Knightsbridge Chauffeur Hire

Knightsbridge runs along the southern edge of Hyde Park, from Hyde Park Corner west towards the Brompton Road. It is denser and more international than Belgravia next door, and busier on foot than almost anywhere in SW1. The residential streets behind it — Lowndes Square, Montpelier Square, Wilton Place — are calm within a minute's walk of the crowds. Our passengers here are usually shopping, meeting for lunch, or staying in one of the hotels along the park and moving between the two.

Brompton Road and Sloane Street are heavily restricted for stopping, and the pavements are far too busy for a leisurely loading of bags. Hans Crescent and Basil Street work better for a discreet set-down, and Hans Road takes a saloon comfortably. Knightsbridge sits just outside the congestion charge zone, which begins at Grosvenor Place a few hundred metres east, so a day spent locally often incurs no charge at all. The park's carriage drives close for events and are never a dependable shortcut.

What people travel for here is straightforward: the department stores of Brompton Road, the fashion houses that line Sloane Street from the Knightsbridge end down towards Sloane Square, and the smaller boutiques of Beauchamp Place and Walton Street. A shopping chauffeur changes the shape of the day entirely — purchases go into the boot between stops rather than being carried, and the car reappears at the door when you are finished rather than being hunted for on a wet pavement.

Heathrow from Knightsbridge is usually 40 to 70 minutes, taking the Cromwell Road westbound on to the M4, which is one of the more direct runs from a central address. Gatwick is typically 65 to 100 minutes. For London City, allow 40 to 65 minutes across the river or through Westminster. If you are flying privately from Farnborough, the A3 and M3 route is often kinder on a weekday morning than anything heading west.