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Heathrow to Blackheath?
Unfortunately I think you'll be very lucky to land at 10pm and get to
Blackheath by 11pm. One thing to take into account is that Heathrow is a nightmare airport to exit. It can take quite a while to talk from your arrival gate to passport control. If you have a European Union passport, you can usually get through passport control fairly quickly. However if you don't, the queues can often be quite long. Best case, with an EU passport and hand luggage only, I think you could possibly be out of customs by 10.15pm, assuming your plane lands on time. As outlined elsewhere in this thread, train/tube options would take at least an hour. I've found that the best possible taxi time from Heathrow to Blackheath across central London is about 45 minutes. However this only works in the early hours of the morning (6am). At 10-11pm on a Friday night, central London will be very busy and I think it would take about 90 minutes but this is very variable. Going around the M25 would be quicker at this time of night (though more expensive). I would guess a journey time of 65-70 minutes (make sure the driver leaves the M25 at junction 2 - longer but quicker as compared to exitting at junction 3). Cheaper than a black cab taxi would be to pre-book a minicab. A company that provides a reasonable service and is fairly reliable is Blackheath Cars. I haven't done Heathrow to Blackheath for a while but if memory serves, the fixed cost (ie there's no meter) is about £55-60 across central London (more expensive around the M25). Blackheath Cars can have somebody waiting for you after you exit customs. Note that you'll lose a few minutes over getting a black cab as you'll need to walk to where the driver has parked in the short-term car park and the driver will need to pay for the parking charges. Blackheath Cars can be contacted on +44-20-8318-5432. Given the above, on a Friday night, I reckon train and tube options are better (and cheaper). Are you committed to Heathrow though? Much more convenient for Blackheath is London City airport (to which you can fly from several European locations). You can usually exit City airport in about 5 minutes and a taxi to Blackheath should only take 10-15 minutes (assuming the Blackwall tunnel isn't closed for maintenance - it does happen, search the web). I usually just get a black cab from City airport to Blackheath as the premium isn't too much over a minicab. Obviously you could also book Blackheath Cars as above. Good luck! |
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