39august Posted March 22, 2009 #1 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Gatwick or Heathrow to go to Harwich, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottbee Posted March 23, 2009 #2 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Gatwick or Heathrow to go to Harwich, please? Both are awkward. Geography... LHR is 20 miles west of London LGW is 30 miles south of London Harwich is 60 miles north east of London By private car, LHR is the easier transfer. If you're trying to do it by train/bus/etc, LGW; train to London Bridge Station, taxi to Liverpool St Station, train to Harwich LHR; train to London Paddington Station, taxi to Liverpool St Station, train to Harwich While the intra-london transfers could be done by subway, it's probably easier by taxi rather than hauling luggage up and down escalators. LGW trains also go to London Victoria station, but London Bridge is much closer to Liverpool St. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handfordr Posted March 23, 2009 #3 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Probably not applicable, but the best airport is not Heathrow or Gatwick but Stansted, about half the distance to Harwich than Heathrow or Gatwick and the 'right' side of London. Unfortunately the scheduled Transatlantic flights were pulled from here last year, though you may get charters from Florida or Canadian cities. Its basically now London's main low cost budget airline airport. If you want an 'interesting' route changing to a low cost operator in somewhere like Dublin or Iceland it might be worth thinking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottbee Posted March 23, 2009 #4 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Probably not applicable, but the best airport is not Heathrow or Gatwick but Stansted, about half the distance to Harwich than Heathrow or Gatwick and the 'right' side of London.Unfortunately the scheduled Transatlantic flights were pulled from here last year, though you may get charters from Florida or Canadian cities. Its basically now London's main low cost budget airline airport. If you want an 'interesting' route changing to a low cost operator in somewhere like Dublin or Iceland it might be worth thinking about. Stansted would still require a private car, or ride the train into London and back out. However, as Handfordr is pointing out, it is closer to Harwich. Mind you, of all of the five london airports, Heathrow and Gatwick are the two furthest from Harwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handfordr Posted March 25, 2009 #5 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Stansted would still require a private car, or ride the train into London and back out. From Stansted there is a regular airport bus service to Colchester Railway Station. From Colchester, trains run to Harwich International Station adjacent to the cruise terminal, hourly and in less than 30 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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