Tolworth Tower, the 1960s office block that rises above the A3, has been a landmark for drivers heading in and out of London for sixty years, and the land around it is earmarked for new homes. Below it, the Kingston bypass dips under the Tolworth roundabout, and the traffic that flows through it carries half of south-west London to the M25. Tolworth itself is a suburb of 1930s houses, schools and parks on the edge of Surbiton. Minibus hire Tolworth customers book is mostly Heathrow and Gatwick runs, school trips and family events, all planned around the A3.
Tolworth sits in the south of Kingston borough, between Surbiton, Berrylands, Hook and Worcester Park, with the A3 running through it. From our base in SE1, it's about forty-five minutes to an hour outside the rush hour, straight down the A3.
Minibus hire Tolworth for Heathrow runs
Heathrow is about twenty-five to thirty-five minutes from Tolworth outside the rush hour, via the A3 and the M25, or through Kingston and Hampton Court when the M25 is jammed. Gatwick is about thirty-five to forty minutes, via the A3 and the M25. For families heading on holiday, a minibus from the door with room for every suitcase is easier than the train from Tolworth or Surbiton and a change.
Send us the flight details and we'll set a pickup that leaves room for the Tolworth underpass on a bad morning. For the return, the driver will track the flight and be at arrivals. Minibus hire Tolworth families book for a summer holiday often includes both legs, booked together.
School trips and team travel
Tolworth Girls' School, the primary schools of Tolworth and Berrylands and the schools of Surbiton and Hook book us for museum visits, swimming, sports fixtures and residential trips. Hampton Court Palace is about fifteen minutes away, Kew Gardens about twenty-five and the South Kensington museums about fifty.
The team rides out with its bags and coaches, and the driver hangs on for the final score before the trip home. For a term of fixtures, the dates can be booked together.
Residential trips need more planning. For a Year 6 week at an outdoor centre in Surrey or Sussex, we'll take the class, the staff and the kit on the Monday and collect on the Friday, and the luggage space matters as much as the seats.
Parks and family days
Tolworth Court Farm Fields, a nature reserve on the old farmland along the Hogsmill River, has meadows and hedgerows that suit a school nature walk, and Alexandra Recreation Ground and the King George's Field have pitches and playgrounds. Chessington World of Adventures is about ten minutes south, and Thorpe Park and Legoland are about thirty minutes.
Families and youth groups book us for days out, with the driver dropping at the venue and coming back at the agreed time. Birthday parties heading to Chessington often ask us to collect children from several homes on the way, and we'll plan the loop so nobody waits long on the pavement.
Family events and the Broadway
Tolworth Broadway has shops, restaurants and takeaways, and families book us for birthdays, christenings and weddings, with guests collected from homes across Tolworth, Berrylands and Hook and taken to churches, halls and venues across Kingston and Surrey. Wedding parties at the golf clubs and country hotels around Epsom and Leatherhead, fifteen to twenty minutes south, are a regular booking too. Funerals at Kingston Cemetery and the crematorium on Bonner Hill Road are another, with mourners collected from homes in Tolworth and Hook and taken on to the wake afterwards at a pub or church hall, and the driver will keep a low profile and follow the funeral director's timings.
Business parks and offices
The offices and business parks around Tolworth and the A3, and the new homes planned around the tower and the station, bring teams and residents who book us for away days, client visits and airport runs. For corporate bookings, we'll agree the pickup at the building's entrance, and a team heading to a client in the City or Canary Wharf can work in the back on the way.
The A3 at Tolworth
The A3 Kingston bypass is fast outside the rush hour, but the Tolworth junction, where it meets the A240 and the Broadway above the underpass, is one of the slowest junctions in south-west London at peak times. An incident on the A3 or the M25 can back traffic up for miles. Tolworth Broadway and Ewell Road are busy with buses. For early flights, the A3 is usually clear before six, but for anything after seven, we'll build in a margin. The driver will wait on a residential road nearby, because the Broadway has nowhere safe to stop.
For minibus hire in Tolworth, call 020 7183 0567.