Befitting of being a commercial hub and one of the busiest cities of the world, London has five airports. These, namely Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted, Luton and London City Airport, provide apt air-transportation to the Londoners as well as to people from all over the world. Car parking in all these airports are provided by quite a few parking service providers. We enumerate below the facilities provided at each of London's airports for car parking and allied requirements.

London City Airport

The London City airport offers Short term, Long term and Disabled parking facilities. Both of the Short Term Parking area and the Long Term parking area are located near the terminal in walking distance. There are also special reserve bays for disabled users.

Gatwick Airport

The Gatwick Airport has two terminals- North and South. Both the terminals have long term and short term car parks. If you wish to park for more than five hours, it is advisable to opt for the long term parking, which will be cheaper in comparison. The Gatwick Airport also has a separate business parking and a disables parking too. The short term, long term and business parking are inter-connected.

The short term car parks at Gatwick serve both arrivals and departures. The long term car parks are connected to the terminals via twenty-four hour bus service. Courtesy coaches are available at the long term parking areas. Business parking is available at the short term car parks in form of Fast Track parking. Users availing Fast Track parking are also provided with valet services.

The long term parking services at Gatwick are offered by two companies. So while availing the courtesy coaches, users must make sure to avail the right bus to collect their respective vehicles.

Heathrow Airport

Heathrow Airport in London has four types of car parking - short stay, long stay, business and valet parking. The four terminals of Heathrow have their own short stay car parks, which are comparatively expensive. Among them Terminal 1 has separate car parks for arrival and departure.

The Business car parks for terminals one, two and three are located on the Northern Perimeter Road. Frequent bus services are offered from all three parking lots to the three terminals. Terminal four has a business car park of its own, located on the Southern Perimeter Road.

Located on the Eastern Perimeter Road, the long stay car park serves all the four terminals. Free bus services are available for the major part of the day.

Valet parking facility is available in all the four terminals. A driver awaits you at the terminal forecourt and parks your car. Upon arrival, you will find your car waiting for you.

Stansted Airport

Apart from the regular short sty and long stay, London Stansted offers a mid stay parking. The short stay parking is in front of the terminal. The terminal can be accessed via the subway and then by ramp, lift or escalator.

The long stay car park is a fifteen minutes ride in the free bus, near the airport vehicle entrance.

The mid-stay car park offers more access time than short stay and lesser than long stay. The daily rates are cheaper compared to that of the short stay parking.

Stansted is comfortable for disabled users as there are bays in the car parks and wheelchair lifts and tracking in the airport buses.

Luton Airport

Luton Airport offers Long term, short term and mid term car parking facilities. There are also options of disables parking and priority parking. While availing priority parking, the user should not leave the car unattended.

All the airports and ways to the airport terminals have signs to guide the user to access the service one is looking for. A number of companies take care of the car parking services in the different airports. Information about these service providers, rules and regulations and price charts are available on the Internet.