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ABOUT GATWICK BELMONT HOTEL

The Gatwick Belmont hotel, in Horley, West Sussex, was originally built in 1901 by a local doctor for his family home, it was named Mena House and then many years later it was changed to a Guest House by Mr Gucci. Being in such close proximity to Gatwick Airport it soon turned in to a thriving business, in 1996 Kevin & Kathleen Hagerty purchased Belmont House with 7 letting bedrooms. Due to the increasing demand, they soon asked their son, Gary, to help run the hotel. The guest house became increasingly popular and was extended 4 times expanding the hotel to 18 bedrooms and a bar restaurant.

The name of the hotel was changed from Belmont House to Gatwick Belmont and is a registered company in the UK under Gatwick Belmont Ltd.

The hotel employs a team of 20 staff to cover the various shifts that make up 24 hours a day 7 days a week. All members of staff are trained in various aspects of the guest house’s operation to help Gatwick Belmont run as smoothly as possible. We pride ourselves on a friendly, professional service and our staff are always on hand to help with any requests you may have.

The Gatwick Belmont hotel holds:

Full Fire certificate
Fire Risk Assessment
Fire Alarm equipment
Fire Alarm equipment test certificates
Fire Training certificates for staff
Food Hygiene Inspection Certificates
Food Hygiene Certificates for kitchen staff
Better Food Safer Business risk assessment scheme
Portable Appliance Test Certificate
Gas Inspection Certificate
Full Premises Alcohol license
Personnel Alcohol license

Safety for customers and staff is our highest priority and all certificates can be viewed on request.

Visit our testimonials page to see what our customers thought of our hotel

FAMILY HISTORY

The Hagerty family became interested in buying a bed and breakfast close to Gatwick Airport due to their friendship with Graham and Rosie Everett who owned Gainsborough Lodge Guest House which is located just across the road.

They had run Gainsborough Lodge for a number of years and when another Gatwick B & B came up for sale The Castle Lodge Gatwick Graham put the owner in touch with the Hagerty family, the whole purchase process began and things were moving forward. But as is often the case with the UK property system the owners of the Castle Lodge Gazumped or pulled out on the final day and final hour which left the Hagerty family after selling there own family home no where to live and forced to rent a flat.

As is the case with many things in life luck was on there side, within weeks another property went up for sale – this time, The Gatwick Belmont Hotel – and everything went to plan. Soon after the purchase completed the expansion started to turn a small guest house in to a hotel and 20 years later this is what we have.

LOCATION

The Gatwick Belmont Hotel is located literally 5 minutes from Gatwick Airport and can be easily reached from the M25 then M23. There are also many train and coach services which arrive at Gatwick from other UK airports and London, and once you have arrived we can then collect from there up to 9pm (please see our pick up page for more information about our airport transfers).

We are also only a 5 minute walk form the local Sussex town of Horley which has a good selection of pubs, restaurants, banks, supermarkets, shops and the local train station with services to London or Brighton so you are not stranded at a location in the middle of nowhere.

THINGS TO DO

If you plan to stay a while in the area during your trip some main areas to visit are London and Brighton which are just 40 minutes away by train. Apart from the local town of Horley you can visit Crawley which is about 10 minutes away by train, bus or taxi which is a major shopping area with cinemas, bowling and even a Blue Square Premier League football team http://www.crawleytownfc.net/home.php

There are a range of leisure activities in the area of course golf is always popular just visit http://www.surreygolfguide.com/ to find local courses, please visit our things to do page for information.

WHAT TYPE OF CUSTOMERS STAY AT GATWICK BELMONT

There are numerous reasons why customers stay in the Gatwick Airport (LGW) vacnity – of course most of it is related to flying, many people book worldwide flights that only fly from Gatwick and not their local airports, so people have to drive from Cornwall, Devon, South Wales, Midlands or even from the North of England. Many customers even a lot closer will drive up the night before to avoid the risk of getting stuck in traffic and missing there flight also people from the Channel Islands who cant risk a connecting flight will stay the night in Gatwick.

We offer Gatwick Parking for all our customers while on holiday which they find a very convenient service especially with airport transfers which is actually closer than many of the off site Gatwick parking facilities.

American and Canadian customers have favoured the Gatwick Belmont Hotel there place to stay for many years, weather in-between flights, seeing family or visiting London and the South Coast. Many European customers use the Gatwick hotel due to LGW being a major hub for flights to the rest of the world.

Business travellers, people working or training in the area also find our Gatwick bed and breakfast accommodation rates very competitive while having to stay away from home and the cozy atmosphere creates a home from home feeling.

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