Showers in Heathrow airport?

Question

Travelling up to Heathrow this month and am having problems finding a suitable train/coach to be able to arrive 2 hours beforehand for an international flight... terminal 4

I don't mind waiting for 5-6 hours in the terminal but are there showers to freshen up after travelling for 10 hours beforehand?

Cheers!

oh and I'm a skint student so hotel isnt really an option ;)

Answer 1

Well, none while I was there in January...

Oh, and as you might expect in an international airport, the washrooms are monitored often,

Answer 2

according to this website there are showers air-side at Terminal 4 ... I've never gone looking for them so I can't guarantee it's true

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1132426

anyway, at least this website might give you ideas on what else to do while you hang around the airport

the only other suggestion is, are you going direct to the airport? ... for instance if you're travelling via Paddington railway station there's showers on platform 1 ... see

http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/935.as...

and at Victoria on the central concourse

http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/947.as...

otherwise you're stuck with a packet of wet wipes and a change of clothes

Answer 3

There is, but only in certain executive lounges and as you are a student I'm guessing you don't have a card to get into one of those. Sorry, but you are going to have to stay a little bit smelly for a while!!

Answer 4

The only showers at Heathrow are found in select lounges.  Although there are a few (three, I believe) lounges that you can pay a fee to enter, the rest (over twenty) are only accessible if you're flying in Business or First class / Preferred flyer, and unfortunately, these twentyish are the ones with showers.  So I'm afraid that unless you upgrade your ticket, you'll be out of luck =/

Hope this helps =]