Airport guide · the group organiser’s briefing
Heathrow Airport
LHR · EGLL · West London
Europe’s busiest airport, four terminals, and a forecourt where a coach can wait no more than twenty minutes. Everything a group needs — meeting points, real costs, and the coach-permit flow no one else writes down.
Get a price for Heathrow
Coaches typically £590* · Minibuses typically £295*
Per vehicle, one way, to central London. * Includes the airport’s permit, parking or drop-off charge for a normal pick-up or drop-off. Waiting time rates may apply. Prices are subject to the time of year, the time of day and availability.
Live at Heathrow
Arrivals & departures
Live flight status, cached from our feed and updated every 30 minutes — read a flight against the WRCP 30-minutes-before coach rule. Switch tabs for departures; scroll for more.
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Live board — from our flight feed, refreshed when you open this page. Switch between arrivals and departures above; scroll for more flights. Heathrow also runs its own official minute-by-minute boards.
Heathrow is the UK's front door — Europe's busiest airport, four terminals, and a forecourt where a coach can wait no more than twenty minutes. This is the group organiser's briefing: where each terminal's meeting point is, what the drop-off really costs, and — the part no one else writes down — exactly how a coach is permitted, held and called forward to collect your party. Every figure below shows the date we last checked it against the official source.
Coach parking & group pick-up at Heathrow
This is the piece official pages scatter across five places. Every charter coach collecting a group from a Heathrow forecourt must report to the West Ramp Coach Park (WRCP) first, on a pre-booked permit. Miss the booking and, at capacity, you are turned away. Here is the whole flow — permit, holding, dispatch, the twenty-minute stand — with the exact bay your driver pulls onto at each terminal.
| Terminal | Coach stand | Meet your group |
|---|---|---|
| T2 | Arrivals forecourt (ground level), lane 3, bus stops 13–14 | Opposite the international arrivals exit |
| T3 | Arrivals forecourt, bus stops 9–10 | Ground-floor seating area at Arrivals |
| T4 | Arrivals forecourt (ground level), lane 3, bus stops 18–19 | Beside WHSmith in Arrivals, ground floor |
| T5 | Arrivals forecourt (ground level), lane 1, bus stops 16–16B | North point opposite Travelex / South point near Costa Coffee |
“We pre-book the permit before every Heathrow collection and hold in the coach park until the marshal calls us — so your group is met the moment they clear customs, not left on a stand where a coach can wait twenty minutes.”— Airport Coaches · first-person operational note
Section 02
Terminals & meeting points
Four passenger terminals — 2, 3, 4 and 5 (Terminal 1 closed in 2015). Which one depends on the airline; where you meet an arriving group is fixed per terminal.
Terminal 2 — The Queen's Terminal
Terminal 3
Terminal 4
Terminal 5
Typical prices
What a group transfer at Heathrow costs
Real one-way prices per vehicle, from the last two years of our quotes and bookings at Heathrow Airport. "Typically" is the middle price of real quotes and bookings, and the range runs 20% either side of it.
- Minibus, up to 16 seats, central London: £240–£350*, typically £295
- Midi coach, up to 37 seats, central London: £400–£600*, typically £500
- Coach, up to 53 seats, central London: £470–£710*, typically £590
* Includes the airport’s permit, parking or drop-off charge for a normal pick-up or drop-off. Waiting time rates may apply.
Prices are subject to the time of year, the time of day and availability.
Pick-ups from the airport usually cost a little more than drop-offs, and early-morning pick-ups can cost more.
No VAT is charged on coach travel, so there is nothing to add.
No VAT is charged on minibus travel: like coaches, minibuses with 10 or more seats are zero-rated.
Our own prices, refreshed every month from real quotes and bookings. Last updated 1 October 2026.
Section 03
Parking & drop-off
Dropping off costs £7 every time you enter a terminal forecourt — or nothing if you use a Park & Ride within its 29 free minutes. Heathrow renamed its car parks in 2025; the postcodes below are the ones your satnav needs.
| Option | Type | Serves | Cost | Satnav |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal Drop-Off (forecourt) | drop off | All terminals | £7 / entry | per terminal |
| Terminal Parking (formerly Short Stay) | short | T2 · T3 · T5 | book online | TW6 1EW / 1QG / 2GA |
| Park & Ride (formerly Long Stay) | long | All terminals | 29 min free | TW6 2SB / 3XL / 2RL |
| Priority Park & Ride (formerly Business) | long | T2 · T3 · T5 | book online | — |
| Meet & Greet Parking | meet greet | T2 · T3 · T5 | book online | at terminal |
| Pod Parking | long | T5 | book online | — |
| Coach & group parking — West Ramp Coach Park (WRCP) | coach | All terminals | £73.20 permit | TW6 2QU |
Section 04
Directions & satnav
One postcode table for every destination — terminals, each car park and the coach park — so nobody in your group ends up on the wrong perimeter road. M4 J4 / M25 J15 for the central terminals; M25 J14 for T4 and T5.
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Get a price for Heathrow
Coaches typically £590* · Minibuses typically £295*
Per vehicle, one way, to central London. * Includes the airport’s permit, parking or drop-off charge for a normal pick-up or drop-off. Waiting time rates may apply. Prices are subject to the time of year, the time of day and availability.
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We run the permit, hold at the coach park and meet your party on the stand — coaches and minibuses, 8 to 57 seats, at all five London-area terminals.
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