lyndie9

Looking for a last day in London stay after the Cotswolds. Will have a Saturday free then flight home Sunday morning. This is the end of the trip, having spent three days at Kings Cross seeing the London sights, then the Cotswolds. Thanks to all.

lyndie9

Maybe from Oxford or other nearby city?

thursdaysd

Anywhere near a Piccadilly line tube station. I like the Bloomsbury area. You need to post a budget to get hotel suggestions.

jamikins

Another option would be Windsor if you wanted convenience to the airport but didn't necessarily want to go back into London.

alanRow

OP says Sunday therefore early morning transport may not be available

I would certainly consider Oxford which has a direct coach service to LHR as well as somewhere you would have to pass through anyway

dwdvagamundo

We stayed right at the airport. Not a picturesque place, but comfortable, absolutely quiet, functional, good breakfast, and we could walk to the terminal the next morning for our early flight. I think it was the Hilton at Terminal 5.

suec1

My suggestion is The Swan in nearby Staines. Lovely old inn, a tad creaky, but a beautiful setting on the banks of the Thames. Nice pub with great waterviews of gliding swans and sculls. Easy peasy taxi to LHR the next morning - not too pricey, I'm pretty thrifty. Much easier than staying in the city and a real english atmostphere as opposed to a soul-less airport hotel.

travelhorizons

Hee's a blog post I wrote about countryside hotels near Heathrow: http://tinyurl.com/d7umpeg

janisj

>>Anywhere near a Piccadilly line tube station.<<

Nope -- the tube starts later on Sunday AM so I wouldn't actually stay in central London.

If you have a car, I'd spend the entire day/evening sightseeing . . . Oxford and/or Windsor and/or some of the Thames-side towns, turn the car in after dinner and check into a LHR hotel.

If you are using public transport - take the train to Paddington, leave your bags in left luggage, spend the last day seeing some more of London, collect you bags and head to LHR and a hotel there.

thursdaysd

"the tube starts later on Sunday AM"

Looks like the first Piccadilly line train on a random Sunday would get you to LHR at 08:08, so that should be early enough for most US-bound flights. Certainly for the ones I take.

janisj

>>that should be early enough for most US-bound flights. Certainly for the ones I take.<<

Most of my west bound flights leave well before 10AM - arriving at 8AM wouldn't work. So a LOT depends on the departure time.

socialworker

Sorry, not what you asked but since someone already suggested this, I will throw it in….

We did Oxford after the Cotsowolds and it could not have been easier! We stayed at the pricey (but so lovely!) Old Bank Hotel and the bus that goes straight to Heathrow was directly across the street. It was the most stress-free airport trip we have ever done in Europe. I should add that we travel w/carry-ons only, so not much luggage to wrestle up the street a bit and across to the bus-stop.

Clearly of no use to you, if you have already been to Oxford or if you have your heart set on another night in London, but for us, that (almost) 24 hours in Oxford was one of the great highlighs of a trip that was packed with highlights!

Re: the early AM issue, it appears that these buses run around the clock.

thursdaysd

janisj - ah, an east coast - west coast thing. My east coast flights generally leave at 11:00 or later.

lyndie9

Thanks for suggestions, our flight leaves at 12 noon, so could do Oxford and coach in to LHR.