LHR Spotting

Further to last a couple of requests please.
The new LHR T5 spur road is not open unless you are a pass holder. Please don’t use it as a place to park up and view (as some people did today!) You’ll find yourself being moved on very quickly and asked what you were doing there in the first place. When it becomes operational it is likely Motorway regs will still apply there as well. £30 fixed penalty if you stop there without good reason.
Secondly, If you’re going to view from the 08 end at LGW please park well away from the emergency access gates.
Park in proper places and nobody has a problem. Would rather regular visitors who will notice things out of the ordinary.

As always some very good advice there. Sounds like you could be airport security/police.
Either way not important and back to the topic in hand.

I havent got any links to any Heathrow related spotting pages, but one thing i would point out if visiting Heathrow, is to bare in mind what runway they are using for arriving aircraft (only applicable when westerly operations).
Basically Heathrow runs on a weekly timetable. For example aircraft landing before 1500 will land on, say 27L and then from 1500 till last arrival they will use 27R and vica versa. The rota changes each week on a Sunday. I do have a timetable. If you send me a PM i can email you the PDF document with the information on it.

Adam

Further to last a couple of requests please.
The new LHR T5 spur road is not open unless you are a pass holder. Please don’t use it as a place to park up and view (as some people did today!) You’ll find yourself being moved on very quickly and asked what you were doing there in the first place. When it becomes operational it is likely Motorway regs will still apply there as well. £30 fixed penalty if you stop there without good reason.
Secondly, If you’re going to view from the 08 end at LGW please park well away from the emergency access gates.
Park in proper places and nobody has a problem. Would rather regular visitors who will notice things out of the ordinary.
Cheers

Not been too much change at LHR i believe in the past few years, most notable probably being the closure of the crossing between BA maint and the BMI hangar. The small industrial estate at Esher Crescent off the Eastern Perimeter Road has had all it’s roads that joined the perimeter road closed, and is now entered at the roundabout side and exit at the other end only, There is a barrier, which i have yet to see down, and, i have never had any bother in there (although i am in a marked courier van!!) this spot is great for 27R landing. For 27L you have the car park at Hatton Cross station ,or Myrtle avenue or Cain’s Lane along the A30 way.
You can see whats in from the cargo area at Shoreham Road East, all the way to the fence beside Air Canada Cargo, jump up on the wall..
For 09R there is a petrol station (closed for several years now re-opened) on the southern perimeter road past cargo at the 09R holding point. for 09L you can park on the verge on Stanwell Moor road northbound (just past the underpass for the new T5 spur road) Along the Northern perimeter road, there are various car parks that are right beside 09L/27R..probably quite pricey, also, anywhere along the Northern perimeter road is useless for shooting (but fine for just spotting) i believe the visitors centre (on Newall road i think) is now closed(??) As for the terminal 1,2,3 area ..i have no idea, i guess there are always the MSCP’s but expect to get chased and of course the Spectators Terrace closed many moons ago.
Gatwick…not so sure about… A few places i know of are Perimeter Road South (off of London Road) it runs parallel with the runway on the Southern side about 3/4 of the way down the runway. on the north side there are a few places in the cargo village that are very close to the main taxiway off Larkin road..both these places are technically for authorised vehicles only, but, again i’ve never had any bother before.. there are some other places along Charlwood Road/Lowfieldheath Road(??) which i’m sure some of the Gatwick fellas can advise you of………..
Hope that helps.

Ok – what days are you off?

Was just thinking off trying to get some shots down by the maintenance area and/or round by Hatton Garden tube…..

cheers
Chris.

Ok – what days are you off?

Was just thinking off trying to get some shots down by the maintenance area and/or round by Hatton Garden tube…..

cheers
Chris.

What day do you have in mind?

I’ve got a couple of days off (although they may be subject to change) and if the weather is anything like it is now, it’d be a great day.

What day do you have in mind?

I’ve got a couple of days off (although they may be subject to change) and if the weather is anything like it is now, it’d be a great day.