Can I collect post at / near Heathrow airport (on a Saturday)?
This coming weekend, I have a moderate layover in Heathrow airport. As long as there's no big delays, I should have a few hours spare.
At the same time, I've realised there's some papers I need for my destination, which are currently at our head office in the UK. The cost of posting them to where I'm going is rather high, and if sent where I am now they won't arrive in time.
There isn't enough time to get to the office and back, so that's out, and I can't see anyone from work wanting to trek to the wrong side of London to drop them off to me in Heathrow in person!
That leads me to wonder - is there a post office in / near Heathrow airport, which offers Poste restante, and is open on Saturdays?
(If there is, then that ought to allow work to post the papers to said post office, and I can then enter the UK, head to the post office, collect them, then return through security for my onward flight. It'd work out a lot cheaper than the other options I can think of)
Best Answer
According to postoffice.co.uk, the post office at Heathrow is in terminal 3 and its address is,
Heathrow Airport Terminal Three
Terminal Three
Hounslow
Middlesex
TW6 1QG
However, on the page on poste restante (a.k.a. general delivery), they say
For Foreign Travellers in the UK: Before you travel to the UK, write to or call the Post Office to request the address details for the post office that you would like to use in the UK town where you will be staying.
For Domestic travellers in the UK: Do this in person at the branch you’d like your post sent to. Please note, the Poste Restante service may not be available everywhere.
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Answer 2
There is a branch of Mail Boxes Etc in Staines (http://www.mbe.co.uk/staines). You could contact them and see if they are willing to sign for documents for yourself. I use a different branch of Mail Boxes Etc for this purpose. How long is your layover and at which time...? Mail Boxes Etc are open from 10 am - 3pm. It should be around a 20 minute taxi ride.
Answer 3
Honestly, since the documents are only on the wrong side of London, it would surely be easier and certainly more reliable to get a colleague to bring the documents to Heathrow for you. Bring them back a nice gift from the country you're visiting and owe them a favour.
Alternatively, look at getting the documents couriered but that will probably also be more expensive than international post.
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