U3 Bus from T1, 2 & 3,  H’row to Ferrers Ave, West Drayton

Take the U3 Bus from Stand 18 at Heathrow Central Bus Station, close to Terminal 2, and pay the driver £2.00 fare, or use an Oyster Card.  (Unfortunately some bus drivers do not speak very fluent English!)  There are normally 5 buses every hour (one every 12 minutes) and this service is also available until late at night and starts early in the morning.

 Get off the U3 at the Red and White ‘G’ Bus stop – Ferrers Avenue, just past the red “Wine Cellar Co” Shop on Station Road.  Cross over Station Road and turn right – past the Spar Supermarket and then past 2 small Indian restaurants, walk over Brandville Road & we are on the left, just before the “Six Bells” pub, and the black Texaco Garage.

350 Bus from T5 to Oakwood Guest House, West Drayton

 We are easily accessible from Terminal 5 by the Red 350 Bus to Hayes and Harlington Station, which you take from just outside Terminal 5.

Present price:  £2.00, or use an Oyster Card.

350 Bus to and from T5, Heathrow

 Get off the 350 Bus at Bus Stop K [Please Note:  this is a Request Bus Stop - you will need to ring the Bell inside the bus!] past the “Fox & Pheasant” Pub, on the right, and after St Martin’s Vet, on the left - just before the tiny West Drayton Library.
Cross over Station Road and turn left.  Walk past “Bow Wows” Dog Grooming Salon, a black Texaco Garage and the “Six Bells” Pub;  we are just beyond the Pub, on the left – before the silvery-grey shutters.

Drive past Cowley (Brunel University on left) & continue along A408 a few miles – past Esso/ Tesco Express Garage on left and then various warehouses on right, until you reach traffic lights in Yiewsley, with Iceland and Aldi on right.  Continue straight, through Yiewsley, past HSBC on left & Morrisons on right, drive over the Canal bridge and past West Drayton Station on left, and then past a small Spar Supermarket on left-hand corner.  

Shortly after S H Harrold, Opticians, on left, you will see Oakwood Guest House – beyond the silvery-grey shutters, and just before the ‘Six Bells’ pub, & a black Texaco Garage on the left. 

It is only an 8 minute walk  to West Drayton station from the B & B.

Turn right out of guest house, cross over Brandville Road, walk past 2 small Indian restaurants on your left, past Spar supermarket, and walk straight on until you see the Railway bridge over the street.  Walk underneath bridge, and turn right at “De Burgh Arms” pub, with Barclays Bank on the opposite corner.

 Buy an off-peak Travel Card after 9.30 a m mid-week (any time at weekends), for approx £7.00 - to cover all London buses, trains and underground journeys, or use an Oyster Card.  Turn left, walk down stairs and up some more steps for London trains  - 4 trains per hour mid-week, journey time 25 mins. 

At Paddington, follow the Underground signs, cross over the station to the right and go down the Escalator for Bakerloo (brown) tube line to Oxford Circus, etc.

Taxi Rank is outside Paddington station – to the right-hand side.                                

Exellent London Tourist Buses leave constantly, from outside Madame Tussauds Museum,  Marylebone Road, near Baker Street Station.

To return to West Drayton by Train:

take a Thames Train, towards Reading, Oxford or Slough, normally from Platform 13 or 14, on far right-hand side of Paddington Station. Please be sure check the Platform Screens carefully before boarding your train to West Drayton!  

Back Exit from West Drayton Station: 

If you leave West Drayton Station by the Back exit, walk straight ahead into Warwick Road for a short way and bear right toward the “Gentlemen’s Barber” shop.  Turn left at the corner into Station Road, by “Flowers by Ellisa” – opposite red Wine Cellar Co, and you will then soon come to the Spar Supermarket, etc and then the B & B on the left, just before the “Six Bells” Pub and the Texaco Garage.

For guidance in planning your journey in London once you arrive at Paddington, please see below a Map of the London ’Tube’ :

London Underground System

Route map and directions by car, then directions for travelling by bus below, for Terminals 1, 2, 3, then Terminal 4, then Terminal 5

Heathrow B&B route map from Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3

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Heathrow B&B; directions from Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3

1. Head north on Inner Ring W 233 ft
2. Continue on Tunnel Rd W 0.6 mi
3. Continue on M4 1.1 mi
Go through 1 roundabout
4. Slight left at Stockley Rd 305 ft
5. Slight left at Cherry Ln 0.4 mi
6. Slight right to stay on Cherry Ln 151 ft
7. Cherry Ln turns slightly right and becomes Sipson Rd 0.2 mi
8. Slight right to stay on Sipson Rd 0.2 mi
9. Continue on Station Rd 0.3 mi

Heathrow B&B route map from Heathrow Terminal 4

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Car directions from Heathrow Terminal 4 to Oakwood Guest House bed and breakfast

1. Head northwest on Scylla Rd 400 ft
2. Slight left at Southern Perimeter Rd
Go through 2 roundabouts 2.0 mi
3. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto A3113/Airport Way 0.7 mi
4. At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto the M25 ramp to Watford/M4/M1 0.8 mi
5. Merge onto M25 1.0 mi
6. At junction 15, take the M4 exit to London(W & C)/Reading/Slough 0.2 mi
7. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for M4/London (W)/London (C) and merge onto M4 1.9 mi
8. At junction 4, exit toward Uxbridge/A408 0.3 mi
9. Turn left at M4 154 ft
10. Slight left at Stockley Rd 305 ft
11. Slight left at Cherry Ln 0.4 mi
12. Slight right to stay on Cherry Ln 151 ft
13. Cherry Ln turns slightly right and becomes Sipson Rd 0.2 mi
14. Slight right to stay on Sipson Rd 0.2 mi
15. Continue on Station Rd 0.3 mi

Car route map from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Oakwood Guest House hotel

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Car directions from Terminal 5 to Oakwood Guest House hotel from Heathrow

1. Head north on Western Perimeter Rd 0.2 mi
2. Take the ramp 387 ft
3. Turn left 0.3 mi
4. Take the ramp onto M25 1.6 mi
5. At junction 15, take the M4 exit to London(W & C)/Reading/Slough 0.2 mi
6. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for M4/London (W)/London (C) and merge onto M4 1.9 mi
7. At junction 4, exit toward Uxbridge/A408 0.3 mi
8. Turn left at M4 154 ft
9. Slight left at Stockley Rd 305 ft
10. Slight left at Cherry Ln 0.4 mi
11. Slight right to stay on Cherry Ln 151 ft
12. Cherry Ln turns slightly right and becomes Sipson Rd 0.2 mi
13. Slight right to stay on Sipson Rd 0.2 mi
14. Continue on Station Rd 0.3 mi

Oakwood lodge guest house is ideally situated for visiting Windsor Castle – official weekend residence of H.M. the Queen. 35 minutes by away Train or Car, or 45 minutes by Bus, from West Drayton.

For full information and Castle tour tickets in advance on line, please log onto www.royal.gov.uk, or www.royalcollection.org.uk.

A full ticket to visit Windsor Castle for one adult costs approximately £13.50p.

How to get to Windsor Castle

Train: take Thames train from West Drayton station towards Reading; change trains at Slough after 2 stops, onto a Windsor train for one stop – Royal Windsor (Central) Station – almost opposite the Castle.

Car: take the M4 towards Reading and leave motorway at J6/ Slough Central. Follow A332 to Windsor and turn left towards Windsor Town Centre. Turn right at the roundabout at the end of Arthur Road & park in the King Edward VII Court Multi-Storey Car Park.

Car Route Map from Bed and Breakfast to Windsor Castle

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Bus: Take the U3 Bus from opposite Burger King in West Drayton to Heathrow Central Bus Station; then from Stand 5 at, you can take a First Beeline Bus No 77 directly to Peascod Street in Windsor. 2 buses run from Heathrow every hour Mon – Sat.

There are many very nice Pubs and Restaurants in Windsor to eat and drink at, as well as some fabulous shops….

Eton:
Be sure to save enough time to walk down the hill from the Castle, cross the pedestrian bridge over the River Thames into Eton, and browse around the lovely Pubs and Antique shops in Eton High Street.

Route map with directions by car, then directions for travelling by bus below.

Stockley Park to Hotel – Car route map to Oakwood Bed and Breakfast

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Stockley Park from Hotel - Car directions frm Oakwood B&B

1. Left out of Oakwood Lodge, on Station Rd around to right under the railway bridge (0.3 mi)

2. Continue over mini roundabout over hump bridge, over Canal

3. Turn right just over hump onto Horton Road (0.1 mi)

4. Continue all way long Horton Road onto Stockley Road roundabout under A408 (1.0 mi)

5. Continue under A408 and take second left onto Bennetsfield Road and gate into Stockley Park

Bus directions to Stockley Park from Oakwood accommodation

1. Turn right out of Oakwood Bed & Breakfast, over Brandeville side road.   The J/ Brandville Road Bus stop is approximately 100 yards awy, on the same side of the road, just outside Konkan Indian restaurant.

2. Take U5 to Stockley Park

3. Five buses every hour, peak times mid week. Bus fare is approx £2.00 or use Oyster card