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I have always tried to avoid London but this trip that is the only way. I have a flight into London Heathrow with a 4hr layover then onto Joburg. Is there anything I need to do in London? Everything should be checked all the way through. Do I need to notify anyone that I’ll be traveling with a firearm? Thanks | ||
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I fly through Heathrow all the time on United Airlines. United has a baggage handling agreement with SAA and I check my gun in at LAX airport all the way through to Jo'Berg. There is no notification required at Heathrow, the airlines handle everything. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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Take a walk around town. Just watch before stepping off the curb for those flying black taxi's coming from the wrong side. They scared me out of town first afternoon I was there. Spooky to hear tires screeching and look to see one almost in your lap. George "Gun Control is NOT about Guns' "It's about Control!!" Join the NRA today!" LM: NRA, DAV, George L. Dwight | |||
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If your guns are checked all the way to the final destination then there is no problem. London is a great place to visit the fastest way in is probably the Heathrow express to Paddington trains leave every 15 mins then get a black cab o the west end lots of nice restaurants in and around Mayfair as well as Holland & Holland, Purdey etc | |||
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. Gun info above. 4h layover IS NOT enough time to go into town! You would need 30 mins to get out of immigration and passport control. An hour to get anywhere interesting in town even if you take the Heathrow Express at GBP 50/- return. An hour out again and at least an hour through LHR security and immigration going back in. Heathrow is a nightmare airport! You would have about 45 mins in town to try and do something ..... Me, I would find a airline lounge or a pub / restaurant in the terminal building that you are transiting through and settle down for the wait! My 2 cents. Safe travels. . "Up the ladders and down the snakes!" | |||
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AZhunter81, Charlie stated it perfectly. I've been through Heathrow many times. Check your guns all the way through to your final destination and you'll not have an issue. Four hours as Charlie said is about enough time to clear customs, have lunch or a drink or two, look at the shops and get to your departure gate with plenty of time. Travel safe, Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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I'm flying back right now from Heathrow to the USA. I second Charlie64's recommendations. I flew in and out of Terminal 3. By the time you walk from your flight to immigration/customs, clear immigration and customs, walk to the Heathrow Express platform, buy your ticket, wait for the next train, you'd be very lucky to arrive at Paddington station within 90 minutes. Then there would be the time to get from Paddington to anywhere else and back. E.g. it is about 25 minutes by taxi to get to the general vicinity of Buckingham Palace/Westminster Abby/ St. James Park/Trafalgar Square. On this trip, I was fortunate to have short lines coming through immigration/customs and back through security, but I've also queued up for an hour+ in recent years. Heathrow is a big airport. Leopard, Hippo, Croc - Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe, 2024 Reindeer & Geese, Iceland, 2023 Plains Game, Eastern Cape, 2023 Buff - Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe, 2022 Muskox-Greenland, 2020 Roe buck and muntjac in England, 2019 Unkomaas Valley, RSA, 2019 Kaokoland, Namibia, 2017 Wild boar hunting in Sweden, 2016 Moose hunting in Sweden, 2014 How to post photos on AR | |||
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Forget going to London with only 4 hours.....I have done it several times but I always had 12+ hours. Vote Trump- Putin’s best friend… To quote a former AND CURRENT Trumpiteer - DUMP TRUMP | |||
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Four hours is not enough time to go to central London. Your best bet is to stay at the airport and use a lounge. | |||
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LOL Last time I went through London, while everything worked well, it took over 3 hours to get through the lines (ques to the brits) at the security stuff just between international flights at the terminal. I would not plan on doing anything with a 4 hour layover... | |||
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Thanks everyone for the input, I probably should have been more specific in the original post. I have no intention on actually leaving the airport with a 4hr layover. All I meant is I have heard flying through Heathrow with firearms can sometimes be a pain and I was curious if there is anything I need to do (at the airport) or if because the firearms are checked through I just need to sit back and relax. | |||
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My apologies for setting that off. I've been to London once, and that was coming in by train and leaving on another one. Totally missed the airport ordeal. Sounds like you got lots of great current advice. Best wishes for a great trip and hunt. George "Gun Control is NOT about Guns' "It's about Control!!" Join the NRA today!" LM: NRA, DAV, George L. Dwight | |||
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My last trip going to Africa via London we had no issues with guns. Coming back I did have to sign some paperwork saying I had a rifle before boarding the plane or they would not load it on the plane. The previous trip I didn't have to do that. | |||
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Not sure about your airline(s), but no problems with gun transfer using BA. | |||
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With 4 hours, you’ll have time to visit the Duty Free Shop and buy some Cubans. I bought some Montecristos there in May and they taste awesome after a full day in the bush while sipping on a cold Tafel Lager. Jesus saves, but Moses invests | |||
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You could try Scotch tasting at World of Whiskies. DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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The first place I head to when in Heathrow ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition” ― Rudyard Kipling | |||
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If you had longer in London I’d say spend s few hours with us to hunt a muntjac. Done a few layover hunts where we’ve picked a guest up, driven an hour, hunted a muntjac and had some lunch then dropped them back and they’ve flown on | |||
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Which terminal is it located in? Vote Trump- Putin’s best friend… To quote a former AND CURRENT Trumpiteer - DUMP TRUMP | |||
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T2, Gate A16 T3, Level 1 T4, Level 2, Gate 21 T5, Level 2 Gate A11 | |||
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