Bath Road (West) Heathrow Hotels
A Practical Guide To Selecting Hotels Along The Bath Road At Heathrow
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| The White Horse Pub Longford Off Bath Road Heathrow |
The Bath Road runs along the northern perimeter of Heathrow Airport and is the main hotel strip. Staying at a hotel along the Bath Road is arguably the best choice for a hotel at Heathrow if you cannot afford the very expensive Sofitel and Hilton hotels attached to Terminals 5 and 4 respectively.
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| Bath Road West |
| M4, Junction 4 |
Off airport hotels have a habit, especially at the weekends, of offering 'loss leader' room rates where you may well end up paying much more than the room rate for airport transfers and expensive hotel food and drink. Staying at a hotel along the Bath Road enables you to 'escape' the hotels and eat and drink at local prices and much cheaper, sometimes free public transport to the passenger terminals.
The availability of public transport also enables you to spend time in somewhere attractive like Windsor rather than killing time in the hotel bar. Many Heathrow Airport hotels are isolated where its hard to 'escape'.
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On this page we focus on the western section of the Bath Road. Staying here is especially a good choice if you are using Terminal 5.
We have a dedicated page of the eastern section of the Bath Road at Heathrow, which may be of particular interest to those using Terminals 1 and 3. The eastern section also has a larger variety of restaurant choices and access to local shops.
Restaurants, Pubs & Shops On Bath Road (West) Heathrow
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| 3 Magpies Pub |
Pubs With Food
3 Magpies Pub
The 3 Magpies is strategically situated above the main entrance to Heathrow airport. In the immediate locality are some of the largest airport hotels at Heathrow.
The Park Inn is opposite and the Renaissance is the next building east along the Bath Road.
The 3 Magpies offers budget simple pub food, most of which is well below the 10 GBP mark.
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| Kings Arms Pub |
The Kings Arms Pub
The Kings Arms is located in Longford village opposite the Heathrow Lodge hotel and offers similar 'value for money' simple pub fayre.
Both the Kings Arms and 3 Magpies are at the extreme end of the western section of the Bath Road covered here so have totally different catchment areas.
The White Horse Pub (pictured top of page)
In terms of quality of food, probably the best of the three pubs. This quality comes with a small price premium. Situated in Longford village next to a thatched cottage this is a traditional pub founded in 1601.
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| Kaniz Indian Restaurant |
Restaurants
Kaniz Indian Restaurant
Kaniz is and Indian restaurant doing the full range including Vegetarian. There is a take away option too. Situated on a small parade of shops on the Bath Road about mid-way between the Arora and Sheraton hotels. The Kaniz has an off-licence situated next door.
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| London Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant |
London Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant
Offers Cantonese and Peking cuisine including a Dim Sum menu. Open for lunch and dinner until late.
Located conspicuously on the corner of a road junction, just east of the Sheraton hotel.
Il Basilico Pasta Restaurant
Down by the side of the Park Inn, a straight forward pasta restaurant serving pizza and pasta dishes at prices well below the neighbouring hotels.
Located next door to the Sovereign Convenience Store (below).
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| McDonald's Longford |
McDonald's
Located strategically at the Longford Village junction from the Bath Road, yards from both the Sheraton and Thistle Heathrow hotels.
The restaurant has a pleasant seating area outside, a nice option on a fine day if you can ignore the noise of the traffic on the Bath Road. There is a petrol/gas station adjacent which sells basic convenience foods and drink.
Sovereign Convenience Store
Handy convenience store that also sells alcohol and some take away food. Situated next door to the Park Inn hotel.
The Sovereign also is an outlet for selling Oyster Cards and Travelcards .
If you are going into London for sightseeing, using one of these is by far the least expensive way to do this from Heathrow using the London Underground.
Local Buses To The Airport And Beyond
The local buses that run along this section of the Bath Road are from a mixture of operators, the majority being the famous London red buses.
Free Buses To Heathrow Passenger Terminals
One aspect of the local buses that makes them especially attractive to visitors staying in hotels at the airport is that these local buses are free for use all around the perimeter roads. If you are staying at one of the hotels along the Bath Road between the Park Inn and the Longford hotels like the Sheraton and Heathrow Lodge the journey is free to all terminals.
From the west section of the Bath Road in question, the 423 and 350 buses will take you westward to terminal 5 and the U3, 75 and 76 bus go east to Terminals 1 and 3.
If you board or disembark to the west of the Sheraton you pay the standard flat fare, which is still half the price of the Heathrow Hoppa Hotel shuttle buses.
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Visiting London From Bath Road East Hotels
The money no object solution to getting into London for sightseeing is to take the Heathrow Hoppa Hotel Buses to Heathrow Airport Terminal 3 and then get the Heathrow Express train into London Paddington.
For a fraction of the price, you can use the London Underground and have unlimited travel for the day on London's buses and Underground using a Travelcard or Oyster Card.
You can purchase Travelcard and Oyster cards from Sovereign Convenience Store by the Park Inn or you can also get them from the Underground ticket offices at Heathrow.
From the hotels along the western strip of the Bath Road the 423 and 350 buses will take you westward to terminal 5 and the U3, 75 and 76 bus go east to Heathrow Central Bus Station, immediately above Heathrow Central Underground station.
Visiting Windsor From Bath Road West Hotels
The area along the Bath Road is pretty much like the perimeter of any commercial airport. Many people just kill time in the lounge or in the their room watching TV. Close to Heathrow though is Windsor, famous for its castle but a great place to visit and explore with much else besides. There is a great range of interesting places to eat, even a theatre to attend that can make an evening to remember.
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| Heathrow - Windsor Castle no 71 Bus |
By public transport there is no direct public transport to Windsor, you require a bus. Running all along the Bath Road is the number 81 bus that runs every 10 minutes or so.
If you take this bus to the end of its journey at Slough you can connect to another bus or train over to the other side of the River Thames to Windsor.
An alternative is the 423 or 350 buses to Terminal 5, that are free from this section off the Bath Road. At Terminal 5 there are several buses an hour on the no 71 bus that take about 45 minutes to Windsor Castle.
Visiting Hampton Court From Bath Road East Hotels
The number 111 bus runs direct from Heathrow Airport to Kingston, stopping at Hampton Court Palace. The 111 bus runs the length of the east section of the Bath Road, the focus of this page. The service runs 24x7 with frequencies around every 10 minutes during the day. Journey time is around an hour. You can pick up the 111 bus at the bus stop by the Holiday Inn Bath Road going east. On your return make sure you get off at the Renaissance Hotel as the bus turns off here into the airport.
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