Transfer from Heathrow to The Clermont Hotel

[roxyandbailey]

We will be arriving August 29th on Air Canada around 9:30 am. Trying to figure out the best way to get to our hotel. We are staying at the Clermont hotel. I think Victoria station is close by but don’t really understand the whole train vrs tube options. We did order the oyster card already. We will have I medium suitcase each and have no difficulty walking. 

[Globaliser]

Take any eastbound Piccadilly Line train. Change at Barons Court - this involves a walk of about 10 feet across to the other the side of the same platform. Take virtually any District Line train to Victoria, and follow the signs to exit to the National Rail station via lifts (elevators). That will take you to street level right outside the entrance to the mainline station, which is the end of the station where the hotel is located.

 

At Barons Court, the only District Line trains that you should avoid are those to Olympia or High Street Kensington, but from Barons Court these are as rare as hens teeth. Almost all District Line trains go to Upminster, Barking or Tower Hill, and these are all fine.

[Meander Ingwa]

Trains are trains, they go long distances. National Rail is the umbrella name and it is made up of different system providers.  The Underground or Tube is the subway system which travel all over the Greater London region run by Transport for London ( TFL )

 

On your google maps, the National rail stations are indicated by 2 parallel lines with two dashes that look like modified arrow

 

 

The Underground ( aka Tube) is indicated by the Roundel  (💗)

 

All but one greater London terminal train stations is served directly by an underground station and lines.  When navigating you follow the signs that have the appropriate symbol.  You will see it quickly, the train stations are much more expansive with large destination signs and timetables and people standing about and looking for their platform number.  When approaching on street level you turn into the appropriate entrance.  When arriving underground you transfer via underground malls; again with appropriate signs and symbols.

[phabric]

Take a car service, they will met you outside the luggage exit and drop you off at your hotel door.  After a long flight, it is nice to be met.

 

I have used Just Airports from LHR to London hotel and from London hotel to LHR

 

www.justairports.com

Edited July 16, 2023 by phabric

[Meander Ingwa]

7 hours ago, Globaliser said:

Piccadilly Line train

this is actually a line on the Underground.  the use of the word "train" might be what is confusing you.  The Piccadilly Line is where you are going to use your Oyster .  You can transfer at Barons Court for a District Line to Upminster / Barking / Tower Hill.  all of these are termini in the east.  The Underground is easy to use once you get the hang of it.  There are resources on line which will make you feel more comfortable.  I hope your Oyster comes with a paper map.  Your phones map app will likely show you the routes and the color associated with those routes if you tap on the zoomed in station name.  Take time to become familiar, you will be a happy traveler if you do

[Globaliser]

7 hours ago, Meander Ingwa said:

Trains are trains, they go long distances. National Rail is the umbrella name and it is made up of different system providers.  The Underground or Tube is the subway system which travel all over the Greater London region run by Transport for London ( TFL )

 

1 hour ago, Meander Ingwa said:

9 hours ago, Globaliser said:

Piccadilly Line train.

this is actually a line on the Underground.  the use of the word "train" might be what is confusing you.

 

You will be the one sowing confusion if you draw false distinctions.

 

It is not true that "trains" only go long distances. A London Underground train is just as much a train as one going from London to Edinburgh. If you look at the Piccadilly Line timetable published by TfL, you will see the times of the "First and Last trains".

 

In addition to London Underground, TfL also runs trains on the Docklands Light Railway, London Overground and the Elizabeth Line. None of these are the Underground. All of these use the TfL roundel, not the National Rail crows foot.

[Cotswold Eagle]

11 hours ago, roxyandbailey said:

We are staying at the Clermont hotel. I think Victoria station is close by

There are two Clermont's - Victoria and Charing Cross. Both are attached to the railway station they are named after, so yes if you are staying at the Clermont Victoria, that's the station you need - the national rail station is on top of the Underground station, so multiple options (note that Victoria Coach Station is about half a mile down the road). Globaliser has given you the best directions for getting there by public transport from LHR.

[Cotswold Eagle]

9 hours ago, Meander Ingwa said:

Trains are trains, they go long distances.

What?! This will come as as surprise to the train drivers on the Waterloo and City line, who only go 1.5 miles 😂

 

3 hours ago, Meander Ingwa said:

The Piccadilly Line is where you are going to use your Oyster

You can also use the Oyster on National Rail and Transport for London train services (as listed by m'learned colleague above) within the London travel zones. These are often trains that don't go particularly long distances....

Edited July 16, 2023 by Cotswold Eagle

[roxyandbailey]

Thank you all for your help. I definitely feel more confident we can do this and save some money on taxi fares by taking the tube!