Beautifully designed terminal at Heathrow airport. (BA Terminal 5)

Member Name: Holidaying

Product:	BA Terminal 5
Date:	17/12/08 (49 review reads)
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Advantages: Design, ease of use, ease of access.

Disadvantages: Not very many facilites, signs only in English.

I recently had cause to use terminal 5 at London's Heathrow Airport. It was my first time there and I was looking forward to it because there had been such a fanfare about it, and because a lot of money had been spent on it. Here is my review!

Location
Terminal 5 is the fith of five terminals at London Heathrow Airport. It is easy to connect with the other terminals. The airport can be reached by bus (National Express) and by car. I believe that there is also a rail link.

Design
The terminal is beautiful, there is no doubt about that. To see several floors of solid glass is quite stunning. It gives the terminal a very clean appearance.

Facilities
I found the terminal to be somewhat lacking in facilities. I didn't think that there were many shops or cafes to choose from, and I think that I would have enjoyed my visit more if there was more choice.

Ease of use
Like the other terminals at Heathrow, terminal 5 is straightforward and easy to use, with good signage and staff on hand to help with anything that you might need. The only thing is, that all of the signs are in English only!

Other points
I have to mention the toilets, which as well as being clean, were also somehow beautiful and they have high-tech air dryers fro your hands, which dry them quickly. The hand washing area is very nicely decorated.

As far as I know, it is only British Airways that uses this terminal so you will have to fly with them if you want to use it!

Summary: A high-hyped terminal that in my opinion is as exciting as it was made out to be!