Heathrow's
Hotels
All mainstream hotels at Heathrow discount rates much deeper on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday nights when the businessmen are away.
Along the northern perimeter of the airport is the Bath Road, this
is the main hotel strip and overall the best place to stay. These
hotels are physically the closest to the central passenger terminals.
This is one area where you can relatively easily escape the expensive
hotel for food, drink and entertainment.
The hotels here are the Holiday Inn (Bath Road), Park Inn, Radisson
Edwardian, Renaissance, Marriott and Sheraton Skyline. There is a
small supermarket and an Italian Restaurant adjacent to the Park Inn
and a pub doing steaks etc. opposite. A McDonalds is sited next to
the Radisson. There are very frequent red London buses running past
these hotels, some routes running a 24x7 service into neighbouring
towns where much greater choice is available.
Further along the Bath Road are the Holiday Inn Ariel, Ibis and Premier
Inn (Bath Rd). These have a ten pin bowling alley and another McDonalds
nearby again with frequent buses.
By
the junction of the airport motorway spur are a cluster of isolated
hotels. If you want to get away from the hotel it's a bit of an
effort without a car. These are the Novotel, Crown Plaza, Holiday
Inn (M4 Junction) and Premier Inn (M4 Junction).
Jurys Inn is very isolated sited by the British Airways maintenance
area, with little other than businesses serving the airport all
around it. However, if you want to go into Central London its is
right next to Hatton Cross Underground Station with Central London
only 40 minutes away. It is also very good if you're using Terminal
4, a taxi for 2 people direct to T4 is about the same as the Hoppa
Bus.
West of the airport, strung along the Bath Road, are the Sheraton,
Thistle, Quality Inn and Marriott Slough & Windsor. Ten minutes
walk will bring you the the pubs and restaurants of Longford or
Langley. There is a McDonalds opposite the Sheraton. There is also
a bus service passing close to all these hotels that runs to Windsor
every 30 minutes, one hour on Sundays. Its about a 30 minute ride
to the castle.
Luxury Hotels: Hilton, Crowne Plaza,
Radisson Edwardian, Renaissance, Park Inn
Cheapest: Heathrow Lodge, Ibis, Comfort,
Quality, Premier Inn, Travelodge, Thistle
Value 3/4 Star Hotels: Holiday Inn,
Jury's Inn, Novotel, Marriott Windsor
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