Copthorne Hotel London Gatwick
The Copthorne Hotel London Gatwick sits on Copthorne Way in the West Sussex village of Copthorne (RH10 3PG), three miles from London Gatwick Airport. East Grinstead and Uckfield MP Mims Davies named it in a written question of 2 February 2026 asking how many asylum seekers at the hotel were single males and how many were family groups. The Home Office answered on 5 February 2026 without giving figures[1]GOV.UK.
Last confirmed in asylum use: February 2026 (Mims Davies MP's written question, not confirmed by the Home Office)[1]
Background
The Copthorne Hotel London Gatwick is a four-star Millennium and Copthorne hotel on Copthorne Way, RH10 3PG, three miles from Gatwick. It is a separate property from the Copthorne Effingham Park on West Park Road, profiled separately on this site as an Afghan resettlement site.
Statements by the local MP about “the Copthorne Hotel” do not say which of the two Copthorne hotels she means, so this page does not attach them to this hotel. Her written question of 2 February 2026 is the one source that names it. The hotel’s own website says it is not accepting reservation requests for accommodation[3].
The MP’s written question
In a written question of 2 February 2026, Mims Davies MP asked how many asylum seekers at the Copthorne Hotel London Gatwick were single males and how many were family groups. The Home Office answered on 5 February 2026 without giving figures[1]GOV.UK. The Home Office has not confirmed the site’s use, and no other source we have checked says who is housed here.
The August 2025 demonstration
The Sussex Express published photo coverage of a demonstration outside the Copthorne Hotel London Gatwick on 10 August 2025, in an article about protests at asylum hotels across the UK. The article does not itself say who is housed at the hotel[2]Press.
Cost analysis
No resident number has been published for the Copthorne Hotel London Gatwick, so no nightly or annual cost is estimated for it here.
Timeline
Timeline
Earlier
Operates as a four-star Millennium and Copthorne hotel and conference venue
10 Aug 2025
Sussex Express photo coverage of a demonstration outside the hotel
In an article dated 10 August 2025 about protests at asylum hotels across the UK.
2 Feb 2026
Named in a written question
Mims Davies MP asks how many asylum seekers at the hotel are single males and how many are family groups.
5 Feb 2026
Home Office answers without figures
The answer gives no numbers and does not confirm the site.
Sources
- Written question 110031: asylum seekers at the Copthorne Hotel London Gatwick · UK Parliament (Mims Davies MP), 2 Feb 2026
Written question asking how many asylum seekers at the Copthorne Hotel London Gatwick are single males and how many are family groups. The Home Office answered on 5 February 2026 without giving figures. It is the one source that names this building with asylum seekers.
- Demonstration held outside hotel at West Sussex village as asylum hotel protests take place across UK · Sussex Express, Aug 2025
Sussex Express photo coverage of a demonstration outside the Copthorne Hotel London Gatwick, in an article dated 10 August 2025 about protests at asylum hotels across the UK. The article does not itself say who is housed at the hotel.
- Copthorne Hotel London Gatwick · Millennium Hotels, Accessed 29 Sep 2026
The hotel's own website gives the address as Copthorne Way, Copthorne, West Sussex RH10 3PG and says the hotel is not accepting reservation requests for accommodation. It says nothing about who is housed there. The page is undated.