Visit to Leicester

Your easiest journey will be a train from London St Pancras to Leicester. This will involve a tube interchange, but it shouldn't be too awful. And if you have problems with luggage etc, London Underground should be able to help if you give them a little warning.

Jonathan

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Hi:  I am an American member of the Society who will be flying to the UK to attend the re-burial in March 2015.  I wondered if anyone has any good tips on the fastest and easiest way to get from Heathrow Airport to Leicester.  By easiest, I mean the method that involves the least walking and transport of heavy luggage, as I have rheumatoid arthritis.  It will take me more than 16 hours to get to Heathrow from my home, by which time I expect to be tired and stiff and sore.  I will be arriving on the morning of March 21.  Any advice will be much appreciated.  Thank you.

 

 

Hate to rain on your parade Jonathan, but the Tube journey into central London is not great at the best of times, then there is the climb out at Kings Cross and the stairs up into St Pancras itself which is next door. With heavy luggage you may find it rather hard. However there is no real alternative, unless you rent a car to pick up at the airport.
On top of which, we still don't know who the privileged few who will allowed to be at the re-internment. I imagine it will be numerous civic dignitaries, reality tv "stars", and probably only Phil Stone sitting with the Duke of Gloucester to represent the Richard III Society.
Those who really love the king will be nowhere to be seen.
Paul

On 22/09/2014 00:08, Jonathan Evans jmcevans98@... [] wrote:
Your easiest journey will be a train from London St Pancras to Leicester. This will involve a tube interchange, but it shouldn't be too awful. And if you have problems with luggage etc, London Underground should be able to help if you give them a little warning.

Jonathan

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Hi:  I am an American member of the Society who will be flying to the UK to attend the re-burial in March 2015.  I wondered if anyone has any good tips on the fastest and easiest way to get from Heathrow Airport to Leicester.  By easiest, I mean the method that involves the least walking and transport of heavy luggage, as I have rheumatoid arthritis.  It will take me more than 16 hours to get to Heathrow from my home, by which time I expect to be tired and stiff and sore.  I will be arriving on the morning of March 21.  Any advice will be much appreciated.  Thank you.

 

 

Hi. I can imagine the underground walking/negotiating levels transfers aren't the best for you.

I'd strongly recommend looking at the National Express Bus Company's direct Heathrow-Leicester coach services. The comfort levels on board are quite good, and the big advantage of the bus is that their pickup/drop off points are (at the airport) very close by Terminals 1,2,3 and (in Leicester), very central to the town, Cathedral area and hotels (St Margaret's Coach Station). Thus you avoid the London Underground/Heathrow Express transfer. The drivers are very helpful, too. National Express Coaches // Coach, Rail & Bus Travel Throughout The UK

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Hope this helps

Lordy, Paul - I've made that long and arduous haul from Heathrow by Tube twice in my life, once in my twenties with a girl friend (a lark) and again in my thirties with my husband (a bit rougher on the system). Both times we came prepared for the trip, and we'd reserved our rooms ahead of time (the second time, based upon experience). So Jonathan, if you're young, it's not too bad, but if you're over 40 and have a heavy bag (wheels help), you might wish you'd rented a car. :-)
Judy Loyaulte me lie

On Monday, September 22, 2014 4:08 AM, "Paul Trevor Bale bale475@... []" <> wrote:


Hate to rain on your parade Jonathan, but the Tube journey into central London is not great at the best of times, then there is the climb out at Kings Cross and the stairs up into St Pancras itself which is next door. With heavy luggage you may find it rather hard. However there is no real alternative, unless you rent a car to pick up at the airport.
On top of which, we still don't know who the privileged few who will allowed to be at the re-internment. I imagine it will be numerous civic dignitaries, reality tv "stars", and probably only Phil Stone sitting with the Duke of Gloucester to represent the Richard III Society.
Those who really love the king will be nowhere to be seen.
Paul

On 22/09/2014 00:08, Jonathan Evans jmcevans98@... [] wrote:
Your easiest journey will be a train from London St Pancras to Leicester. This will involve a tube interchange, but it shouldn't be too awful. And if you have problems with luggage etc, London Underground should be able to help if you give them a little warning.

Jonathan

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Hi: I am an American member of the Society who will be flying to the UK to attend the re-burial in March 2015. I wondered if anyone has any good tips on the fastest and easiest way to get from Heathrow Airport to Leicester. By easiest, I mean the method that involves the least walking and transport of heavy luggage, as I have rheumatoid arthritis. It will take me more than 16 hours to get to Heathrow from my home, by which time I expect to be tired and stiff and sore. I will be arriving on the morning of March 21. Any advice will be much appreciated. Thank you.

Thank you, rwnewbold, I read about the airport buses, and it sounded like it might be a good idea, so thanks for the recommendation. Long distance buses used to be very popular in the US when I was younger, but now only released prisoners, drunks, the mentally ill and Amish people ride them, so I wasn't sure if this was a good idea or not. And while I'm not actually interested in witnessing the re-interment itself and don't expect to be invited, there will be plenty of other activities and interesting people to meet. if I had been around in 1485 nobody would have invited me into the Church for a royal burial, so I'm quite happy to stand outside and watch from afar. Nothing this historically unique will ever happen where I live unless Jesse James rises from his grave and re-forms Quantrill's Raiders.

I haven't used the bus from Heathrow, but I have used airport buses in Edinburgh, Dublin and Stansted, and they usually are absolutely fine.
No particularly odd people or anything.

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Thank you, rwnewbold, I read about the airport buses, and it sounded like it might be a good idea, so thanks for the recommendation. Long distance buses used to be very popular in the US when I was younger, but now only released prisoners, drunks, the mentally ill and Amish people ride them, so I wasn't sure if this was a good idea or not. And while I'm not actually interested in witnessing the re-interment itself and don't expect to be invited, there will be plenty of other activities and interesting people to meet. if I had been around in 1485 nobody would have invited me into the Church for a royal burial, so I'm quite happy to stand outside and watch from afar. Nothing this historically unique will ever happen where I live unless Jesse James rises from his grave and re-forms Quantrill's Raiders.

Paul wrote:
> I imagine it will be numerous civic dignitaries, reality tv "stars", and probably only Phil Stone sitting with the Duke of Gloucester to represent the Richard III Society. Those who really love the king will be nowhere to be seen.


Weds writes:
I think those loyal to Richard are planning to honor him in York, with
the Minster's cooperation, on that day.

Maybe they'll purchase the DVD of the Leicester "event" later. Perhaps
so, perhaps no.

Jonathan wrote :

"Your easiest journey will be a train from London St Pancras to Leicester. This will involve a tube interchange, but it shouldn't be too awful. And if you have problems with luggage etc, London Underground should be able to help if you give them a little warning."

Carol responds:

I second that advice. That's what my sister and I (Americans) did when we visited England in August. We took a taxi from our hotel to St. Pancras, which is a lovely, clean, uncrowded train station (not a zoo like Victoria Station). We took a train to Leicester (we had two bags each and time enough to get on board, not like some of the stations where you're really rushed) and took a taxi from the Leicester station to our hotel. I don't know about the return trip since we went from there to York and then Manchester Airport.) But Jonathan's suggestion about asking for help with bags is a good one. Also, be sure you know which gate you're boarding from. Sometimes they don't announce it in advance, and we almost went to the wrong one. There are information kiosks where you can ask questions or directions. (Prepare for long lines at the "loo"!)

Carol