With a number of outstanding destinations for shopping near Gatwick Airport, there really is no need to travel into London to find some of the best and most enjoyable places to indulge a little retail therapy.
For those exploring the local area, there's much more than duty free to be found nestling in the charming alleyways and streets near the airport. Places such as Lewes, Arundel, Dorking, and The Lanes in Brighton full of fascinating independent boutiques, to the well healed streets of Guildford, Chichester, Royal Tunbridge Wells and Windsor.
The gleaming shopping centres at Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth, Bluewater in Kent and the Bicester Shopping Village will have ‘shop-aholics’ and browsers feeling very at home shopping in the South East. So treat a loved one, or yourself, to a unique momento of your trip. Each of these shopping centres is easily accessible from Gatwick Airport by car or train.
The town of Crawley is just a couple of miles south of Gatwick Aiport and is an ideal location for gifts, essential holiday items and local Sussex produce. The County Mall Shopping Centre consists of more than 90 high street names while the town centre hosts weekly markets.
Shopping is also available at the aiport itself with many bargains to be had with well known brands and designer products available in shops at Gatwick's south terminal and north terminal.