Country hotel near gatwick with restaurants and golf course close to gatwick airport copthorne hotel effingham gatwick puts you about 55 miles southeast of gatwick airport once a victorian country house it is now a hotel with a golf course set across 40 acres of park land london or brighton from gatwick airport you can catch a train and be in central london in 30 minutes or head south on the train and youll be in seaside brighton in the same amount of time for cotton candy and fairgr