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Travelling to England:
Getting to England: England's two main International airports are London's Heathrow and Gatwick. A couple of other cities have direct international flights (Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham) but most travel is through the two main London airports. There has been much talk of extending London's flight capacity by adding a third airport but this has yet to be built.
Heathrow: Heathrow Airport has 4 main terminals and, if you are not sure which terminal to use you will be able to this information and more by visiting their site at www.heathrowairport.com You can also arrange car parking, car hire and currencey exchange at the airport. More important information >>>
Gatwick: Gatwick airport is the busiest single runway airport in the world with over 70 airlines flying out of Gatwick to about 200 destinations. Link Heathrow, Gatwick is a BAA airport. Gatwick has two terminals (Northe & South) so, if you are not sure which one to use check their site at www.gatwickairport.com Gatwick offers similar services to Heathrow airport. If you are traveling through and need to connect to another flight at Heathrow you will find that it will take roughly 1 hour to travel from one to the other. Gatwick is approximately 35 miles from Central London (about 1hr 15mins travel). More >>>
Ferry: Ferry travel between the south of England and France is extremely popular with day trippers/day shoppers. The shortest routes are Dover or Folkstone to Calais or Boulogne which take about 90 minutes by ferry and just over half an hour by Seacat. Ferries go to France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia from a number of southern and eastern British ports; to Spain from Portsmouth; and to Ireland from a handful of western English ports. Folkestone: to Rotterdam, Netherlands & Zeebrugge, Belgium, Ramsgate: to Ostende, Belgium, Tees & Hartlepool: to Rotterdam, Netherlands & Zeebrugge, Belgium. More info >>>
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