Heathrow to Stansted Taxi | Fixed Fares from £75

Q: How far is Stansted Airport from Heathrow?

Stansted is about 41 miles (66 km) from Heathrow in a straight line, but roughly 65 miles (105 km) by road. The gap between those two figures is the whole story of this journey: the drive can't cut across London, so it travels anticlockwise around the northern half of the M25 and then north up the M11. Heathrow sits in far west London and Stansted sits in Essex to the north-east, which makes them the two most widely separated London airports.

Q: How do I get from Heathrow to Stansted?

Three practical options. A private car or taxi is the only door-to-door route and takes about 75 to 100 minutes. A direct National Express coach runs between the two airports, taking roughly 1h45 to 2h30 from around £18. Rail has no direct line: it needs about two hours and two changes through central London — a Heathrow rail service to Paddington, the Elizabeth line to Liverpool Street, then the Stansted Express — with your luggage for every leg.

Q: How long does it take to get from Heathrow to Stansted?

Plan on 75 to 100 minutes of driving in ordinary traffic. A weekday morning across the M25's northern shoulder — roughly the South Mimms to M11 stretch — can lift that toward two hours or beyond after an incident. The direct coach takes 1h45 to 2h30, and the rail route takes at least two hours plus waiting time at two interchanges. We schedule against live orbital conditions rather than a hopeful average, and if you're connecting to a flight we build the buffer around the worst plausible run, not the best.

Q: What's the cheapest way from Heathrow to Stansted?

The direct National Express coach, with advance fares starting around £18 per person. It's the right call for a solo traveller with light luggage and time to spare, and we'll happily say so. But the moment there are two or more of you, or checked bags, or a connecting flight to protect, a private car is usually better value once the fare is split — and far more reliable on timing, which is the thing that actually costs money when it goes wrong.

Q: Is there a direct train from Heathrow to Stansted?

No. No single rail line connects the two airports. The journey needs three legs and two changes across central London, and you carry your bags through all of it — including the interchange at Liverpool Street. It is the slowest and most awkward of the three options, and the one most likely to unravel if a leg runs late.

Q: Will I be charged extra for the drop-off at Stansted?

No. Stansted's Express Set Down forecourt bills £10 for up to fifteen minutes since 19 March 2026, rising to £28 beyond that, on a barrier-free camera system that fines drivers who forget to pay afterwards. Your transfer fare already absorbs the drop, so there's no barrier to negotiate, no app to remember, and no penalty notice arriving days later.

Heathrow to Stansted key facts
Road distance	~65 miles / 105 km
Straight-line distance	~41 miles / 66 km
By car (typical)	75–100 minutes
By car (weekday peak)	100–130 minutes
By direct coach	1h45–2h30, from ~£18
By train	2h+, no direct line, 2 changes
Route driven	M25 J15 → J27 → M11 J8a
Fastest option	Private car / taxi
Cheapest option	National Express coach

Every Option, Weighed Fairly

Heathrow to Stansted Transfer Options

Three realistic ways to make this crossing, and a private car isn't automatically the right one — pretending otherwise helps nobody. Here is the honest trade-off between them, including the times another mode genuinely suits you better.

Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 · Photo: Warren Rohner, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Heathrow to Stansted compared: private car, coach and train
Mode	Door to door	Rough cost	The catch nobody mentions	Best when
Private car / taxi	75–100 min	Fixed fare, quoted up front	Costs more than a coach seat — but it's the only door-to-door option, and the only one that turns an uncertain chain into a booked, tracked, fixed-price line.	You have a connection to protect, checked bags, a group, or simply no appetite for the ordeal.
Coach	1h45–2h30	From around £18 pp	Direct, but slow and traffic-bound, with fixed departure slots that rarely line up neatly with a flight, plus hold-luggage limits.	Budget is the single priority, you're travelling solo, and the timetable happens to fit.
Train	2 hours +	Varies by leg and time	No direct line exists: three legs and two changes across central London — Heathrow rail to Paddington, Elizabeth line to Liverpool Street, then the Stansted Express — every one with your bags in tow.	You travel light, solo, off-peak, and genuinely have time to spare.

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The short version: the coach is the cheapest way from Heathrow to Stansted. A private car is the fastest and the most reliable. The train is neither, and is the option most likely to go wrong with luggage. Where we'd point you elsewhere: a lone backpacker with a wide-open afternoon and a tight budget will be happiest on the coach, and we'll say so. The moment a real connection, checked bags, or more than one traveller enters the picture, both the maths and the stress swing decisively toward a car.

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The Geography Problem

Distance & Journey Time from Heathrow (LHR) to Stansted (STN)

Understand where these two airports physically sit and the difficulty of the journey stops being a mystery. This isn't a short cross-town skip like Heathrow to Gatwick down the western M25 — it's the long way round the top of London, and the reason every other mode of transport turns it into an ordeal.

Start · West

London Heathrow

LHR · Terminals 2·3·4·5 · West London

The UK's busiest airport, tucked against the western edge of Greater London off the M4. Home turf for British Airways and the wider oneworld alliance — which is precisely why so many long-haul arrivals here need to reach a low-cost carrier at the other side of the map.

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Finish · North-East

London Stansted

STN · Single terminal · Essex

Ryanair's largest global base, sat off the M11 near Bishop's Stortford, some forty miles north-east of the city centre. A single-terminal airport with its own approach off the A120 — straightforward to reach, once you've crossed everything that lies before it. (You'll often see it misspelled "Stanstead"; same airport, same journey.)

Why the direction of travel matters: the natural driving line runs anticlockwise around the M25's northern half — the busier, incident-prone side of the orbital. Get the timing right and it flows; hit it mid-morning and the same tarmac crawls. That single variable, not the distance, decides your journey, and it's the one a flat online quote never tells you about.

The Drive, Junction by Junction

Every stretch of the M25 arc, read the way a dispatcher reads it

Here is the actual line our drivers take from a Heathrow terminal to the Stansted forecourt, laid out one interchange at a time. The two flagged rungs are where this route reliably slows — knowing them in advance is the difference between a planned buffer and a panicked phone call.

J4bM4 → M25

Leaving the Heathrow perimeter

Out of your terminal onto the spur road and up to the M25, joining the orbital northbound at Junction 15 — the gateway onto the arc that carries you the rest of the way.

J16M40

Past the M40 interchange

The orbital lifts north past the M40 turn-off for Oxford and Birmingham. Traffic here is usually moving, a brief easy stretch before the busier northern shoulder.

J21aM1

The M1 merge builds pressure

Where national motorway traffic pours onto the orbital from the M1, the carriageway thickens. From here to the M11 is the segment most likely to bog down in a weekday peak.

J23A1(M)

South Mimms interchange

Three trunk routes knot together here with several sets of signals feeding the roundabout, so queues form even without an incident. We read it live and, where it's snarled, we've already factored the delay into your pickup time rather than discovering it at the wheel.

J25–27Bell Common

Waltham Cross to the Bell Common Tunnel

The approach to the M11 runs through the Epping-side tunnel — one of the orbital's more incident-prone stretches, where a single closure can back traffic for miles. It's the last hurdle before the exit, and the one we watch most closely.

J27M25 → M11

Peeling off onto the M11 north

Leaving the orbital at last, the drive turns genuinely quick — the M11 runs clear far more often than the M25, carrying you up toward Essex and the Stansted turn.

J8 / 8aM11 → A120

The Stansted exit and A120

Off at Junction 8a onto the A120, signposted straight into the airport complex. A final run past the car-park splits and you're at the terminal set-down — postcode CM24 1RW, the door of a single, simple airport.

The honest range: in light conditions this is a seventy-five-to-ninety-five-minute drive; through the morning build-up across those two flagged junctions it can stretch past two hours. We quote your fare flat either way — the clock never changes the number — and we plan the collection so a slow orbital doesn't become your problem.

The Connection Maths · The Part That Actually Matters

Flying in on one ticket and out on another? Read this before you book the second flight.

The single biggest reason people drive between these airports is a self-arranged connection: a long-haul into Heathrow, a budget hop out of Stansted, booked separately to save money. It's a smart saving — right up until the timing is wrong. Here's the arithmetic no airline does for you.

The self-transfer trap no airline safety net

When two flights sit on separate tickets, they are two unrelated trips in the eyes of both carriers. Miss the second because the first ran late, and there is no free rebooking waiting for you.

Your inbound lands at Heathrow — but you must reclaim checked bags and clear UK border control yourself; nothing is tagged through.
The cross-London drive to Stansted follows, at the mercy of the orbital we mapped above.
At Stansted you check in from scratch and pass security again before a bag-drop cut-off that shuts well before departure.
Miss it and the replacement is a walk-up fare — frequently £120–£400 within Europe, far more long-haul — paid entirely by you.

The buffer that holds planned properly

The fix isn't luck — it's margin. Widely advised guidance for a separate-ticket, airport-changing connection is blunt about how much room to leave.

3–6 hours, landing to onward departure

That window has to swallow border queues, baggage reclaim, the road itself and a second check-in from cold. Our job is to make the middle stretch — the driving — the most predictable part of it: a chauffeur already tracking your inbound, waiting the moment you clear customs, boot open, engine warm.

Send us both flight numbers and we'll tell you honestly whether your gap is comfortable, tight, or a genuine gamble — before you commit money to the second seat.

One clarity worth having: passenger-rights rules that force airlines to rebook and compensate apply to a single booking reference, not to two tickets you've paired yourself. A provisional 2026 overhaul of those EU rules kept that single-booking principle intact — so the oldest protection remains the best one: enough time, and a car that removes the road from the list of things that can go wrong.

Kerbside Costs · Verified for 2026

What each terminal now charges — and why our fare already covers it

Both airports have moved to camera-enforced, barrier-free forecourts with real penalties for getting it wrong. These are the current figures most drivers only learn about after the fact. With a pre-booked transfer, the charge is built into your fare and handled for you — no barrier, no app, no fine to chase.

HeathrowLHR · DROP-OFF

Terminal drop-off, per entry£7

Changed from £6 on1 Jan 2026

Maximum stay in the zone10 minutes

Forecourt pick-up allowed?No

Collections instead useShort-stay ~£8

Miss the payment deadline£80 PCN (£40 in 14d)

Camera-read (ANPR), payable to APCOA by 23:59 the next day. Electric vehicles are not exempt, and the same rate applies at every Heathrow terminal.

StanstedSTN · SET-DOWN

Express Set Down, up to 15 min£10

Rose from £7 on19 Mar 2026

Stay of 15–30 minutes£28

Maximum stay30 minutes

Free alternativeMid Stay car park + bus

Forget to pay in time£100 PCN (£60 in 14d)

Barrier-free ANPR, settled online, by phone or via AutoPay; no cash accepted. The £10-to-£28 jump lands the instant you pass fifteen minutes, so a slow goodbye triples fast.

The quiet saving: across a single Heathrow-to-Stansted run those forecourt fees, a missed-deadline penalty and the guesswork add up to real money and real stress. A fixed transfer fare absorbs the terminal charges at both ends into one figure agreed up front — the number you're quoted is the number you pay, drop-off included.

Who Makes This Journey

The four passengers we carry across the capital's roof

Profile · Self-connectors

The separate-ticket flyer

Touching down at Heathrow off a long sector with a cheap Ryanair or easyJet seat waiting at Stansted, the two booked apart to save a few hundred pounds. For them the road is the load-bearing link in the whole itinerary — tracked inbound flight, waiting driver, and a straight answer on whether the gap is safe.

Profile · Fresh off long-haul

The jet-lagged arrival

Twelve hours in the air is the wrong preparation for three trains and a Tube with a full luggage trolley. A car door held open in Arrivals, bags lifted, and a quiet back seat for the orbital is not a luxury here — it's the only humane way to make the crossing.

Profile · Business

The time-boxed executive

A meeting near one airport, a flight from the other, and a diary that can't absorb a two-hour public-transport lottery. Clean single invoice, a mobile office in the back, and a driver who knows the M25 junctions by number rather than by hope.

Profile · Families & groups

The party that won't split

Four people and four suitcases don't fit the coach-and-changes model without misery. One vehicle, everyone and everything together, door to door — no shuttle bays, no dragging cases up station stairs, no counting heads on a platform.

How We Run It

What a Get London Transfer crossing actually includes

The value on this route isn't a nicer seat — it's the removal of every variable that can wreck a cross-airport connection. Here's precisely what's folded into the fare.

Included · Meet & greet

Found, not hunted for

Your driver waits inside the Heathrow arrivals hall with your name on a board, after customs, ready to take the luggage. No coach-bay search, no kerbside scramble — you walk out and the car is already yours.

Included · Flight tracking

A late landing just moves the car

We watch your inbound arrival and shift the collection to the real wheels-down time. A delayed flight rearranges the pickup rather than forfeiting it, and the agreed fare doesn't move an inch.

Included · Fixed pricing

The number is the number

Quoted flat before you travel and sealed there — no meter ticking through a stalled orbital, no surge, no drop-off fee sprung at the Stansted barrier. What you're told at booking is what you pay.

Included · Right-sized vehicle

Built for the distance and the bags

Sixty-five motorway miles is the wrong trip in a cramped car with luggage on laps. We match the vehicle to your party and cases so the longest inter-airport haul in London passes in comfort, not endurance.

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Straight Answers

Heathrow to Stansted, the questions worth asking

How far is Stansted Airport from Heathrow?

Stansted is about 41 miles (66 km) from Heathrow in a straight line, but roughly 65 miles (105 km) by road. The gap between those two figures is the whole story of this journey: the drive can't cut across London, so it travels anticlockwise around the northern half of the M25 and then north up the M11. Heathrow sits in far west London and Stansted sits in Essex to the north-east, which makes them the two most widely separated London airports.

How do I get from Heathrow to Stansted?

Three practical options. A private car or taxi is the only door-to-door route and takes about 75 to 100 minutes. A direct National Express coach runs between the two airports, taking roughly 1h45 to 2h30 from around £18. Rail has no direct line: it needs about two hours and two changes through central London — a Heathrow rail service to Paddington, the Elizabeth line to Liverpool Street, then the Stansted Express — with your luggage for every leg.

How long does it take to get from Heathrow to Stansted?

Plan on 75 to 100 minutes of driving in ordinary traffic. A weekday morning across the M25's northern shoulder — roughly the South Mimms to M11 stretch — can lift that toward two hours or beyond after an incident. The direct coach takes 1h45 to 2h30, and the rail route takes at least two hours plus waiting time at two interchanges. We schedule against live orbital conditions rather than a hopeful average, and if you're connecting to a flight we build the buffer around the worst plausible run, not the best.

What's the cheapest way from Heathrow to Stansted?

The direct National Express coach, with advance fares starting around £18 per person. It's the right call for a solo traveller with light luggage and time to spare, and we'll happily say so. But the moment there are two or more of you, or checked bags, or a connecting flight to protect, a private car is usually better value once the fare is split — and far more reliable on timing, which is the thing that actually costs money when it goes wrong.

Is there a direct train from Heathrow to Stansted?

No. No single rail line connects the two airports. The journey needs three legs and two changes across central London, and you carry your bags through all of it — including the interchange at Liverpool Street. It is the slowest and most awkward of the three options, and the one most likely to unravel if a leg runs late.

My two flights are on separate bookings. Is that risky?

It's common and often a real saving, but nobody catches you if it slips — separate tickets mean neither carrier owes you a rebooking if a late inbound makes you miss the outbound. The guarded approach is to leave three to six hours between landing and your onward departure, enough to cover border control, bag collection, the crossing itself and checking in afresh through security. Share both flight numbers with us and we'll give you a candid read on whether your gap holds up before you pay for the second flight.

What happens to my booking if my Heathrow flight is delayed?

Nothing is lost. We track the inbound and move your collection to the actual landing time, so the car meets you when you emerge rather than after it's given up waiting. The fixed fare stays exactly as quoted regardless of the new hour — delays are our problem to manage, not a reason to re-charge you.

Will I be charged extra for the drop-off at Stansted?

No. Stansted's Express Set Down forecourt bills £10 for up to fifteen minutes since 19 March 2026, rising to £28 beyond that, on a barrier-free camera system that fines drivers who forget to pay afterwards. Your transfer fare already absorbs the drop, so there's no barrier to negotiate, no app to remember, and no penalty notice arriving days later.

Do you cover the reverse, Stansted back to Heathrow?

Every day, and with the same care in the opposite direction — the driver watching your Stansted arrival, then running the M11 and orbital back to your Heathrow terminal on a fare fixed in advance. Whichever way you're travelling, it's one booking, one price, and one less thing to think about between two very distant airports.

Is a Heathrow to Stansted taxi the same as a transfer?

They're the same journey described two ways: a pre-booked, licensed private-hire car from one terminal to the other. What sets a proper transfer apart from a random ride is that it's arranged ahead through a licensed operator, carries a price agreed in advance, and is met by a named driver rather than hailed in hope. Book yours by WhatsApp, phone or email, or straight through the booking page.

How far is Stansted from Heathrow?

About 45 miles (72 km) by road, taking the M25 clockwise around north London and then the M11. By car that is 60–90 minutes off-peak; there is no direct rail line between the two airports.

Is there a train from Heathrow to Stansted?

Not a direct one. You take the Elizabeth line to Liverpool Street and then the Stansted Express, which takes 2–2.5 hours with the changes. The direct National Express coach or a private taxi are the only no-change options.

How long is the National Express coach from Heathrow to Stansted?

Scheduled at roughly 90–120 minutes direct from Heathrow Central Bus Station or Terminal 5 to Stansted coach station, depending on M25 traffic. Book in advance for the lowest fare.

How much time should I allow to connect between Heathrow and Stansted?

A safe minimum is 4–5 hours between scheduled arrival and departure: Heathrow arrivals formalities, the 60–150 minute transfer, and Stansted's 2-hour check-in cut-off. A pre-booked car that tracks your flight lets you plan nearer the lower end.

What is the fastest way from Heathrow to Stansted?

A pre-booked private taxi, at 60–90 minutes door to door off-peak. It is the only option that meets you in arrivals and drops you at the departures set-down with no changes.

Making the Most of Your Journey: Stops & Sightseeing

Eat & shop like a Londoner: fish & chips, roast, afternoon tea, pies, ale, vegan, British brands – with prices (tap to open)

Eat and shop like a Londoner: fish & chips, Sunday roast, full English, afternoon tea, pies, pale ale, vegan & the best British brands

Our drivers get asked for these every day, so here is the shortlist we give in the car. Prices are from the venues’ own menus and booking sites (seen October 2026); tap the Google Maps link for photos, today’s menu and star ratings. Want a stop on the way? Say so when you book and the driver will wait.

Fish & chips

Poppies Fish & Chips
Spitalfields E1, Soho W1, Camden NW1, Portobello W11
1950s East End chippy, haddock and cod fried to order, mushy peas
cod & chips £21.99, haddock £20.99 (menu)
website · photos, menu & ratings on Google Maps
Golden Union
Poland St, Soho W1
Proper chippy with a sit-down room, gluten-free batter on request
about £15–£19 for fish and chips
website · photos, menu & ratings on Google Maps

Sunday roast

Hawksmoor
Seven Dials WC2, Borough SE1, Air Street W1, Wood Wharf E14, Knightsbridge
The roast most Londoners name first: dry-aged rump, beef-dripping roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding
Sunday roast rump £29.50 (menu); book ahead
website · photos, menu & ratings on Google Maps
Blacklock
Soho W1, Shoreditch EC2, Covent Garden WC2, Canary Wharf E14
Chop-house roasts with all the trimmings and bottomless gravy
roast about £24–£28 (menu)
website · photos, menu & ratings on Google Maps

English breakfast

E Pellicci
332 Bethnal Green Rd E2
Family caff since 1900, Art Deco interior, fry-ups and Italian specials; cash-friendly, Mon–Sat mornings
full English about £10–£13
website · photos, menu & ratings on Google Maps
The Wolseley
160 Piccadilly W1
Grand café breakfast under chandeliers: the full English, kedgeree, eggs Benedict
full English about £20–£24 (menu)
website · photos, menu & ratings on Google Maps

Afternoon tea

The Ritz, Palm Court
150 Piccadilly W1
The classic: finger sandwiches, scones, pastries and a pianist; jacket and tie for men, book weeks ahead
£85 a head, £105 with Champagne (2026); 12.5% service added
website · photos, menu & ratings on Google Maps
Fortnum & Mason, Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon
181 Piccadilly W1
Fortnum’s own teas, a trolley of cakes and the famous scones
from £75 a head (2026)
website · photos, menu & ratings on Google Maps

Pies

Mother Mash
Carnaby St, Soho W1
Pie, mash and gravy or sausage and mash, choose your mash and your gravy
pie, mash & gravy from about £15
website · photos, menu & ratings on Google Maps
Pieminister
Leather Lane EC1 and across London
Award-winning British pies incl. vegan and veggie; takeaway or sit in
pie & mash about £12–£15
website · photos, menu & ratings on Google Maps

British pale ale

The Churchill Arms
Kensington Church St W8
Flower-covered Fuller’s pub, London Pride on cask, Thai kitchen at the back
pint about £6–£7
website · photos, menu & ratings on Google Maps
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
Fleet St EC4
Rebuilt 1667, Dickens drank here; Samuel Smith’s ales, cellar bars
pint about £5–£6 (no cards in some Sam Smith’s pubs – carry cash)
website · photos, menu & ratings on Google Maps

Vegan & vegetarian

Mildreds
Lexington St, Soho W1 (also Camden, King’s Cross, Dalston, Covent Garden)
London’s best-known vegetarian restaurant since 1988, now fully plant-based
about £38 a head (TheFork); mains £15–£20
rated 9.3/10 on TheFork, 2,800+ Tripadvisor reviews
website · photos, menu & ratings on Google Maps
Gauthier Soho
Romilly St, Soho W1
Michelin-trained French fine dining, 100% vegan tasting menus
tasting menus from about £75
website · photos, menu & ratings on Google Maps

Souvenirs & British brands

Fortnum & Mason
181 Piccadilly W1
Tea, biscuits, marmalade and hampers in the famous eau-de-nil tins since 1707
tea caddies from about £10; hampers £50+
website · photos, menu & ratings on Google Maps
Liberty London
Regent St W1
Tudor-fronted store for Liberty print scarves, Barbour, Burberry, Mulberry and British designers
scarves from about £45
website · photos, menu & ratings on Google Maps

Tipping: 10–12.5% service is often added in restaurants, never in pubs or chippies. Most places take cards; a few old caffs and Sam Smith’s pubs are cash-only. Vegan and gluten-free options are marked on almost every London menu – just ask. The airport shops sell the same tea tins and biscuits at 2–3 times the supermarket price, so buy souvenirs in town.

Full list with prices: London food & shopping guide.

Heathrow travel help: fares, airports & guides

Fixed fares, per vehicle, confirmed before you book. See the Christmas & New Year airport taxi page for airport fares.

Fixed-price routes from Heathrow

Heathrow to Barking and Dagenham from £85
Heathrow to Barnet from £85
Heathrow to Bexley from £85
Heathrow to Brent from £85
Heathrow to Bristol
Heathrow to Bromley from £85
Heathrow to Cambridge
Heathrow to Camden from £85

Left luggage, check-in & security timing from Heathrow

Left luggage at Heathrow

Excess Baggage Co - T2
Terminal 2 Arrivals, main concourse ground floor; exit Intl Arrivals, turn right, opposite lift/exit
£10 0-3h; £15 3-24h; £27.50 24-48h; £40 48-72h; then £12.50/day · Daily 05:00-23:00 · source
Excess Baggage Co - T3
Terminal 3 Arrivals
£10 0-3h; £15 3-24h; £27.50 24-48h; £40 48-72h · Daily 05:00-23:00 · source
Excess Baggage Co - T4
Terminal 4 Arrivals
£10 0-3h; £15 3-24h; £27.50 24-48h; £40 48-72h · Daily 05:00-23:00 · source
Excess Baggage Co - T5
Terminal 5 Arrivals
£10 0-3h; £15 3-24h; £27.50 24-48h; £40 48-72h · Daily 05:00-23:00 · source

Dropping off at Heathrow: £7 each time a vehicle enters a terminal drop-off area. Free alternative: Free drop-off at Heathrow Park & Ride car parks (formerly Long Stay) with free bus to terminal. Airport source.

Things to see, eat and stay near Heathrow this Christmas

Places to see

Windsor Castle
Oldest and largest occupied castle in the world; adult from £32 advance · more
Hampton Court Palace
Henry VIII's riverside palace at East Molesey, Surrey · more
Kew Gardens
UNESCO World Heritage botanic garden in Richmond with 50,000+ living plants · more

Hotels nearby

All hotels near Heathrow on Google Maps
Airport hotels guide – if you have an early flight

Dates, prices and menus are as published by each venue (checked October 2026); entries marked “2025 dates” are last season’s and will be updated when 2026 dates are announced. Check the linked site before booking. We can take you door to door to any of these – Christmas fares.

At Heathrow Airport: parking, car hire, getting into London & assistance

Heathrow Airport car parks – official prices

Car park	Price	Hours
Short Stay T2 (official)	0-29 min £8; 30-44 min £12.50; 45-59 min £15.50; 1-2h £20; 2-3h £24; 3-4h £28; 12-24h £98 (from 6 Jan 2026)	24/7	book
Park & Ride (formerly Long Stay)	Drive-up £46.80 first 24h then £37.40/24h; pre-book from about £11-15/day	24/7	book
Meet & Greet (official)	Drive-up £138.60/day	24/7	book
Terminal Drop-Off Charge	£7 per visit (from 1 Jan 2026), 10-min max	24/7	book

Car hire at Heathrow Airport

Car Rental Centre (Avis, Hertz, Enterprise, Europcar, Sixt)
Northern Perimeter Road, Heathrow - shuttle from terminals · book

Heathrow Airport to London: public transport vs taxi

Option	Time & fare	Hours
Heathrow Express to Paddington	15 (T2/3), 21 (T5) · £25 anytime single on the day; advance from £10-£16.50 (Oct 2026)	first ~05:10, last ~23:40	timetable
Elizabeth line to Paddington/central London	~30-35 to Paddington · from £13.90 to Zone 1 (Oct 2026)	first ~04:36 from T2/3, last ~23:24	timetable
Piccadilly line to central London	~50-60 min · Zone 1-6 contactless £5.90 peak / £4.00 off-peak (from 1 Mar 2026)	last Night Tube Fri/Sat	timetable
Our fixed-fare taxi	see route page	24/7, meet & greet in arrivals, flight tracked

Assistance, step-free access, assistance dogs & pets at Heathrow Airport

Special assistance: Book via your airline at least 48h ahead. Assistance areas: T2 Level 5 behind check-in A/B; T3 Level 1 above A/B; T4 Zone B by Excess Baggage; T5 Zone E; help points throughout. Tel T2-4 020 8757 2700, T5 020 8283 6415. Step-free: Accessible lifts throughout; accessible passport lanes; lifts to rail and tube platforms. Accessible toilets & Changing Places: Accessible toilets throughout all terminals. Assistance dogs: ADI/IGDF-recognised assistance dogs accepted; notify airline 48h; relief areas in every terminal before and after security and in arrivals (e.g. T5 Level 0 Assistance Area; T3 Departures next to Gate 27). Pets: Heathrow Animal Reception Centre approval at least 72h before flight; +44 20 8745 7894. Blue Badge parking: Blue Badge bays in all car parks. Airport accessibility page

Families at Heathrow Airport

Family facilities: Baby change in all terminals; family lanes at security.

Legoland Windsor
~25 min drive
from about £34 online, approx · more
Windsor Castle
~20 min drive
adult £32 (£36 on the day) · more
Kew Gardens
~30 min
adult £25 online / £28 gate, under-4s free · more

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Heathrow to Stansted Taxi & Airport Transfer

Landing at Heathrow Airport? Let us take the stress off

Heathrow to Stansted Transfer Options

Distance & Journey Time from Heathrow (LHR) to Stansted (STN)

London Heathrow

London Stansted

Every stretch of the M25 arc, read the way a dispatcher reads it

Leaving the Heathrow perimeter

Past the M40 interchange

The M1 merge builds pressure

South Mimms interchange

Waltham Cross to the Bell Common Tunnel

Peeling off onto the M11 north

The Stansted exit and A120

Flying in on one ticket and out on another? Read this before you book the second flight.

The self-transfer trap no airline safety net

The buffer that holds planned properly

What each terminal now charges — and why our fare already covers it

The four passengers we carry across the capital's roof

The separate-ticket flyer

The jet-lagged arrival

The time-boxed executive

The party that won't split

What a Get London Transfer crossing actually includes

Found, not hunted for

A late landing just moves the car

The number is the number

Built for the distance and the bags

Heathrow to Stansted, the questions worth asking

Making the Most of Your Journey: Stops & Sightseeing

Eat and shop like a Londoner: fish & chips, Sunday roast, full English, afternoon tea, pies, pale ale, vegan & the best British brands

65 miles of northern arc,
handled while you sit back.

Heathrow travel help: fares, airports & guides

Fixed-price routes from Heathrow

Left luggage, check-in & security timing from Heathrow

Things to see, eat and stay near Heathrow this Christmas

At Heathrow Airport: parking, car hire, getting into London & assistance

Heathrow to Stansted Transfer Options

Distance & Journey Time from Heathrow (LHR) to Stansted (STN)

London Heathrow

London Stansted

Every stretch of the M25 arc, read the way a dispatcher reads it

Leaving the Heathrow perimeter

Past the M40 interchange

The M1 merge builds pressure

South Mimms interchange

Waltham Cross to the Bell Common Tunnel

Peeling off onto the M11 north

The Stansted exit and A120

Flying in on one ticket and out on another? Read this before you book the second flight.

The self-transfer trap no airline safety net

The buffer that holds planned properly

What each terminal now charges — and why our fare already covers it

The four passengers we carry across the capital's roof

The separate-ticket flyer

The jet-lagged arrival

The time-boxed executive

The party that won't split

What a Get London Transfer crossing actually includes

Found, not hunted for

A late landing just moves the car

The number is the number

Built for the distance and the bags

Other journeys from the same two airports

Heathrow to Stansted, the questions worth asking

Making the Most of Your Journey: Stops & Sightseeing

Eat and shop like a Londoner: fish & chips, Sunday roast, full English, afternoon tea, pies, pale ale, vegan & the best British brands

65 miles of northern arc,handled while you sit back.

Heathrow travel help: fares, airports & guides

Fixed-price routes from Heathrow

Left luggage, check-in & security timing from Heathrow

Things to see, eat and stay near Heathrow this Christmas

At Heathrow Airport: parking, car hire, getting into London & assistance

65 miles of northern arc,
handled while you sit back.