Heathrow Purple Parking Park and Ride T2 and T3

Heathrow Purple Parking Park and Ride T2 and T3 is an off-airport key-handover service where the parking team finds a space for you. Drive through the vehicle photo booth, stop in an arrivals lane and leave your keys at reception. Purple Parking moves the car into its secured parking area while you take the free shuttle to Terminal 2 or Terminal 3.

This is primarily a value option for passengers prepared to exchange terminal-side convenience for a lower price. Buses run every 20 minutes from 4am until 11.40pm and the journey can take approximately 12–30 minutes, depending on the terminal and airport traffic.

Why choose Purple Parking?

• Car parked for you: leave the vehicle in an arrivals lane rather than searching for a space.
• Free transfers: shuttle buses serve Terminals 2 and 3 every 20 minutes during operating hours.
• Vehicle photographs: the car passes through a photo booth before check-in.
• Park Mark security: the site has CCTV, perimeter fencing and controlled entry and exit barriers.
• Car normally remains on site: vehicles are stored within Purple Parking’s secured car park, except where the long-stay policy applies.
• Comfortable reception: the heated and air-conditioned waiting area has toilets, baby-changing facilities and vending machines.
• Accessible service: the car park, toilets and shuttle buses accommodate passengers with limited mobility.

How does Purple Parking compare with Maple Express Park & Ride?

Both serve Terminals 2 and 3, require you to leave your keys and have staff park the car. Maple’s transfer takes around 10 minutes and operates every 10–15 minutes, while Purple Parking runs every 20 minutes and can take longer.

Maple is also outside the London ULEZ, making it the better choice for a non-compliant vehicle. Purple Parking is worth choosing when it has the lower live price or you prefer its larger reception and established Heathrow operation.

How does Purple Parking compare with Good to Go Park & Ride?

Purple Parking takes your keys and parks the vehicle for you. With Good to Go, you find your own space, keep your keys and take the official Long Stay bus, which takes around 15 minutes.

Choose Purple Parking if you would rather not search for a bay. Choose Good to Go if keeping your keys and knowing exactly where the car remains are more important.

How does Park & Ride compare with Purple Parking Meet & Greet?

Both use Purple Parking staff to store your car and require a key handover. With Park & Ride, you drive to the Bath Road car park and take a shuttle. Meet & Greet lets you hand over the vehicle beside your terminal and walk to check-in.

Choose Park & Ride for the lower-cost Purple Parking service. Choose Meet & Greet when avoiding the bus is worth the additional price.

Important things to know

There are no courtesy buses between 11.40pm and 4am, so you will need to pay for a taxi if travelling during those hours. The car park is inside London’s ULEZ. Vehicles over 2.15 metres high, commercial vehicles, minibuses, pickups, vans, campervans and long-wheelbase vehicles are not accepted. You must provide a working vehicle key, deactivate ghost alarms and remove steering locks; failure to do so can result in an additional £25 daily charge. Electric vehicles must have sufficient charge to be moved. For stays exceeding 16 days, Purple Parking states that the car may be transferred to another secured site it operates.

Directions

From the M25:

- Leave the motorway at Junction 15 and join the M4 signposted to London.

- Leave the M4 at Junction 3 and follow the A312 towards Hounslow / Feltham.

- At the Jolly Waggoners roundabout turn right onto A4 (Bath Road towards Heathrow).

- Purple Parking Park and Ride Terminal 2 and 3 is approximately 1 mile along the A4 on the left, next door to the Premier Inn Hotel.

From the M4:
- Leave the motorway at Junction 3 and follow the A312 towards Hounslow / Feltham.

- At the Jolly Waggoners roundabout turn right onto A4 (Bath Road towards Heathrow).

- Purple Parking Park & Ride Terminal 2 and 3 is approximately 1 mile along the A4 on the left, next door to the Premier Inn Hotel.

- If you will be using a Satnav, use the full line of the address.

Arrival procedure

- When you arrive at the car park, a member of the Purple Parking team will direct you to the arrivals area to drop your car off.

- Please go into reception to hand in your keys, then hop on the free transfer bus to the terminal.

- Transfer buses run from 03:45 until midnight.

Return procedure

You'll be given full details of what to do on return when your arrive at the car park.

On your return, please catch the bus from bus stop 17. Your car will be waiting in one of the collection bays. Pick up your keys from reception and make your way home.

Security

The car park has perimeter fencing, entry and exit barriers and CCTV. This car park has been awarded Park Mark award for security.

Disabled facilities

The car park is fully accessible for customers with limited mobility.

Additional information

- This car park only serves Terminal 2 and 3.

- The car park has a height limit of 2.15m.

- If you are using a sat nav, you will need to enter both the first line of the address and the postcode in order to find the correct car park:
First line of address - 17 Bath Road
Postcode - TW6 2AL

- Transfer buses run from 03:45 until midnight.

Please note that Purple Parking Park and Ride cannot accept:
- Commercial vehicles of any variant.
- Medium paneled or windowed vans such as a VW Transporter, VW Caddy, Ford Transit or short wheel based vehicles of any description.
- Large paneled or windowed vans such as a Mercedes Sprinter, VW Crafter, Renault Master, Ford Transit or long wheel based vehicles of any description.
- All variants of mini buses.
- Any vehicles with a height of over 2.15m.
- Failure to comply to the above, you will be charged an additional £25 per day.

- The car park has one Type 2 electric vehicle charge point available on the Polar network. You must be a member of the Polar network and you must plug your vehicle in yourself.

- If you're planning to return early, please try and give the car park as much notice as possible so they can have your car ready for you. Staff are at the car park 24/7, so if you arrive between 01:00 and 03:45 your car can be released.

- If your car is parked for over 16 days, it may be moved to Purple Parking's alternative secured site nearby.

- Additional days' parking will cost £10 per day (subject to change), card payment only.

Purple Parking Park and Ride Plus T2 and T3

Purple Parking Park and Ride Plus T2 and 3 is an additional service offered at this car park, whereby instead of returning on the courtesy buses, the customers vehicle is returned to them at the Terminal Building.

You'll be given full details of what to do when you get back upon your arrival at the car park.

Purple Parking Park and Ride T2 and T3 Saver

Bookings for this package cannot be cancelled or amended and will not be refunded.