up to 3
Large cases
3, plus cabin bags
Cabin class
First Saloon
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First SUV

Range Rover Autobiography

Passengers
Up to 4
Large cases
4, plus cabin bags
Cabin class
First SUV
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Signature

Mercedes-Benz Luxury Sprinter

Passengers
Up to 16
Large cases
10, plus cabin bags
Cabin class
Signature
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Read the two airport columns as a comparison between classes rather than as a price for Roehampton. Your own transfer to Heathrow is quoted against its own distance from A3 at Robin Hood roundabout.

11Longer bookings

Longer days, larger cars, Roehampton addresses

What sits outside your door in Roehampton

LF-04What sits outside your door in Roehampton

What sits outside your door in Roehampton

MPVs leaving Roehampton earn their keep on luggage rather than passengers. Three adults with real suitcases out of Roehampton is a V-Class booking, even though three adults on their own would sit in a saloon perfectly happily.

Child seats, extra luggage, skis and golf bags all change the answer for a Roehampton booking. Tell us what is going in the boot when you enquire from Roehampton and we will name the class that takes it rather than the one that nearly does.

The bit of a Roehampton trip the timetable does not cover

LF-05The bit of a Roehampton trip the timetable does not cover

The bit of a Roehampton trip the timetable does not cover

The awkward part of arriving at Wandsworth Town is not the walk. It is the walk with luggage, in the dark, into a Roehampton taxi queue with eleven people already in it.

Rail into Roehampton and a car onward to Heathrow is a common shape, and it is one booking rather than two. The chauffeur holds the Wandsworth Town train number and the Heathrow flight number together.

12Local reference

What the chauffeur navigates by in Roehampton

The chauffeur working Roehampton will know these already. They are here so that you and the office are using the same words when the collection point on A3 at Robin Hood roundabout is agreed.

Landmarks

  • Roehampton Village
  • Roehampton Gate, Richmond Park
  • Putney Heath
  • The Alton estate
  • Roehampton Lane
  • Priory Lane
  • Barnes Common

Venues and hotels

  • University of Roehampton
  • Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton
  • The Priory Hospital Roehampton
  • Roehampton Club
  • Richmond Park Golf Course

Stations

  • Barnes
  • Putney
  • Mortlake
  • East Putney
  • Wandsworth Town

Roads

  • Roehampton Lane (A306)
  • Clarence Lane
  • Priory Lane
  • Upper Richmond Road (A205)
  • A3 at Robin Hood roundabout

SW15

13Practicalities

Arranging a Roehampton car, from platform to price

Keeping the car between appointments in Roehampton

LF-06Keeping the car between appointments in Roehampton

Keeping the car between appointments in Roehampton

Visiting Roehampton for a day from elsewhere is the classic case: train into Wandsworth Town, car waiting on the right side of the station, four hours of moving about, then back to the platform with a margin.

The chauffeur will ask for a mobile number and then use it about once per stop, which is the right amount of communication for a day spent moving around Roehampton.

What we need to know about your Roehampton journey

LF-07What we need to know about your Roehampton journey

What we need to know about your Roehampton journey

We answer with a price, a vehicle class and a Roehampton collection time we would genuinely recommend, usually inside the hour. If that time looks early for a Roehampton address, it is early on purpose.

There is no running total held against a card for Roehampton work. The figure for a Roehampton journey is agreed first and settled afterwards, on the terms the quotation already set out.

14Services

Chauffeur services available in Roehampton

Every service on this site is available from a Roehampton address. These are the pages describing how each one runs from the SW15 district.

15What it costs

How a Roehampton booking is priced

Indicative rates for Roehampton bookings. The written quotation confirms the price, the vehicle and any applicable tax for the journey you described in the SW15 district.

Hourly, as directed

By the block

The car held for you between stops, with a minimum block named on the quotation.

Airport transfers

Quoted per journey

Priced against the drive from Roehampton, not against a zone map. Searching for a chauffeur service near me in Roehampton? This is that local service, quoted in writing before you travel.

Long distance

By the route

One car and one chauffeur from Roehampton to the far end of the run.

No standing price list. Send the journey on WhatsApp and the written quotation confirms the price, what it includes and any applicable tax. The pricing page sets out what moves a figure, and one message on WhatsApp fixes it for your journey.

16Nearby coverage

Areas next to Roehampton

The coverage adjacent to the SW15 district. Bookings often pick up in Roehampton and one of these on the same run.

Roehampton sits in West London. Every West London area we cover is listed on one page, and the full coverage index runs to every town and district on the list.

17Answers

Roehampton chauffeur questions

Answered for Roehampton rather than for chauffeur hire in general.

Can you collect students from the University of Roehampton at the end of term?

Yes, and it is one of the busier weeks in the local calendar. Tell us the college and the number of cases; four students with eight bags needs a van-bodied vehicle, and the pick-up happens at the college gate rather than outside the halls.

Is there anywhere to wait at Queen Mary’s Hospital?

There is a car park on site, which the chauffeur uses so that he can meet you inside at the department door. Roehampton Lane has no waiting near the entrance, and a car standing there gets moved on quickly.

Does Roehampton Gate stay open into the evening?

Not reliably. Most Richmond Park vehicle gates close at dusk, so a route that used the park on the way out may not be available on the way back. We plan evening returns round the outside as a matter of course.

How long is Roehampton to Gatwick?

Fifty to ninety minutes for around twenty-eight miles, down the A3 to the M25 and round to the M23. The A3 south of the Robin Hood roundabout is the section that decides it, and after four in the afternoon it decides badly.

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