At Car Hire Search we cover approximately 235 UK locations making it one of our most popular countries. The major car hire companies in the UK are Avis, Thrifty, Budget and Alamo. All of these companies rates can be compared in a single quote.

The most popular UK car hire locations are the UK airports – London Heathrow, London Gatwick and London Stansted.

Heathrow is the UK’s largest airport and the UK’s busiest. As you would expect there are extensive car hire services on site from Hertz, Avis, Europcar, National, Alamo, Enterprise and Budget. The car hire desks are located in T1, T2, T3 and T4. Guy Salmon also provide prestige car rental services in Terminal 1. If exiting the Heathrow terminal the M25 is accessible from terminals 4 and 5.

The UK’s second busiest airport is Gatwick. Gatwick handles charter airlines which do not operate at Heathrow. It has two terminals know as the ‘North Terminal’ and ‘South Terminal’.

Stansted is popular as it is a large hub for budget airlines such as Ryanair and Easyjet who use the airport as their UK base. The car rental companies on site at Stansted Airport are Hertz, Budget, Avis, Europcar, National and Alamo.

When driving in the UK it is important to remember that the UK is one of the few countries that drive on the left hand side of the road. All passengers must wear seatbelts and speed limits are to be observed. If you have an EEC driving license or a driving license on the UK governments list of designated countries you will be permitted to drive on that license (providing it is valid).