Jul 29, 2020, 4:12 pm
Last edit by: Genius1
WHAT'S OPEN IN T5?
Current to 14 January 2022. Changes from previous update in red where applicable.
Landside - Departures
Boots
Caffč Nero
Excess Baggage (both units in Zones B and F)
Excess Baggage Wrap
Kanishka Kitchen
Travelex
WHSmith (both units in Zones C and H) - including Post Office in WHSmith Zone H
Landside - Arrivals
Boots
Bradley Smith Hair Express Bar
Caffč Nero (both units North and South)
Costa Coffee
Excess Baggage
Hotel Reservations / Sim Local
Marks and Spencer
Travelex
WHSmith
Airside - T5A Upper Level
Accessorize
Boots
Dixons Travel
Giraffe
Glorious Britain
Gordon Ramsay Plane Food
Harrods
The Harry Potter Shop
The Macallan Boutique
Travelex
Wagamama
WHSmith
World Duty Free Tobacco
Airside - T5A Gate Level
Be Relax
Boots
Bottega Venetta
Bulgari
Burberry
Cartier
Case
Caviar House & Prunier Seafood Bar
Chanel
Dior
Dixons Travel
Fortnum & Mason
Gucci
Hermčs
Hugo Boss
InMotion
Itsu
Kurt Geiger
Louis Vuitton
Orlebar Brown
Paul Smith
Pilots Bar & Kitchen
Prada
Pret a Manger (both Main and Express units)
Ray-Ban
Reiss
Rituals
Rolex
Smythson
Starbucks
Sunglass Hut
Ted Baker
The Crown Rivers (JD Wetherspoon)
Tiffany & Co.
Travelex
Watches of Switzerland
WHSmith (both North and South units)
WHSmith Bookshop
World of Whiskies
World Duty Free (all units - Collection, Main, North, Perfumerie)
Airside - T5B
Boots
Dixons Travel
Sim Local
Starbucks
Sunglass Hut
WHSmith
World Duty Free
Airside - T5C
Boots
Starbucks
WHSmith
World Duty Free
Airside - Arrivals
World Duty Free (both North and South units)
Current to 14 January 2022. Changes from previous update in red where applicable.
Landside - Departures
Boots
Caffč Nero
Excess Baggage (both units in Zones B and F)
Excess Baggage Wrap
Kanishka Kitchen
Travelex
WHSmith (both units in Zones C and H) - including Post Office in WHSmith Zone H
Landside - Arrivals
Boots
Bradley Smith Hair Express Bar
Caffč Nero (both units North and South)
Costa Coffee
Excess Baggage
Hotel Reservations / Sim Local
Marks and Spencer
Travelex
WHSmith
Airside - T5A Upper Level
Accessorize
Boots
Giraffe
Glorious Britain
Gordon Ramsay Plane Food
Harrods
The Harry Potter Shop
The Macallan Boutique
Travelex
Wagamama
WHSmith
World Duty Free Tobacco
Airside - T5A Gate Level
Be Relax
Boots
Bottega Venetta
Bulgari
Burberry
Cartier
Case
Caviar House & Prunier Seafood Bar
Chanel
Dior
Fortnum & Mason
Gucci
Hermčs
Hugo Boss
InMotion
Itsu
Kurt Geiger
Louis Vuitton
Orlebar Brown
Paul Smith
Pilots Bar & Kitchen
Prada
Pret a Manger (both Main and Express units)
Ray-Ban
Reiss
Rituals
Rolex
Smythson
Starbucks
Sunglass Hut
Ted Baker
The Crown Rivers (JD Wetherspoon)
Tiffany & Co.
Travelex
Watches of Switzerland
WHSmith (both North and South units)
WHSmith Bookshop
World of Whiskies
World Duty Free (all units - Collection, Main, North, Perfumerie)
Airside - T5B
Boots
Sim Local
Starbucks
Sunglass Hut
WHSmith
World Duty Free
Airside - T5C
Boots
Starbucks
WHSmith
World Duty Free
Airside - Arrivals
World Duty Free (both North and South units)
COVID-19 and BA: Using Heathrow T5
Aug 20, 2020, 7:58 am
#256
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Results of my survey today.
Landside level 0 Boots is open but both M&S and WH Smiths are closed. I think northeastflyer posted that M&S may open on Thursday 27 August.
Travelex - Landside
Level 0 closed
Level 3 behind zone D closed
Level 3 behind zone G (VAT refunds) open
Level 3 behind zone H closed
Travelex - Airside
Opposite Hermes and in front of escalators to transit closed
Near gate A11 closed
Near the Crown Rivers closed
Near GC(N) entrance open
Near Harrods upper floor closed
Between Dixon’s and south security open
Sorry didn't check the one between GF and CCR.
Other Airside
WH Smith’s and pilots bar & kitchen next door both closed
Dixon’s on upper floor closed (lower floor is open)
Rolling Luggage near The Crown Rivers is closed
Giraffe opposite north security is closed
Sunglasses Boutique near A11 is closed
Wagamama is closed
EDIT: Itsu is closed
Also just to note Pret near A2 is open for takeaway and eat in, and less busy than the main one
Other than that everything else seems open
Landside level 0 Boots is open but both M&S and WH Smiths are closed. I think northeastflyer posted that M&S may open on Thursday 27 August.
Travelex - Landside
Level 0 closed
Level 3 behind zone D closed
Level 3 behind zone G (VAT refunds) open
Level 3 behind zone H closed
Travelex - Airside
Opposite Hermes and in front of escalators to transit closed
Near gate A11 closed
Near the Crown Rivers closed
Near GC(N) entrance open
Near Harrods upper floor closed
Between Dixon’s and south security open
Sorry didn't check the one between GF and CCR.
Other Airside
WH Smith’s and pilots bar & kitchen next door both closed
Dixon’s on upper floor closed (lower floor is open)
Rolling Luggage near The Crown Rivers is closed
Giraffe opposite north security is closed
Sunglasses Boutique near A11 is closed
Wagamama is closed
EDIT: Itsu is closed
Also just to note Pret near A2 is open for takeaway and eat in, and less busy than the main one
Other than that everything else seems open
Last edited by KARFA; Aug 29, 2020 at 3:45 am
Aug 20, 2020, 8:58 am
#258
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Aug 20, 2020, 11:59 am
#260
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Aug 24, 2020, 4:48 am
#263
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Hi,
How long do you have?
There are the 2 destination walls outside t5 between arrivals and the busstops or maybe the lobby/bar of the Sofitel if it is open
Regards
Tbs
Aug 24, 2020, 4:51 am
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Aug 24, 2020, 5:00 am
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Aug 28, 2020, 4:12 am
#267
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The risk of catching Covid by going through T5, and getting on a plane, would appear to be small due to the actions taken, except when the queues become silly.
This raises 2 questions for me.................
Presumably, if any Covid outbreaks did take place in Aviation, the media would be on to it quickly and let us all know?. Also, if it is relatively safe, how do the travelling public become aware of the relative safety?
This raises 2 questions for me.................
Presumably, if any Covid outbreaks did take place in Aviation, the media would be on to it quickly and let us all know?. Also, if it is relatively safe, how do the travelling public become aware of the relative safety?
Aug 28, 2020, 4:25 am
#268
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Catch the free bus service inside airport perimeter to the Thistle hotel bath road stop then amble up to the lovely village of Harmondsworth where there are a few pubs a magnificent barn dubbed the "Cathedral of Middlesex" by Sir John Betjeman. Built in 1426 and walk around Saxon lake. Just Google for walking guides an ideas and distances.
Aug 28, 2020, 4:30 am
#269
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Spikes in food factories, abbatoirs, farms and electoral wards have been printed in the media within days if not hours, I don't think aviation is any different. Ryanair had an experience only yesterday and it involved just one person. As for the second question, there are heaps of newspaper articles on the relative safety of aviation, and a few scientific analyses too, though based on limited data. The most recent that I know of is that of Dr. Sandra Ciesek inter alia, of the Goethe University's Institute for Medical Virology in Frankfurt AM, "Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission on an International Flight and Among a Tourist Group", which was peer reviewed.
Aug 28, 2020, 4:39 am
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Thanks. I am having great trouble convincing SWMBO and children. Where we live, transmission rate is close to zero, but they are still responding to the "Scare" articles, even with masks, and that article reports on a flight without masks!