Travelling to London, Anyone Advise Which Airport?

Whitey_22
Whitey_22 Posts: 44
edited January 2007 in Given To Fly (live)
I'm only flying from Scotland, so which one's closest to Wembley? I've been told Stansted is closest, but would like some clarification. Preferably an airport where Ryanair or EasyJet go to so I can get 49p flights, lol.

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  • Blond_hippey
    Blond_hippey Posts: 63
    Not sure mate but i think london city airport could be closer. Best check on the web if you havent already but i gusse you have. I live next to gatwick and thats not close at all mate.
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  • Whitey_22
    Whitey_22 Posts: 44
    Cool, thanks that's one eliminated lol.

    I have tried the internet, but it's just a confusing mass of hits on Google.
  • Yielded
    Yielded Posts: 839
    There's the Gatwick express which takes you right to the center of London though...
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  • Super Vedder
    Super Vedder Posts: 1,531
    as im just bored at home ive had a look on a few hotel sites near wembley and the majority (like 4 out of 5) have said heathrow is 9 miles away from wembley arena...............................their words not mine tho, just incase!!
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  • Super Vedder
    Super Vedder Posts: 1,531
    Whitey_22 wrote:
    I'm only flying from Scotland, so which one's closest to Wembley? I've been told Stansted is closest, but would like some clarification. Preferably an airport where Ryanair or EasyJet go to so I can get 49p flights, lol.

    Cheers.

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    Near To: Wembley, Neasden, Alperton, Hendon, Harrow, Perivale
    Airports Served: Heathrow Airport (9.2 miles, 14.9 km), London City Airport (14.9 miles, 24 km), Luton Airport (22.6 miles, 36.4 km), Gatwick Airport (28.2 miles, 45.5 km), Stansted Airport (32.9 miles, 53 km)

    off the wembley plaza hotel site.
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  • Housing Jim
    Housing Jim Posts: 644
    When i lived in Scotland I flew down to London with easyjet which was very cheap and to Stansted airport.

    However, if you;re going to do this, bear in mind that you will need to get the stansted express train to London which is another £30 return.
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  • londonrocks
    londonrocks Posts: 177
    yeah, heathrow is the nearest, but if you want an easyjet or ryanair flight, stansted or luton.
  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    Housing Jim wrote:
    When i lived in Scotland I flew down to London with easyjet which was very cheap and to Stansted airport.

    However, if you;re going to do this, bear in mind that you will need to get the stansted express train to London which is another £30 return.
    use the regular trains (same with Gatwick), it's half that price...and you don't have to go all the way to Liverpool St/Victoria, which depending where you're going afterwards might make it far easier.

    I find it surprising that Stansted is further form Wembley than Gatwick though..Stansted is NE, Gatwick S/SW and Wembley NW (so is Luton but further out).
  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    I'm in Basildon, England at the moment... my first time in the UK. I flew into Gatwick and thought it was kinda dirty, not very well laid out (small place but lots of walking), and the rental car took an hour to get the keys.

    But thats just one guy's first impression... maybe I was just pissed coming over here on a red eye and not being able to take a single hour for sight-seeing!!!

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  • ilockyer
    ilockyer Posts: 2,272
    Flybe aren't the cheapest but I believe they do fly from Edinburgh into London City Airport.

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  • Whitey_22
    Whitey_22 Posts: 44
    I'm right in the middle of Glasgow and Prestwick airports, so would rather fly from there anyway. I can get Prestwick to Stansted for about £50 return or Glasgow to Heathrow for £80 return. Best going for Stansted and getting a train into the city centre?
  • Super Vedder
    Super Vedder Posts: 1,531
    judgin from the post above where they said they had to get a £30 return when travelling to stansted i would of thought heathrow would be best cos the price adds up to the same but with less fuckin about on trains! just my opinion, for what thats worth.............
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  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    Whitey_22 wrote:
    I'm right in the middle of Glasgow and Prestwick airports, so would rather fly from there anyway. I can get Prestwick to Stansted for about £50 return or Glasgow to Heathrow for £80 return. Best going for Stansted and getting a train into the city centre?
    get to Heathrow and take the tube (buy an Oyster card and the trip from there to central London is 'bout £2.50 off-peak).
  • Yielded
    Yielded Posts: 839
    Pegasus wrote:
    get to Heathrow and take the tube (buy an Oyster card and the trip from there to central London is 'bout £2.50 off-peak).

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  • mapinguari
    mapinguari Posts: 22
    Yielded wrote:
    That's what I'm doing!
    you'd be looking at a good hour on the tube though that way.......i'd go in through luton..........thameslink it down to West Hampstead or Hendon and go from there....saves sitting on a cruddy piccadilly line train
  • Yielded
    Yielded Posts: 839
    darkhelmet wrote:
    you'd be looking at a good hour on the tube though that way.......i'd go in through luton..........thameslink it down to West Hampstead or Hendon and go from there....saves sitting on a cruddy piccadilly line train

    Well, my flights are already booked... I'll spend an hour on the tube then, I'm sure I'll survive.
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  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    darkhelmet wrote:
    you'd be looking at a good hour on the tube though that way.......i'd go in through luton..........thameslink it down to West Hampstead or Hendon and go from there....saves sitting on a cruddy piccadilly line train
    instead of 1 hour on the train you mean?

    but yeah, Luton is not a bad option as it's the same way..but Gatwick or Stansted are not.

    Saying that, I might have to land at Stansted to come back from Vienna :(
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    dont listen to all these london folks Whitey.... they are all high on coke probably :)


    go to bmi baby and book brilliant flights from glasgow - heathrow all in for £71!!!

    i just did a quote just now and Heathrow is most central airport there!!

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  • Super Vedder
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    dunkman1974 wrote:
    dont listen to all these london folks Whitey.... they are all high on coke probably :)


    haha classic!!!!!!
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  • djwatt
    djwatt Posts: 6
    all london airports can be a pain to land in and get into town, it all depends on timing, so i'd say just get the cheapest flight you can and go to wherever airport it goes to

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