London Heathrow Airport Parking & Hotels

At A Glance

Airport Code LHR
Busiest international airport
Second busiest cargo port
UK's largest airport
67 million passengers a year

London’s premier airport and the UK’s largest and most busiest airport. Heathrow Airport is a multi terminal airport consisting of 5 terminals handling over 67 million passengers every year. Heathrow Airport is one of the world’s busiest airports and re fuelling airport for transatlantic flights. The recent opening of the Terminal 5 has been less than successful with thousands of passenger luggage separated from their owners. BAA the British Airlines Authority and owner of Heathrow Airport are confident that these problems will be resolved shortly.

Transport

Terminals 1, 2 and 3 at Heathrow Airport are within walking distance of each other, via underground walkways. Transfer between Terminals 1, 2 and 3 of Heathrow Airport, and Terminal 4, which is located on the south side of the airport, is free on the Heathrow Express train.

Terminals 1, 2 and 3 of Heathrow Airport can be reached via the M4, M25 and A4. Terminal 4 is reached via the M4, M25 and A30.

Numerous car parking options are available at Heathrow Airport, with each terminal having its own short-stay parking lot, operated by the airport itself. A free shuttle service travelling between the terminals and the long-term and business car parks is provided at Heathrow Airport. Valet parking is available at all the terminals of Heathrow Airport. Disabled drivers can request assistance from customer service staff at the car parks. Motorbikes can park free of charge at designated areas at each terminal.

The frequent Heathrow Express non-stop train service to London Paddington Station takes 15-20 minutes.  Paddington is served by mainline national rail routes to the west and south west of England, and is on the London Underground network. From London Victoria Station, served by the National Express service, passengers can connect with mainline train services to the south and east of England.

Underground: Heathrow Airport is also on the London Underground’s Piccadilly Line, which can take passengers into central London in 50 minutes.

Numerous local buses stop at the central bus station and Terminal 4 of Heathrow Airport. Bus services include National Express to London Victoria coach station. At night, the N9 bus service travels to central London from Heathrow Airport.
Coaches connect Heathrow Airport to more than 500 destinations throughout the UK. National Express is the major service provider.
London's licensed black cabs serve London Heathrow Airport and are available outside all the terminals.

Airport Facilities

Information desks are available in each terminal of Heathrow Airport.

There are ATMs and bureaux de change facilities throughout Heathrow Airport, as well as post offices in Terminals 2 and 4. There are public telephones in the main areas of each terminal, as well as wall-mounted pay fax machines. Wireless Internet access is available in the Departures lounges of all terminals.

There are numerous restaurants, bars, fast-food outlets, coffee shops, pubs and sandwich bars throughout Heathrow Airport, and a wide variety of shops in each terminal.

Left-luggage offices can be found in each terminal, whilst lost property can be reclaimed from the Airport Lost Property Office.

Other facilities at Heathrow Airport include a chapel, showers, a visitor centre and a health centre. There are 19 meeting rooms, a conference suite seating up to 60 delegates, with business support facilities.

Disabled Access Facilities

Wheelchair-accessible telephones and text telephones, as well as induction loops, are available throughout Heathrow Airport, and reserved seating and disabled toilets are also available in all terminals. Wheelchairs push and provision, and help with baggage from Departures to check-in, are available free of charge throughout Heathrow Airport.  Assistance is available by using the telephones at the various help points situated throughout the airport. The Help Bus is a free wheelchair-accessible bus service that operates between all terminals and the central bus station. Disabled parking is also available at Heathrow Airport. The Heathrow Express, black taxis and many bus and coach routes provide facilities for wheelchairs.

Background

Heathrow Airport started life as a small grass airfield. Privately owned, the Great Western Aerodrome was used for test flying, and commercial flights left from nearby Heston and Hanworth Park airfields.  In 1944 it was developed as a major transport base for the Royal Air Force, but before the work was completed the war ended.  The partly-built site at Heathrow was ideal for London, and the Ministry of Civil Aviation took it over in 1946. The Queen inaugurated a new building in 1955 (Terminal 2) and the tunnel which provides the main road access to Heathrow Airport’s central area was opened.  Terminals 3 and 1 followed in that order, the latter in 1968. Increased congestion in the central area led to the Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 4 being constructed in 1986 on the south side of the airport, a modern facility but an inconvenient 10-20 minute transfer from the heart of Heathrow Airport.

Airport Parking at Heathrow Airport

Parking Express -Terminal 1-4

Q-Park Long Stay -Terminal 1-4

Business parking T123 Pink

Q-Park Flyaway All Terminals

Business parking T4 park n fly

Airport Hotels at Heathrow Airport

 

Heathrow Airport Information

Heathrow Airport - LHR
234 Bath Road
Harlington
Middlesex
UB3 5AP
(0)870 000 0123
(0)208 745 4290
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