Southport to Heathrow

[koiman]

I have a Sunday flight from Heathrow, I need to get to the airport about noon but live in Southport. I do not want to drive and the trains mean I would have travel on saturday which i cannot.do, whats the aklternative?????

[tyrepill]

Any flights Manchester to Heathrow early Sunday ?

[redmug100]

Only alternative I know of is a megabus ( http://www.megatrain.com/uk/ ) leaving Manchester Chorlton Street at 6.30am arriving London Victoria coach station at 11.00 then either express bus no.500 or London Underground District (towards Richmond or Ealing Broadway) & Piccadilly lines (change at barons court). Journey time from Victoria to Heathrow about 1 hour. How you get from Southport to Manchester for 6.30 I don't know.

[mushroom25]

although you can't travel saturday, could you travel overnight saturday night? national express from liverpool direct to heathrow at 23h40, arr heathrow 05h45, fare �41.00.

[Buenchico]

(2-part post):

Further to Tyrepill's post:

BMI have flights from Manchester at 0635 (arrives 0745) and 0850 (arrives 0955). Fares vary greatly, depending upon when you need to travel. e.g. for this coming weekend, the single fare is �168 (inc t&c) but further ahead there are fares of �58 single. (You might even find a 'sale' fare of �34).
http://www.flybmi.com

BA fly from Manchester to Heathrow at 0815 (arrives 0925) and 1015 (arrives 1115). Again fares vary depending on when you wish to travel. For this coming weekend, the earlier flight is �125, the later one is �205. However, prices are far lower for dates well into the future.
http://www.britishairways.com/travel/home/publ ic/en_gb

Those are the only two operators between Manchester and Heathrow. There are no flights from Blackpool or Liverpool to any London airport.

[Buenchico]

If you can find a way of getting to Manchester in the early hours, National Express have departures as follows:
0130 (arrives 0640, connect at Birmingham, with a 50 minute wait)
0340 (arrives 0855, connect at Birmingham, with a 30 minute wait
0355 (arrives 1015, connect at Birmingham, with a 25 minute wait)
http://www.nationalexpress.com

However, your best bet may be to drive to Manchester Piccadilly (or persuade a friend to take you there) in time to catch the 0642 train to Leeds. It arrives at 0739. You've then got a 45 minute wait until the 0824 service to Kings Cross, which arrives at 1047. From there you can either take the Piccadilly Line direct to Heathrow or take a 10 minute Tube ride to Paddington (on either the Circle Line or the Hammersmith & City Line), and get the Heathrow Express from there.
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

Chris