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I'll be travelling through Heathrow later this summer and have an 8 hr layover. How long would it take to get to the suburbs in north or south London like Enfield Town or Sutton?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sutton isn't too hard to get to and from Heathrow with the X26 Bus, typically about an 1 hr 15 min journey.

[–] Pat12 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

now? with traffic, strikes, etc.? or typically that was the time?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Worst case I'd say about just over 1 hr 40min but typically you should expect between 1 hr 10 min and 1 hr 30 min.

[–] Pat12 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why those places? Seems like you only want to go there if you had friends or family there. If not then it'd be much easier and quicker to get into central London or somewhere on the Piccadilly or Elizabeth lines

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeap, I'd say Elizabeth line into central too. Piccadilly is fine, but doesn't have A/C and is slower, I think.

Does the 8 hours exclude check-in time? If not, that's not much time to see central! (Even 8 hours is a bit of a whirlwind)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

time of day, etc. will impact that a lot. so can expect 45 mins to 2.5 hours essentially.

[–] Pat12 1 points 1 year ago

Damn, yeah I was thinking middle of the day on a weekend and was told roughly 2 hrs so that sounds about right. Thanks.