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Best way to get back to London from North Wales?

Posted by (spokane, washington, USA) on

What's the best way to get back to London from North Wales? Train? Air?

Our family will be staying in London for four nights, then probably taking the Virgin train to Llandudno Junction. We'll rent a car and drive around the North shore and possibly the Northwest coast area...going no further south than Barmouth and/or Lake Vyrnwy area. Since we'll be flying home to the U.S. out of Heathrow, we'll need to get back to London. The train from London to Llandudno is supposed to take about four hours. What are some suggestions i.e. train or plane to get from the North/Midlands area back to London.???

All suggestions welcome!

Thank you!

Posted by
1014 posts

Why not drive back to Heathrow and turn your car in there? If driving in London worries you, then drive to a town close to London and turn in your car and train/bus the rest of the way. Taking the train/bus back sounds like a lot of unloading and reloading of luggage to me. I would drive to Heathrow. What time does your flight leave? When I drove there, we got to Heathrow at 4:30 AM and there was almost no traffic anywhere. Our flight left at 7:30AM.

Posted by
3 posts

That seems like way too long and too far a drive for me, especially on day-of-flight. Good suggestion, though.

Posted by
16276 posts

Train. There's no air service in the area. The three closest airports--Liverpool, Birmingham and Cardiff do not offer flights into any London airport.

Posted by
497 posts

You could fly from Manchester, but by the time you'd got to and from the airport and cleared security the train would be just as quick and more pleasant.

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