Cotswolds tour or Windsor Castle from Heathrow area?

[tartana]

I am actually doing a few days in London without a cruise, but I've been wondering if anyone knows of any part days tours from the Heathrow area.  I'm flying in at night and have considered staying out there my first night and wondered about doing a bit of siteseeing before I head in to London.  Just curious - I've been looking online and don't really see much offered. 

[John Bull]

I'm not aware of any suitable scheduled tours from Heathrow.

There are private tours, - depending on your numbers that could be very expensive, but you could take your luggage with you &  be dropped off at your central London hotel.

https://www.touristengland.com/tours/heathrow-layover-tours/

Bear in mind that private guides are not permitted in Windsor Castle - it's either an official castle guide or an audio-gude (the audio-guide is perfectly good enough)

 

But Windsor is pretty easy to DIY, by taxi or bus or train ................... .

Easiest & quickest is by taxi. A pre-booked private-hire taxi or Uber (usually a fixed price, can be booked when you arrive but has to be pre-booked) will cost about £35 - £40 one-way. For best value choose Uber or a Windsor-based operator like https://www.royalwindsortaxis.co.uk/. You could ask your hotel to call one for you. But you don't want a "black cab" like those ranked-up at the airport - they're metered, and expensive for anything but a 2 - 3 mile hop in the city.. 

 

By train or bus+train is a little complicated - better to take a direct Green Line No. 703 bus or FirstGroup bus No. 8 from Terminal 5 to the Parish Church in the centre of Windsor, just a two-minute walk from Windsor Castle. Journey time about an hour. Cheap and simple. But they only call at terminal 5.

https://www.windsor.gov.uk/visitor-information/travel-information/getting-here/by-bus-and-coach

 

JB 🙂

 

[RNCheryl]

We toured the Cotswolds with London Walks, also visited Oxford. Highly recommend

 

https://www.walks.com/our-walks/oxford-the-cotswolds-the-great-escape/

[tartana]

thanks for the info - I will check out London Walks for sure...unfortunately, their Cotswolds day doesn't fall during my days there, but I see they have lots of other options too.