Heathrow Airport Children's Facilities

The Visitor Centre Heathrow

The Heathrow Airport Visitor Centre opened in May 1995. It is used as a resource centre, housing exhibitions, showing the development of the airport over time detailing the history of Heathrow. The visitor centre is perfect for children as they can learn about the aiport whilst having fun on the flight simulator or the mock airport terminal walkthrough. Also, the views of the runway from the centre are superb.

The centre is open daily from 10.00 - 17.00 (except Christmas Day and Boxing Day).

Tel: +44 (0)208 745 6655
Email: visitorcentre_reception@baa.com

Facilities

• Colourful, interactive exhibition about airport operations
• Flight simulator game
• Superb views of the northern runway
• Air conditioned conference room for up to 70 people theatre style
• Presentation equipment
• Coffee shop
• Disabled access including special parking and a wheelchair accessible toilet
• Baby changing facilities
• Pay and display car park
• Outside picnic area offering tables and benches

Play Areas

There are a number of play areas at Heathrow Airport. They are unsupervised, soft play areas for children aged 2 to 6, including the one after security in Terminal 1, near Gates 35-56.

The KLM Holideck lounge in Terminal 4 also has many facilities to keep children occupied. To use the lounge it costs £17.95 per passenger, and children can enjoy toys, games, an arcade, magazines and complementary refreshments.

There are a number of shops in each terminal that have computer and arcade games available to keep children occupied whilst waiting for a flight. BAA information desks offer free a colouring book and crayons to children, and many shops offer a variety of magazines, comics and puzzle books to keep children entertained.

Young Children

Feeding/Changing: Specially equipped rooms for feeding and changing babies are indicated by either a 'bottle' sign or a baby care symbol. Other changing facilities are provided on route to the gaterooms, in the transfer area and after passport control on arrival. There are fold-down tables provided in some male and female toilets.