Escape the airport crowds from only £17.95 per person.

It's not much fun sitting in a crowded airport terminal in the height of summer, especially if your flight has been delayed. Treat yourself to the quiet comfort of a lounge normally reserved for business class passengers. Sit back and enjoy complimentary:

• Tea/Coffee
• Soft drinks
• Alcoholic beverages
• Snacks
• Magazines/Newspapers
• Flight information

We can offer 3 lounges at Gatwick airports North and South terminals.

Each lounge is designed using imaginative textures and colours and make use of natural light and natural materials to provide a tranquil environment where you can relax, work, have a drink or just catch up with the news - it's your choice.

Important Information

Disabled access may vary in some locations, please check your individual requirements prior to booking.

Lounges located after Passport Control are not suitable for passengers on domestic flights unless stated otherwise.

For security reasons if you need to leave the lounge, you must take any luggage with you even if you wish to return.

Lounges have a smart casual dress code and expect reasonable behaviour from guests. Lounge staff reserve the right to refuse admission.

Smoking arrangements vary from lounge to lounge.

There is a charge for champagne. Other drinks and snacks are provided free of charge.

Lounge staff may announce your flight but cannot guarantee to do so. All lounges have flight information screens and you are responsible for catching your flight.

You may arrive at the lounge up to 3 hours before your flight time. Entry prior to this time will be at the discretion of the lounge staff.

In lounges which permit children they must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Gatwick is the busiest single runway airport in the world, the second largest airport in the UK and the sixth busiest international airport in the world.

Its development strategy for the future focuses on the airport's expansion as a single runway, two terminal airport, as it grows to handle around 40 million passengers a year, within the next ten years.

Gatwick's South Terminal opened in 1958 and the North Terminal opened in 1958. Over 31 million passengers use Gatwick each year.

Check-in and arrivals

North Terminal - Arrivals is located on the ground floor, The Avenue shopping is located on the first floor and check-in is located on the second floor.

South Terminal - Check-in and arrivals are located on the same level in Gatwick's South Terminal.

Around 100 airlines fly from Gatwick to around 200 destinations worldwide. Gatwick airport is located 28 miles south of London the airport has fast rail and convenient road links and is a much easier place to navigate than its sprawling sister Heathrow. Pre booking your hotels is a must as the car parks get full very quickly. Some car parks leave spaces for late arrivals but not many.

Facilities at its two terminals - North and South - are good, particularly for those who count shopping as part of the airport experience but its growing popularity is also Gatwick's biggest problem.

Now the sixth busiest international airport in the world it operates all flights from a single runway and is crying out for more capacity. As for hotels facilities some Gatwick car parks retain a few places for late arrivals or people who simply arrive on the day.