Shower at Heathrow during layover in Terminal 5

Showers

There are no showers in Terminal 5 available to the public. Some British Airways lounges, however, have shower facilities available. Visit their website for further details.

Lounges

You can use them if you are:

• flying with British Airways in First, Club World or Club Europe
• a Silver or Gold member of the British Airways Executive Club
• an Emerald or Sapphire Member of any of the oneworld airline frequent flyer programmes

For BA, Galleries Club Lounge Location details: Terminal 5, located at both concourses (North and South) of T5, and also in the T5B satellite

Opening hours: Till last departure

Notes: Find out more about Galleries on the British Airways website at http://www.terminal5.ba.com/en/Lounges/

As you are a US Citizen you can enter the UK without a Visa. Entry and Exit formalities are simple.

The Sofitel Hotel, which is directly connected to T5, allows access it it's Gym and shower facilities for ~30GBP per person. It is open 8am to 9pm, Monday to Friday, and 9am to 9pm on weekends.

There are countless other hotels in the local area that can be reached by taxi, "Hoppa" bus (~7GBP return) or even public bus (free, within a limited range of the airport). These may or may not offer Gym/showers, but I suspect at least some will.

I spent hours researching this topic as I will be flying into LHR T5. Sofitel at T5 currently charges GBP40 to use their spa facilities even just for a shower. Hilton at T4 which is connected by a covered walkway only charges GBP20 to use their shower facilities for non residents.