Car hire and driving in Woking
Driving distances to the cities around, the rules that change at the border, and where to compare rental prices.
In United Kingdom traffic drives on the left. Picking up at LHR means 18 km (11 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1061257 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3086706.
Drives from Woking
| Route | Country | Distance | Estimated time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woking to Sutton | United Kingdom | 25 km (16 mi) | about 23 min |
| Woking to Reading | United Kingdom | 32 km (20 mi) | about 30 min |
| Woking to Croydon | United Kingdom | 33 km (20 mi) | about 30 min |
| Woking to Harrow | United Kingdom | 33 km (20 mi) | about 30 min |
| Woking to Crawley | United Kingdom | 35 km (22 mi) | about 32 min |
| Woking to City of Westminster | United Kingdom | 35 km (22 mi) | about 32 min |
| Woking to London | United Kingdom | 37 km (23 mi) | about 34 min |
| Woking to High Wycombe | United Kingdom | 37 km (23 mi) | about 34 min |
| Woking to Basingstoke | United Kingdom | 37 km (23 mi) | about 34 min |
| Woking to Watford | United Kingdom | 39 km (24 mi) | about 36 min |
| Woking to Islington | United Kingdom | 40 km (25 mi) | about 36 min |
| Woking to Tottenham | United Kingdom | 46 km (29 mi) | about 43 min |
| Woking to Berlin | Germany | 966 km (600 mi) | about 14 h 44 min |
| Woking to Madrid | Spain | 1,236 km (768 mi) | about 18 h 51 min |
| Woking to Rome | Italy | 1,443 km (897 mi) | about 22 h 1 min |
| Woking to Paris | France | 344 km (214 mi) | about 5 h 15 min |
| Woking to Hamburg | Germany | 756 km (470 mi) | about 11 h 32 min |
| Woking to Budapest | Hungary | 1,475 km (917 mi) | about 22 h 30 min |
| Woking to Warsaw | Poland | 1,482 km (921 mi) | about 22 h 36 min |
| Woking to Vienna | Austria | 1,261 km (784 mi) | about 19 h 14 min |
Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.
Where to compare car hire
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Common questions
Which side of the road do they drive on in Woking?
The left, as everywhere in United Kingdom.
How are the journey times on this page worked out?
From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.