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Airports by rail, with Holiday Extras, who I work for. I am not making a commission on this (damn).

To take advantage of the best prices you will need to prove you are a leisure traveller, on the way to gatwick airport, so you will need to give either your flight details or your holiday booking reference. I don't think you will need to provide this when you arrive at clacton-on-sea station but you may be asked to give them on your travels from clacton-on-sea station to gatwick airport.

Going to gatwick airport by train is great, you can take a nap, read a book (even at night), play travel scrabble, or just gaze out of the window... The other restriction to buying these cheap train tickets from the station to gatwick airport is that there must be at least two grown ups travelling together. But another great advantage is that children go free. All children under five go free, and then one child over 5 but under 16 per adult travelling on the train to gatwick airport.

make sure you leave enough time to get to gatwick airport early enough to eat, shop etc, so check the times of trains from clacton-on-sea station before you go. If you have time to kill at gatwick airport you can always read or play a game again! As you have bought your train ticket in advance, you don't need to worry about the opening hours of clacton-on-sea station.

Or maybe you meant

• Birmingham airport
• Glasgow International airport
• Luton airport
• Manchester airport
• Newcastle airport
• Stansted airport