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Dover is around 100 miles from Heathrow Airport. Because Heathrow is on the other side of London to Dover there are no direct public transport links. All transfers by public transport between Heathrow and Dover require a connection in Central London.
Travelling by National Express Bus is the simplest as there is a simple one stop connection at Victoria Coach Station where you change buses. The Dover rail alternative though much faster overall than bus involves a tedious transfer across London by taxi or Underground train between the different stations used by the Heathrow and Dover trains

Private hire motor transport by taxi, van or charter bus for the journey will take around two hours.


Heathrow  - Dover Transfer Map

National Express Bus Dover - Heathrow
National Express Coaches are comfortable long distance coaches with onboard washroom and toilets. There are frequent buses from Heathrow Bus Station to London Victoria and broadly hourly services from Victoria to Dover. Total journey time should be around 4 to 5 hours.
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Victoria is very central, and the coach station has a left luggage office.

In Dover, National Express buses terminate at the ferry terminal, (Eastern Docks). A taxi is required for passengers going to or from the cruise terminal in the Western Docks.
Luggage allowance is two suitcases, neither of which should weigh more than 20kg. It is up to the discretion of the driver if more luggage is carried. There is no luggage excess charge system, if everybody in the bus turns up with their full luggage allowance there is no room for more luggage.
Fares : There are a range of fare options, including bargain advance purchase fares and heavily discounted tickets for those over 60. Unlike the railways, full e-tickets can be purchased from the National Express web site.

National Express London-Dover Ticketing & Timetables

Journey Time :
Around 4 - 5 hours

At Heathrow departures to/from Central London via London by National Express are from the Central Bus Station. Allow 10 minutes from here to transfer to Terminals 1,2 or 3 by foot.
The route is covered and luggage trolley friendly along underground corridors with moving walkways and ramps and lifts at either end.
From Terminal 4 you need to catch the Heathrow Connect train (free) which runs from Terminal 4 to the central train station underneath the bus station.
From Terminal 5 you need to catch the Heathrow Express train, also free and also every 15 minutes again from the Central Station.

Rail - Dover to/from Heathrow
The railway station at Dover is a few hundred metres to the south of Dover Town centre, a long way from both the cruise terminal in the Western docks and the ferry terminal in the Eastern Docks.

The port authority runs a shuttle bus between the ferry terminal and Priory Station.

Passengers for the cruise terminal require a Dover taxi. As you come out of the front entrance of Dover Priory Station, turn right for the taxi rank.

Dover Priory Station
There are several trains each hour between London and Dover run by South East trains. Some trains run to London Victoria, others terminate at Charing Cross stopping at London Bridge and Waterloo East among others.
Journey time should be well under two hours.
Luggage is only limited by the amount you can personally carry onto the train and stow in the passenger cabin.
Train between Heathrow and London terminate at Paddington Station. There are direct London Underground links between Paddington and both Charing Cross and Victoria.
You can also take the much cheaper London Underground all the way to Heathrow, changing trains once. However, if you have lots of luggage you'll need to negotiate lots of escalators, long corridors and crowded trains.
Otherwise black London taxi cabs will perform the transfer between stations.

Journey Time : Around 3 hours
Fares : Fares are very complex,Saver return fares are walk up tickets available on the day heavily discounted - but you cannot travel before 09:30, Monday to Friday.

Use 'the trainline' - for timetables and available fares.

For overseas visitors the big problem with train tickets is that there are no true etickets at the moment, so you miss the reasonable advance purchase fares. Tickets ordered online can only be sent to UK postal addresses.
However, there is an option where you can order online and pickup the tickets on arrival at a special ticket machine. This scheme is called Fastticket. The big but is that Fastticket machines are only on selected stations. There no Fastticket machines at Dover, Charing Cross or Heathrow. The good news is that there is a machine at London Victoria and Paddington.

Use 'the trainline' - for timetables and ticketing with the Fastticket option.

Taxi from the Cruise Terminal
If you are catching a train or bus out of Dover you will need to use a taxi.
If you are catching a National Express coach then you need to go to the Eastern Docks, the train station is a few hundred metres from the town centre.

Taxi cabs are metered, in 2007 the approximate price for a taxi between Dover Cruise Terminal and Dover Station or Ferry Port for National Express buses was 7 pounds UK Stirling. There is normally a board outside the baggage hall with current prices posted.
The taxi cabs may take Euro and US dollars but don't count on a good exchange rate, its best to pay in sterling.

If you want a taxi to go further afield like London or the airports then make sure you get a firm quote before you depart.

The taxi cabs at Dover are quite varied. The standard ones are normal European style saloon cars, able to carry 4 passengers only with little room. If you are large you will be in discomfort trying to seat 4 people.
The boot may only take 2 large cases, smaller than North American cars.


There are larger cabs on the rank, but its a hit and miss affair and queues for the taxi cabs can be very long.

Taxi Fares Posted Outside Terminals

Typical Dover Taxi Cabs

Private Transport

Direct transfers from Heathrow to Dover by private hire vehicle save a lot of hassle and tedium associated with the public transport alternatives with the awkward change of transport in Central London.
By road it takes about 2 hours non-stop between Heathrow and Dover subject to road congestion.
Heathrow - Dover Private Hire Fixed Price Menu
(Prices include all taxes, parking fees etc)
Passenger
Capacity
Luggage
Capacity
Price Bus/Car Type
5 4
cases
£170 Saloon/Sedan/MPV - 4 cases plus up to 5 hand luggage. Chrysler Voyager or similar.
Saloon Car/ MPV transfer enquires/quotations
8
16
cases
£230 High Loader Bus- 12 seat bus with seats taken out.
Room for 16 cases/outsize items + hand luggage
12
16
cases
£275 Standard 12 seat bus - standard 12 seat minibus
Room for 16 cases/outsize items + hand luggage
16
16
cases
£330 Standard 16 seat bus - standard 16 seat minibus
Room for 16 cases/outsize items + hand luggage
>16
quotation required for larger coach with 24, 48 or 53 seats
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