Copthorne Hotel London Gatwick

Don't whatever you do give them a credit card when you register. (Ideally don't even stay there.) They'll not only invent charges but you get no come back either. I wrote to the manager and got no reply. I wrote to the Area Manager and he was rude to me. I wrote to the CEO of the company and he ignored me. And this was the first night of my Honeymoon! I would rather sleep in Gatwick Airport than stay at this poorly run rip-off of a hotel. And while all of the rooms are on the ground floor, it means that most people will have a long walk to get from their room to anywhere else in the hotel. ...

I stayed in this hotel last week for two nights as part of a residential training program. The hotel is a short Taxi ride from Gatwick airport (costs about £7.50) and they also have their own shuttle bus but that comes around every hour (although it only costs £2). The hotel itself is built around a 16th century farm house (hence the title). Obviously they have built around and extended this farm house. There are conference rooms as well as a restaurant and a bar. Since it used to be a farm house, the land area is huge and I quite enjoyed the fact that it was not your usual business hotel (a huge pile of concrete sorrounded by other huge piles ...