"Walt Bilofsky" wrote in message
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We're going to land at Heathrow Terminal 1 and need to travel to Bath.
We should get through customs around 4:30 - 5 pm on a Saturday. Should
we get non-refundable inexpensive train tickets? If our flight is
late and we miss our train, how do we deal with it?

For the cost of two full price tickets, we could take a taxi instead.
Will traffic be a problem at that time?

Coming back, we're flying out of Terminal 3 and want to spend the
night near Heathrow. My travel agent suggests the Hilton adjacent to
Terminal 4, but I see that the tube station there is closed for
construction into September and wonder if getting to Terminal 3 might
be just as easy, if not easier, from one of the hotels outside the
airport.

If we spend a day driving and touring from Bath to Heathrow, what
sights or towns should we see?

Any advice would be welcomed. Thanks.

I'd actually suggest you get a coach, on a Saturday evening the traffic
outbound from London shouldn't be too bad, and you're on the M4 motorway
after leaving Heathrow. They go direct from Heathrow. See
www.nationalexpress.com for details. It seems that the faster services take
around 2 hours 45 minutes for the journey, with no changes enroute.

If you wanted to get the train, there is a Railair coach connection from
Heathrow to Reading, where you pick up the train for your westbound journey.

If you're staying at Terminal 4, you can easily get the Heathrow Express
from Terminal 4 to Terminals 1,2 and 3 at no charge for the transfer
journey. It remains open, unlike the tube which is presently closed.

As for towns roughly betwen Bath and Heathrow, Salisbury, Oxford and Windsor
are classic sights.

Regards

David Bennetts
Australia