Originally Posted by
pyx44
WOW! That was a double dose of bad news. Thanks for the quick response. Any ideas on how to cheaply kill 10 hours with a family of 4 traveling? We don't really want to leave the airport.
Originally Posted by
phenobarbital
You should leave the airport. 10 hours is past my cutoff (5 hours) of being able to spend time at LHR.
Yes, very easy to take the Tube into London and enjoy the city a bit. Or you could go to Windsor (near LHR) - see the castle, eat some food, wander around. MUCH better than staying airside at LHR....and I spend A LOT of time air and landside at LHR.
These threads may be useful:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...w-layover.html
Long connection in LHR
Another long LHR layover question
14h layover in London
LHR layover for 9.5 hours