10 hour Layover in Heathrow

[John_Carrick]

The "Tube" into central London takes about an hour each way. I've never used the Express Train but maybe others might recommend it.

If you like a walk and can leave your luggage at the airport you could get off at Green Park on the Piccadilly Tube Line and walk to Buckingham Palace, St James Park, see the Palace of Westminster, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square and head to Piccadilly Circus and maybe have tea at Fortnum and Masons.

You could just get a Tube to Knightsbridge, see Harrods and have tea there and head back.

You could take Tube to South Kensington and see a museum or two (Victoria and Albert, Science or Natural History).

A tube to (Russell Square??) and see the British Museum.

You could see St Pauls in the city (change from the Piccadilly line to the Central line). Time to see the Cathedral, cross the river by the footbridge and see quite a bit of the city, including a view of Tower Bridge.

There is a "Hop on Hop Off" tourist bus which goes around the main sites.

Maybe a Riverbus from Westminster to Greenwich.

A few options for spending a few hours.

The weather in January is likely to be 'horrible but you might get a crisp cold sunny day.

John