Car Rental in the UK
UK Car Rental Guide
Why Rent a Car in the UK?
The United Kingdom is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This island country is known for its stunning architecture, unique food scene and beautiful rolling hills. Each country has its own character and offers travelers a unique vacation experiece.
Renting a car in the UK gives you the freedom to explore big cities and surrounding countryside at your own pace. Enterprise Rent-A-Car has 20+ airport branches conveniently located in both international and domestic airport terminals across the UK, many are open 24/7. There are also over 100 neighborhood locations for visitors looking to explore cities, country sides, and the coasts of the UK. Travel conveniently and easily between towns and experience more of what this beautiful country has to offer. Some popular locations include:
Explore Scotland
Visit Glasgow, Scotland's largest city that's known for its architecture, music scene, football club rivalries and beautiful rolling hills. Or take a drive to Inverness, the gateway to the Scottish Highlands - all within a four-hour drive from Glasgow.
Explore England
Walk through London, the city that's home to iconic landmarks such as Big Ben, Tower Bridge and the London Eye. Or take the incredible A39 road, also referred to as ‘The Atlantic Highway’, to Cornwall to see some of the UK's most beautiful beaches.
Explore Wales
Walk around Cardiff, a virbrant and diverse city that's fast-paced and full of exciting attractions. Even though it's surrounded by thick Roman walls, the inside is ornately decorated with gilded ceilings, stained glass, wood carvings and intricate detailing.
Explore Northern Ireland
Known for its breathtaking coastline and natural wonders, Northern Ireland is filled with some of the most beautiful towns in the UK. Travel to Bangor for sandy beaches and historic buildings, or take time to visit Coleraine to see marvelous mountains.
UK Car Rental FAQs
What is the minimum age to rent a car in the UK?
To rent a vehicle in the UK, the minimum age is 25. Drivers over 30 years-old can rent full-size MPVs, premium vehicles/exotic cars and Luton vans (similar to box/commercial trucks in the US.)
What do I need to rent a car in the UK?
To rent a car in the UK, you'll need:
- Driver's license
- Valid ID (Driver’s license or passport can be used; for non-EU visitors, an International Driver Permit is required if your license is not written in English.)
- International travelers must also show passport, proof of return travel & residency information
- Credit or debit card. (Debit cards will require an ID and address verification.
Do I need to purchase insurance or protection products with my rental?
No. When renting a car in the UK, you don't need to purchase insurance as we provide a damage waiver included in the cost of your car rental. You have the option to purchase additional protection products to reduce the excess further to give you peace of mind.
Can I rent a car one-way in the UK?
Enterprise customers may rent a car in the UK and drop it off at a different domestic location. Cross-border travel is available, although there are some restrictions and fees. For additional information, please start a reservation above.
Top Driving Tips in the UK
When driving in the UK, there a few key things to remember:
- In emergencies, dial 112 or 999 to contact the police, ambulance or fire services.
- In the United Kingdom, you drive on the left. Make sure you remember to give priority from the right and enter roundabouts clockwise – there are a lot of them all over the country.
- Unless specified otherwise, the speed limit in cities and built-up areas is 30mph with certain areas signposted 20mph. ‘A roads’ usually range from 40mph to the national speed limit of 60mph and Motorways are limited to 70mph.
- UK’s road network is full of smart motorways that adjust speed limits automatically. They also measure how fast you travel between certain checkpoints and inform authorities if you exceeded the maximum speed limit for the segment.
- Motorways near main cities, such as the M25 ring road of London, the M1 and the M6 become congested during peak time hours. Allow for extra time when planning your road trips, especially during national holidays in the summer when many people head for the coasts.
- Certain motorways, bridges and tunnels in the UK have tolls that are either payable online and use license plate scanners, or at gates using spare change and contactless cards.
- Rural coastal roads and some in-land roads can get very tight and often have stone fences on each side (especially in Cornwall), so be cautious of oncoming traffic on tight turns where visibility is obstructed.
Check out our UK Driving Tips for additional information that will help you make the most of your visit to this great and scenic country.
UK Car Rental Locations
Top Cities
- Aberdeen
- Armagh
- Bangor
- Bath
- Bedfordshire
- Belfast
- Berkshire
- Birmingham
- Bradford
- Brighton and Hove
- Bristol
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridge
- Cambridgeshire
- Canterbury
- Cardiff
- Carlisle
- Cheltenham
- Cheshire
- Chester
- Chichester
- Cornwall
- Coventry
- Croydon
- Cumbria
- Derby
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Doncaster
- Dorset
- Dundee
- Durham
- East London
- East Midlands
- Edinburgh
- Ely
- Essex
- Exeter
- Gatwick
- Gatwick Airport
- Glasgow
- Gloucester
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Heathrow
- Hereford
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Hounslow
- Inverness
- Ipswitch
- Isle Of Wight
- Kent
- Kingston upon Hull
- Lancashire
- Lancaster
- Leeds
- Leicester
- Leicestershire
- Lichfield
- Lincoln
- Lincolnshire
- Lisburn
- Liverpool
- London
- London Airports
- Londonderry
- Luton
- Manchester
- Newcastle
- Newport
- Newry
- Norfolk
- Northampton
- Northamptonshire
- North London
- Northumberland
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- Peterborough
- Plymouth
- Portsmouth
- Preston
- Reading
- Ripon
- Romford
- Salford
- Salisbury
- Sheffield
- Shropshire
- Slough
- Somerset
- Southampton
- South London
- Staffordshire
- St Albans
- Stansted
- St Davids
- Stirling
- Stoke On Trent
- Suffolk
- Sunderland
- Surrey
- Sussex
- Swansea
- Truro
- Tyne and Wear
- Wakefield
- Warwickshire
- Watford
- Wells
- West London
- Westminster
- Winchester
- Wolverhampton
- Worcester
- York
- Yorkshire
- Tips for Driving in the UK
Airport Locations
- Aberdeen International Airport
- Belfast City Airport
- Belfast International Airport
- Birmingham Airport
- Birmingham Airport, United Kingdom
- Bristol Airport
- Cardiff Airport
- Cardiff Airport
- City of Derry Airport
- East Midlands Airport
- Edinburgh Airport
- Exeter Airport
- Glasgow Airport
- Inverness Airport
- Leeds Bradford Airport
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport
- London Gatwick Airport
- London Heathrow Airport
- London Luton Airport
- London Stansted Airport
- Manchester Airport
- Newcastle International Airport
- Southampton Airport
Neighborhood Locations
- Accrington
- Aldershot
- Alton
- Altrincham
- Andover
- Andover
- Ashford
- Ashington
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Aston
- Aylesbury
- Ayr
- Bamber Bridge
- Banbury
- Banbury
- Bangor
- Barnet
- Barnsley
- Barnstaple
- Barnstaple
- Barrow
- Basildon
- Basingstoke
- Bath
- Beckenham
- Bedfont
- Bedford
- Bedford South
- Belfast Boucher Rd.
- Belfast Mallusk
- Bexhill
- Bicester
- Birkenhead
- Birtley
- Bishop Auckland
- Bishops Stortford
- Blackburn
- Blackpool
- Bletchley
- Bodmin
- Bodmin
- Bognor
- Bolton
- Bootle
- Boston
- Bournemouth
- Bracknell
- Braintree
- Bridgend
- Bridgend
- Bridgwater
- Brierley Hill
- Brighton
- Brighton Portslade
- Bristol St. George
- Broadstairs
- Bromsgrove
- Burnley
- Burton-on-Trent
- Bury
- Bury St Edmunds
- Buxton
- Camberley
- Cambridge Histon
- Cannock
- Cannock
- Canterbury
- Cardiff Roath
- Cardiff Roath
- Cardiff Train Station
- Carmarthen
- Castleford
- Caterham
- Chatham
- Cheadle Heald Green
- Chelmsford
- Chester
- Chesterfield
- Chesterfield
- Chichester
- Chippenham
- Chipping Sodbury
- Chorley
- Christchurch
- Christchurch
- Cirencester
- Clacton-on-Sea
- Colchester
- Congleton
- Corby
- Coventry West
- Crawley
- Crewe
- Cwmbran
- Darlington
- Dartford
- Daventry Nationwide Accident Repair
- Derby Pride Park
- Dereham
- Dewsbury
- Didcot
- Didsbury
- Docklands
- Doncaster Hyde Park
- Doncaster North
- Dorchester
- Dorking
- Dover
- Downtown Aberdeen
- Downtown Belfast
- Downtown Birmingham
- Downtown Birmingham
- Downtown Bradford
- Downtown Bristol
- Downtown Bristol
- Downtown Cambridge
- Downtown Cardiff
- Downtown Cheltenham
- Downtown Edinburgh
- Downtown Glasgow
- Downtown High Wycombe
- Downtown Ipswich
- Downtown Leeds
- Downtown Liverpool
- Downtown Norwich
- Downtown Nottingham
- Downtown Peterborough
- Downtown Plymouth
- Downtown Plymouth
- Downtown Reading
- Downtown Sheffield
- Downtown Swansea
- Downtown Swansea
- Downtown Watford
- Downtown York
- Downtown York
- Dudley
- Dumfries
- Dundee
- Dundee West
- Dunfermline
- Durham
- Earlsfield
- Eastbourne
- East Carlisle
- East High Wycombe
- East Hull
- East Leeds
- Eastleigh
- Eastleigh
- East Slough
- East Southampton Bitterne
- Edinburgh Corstorphine
- Edinburgh Leith
- Edinburgh Waverley Train Station
- Elgin
- Ellesmere Port
- Enfield
- Epsom
- Erdington
- Erdington
- Fareham
- Farnborough
- Ferndown
- Finchley
- Galashiels
- Gillingham
- Glasgow Rutherglen
- Glasgow Springburn
- Glasgow Tradeston
- Gloucester
- Grantham
- Gravesend
- Grays
- Great Yarmouth
- Grimsby
- Grimsby
- Guildford
- Halifax
- Hamilton
- Hanworth
- Harlow
- Harold Wood
- Harrogate
- Harrow
- Hartlepool
- Haslemere
- Hatfield
- Haywards Heath
- Hazel Grove
- Hemel Hempstead
- Hereford
- Heswall
- Hexham
- Hinckley
- Holyhead
- Horsham
- Hounslow
- Hove
- Huddersfield
- Huntingdon
- Hyde
- Inverness
- Ipswich South
- Isle Of Wight Newport
- Keighley
- Kendal
- Kidderminster
- Kidderminster
- Kilmarnock
- King's Lynn
- King's Lynn
- Kingston upon Thames
- Kirkcaldy
- Knaresborough
- Knotty Ash
- Leamington Spa
- Leamington Spa
- Leicester Downtown
- Leicester South
- Leigh
- Leigh-on-Sea
- Leighton Buzzard
- Lichfield
- Lichfield
- Lincoln South
- Little Hulton
- Liverpool Speke
- Livingston
- Llandudno Junction
- Llanelli
- London Bow
- London Brentford
- London Hammersmith
- London Ilford
- London Kingsbury
- London Lewisham
- London Paddington Train Station
- London Park Lane
- London Park Royal
- London Peckham
- London Russell Square
- London Sydenham
- London Thornton Heath
- London Tower Bridge
- London Waterloo
- London Waterloo Train Station
- London West Croydon
- London West Hampstead
- London Weybridge
- Loughborough
- Loughborough
- Lowestoft
- Luton
- Macclesfield
- Maidstone
- Manchester Piccadilly
- Manchester Piccadilly
- Mansfield
- Mansfield
- Marylebone
- Melton Mowbray
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Middlesbrough
- Milford Haven
- Milford Haven
- Milton Keynes
- Monmouth
- Morecambe
- Motherwell Carfin
- Newark-on-Trent
- Newark-on-Trent
- Newbury
- Newbury
- Newcastle Byker
- Newcastle Scotswood Rd.
- Newcastle Train Station
- New Malden
- Newport
- Newport
- Newport Pagnell
- Newton Abbot
- Newton Abbot
- North Aberdeen
- Northallerton
- Northampton
- North Bradford
- North Bristol Henbury
- North Bristol Henbury
- North Coventry
- North Derby
- North Exeter
- Northwest Cheltenham
- Northwich
- North Wolverhampton
- Norwich North
- Nottingham Downtown
- Nottingham Ilkeston
- Nottingham North
- Nottingham Redhill
- Nottingham Train Station
- Nottingham Train Station
- Nuneaton
- Nuneaton
- Oldham
- Omagh
- Oswestry
- Oxford Botley
- Oxford Botley
- Oxford Cowley
- Oxford Cowley
- Oxford Kidlington
- Paisley
- Palmers Green
- Penrith
- Penryn
- Penzance
- Penzance
- Perth
- Peterborough East
- Plymouth North
- Plympton
- Pontypridd
- Pontypridd
- Poole
- Poole
- Portadown
- Portsmouth Southsea
- Preston
- Redditch
- Rochdale
- Romford
- Ross-on-Wye
- Rotherham
- Royston
- Rugby
- Salford
- Salford Quays
- Salisbury
- Salisbury
- Scarborough
- Scunthorpe
- Selby
- SEVENOAKS
- Sheffield Handsworth
- Sheffield Hillsborough
- Sheffield Hillsborough
- Sheffield Meadowhall
- Sheldon
- Shiremoor
- Shirley
- Shirley
- Shrewsbury
- Shrewsbury
- Sidcup
- Sittingbourne
- Skelmersdale
- South Aberdeen
- Southall
- Southampton Central Docks
- South Bradford
- South Bristol Bedminster
- South Bristol Bedminster
- South Coventry
- South Croydon
- Southend-on-Sea
- South Exeter
- South Exeter
- South Leeds
- Southport
- South Reading
- South Worcester
- Spalding
- Spring Hill
- Spring Hill
- St. Albans
- St. Helens
- Stafford
- Stafford
- Stevenage
- Stirchley
- Stirchley
- Stirling
- Stockport
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Stoke Hanley
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Stourbridge
- Stourbridge
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- Sudbury
- Sunderland
- Sutton Coldfield
- Swansea Morriston
- Swansea Morriston
- Tamworth
- Tamworth
- Taunton
- Taunton
- Team Valley
- Telford
- Thetford
- Thornton Cleveleys
- Tonbridge
- Tonypandy
- Torquay
- Torquay
- Trowbridge
- Trowbridge
- Truro
- Truro
- Tyseley
- Uckfield
- Urmston
- Uxbridge
- Wakefield
- Walsall
- Walsall Wood
- Waltham Abbey
- Warrington
- Warwick
- Waterlooville
- Watford Penning's Auto
- Wednesbury
- Wednesbury
- Wellingborough
- Welwyn Garden City
- Wembley North
- West Boldon
- West Bromwich
- West Hull Hessle
- West Leeds
- Weston-super-Mare
- Weston-super-Mare
- West Reading
- West Slough
- West Southampton
- West Southampton
- West Swindon
- Whitehaven
- Widnes
- Wigan
- Wimbledon
- Winchester
- Winchester
- Woking
- Wokingham
- Wolverhampton Downtown
- Woolwich
- Worksop
- Worthing
- Wrexham Rhosrobin
- Yeovil
- Yeovil