Directions:
To find our guest house, take the M4 from the M25 (Junction 15) and leave the M4 very rapidly at Junction 4 (Uxbridge A408/ Heathrow) and concentrate HARD!
Stay in left-hand lane and filter (2nd) left at busy traffic light complex into Cherry Lane, between the Crowne Plaza Hotel &Novotel, where there is an arrowhead pointing left to West Drayton.
Cherry Lane turns into Sipson Road, continue driving and go straight at the 2 small Traffic Lights after a parade of shops on the left, then passing the “Fox & Pheasant” on the right, into Station Road. After Drayton Hall and St Martin’s Vet on the left, & a black Yopec Garage on the right, you will see Oakwood - next to the “Six Bells” Pub, on the right.
3 compact Parking Spaces available on either side of the front door, on Station Road. Secure Parking is available behind the Guest House. Turn right just before Chas Cameron Lettings, into Brandville Rd; turn right immediately afterwards, into Bellclose Road & then immediately right again, into the mesh gated car park (with green garage doors).
Road Instructions from M40/ Uxbridge Direction:
From M40, take Exit 1 at hectic Denham Roundabout and then the A4020 towards Uxbridge. At 2nd roundabout/ traffic lightcomplex in Uxbridge with modern MANPOWER building in centre, take the A408 towards Heathrow - to right.Yiewsley, Cowley & drive through Cowley & continue along A408 a few miles – past Esso/ Tesco Express Garage on left and then various warehouses on right, until you reach large traffic lights in Yiewsley, with Iceland & Aldi on right.
Continue straight, through Yiewsley, past HSBC Bank on left, and Morrisons on the right
Drive over the Canal bridge, and past West Drayton Station & then a Spar Supermarket on left-hand corner, followed by Harrolds, Opticians on your left. Drive past Brandville Road and the Guest House is on your left – after the silver-grey shutters, and just before ‘Six Bells’ pub, & a Yopec Garage.
By Bus from Heathrow:
U3 Bus from T1 & 3, Heathrow to Ferrers Ave, West Drayton
Take the U3 Bus from Stand 18 at Heathrow Central Bus Station, close to Terminal 1, and pay the driver £2.20 fare, or use an Oyster Card. (Unfortunately some bus drivers do not speak very fluent English!) There are normally 5 buses every hour (one every 12 minutes) & this service is also available until late at night & early in the morning.
Get off the U3 at the Red and White ‘G’ Bus Stop – Ferrers Avenue, just past red “Wine Cellar Co” Shop on Station Rd. Cross over Station Road and turn Right – past the Spar Supermarket and then past 2 small Indian restaurants, walk over Brandville Road & we are on the left, just before the “Six Bells” pub, and the black Yopec Garage.
If you find yourself walking towards the Railway Bridge across Station Road, you are walking in the Wrong Direction!
350 Bus from T5 to Oakwood Guest House, West Drayton:
We are easily accessible from Terminal 5 by the Red 350 Bus = to Hayes and Harlington Station, which you take from just outside Terminal 5.
Present price: £2.20, or use an Oyster Card.
Get off the 350 Bus at the Church Road Bus Stop/ K [Please Note: this is a Request Bus Stop - you will need to ring the Bell inside the bus!] past the “Fox & Pheasant”, on the right, at the Church Lane stop, after St Martin’s Vet, on the left - just before the very small West Drayton Library.
Cross over Station Road & turn Left. Walk past West Drayton NHS Physiotherapy Centre, a black Yopec Garage & “Six Bells” Pub; we are just beyond the Pub, on the left – before the silvery-grey shutters.
From West Drayton to Paddington Station: It is only an 8 min walk to West Drayton station from us.
Turn right out of guest house, cross over Brandville Road, past Spar supermarket, and walk straight on until you see the Railway bridge over the street. Walk underneath bridge, and turn right at “De Burgh Arms” pub, with Barclays Bank on the opposite corner.
Buy an off-peak Travel Card after 9.30 a m mid-week (any time at weekends), for approx £7.40 - to cover all London buses, trains & underground journeys, or use an Oyster Card. Turn left, walk down stairs and up some more steps for London trains - 4 trains per hour mid-week, journey time 25 mins.
At Paddington, follow the Underground signs, cross over the station to the right & go down Escalator for Bakerloo (brown) tube line to Oxford Circus, etc.