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Please note that this guide is written for people looking for flights to London from other parts of the UK, or from Ireland. Flights to London are available from most corners of the British Isles, apart from airports in the Midlands, East Anglia, and most of the South coast, as they are too close to the capital to make such short flights viable.
Cheap flights to London
Many people will look for cheap flights to London, and consider the headline price, rather than the total cost. Considering that the whole point of flying is that it is supposed to be more convenient than going by bus or train, it is pointless to save a few pounds if that means flying into an airport which is miles away from where you want to get to.
Which airport is best?
We provide more detailed information about each London airport, through any of the links above. We have listed the major London airports below, ranked according to ease of getting into central London. For details about flights to each London airport, please click on the relevant London airport domestic flights pages:
London City
London City isn't just the closest airport to central London, it is also by far the smallest. This means that you can usually expect to be outside the terminal building within around ten minutes of touchdown, even if you have hold luggage.
Heathrow airport
Sprawling Heathrow airport might be big and cumbersome, but it is still the best connected London airport - at least in terms of onward travel. All UK domestic flights, together with flights to and from Ireland, use Heathrow terminal one, which is part of a central terminal complex. From here, you can take the Heathrow Express to Paddington (change here for National Railways, District, Circle, Bakerloo and Hammersmith & City underground lines) - the journey takes just 15 minutes, with trains operating every 15 minutes at peak times. Although this service is quick and convenient, the standard single fare is a whopping £15.50! Indeed, on a per-mile basis, the Heathrow Express is one of the most expensive rail journeys in the world.
Gatwick airport
Gatwick airport offers excellent onward connections, courtesy of both the Gatwick Express, and other local and regional train services. Believe it or not, for all the criticism levelled at the British public transport, Gatwick was one of the first major airports in the world to have an on-site station. The airport's runway starts right next to the main London to Brighton rail line, with Gatwick being conveniently situated halfway between the two.
Luton airport
Luton is the only London airport which does not have its own railway station directly on-site. However, there are regular free shuttle bus services providing connections to the nearby Luton Airport Parkway station. From here, there are frequent trains to either King's Cross or St Pancras, with many operating non-stop to central London. Unlike the "big three" BAA airports, there aren't any specifically branded train services operating to Luton airport, but as with Gatwick, Thameslink do offer extremely useful connections to numerous other places in London and the southeast.
Stansted airport
If you are trying to get Essex or East London, then Stansted Airport is great, but any time advantage afforded by flying can rapidly be eaten up by the journey from Stansted into central London. The rather inappropriately named Stansted Express takes a staggering 45 to 50 minutes to cover the 34 miles to Liverpool Street station. To add further insult to injury, a single fare costs £15.50.
Mini Guide to London Any
The way the English capital reacted to the terrorist attacks of July 2005 further demonstrated how London is both big enough and strong enough to absorb any disruption and resume business as usual shortly thereafter.
This kingdom-within-a-kingdom had, long before the race for the 2012 Olympics, been involved in a three horse race with Paris and New York for the title of The Greatest City on Earth.
With an extensive project of renewal and development planned in advance of those Olympic Games, the only truly frightening aspect about a trip to the city these days is that London is going to get even better. Of course, the usual tourist trails continue unabated. The familiar red buses will, on any given day, be performing their regular snap-happy circuit of Piccadilly Circus, Buckingham Palace and the Towers of London.
There is, however, another reason why many people relate everything else within the UK in terms of its proximity and similarity to the nation’s capital. London is a location grand enough to occupy the entirety of one’s time in Britain, and a destination which will forever reward individual wandering on quiet afternoons.
Turn left on shoppers’ nirvana Oxford Street, and you’ll find yourself in the buzzing multi-media node that is Soho. Take a calming stroll along the South Bank to Tate Modern, the city’s premier venue for contemporary arts. Or head north, for the views afforded by the increasingly chic Primrose Hill or lavender-tinged picnickers’ favourite Hampstead Heath.
London rotates its “hippest neighbourhood” award on a weekly basis, and some suggest the city’s axis of cool has begun to shift towards the suburban South, away from the North‘s chattering classes. But even that reductive take on London topography leaves out its West (expensive Knightsbridge, Kensington and Chelsea) and the yoof-ful East of Whitechapel, Hoxton and Shoreditch.
In truth, London’s novelty never wears off: in whichever direction one looks, there’s always something new to see.
Other useful London Any travel websites
- London Underground Map - Official map of the London Underground
- Transport for London - Useful link on transport in London
- The Houses of Parliament - The official page of the Houses of Parliament
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