Travelling from London Heathrow airport to Leeds Tempest Road

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what destination should I book? I don't see Leeds Tempest Road in the National Express site.

National Express has only one stop in Leeds, which is the Dyer Street Coach station. From there you need to take other transportation (bus or taxi)

Will we have enough space to keep the luggage in National Express?

The bus has plenty of storage. What exactly you can bring and how much this may cost is part of the terms and conditions of your specific ticket.

Is any national express coach available after 9 pm towards Leeds?

No. It looks like there are only two busses a day: 8am and 14:00

Is it wise that I'm planning to prebook to avoid any delay when I arrive?

Maybe. This only makes sense if you are confident, that you can make your connection even if your flight is delayed and lines at immigrations are long OR if the ticket is flexible.

Heathrow has multiple starting points. Which one is the best?

T2/T3 is you arrive in Terminal 2

You may be better off taking the tube to King's Cross and then the train to Leeds. There are way more frequent itineraries and it's about 2 hours faster. Granted, wrestling luggage on the tube and on the train is not going to be fun.

If you are arriving only at 9pm all of this is a non-starter. Last train to Leeds leaves King's Cross at 8:30pm. If you are coming in this late, you should probably budget a night somewhere. It's 200 miles from Heathrow to Leeds.

Updated: Actually there is a connection through York (leaving Heathrow at 10pm). However that gets you into Leeds station at 2:00am in the morning, which may not be that useful.

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For a flight arriving at Heathrow nominally at 7pm, it is not possible to take public transport to Leeds that night.

Your only three options are

  • Have (for example) relatives from Leeds pick you up in a car. I'd say £150 would be appropriate for this. (Likely your cheapest option; recall petrol is very expensive in the UK btw.)

  • Stay in a hotel, probably at the airport, and then hopefully get the bus you mention in the morning. Hotels are relatively cheap. TAKE GREAT CARE that you get one close to the bus area, or it will be a nightmare.

  • If you're staying for (say) a week, just rent a car for the week which is cheap and solves all problems and ends all other costs of taxis, transport etc. (If you are staying for longer, renting a car one-way is a bit expensive and will probably be more than the hotel/bus/taxi combo.)

And fourthly,

  • Just get a hire car (which is sort of a cheap taxi). You can instantly google dozens of options. It will be £200-£300 , hence cheaper than other options too. Example https://www.pinkberrycars.com/Taxi-Heathrow-Airport-To-Leeds Note that - my guess - it would be very lucky to get a shared hire car, but if you can, fantastic. (I was never, ever able to get a shared one going from eg Heathrow->SE which is the same distance.)

And fifthly,

  • @Traveller has pointed out the thing to do is fly on to Manchester. It's quite possible that would also be the cheapest option given the price of hotels, etc.

Those are your only three options. There are no other options.

If you have 3 or more people traveling, there's no other option than just renting a car, since it is far cheaper than the other options. If you go with a hotel, TAKE GREAT CARE that you get one close to the bus area, or it will be a nightmare.

Tip on choosing flights to Heathrow...

As I mention in a comment, an "XY tip" here is that pro travellers indeed know it's hopeless arriving at Heathrow at night. If at all possible find flights that arrive in the morning.

Tip on choosing flights to Leeds...

Unfortunately "too late now" but one should be flying to Manchester, not London airports, for Leeds.

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Cab share is possible from Heathrow Airport and so now that the number of travellers is likely to increase in the weeks/months ahead, and the threat of COVID is still live, then maybe a private transfer is still better. Try one of the airport transfer companies, as they not only great value private transfers but also public transit offers too. I used them last week for a great value private transfer that was clean and efficient from Heathrow to Sheffield (I didn't want to use public transport).

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