Places to stay near Heathrow

Take a look at Premier Inn on Bath road, they can have good rates if you book in advance.

Any hotel on the "Heathrow Hotel Hoppa" would be fine. If you go to this site, and click on the "Pick ups and drop offs" for your terminal, you can see the list of hotels that are served by the Hoppa bus. You could also consider staying in London along the Piccadilly line and taking the tube to the airport. Alternatively you could stay at Paddington and take the Heathrow Express. I often stay near Earls Court (45 minutes by tube) when flying out of Heathrow. Staying in London lets one to enjoy the evening in London.

Thanks for the great help!!

I have stayed at the Ibis hotel. Room was small but serviceable, clean, not pricey, very friendly bar staff. The regular public busses go from there to lhr for free. Don't pay for the Hoppa. Look at www.londontoolkit.com about Lhr transport and you can see what bus to take and where as well as a list of airport hotels. There were 3 or 4 different busses that went by the hotel. I got on with no waiting both from Heathrow central and from the hotel back to the airport. Very easy!

I have stayed here a couple of times. There are two good pubs close by.
http://heathrowlodge.com/Heathrowlodge.html