We will be laying over at Heathrow at the end of April with 4 1/2 hours to spend outside the airport. It will be a Sunday afternoon from 13:00 to 17:30.
What can we realistically travel to see or do in the London area?
Does the express train to Paddington get us near anything of interest?
Or any other suggestion...
Posted by
Land of La
9263 posts
Windsor maybe.
The Express gets you to Paddington Station and Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens is a 10 minute walk to get to.
Entrance near Lancaster Gate Station will take you into the Italian Gardens and the Serpentine..
But in reality you shouldn't leave Heathrow.
Posted by
Ontario, Canada
4657 posts
These days my flights are rarely on time. If you leave the airport you have to do all the security coming and going. Not worth it.
Posted by
OP
6 posts
Thanks Claudia and Marie, I thought that might be the case!
Posted by
OP
6 posts
Sorry,
*Maria
Posted by
Queens, NYC
572 posts
I think this is unfortunately in that window of "too short to leave the airport, too long to not get a little bored" layovers. Then again, depending on where you are coming from and going to, you may have less time to sit around in Heathrow than you think! (If you are connecting on to a UK or Ireland flight, you will clear passport control in London, and if your first flight comes from anywhere else besides the UK you will have to clear a security screening.)
Posted by
Paris
10288 posts
Is the 13:00 when your flight arrives and the 17:30 when your second flight departs, or have you already subtracted time for arriving, getting through passport control and out of the airport and then returning and getting back through security and the airport?
Posted by
San Franciso Bay Area, USA
1035 posts
I agree with the other posters, it is really a short window to leave Heathrow. Don't know what terminal you are arriving/departing, but here is a good article on things to do when you have a layover: https://www.sleepinginairports.net/layovers/things-to-do-on-layover-london-heathrow-airport.htm.