Gardens · London
West London Air Terminal
West London Air Terminal — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
Stella Gardiner — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
West London Air Terminal is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The West London Air Terminal was a check-in facility for British European Airways flights from Heathrow Airport. It was located on Cromwell Road in Kensington, London, and was in operation from 6 October 1957 to 1 January 1974. After passengers checked in their baggage and received their boarding passes, they would travel to Heathrow Airport by coach. One of the drawbacks of using the terminal for checking in was that road traffic could delay the coaches and ultimately delay the departure of the flight.
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Background
History
Heathrow Airport started to gradually replace Croydon Airport as London's main airport from 1946 onwards. Croydon Airport used a location near London Victoria station as its airport terminal but this location was unsuitable for Heathrow Airport, so a committee consisting of the airlines, British Railways and London Transport decided to build a new terminal in West London. In the view of the committee's report of 1954, the best site for the terminal was the Cromwell Curve, a disused section of railway line owned by London Transport, that provided easy access to Heathrow Airport by road. The terminal was designed to replace the Waterloo Air Terminal. British European Airways (BEA) wanted the…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4952, -0.1873
- Address
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- Established
- 1957
- Official site
- www.galerie-artima.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q30588229 (CC0)
- wikipedia: West London Air Terminal (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is West London Air Terminal?
- West London Air Terminal is in London, United Kingdom.
- When was West London Air Terminal built?
- Built or established in 1957.
- Who owns West London Air Terminal?
- West London Air Terminal is owned by | current_tenants =.