APH Gatwick Self Park

These are both APH’s own, at the same car park, so plenty is identical. APH’s shuttle runs to North Terminal and South Terminal every 10 to 15 minutes, 24 hours a day, both are Super-Flex, so you can amend or cancel free of charge right up to your booked arrival time, and both have a 2.4m height limit with no trailers.

The main difference is who parks the car. At APH Park & Ride, you hand your keys in at reception and APH staff park it, and when you get back, your keys are at reception and the car is ready to drive away. At APH Gatwick Self Park, staff show you to a space, you park the car yourself and the keys stay in your pocket. On the way home, you collect a barrier exit code at reception and drive out.

If you’d rather your car stayed put while you’re away, there’s a real difference here. APH says that during busy periods, and only when operationally required, it may move APH Park & Ride cars to its secondary secure site. At APH Gatwick Self Park, on the other hand, APH says your car won’t move from the spot you leave it in.

A ghost immobiliser points the same way: APH Park & Ride’s staff can’t move a car fitted with one, so you may have to switch to a Self Park booking on arrival and pay an extra £20.

Verdict: With a ghost immobiliser, or if you simply want to keep your keys, booking APH Gatwick Self Park from the start is probably the easy call. If you’re happy to hand them over, the booking terms are the same and the shuttles run just as often, so go with whichever is cheaper for your dates.

Our current price snapshot (a 7-day stay, from 9th Nov to 16th Nov 2026) shows APH Park & Ride was £54.92 whilst APH Gatwick Self Park was £59.92. So APH Park & Ride is £5.00 cheaper than APH Gatwick Self Park.

Airparks Park & Ride runs from APH’s car park too, through a tie-up between Airparks and APH Gatwick, so the trip to the airport looks the same from either: a free shuttle every 10 to 15 minutes, day and night, taking about 10 to 12 minutes to North Terminal or South Terminal. The 2.4m height limit and the ban on trailers apply at both.

The main difference is twofold: your keys and your booking terms. At Airparks Park & Ride, you hand the keys in at reception and staff park the car, while at APH Gatwick Self Park you park it yourself and keep them. Airparks Park & Ride is Flexible, with free changes and cancellations up to 24 hours before your departure date, counted back from 00:01 on your first booked day. APH Gatwick Self Park is Super-Flex, so even an hour before your booked arrival time, you can still cancel without charge.

If you’re torn about handing your keys over, APH lists fully insured drivers for Airparks Park & Ride, and Airparks lists security patrols and perimeter fencing there. Staff can’t move a car with a ghost immobiliser, though, and switching to a Self Park booking on the day costs an extra £20.

Verdict: If you’d rather keep your keys, or want the freedom to cancel right up to the last minute, APH Gatwick Self Park is probably the better fit. If neither matters much and Airparks Park & Ride is cheaper for your dates, it’s probably an easy call, as you’ll be at the same car park either way.

Our current price snapshot (a 7-day stay, from 9th Nov to 16th Nov 2026) shows Airparks Park & Ride was £54.92 whilst APH Gatwick Self Park was £59.92. So Airparks Park & Ride is £5.00 cheaper than APH Gatwick Self Park.

APH runs both from the same car park, so the basics match: Super-Flex booking terms, and shuttles every 10 to 15 minutes, 24 hours a day, taking about 10 to 12 minutes to North Terminal or South Terminal. Both have a 2.4m height limit and don’t take trailers.

The main difference is charging, and it comes at the cost of your keys. At APH Park and Ride with EV charging, you check the car in at reception and leave the keys with APH, and a trained, insured valet driver charges it before moving it to a secure bay. You bring your own cable, arrive with at least 5% battery and, if your car has a valet mode, switch it on before you hand over the keys. At APH Gatwick Self Park, you park the car yourself and keep your keys.

For an EV driver, that means coming back to a car that’s been charged while you were away, with no need to find a charger near Gatwick before the drive home.

Verdict: If you drive an electric car and want it charged while you’re away, APH Park and Ride with EV charging is the one, as long as you’re happy to hand over your keys, and if it costs more, whether that’s worth it is a judgement call. If you’d rather keep your keys, or you can charge at home, APH Gatwick Self Park probably makes more sense.

Our current price snapshot (a 7-day stay, from 9th Nov to 16th Nov 2026) shows APH Park and Ride with EV charging was £104.91 whilst APH Gatwick Self Park was £59.92. So APH Park and Ride with EV charging is £44.99 more expensive than APH Gatwick Self Park.

Both are park and rides off junction 10 of the M23 serving North Terminal and South Terminal, and at both, a barrier reads your number plate as you arrive.

The main difference is your keys. At Cophall Parking, you hand them in at reception, staff park the car, and you’re given a key receipt card that you need to get it back. Cophall Parking photographs cars when it receives them, and APH lists fully insured drivers. At APH Gatwick Self Park, you park the car yourself and keep your keys, and APH says a Self Park car stays put where you left it, whereas Cophall Parking’s terms say it may move cars to its overflow car parks nearby.

Getting to the terminal works differently, too. APH Gatwick Self Park’s free shuttle runs every 10 to 15 minutes and takes about 10 to 12 minutes. Cophall Parking uses eight-seater minibuses, and when you land, you ring the free number on your key receipt and one comes to collect you. On top of that, APH Gatwick Self Park is Super-Flex, so you can cancel free of charge right up to your arrival time, while Cophall Parking is Flexible, up to 24 hours before your departure date.

Verdict: Want your keys in your pocket and your car left where you parked it? APH Gatwick Self Park is the one for you. If you’re happy to hand them over, Cophall Parking takes care of the parking, and where it’s the cheaper of the two for your dates, it’s probably an easy call.

Our current price snapshot (a 7-day stay, from 9th Nov to 16th Nov 2026) shows Cophall Parking was £48.96 whilst APH Gatwick Self Park was £59.92. So Cophall Parking is £10.96 cheaper than APH Gatwick Self Park.

Both are park and rides serving North Terminal and South Terminal. Cophall Parking Super Saver is the same Copthorne car park as Cophall Parking, by The Curious Pig pub, sold at a Non-Flex rate.

The main difference is flexibility, and these two sit at opposite ends. APH Gatwick Self Park is Super-Flex, meaning you can amend or cancel free of charge at any time up to your booked arrival time. Cophall Parking Super Saver is Non-Flex, so once it’s booked, it can’t be amended or cancelled.

Your keys are handled differently, too. At Cophall Parking Super Saver, you hand them in at reception and staff park the car, and its terms say you must leave a physical key or electronic key fob that lets them start and move it. At APH Gatwick Self Park, the keys never leave you.

Verdict: If your dates are fixed, you’re happy to hand over your keys and Cophall Parking Super Saver is the cheaper of the two, it’s probably the better value. If your plans might change, or you want to keep your keys, APH Gatwick Self Park gives you both, and if it costs less anyway, it’s probably an easy call.

Our current price snapshot (a 7-day stay, from 9th Nov to 16th Nov 2026) shows Cophall Parking Super Saver was £45.94 whilst APH Gatwick Self Park was £59.92. So Cophall Parking Super Saver is £13.98 cheaper than APH Gatwick Self Park.

Both work around the clock, every day of the year, and both serve North Terminal and South Terminal. Both also keep cars on a secure site with CCTV and security lighting.

The main difference is who looks after the car, and where you leave it. With Sure Parking Meet & Greet, you drive into the Short Stay car park at your terminal and hand your keys to a driver in an orange high-vis jacket, who takes the car to the company’s own off-airport compound, which it says isn’t shared with any other meet and greet firm. From the meeting point, the terminal is about a 2-minute walk. With APH Gatwick Self Park, you drive to APH’s car park on Copthorne Road, park the car yourself, keep your keys and take a free shuttle of about 10 to 12 minutes.

If you’re weighing up handing over your keys, Sure Parking is one of the firms on Gatwick Airport’s own list of Approved Operators, and its drivers are fully insured and, it says, carefully selected, vetted and trained. Taller vehicles are better off at APH Gatwick Self Park, though, with its 2.4m height limit: Sure Parking Meet & Greet meets you in multi-storeys limited to 1.8m at North Terminal and 2m at South Terminal.

Verdict: Keeping your keys, or driving something too tall for those multi-storeys? APH Gatwick Self Park probably suits you better. If neither applies and Sure Parking Meet & Greet is cheaper for your dates, it’s probably an easy call. If it costs more, you’re paying the price difference to swap the shuttle for a short walk - it’s a judgement call.

Our current price snapshot (a 7-day stay, from 9th Nov to 16th Nov 2026) shows Sure Parking Meet & Greet was £68.99 whilst APH Gatwick Self Park was £59.92. So Sure Parking Meet & Greet is £9.07 more expensive than APH Gatwick Self Park.

Both serve North Terminal and South Terminal, 24 hours a day, and both expect a car that fits a standard parking bay, with no trailers.

The main difference is the handover. Bubble Meet & Greet meets you in your terminal’s Short Stay car park rather than on the forecourt: Car Park 5 at North Terminal, where you use the meet and greet bays by the exit on the ground floor, or Level 1 of Car Park 3 at South Terminal. You ring about 10 minutes before you arrive, hand over your keys and walk to the terminal in about 2 minutes, while the car goes to a secure off-airport compound. At APH Gatwick Self Park, you drive to APH’s car park, park it yourself and take the shuttle.

If handing your keys to someone in a car park makes you uneasy, APH says Bubble Meet & Greet’s drivers are uniformed and insured, and its compound has perimeter fencing, barrier-controlled entry and exit, CCTV across the site, staff on site 24 hours a day and regular security patrols.

Verdict: If you want to keep your keys, book APH Gatwick Self Park. If you don’t mind handing them over, Bubble Meet & Greet saves you the shuttle at both ends: where it’s cheaper for your dates, it’s probably an easy call, and where it costs more, it comes down to how much that short walk is worth to you.

Our current price snapshot (a 7-day stay, from 9th Nov to 16th Nov 2026) shows Bubble Meet & Greet was £73.00 whilst APH Gatwick Self Park was £59.92. So Bubble Meet & Greet is £13.08 more expensive than APH Gatwick Self Park.

ACE Meet & Greet and APH Gatwick Self Park both serve North Terminal and South Terminal, every day of the year, but they handle your car in completely different ways.

The main difference is your keys. With ACE Meet & Greet, you hand them to uniformed staff close to the terminal: at South Terminal in row D or E on Level 1 of the Orange Car Park, and at North Terminal in a hotel car park nearby. From there, APH puts the walk to check-in at about 2 minutes. With APH Gatwick Self Park, you park in APH’s car park yourself, keep your keys and take a shuttle that runs every 10 to 15 minutes.

If letting go of your keys is the sticking point, ACE Meet & Greet says it tags them with its own barcode and keeps them in a secure key room away from the cars, and to get the car back you show the bar-coded card you were given at drop-off, possibly with proof of identity. Maple Parking manages ACE Meet & Greet’s bookings at Gatwick, so don’t be surprised to see Maple staff or branding at the handover.

Verdict: If you’d rather nobody else held your keys, APH Gatwick Self Park is the natural choice. If you’re comfortable handing them over, ACE Meet & Greet cuts out the shuttle, and where it’s the cheaper of the two for your dates, it’s probably an easy call. Where it costs more, it’s a judgement call whether the shorter trip is worth it.

Our current price snapshot (a 7-day stay, from 9th Nov to 16th Nov 2026) shows ACE Meet & Greet was £75.00 whilst APH Gatwick Self Park was £59.92. So ACE Meet & Greet is £15.08 more expensive than APH Gatwick Self Park.

Both serve North Terminal and South Terminal and operate 24 hours a day, but they take opposite approaches to what happens to your car while you’re away.

The main difference is who’s in charge of the car. With I Love Meet & Greet, you pull up at the far end of the Passenger Drop Off, hand your keys to a uniformed driver in the Approved Operator bays or lane, and walk to check-in in about 2 minutes. With APH Gatwick Self Park, you drive to APH’s car park, staff show you to a space, you park it yourself and take the shuttle, which runs every 10 to 15 minutes and takes about 10 to 12 minutes.

Mileage is worth weighing up. I Love Meet & Greet’s main Gatwick car park is less than 2 miles from the airport, but its terms say it also uses five satellite car parks when it’s busy, and a car taken to the furthest may travel 11 miles each way. With APH Gatwick Self Park, APH says the car doesn’t move from where you park it.

In I Love Meet & Greet’s favour, it says only its own drivers move the cars, and if an accident in its care leaves your car unroadworthy, it provides a hire car on your return and has the car repaired. If your car starts from an app, though, its drivers need a key of some form, or a £15-a-day fee is charged.

Verdict: If keeping your keys, or keeping miles off the clock, matters most, go for APH Gatwick Self Park. If you’d rather go from your car to check-in in a couple of minutes, I Love Meet & Greet is hard to beat for convenience, and where it’s cheaper for your dates, it’s probably an easy call. Where it costs more, whether the convenience is worth it is a judgement call.

Our current price snapshot (a 7-day stay, from 9th Nov to 16th Nov 2026) shows I Love Meet & Greet was £69.00 whilst APH Gatwick Self Park was £59.92. So I Love Meet & Greet is £9.08 more expensive than APH Gatwick Self Park.

Both carry APH’s name and serve North Terminal and South Terminal, 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

The main difference is who you deal with on the day. APH Gatwick Self Park is APH’s own car park: you drive in, park the car yourself and keep your keys. APH Meet & Greet Forecourt is sold by APH but run on its behalf by I Love Meet & Greet, so it’s one of their uniformed drivers who meets you at the far end of the Passenger Drop Off and takes the car to an I Love Meet & Greet car park, and the terminal is about a 2-minute walk away. On your return, you ring as your luggage comes through, then head out to the forecourt to find the car waiting.

Gatwick’s forecourt charges are included with APH Meet & Greet Forecourt, but the registration you give has to be right before you arrive, as APH says a wrong or missing one results in a £20 PCN.

Verdict: If you want your keys to stay with you, it’s APH Gatwick Self Park. If you’d rather hand the car over a short walk from check-in, APH Meet & Greet Forecourt does just that: where it’s cheaper for your dates, it’s probably an easy call, and where it costs more, it’s down to whether pulling up at the terminal is worth the price difference to you.

Our current price snapshot (a 7-day stay, from 9th Nov to 16th Nov 2026) shows APH Meet & Greet Forecourt (North & South) was £80.00 whilst APH Gatwick Self Park was £59.92. So APH Meet & Greet Forecourt (North & South) is £20.08 more expensive than APH Gatwick Self Park.

Both are APH’s own services, and both run 24 hours a day, every day of the year. That’s where the overlap ends, as one has you parking the car yourself and the other has an APH chauffeur do it for you.

The main difference is your keys. At APH Gatwick Self Park, you park in APH’s car park on Copthorne Road, keep your keys and take a free shuttle of about 10 to 12 minutes to either terminal. With APH Meet & Greet South Terminal Only, you ring APH about 30 minutes before you arrive, drive into the South Terminal Short Stay car park and hand the car to a chauffeur on Level 1 of Orange Car Park 3, about a 2-minute covered walk from the terminal. As the name says, it serves South Terminal only.

Handing over your keys is a big step for some drivers. APH says its chauffeurs are uniformed, professional and fully insured, and the car goes to APH’s secure off-site compound, at APH Gatwick on Copthorne Road, the same address as APH Gatwick Self Park. The booking terms differ, though: APH Gatwick Self Park is Super-Flex, so you can cancel free of charge right up to your arrival time, while APH Meet & Greet South Terminal Only is Flexible, up to 24 hours before your departure date.

The upside to APH Gatwick Self Park is that you do the parking yourself, which usually costs less than having a chauffeur do it.

Verdict: If you want to keep your keys, might cancel at the last minute or are flying from North Terminal, APH Gatwick Self Park is probably the better fit. If you’re flying from South and would rather hand the car over a couple of minutes from check-in, APH Meet & Greet South Terminal Only may be worth the price difference to you - it’s a judgement call, and where it’s the cheaper of the two, it’s probably an easy call.

Our current price snapshot (a 7-day stay, from 9th Nov to 16th Nov 2026) shows APH Meet & Greet South Terminal Only was £84.00 whilst APH Gatwick Self Park was £59.92. So APH Meet & Greet South Terminal Only is £24.08 more expensive than APH Gatwick Self Park.

Both are run by APH around the clock, every day of the year, and with both the car spends your trip on a secure APH site with CCTV, barrier-controlled entry and exit and regular patrols.

The main difference is who drives the car once you’re there. With APH Meet & Greet North Terminal, you take a ticket at the North Terminal Short Stay car park barrier and hand your keys to an APH driver in the Approved Operators area, who gives you a return ticket and takes the car to APH’s off-site compound. The terminal is a 1 to 2-minute walk away, under cover. With APH Gatwick Self Park, staff show you to a space, you park the car yourself, keep your keys and take the shuttle to North Terminal or South Terminal.

Height is a real dividing line here. APH Meet & Greet North Terminal can’t accept anything over 1.8 metres, while APH Gatwick Self Park takes vehicles up to 2.4 metres. If you do go for the meet and greet, avoid the Passenger Drop-Off area outside the Premier Inn, which isn’t part of the service and charges £7 per 10 minutes.

Verdict: Flying from South Terminal, driving something over 1.8 metres or set on keeping your keys? APH Gatwick Self Park is probably the one. If none of that applies and APH Meet & Greet North Terminal is cheaper for your dates, it’s probably an easy call. If it costs more, it comes down to whether skipping the shuttle is worth the price difference to you.

Our current price snapshot (a 7-day stay, from 9th Nov to 16th Nov 2026) shows APH Meet & Greet North Terminal was £84.00 whilst APH Gatwick Self Park was £59.92. So APH Meet & Greet North Terminal is £24.08 more expensive than APH Gatwick Self Park.

Both are sold by APH and serve North Terminal and South Terminal, but otherwise these two couldn’t be much further apart.

The main difference is how much you do yourself. At APH Gatwick Self Park, you park the car, keep your keys and take the shuttle to the terminal. With I Love Meet & Greet With Valet, a uniformed I Love Meet & Greet driver takes the car from the Approved Operator bay or lane at the far end of the Passenger Drop Off, the terminal is about a 2-minute walk away, and I Love Meet & Greet does any cleaning itself while it has the car. When you land, you collect your luggage, clear customs and phone, and your car and keys come back to you at the meeting point.

Handing over your keys is the trade-off. I Love Meet & Greet photographs the car at drop-off as a record of its condition, and its insurer requires its drivers to have held a licence for three years with no criminal convictions.

The upside to APH Gatwick Self Park is that it’s a do-it-yourself option, which usually works out cheaper than having a driver and a valet.

Verdict: If you’d like the full service and the price difference feels fair, I Love Meet & Greet With Valet is the way to treat yourself. If keeping your keys matters, or you just want somewhere secure to leave the car, APH Gatwick Self Park probably does the job - it’s a judgement call.

Our current price snapshot (a 7-day stay, from 9th Nov to 16th Nov 2026) shows I Love Meet & Greet With Valet was £89.00 whilst APH Gatwick Self Park was £59.92. So I Love Meet & Greet With Valet is £29.08 more expensive than APH Gatwick Self Park.