Heathrow Purple Parking Park and Ride T5

Heathrow Purple Parking Park and Ride T5 is an off-airport key-handover service formerly known as Q-Park Flyaway and Purple Parking Business. Drive through the vehicle photo booth, stop in an arrivals lane and leave your keys at reception. Purple Parking parks the car in its secured compound while you take the free shuttle to Terminal 5.

This is primarily a value option for passengers who do not mind leaving their keys or using a transfer bus. The journey normally takes around 10–15 minutes, with buses operating every 20 minutes from 4am until 11.40pm.

Why choose Purple Parking T5?

• Car parked for you: leave the vehicle in the arrivals area instead of searching for a space.
• Terminal 5 transfers: free buses normally take around 10–15 minutes.
• 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.
• Comfortable reception: the heated and air-conditioned waiting area has toilets, baby-changing facilities and vending machines.
• Established operator: Purple Parking has operated at Heathrow under several previous product names.

How does Purple Parking compare with Maple Express Park & Ride T5?

Both are off-airport services where you leave your keys and the parking team stores the vehicle. Maple’s shuttle takes around four minutes and runs every 10–15 minutes, while Purple Parking normally takes 10–15 minutes and runs every 20 minutes.

Maple is also outside London’s ULEZ, making it the better choice for a non-compliant vehicle. Choose Purple Parking when it offers the lower live price; choose Maple when transfer speed or avoiding the ULEZ charge matters more.

How does Purple Parking compare with Official Heathrow Park & Ride T5?

With Purple Parking, you leave your keys and the team parks the car. Official Park & Ride is self-parking, so you choose a bay, keep your keys and take a shuttle running every 15 minutes.

Choose Purple Parking if you prefer someone else to find a space and it is cheaper for your dates. Choose the official car park if keeping your keys, on-airport storage and a straightforward ANPR arrival are more important.

How does standard Park & Ride compare with Purple Parking Plus T5?

Both packages use the same outward procedure: leave the car at the Purple Parking site and take the shuttle to Terminal 5. With the standard package, you also take the bus back after your flight. With Plus, a driver returns the vehicle to you at the airport.

Choose the standard package for the lowest price. Plus is useful when you want an economical park-and-ride departure but would rather avoid the return bus after a long flight.

Important things to know

The courtesy bus does not operate between 11.40pm and 4am, so a taxi is required 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. Cars parked for more than 16 days may be transferred to another secured Purple Parking site.

Directions

From the M25:
Leave the motorway at Junction 15 and follow the M4 signposted to London.

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 5 is approximately 1 mile along the A4 on the left, next door to the Premier Inn Hotel.

When using a sat nav, you must enter BOTH the postcode and first line of address to arrive without delay.

First line of address: 17 Bath Road
Postcode: TW6 2AL

Unfortunately we are unable to obtain a unique postcode for the car park. We are sorry to say that if you only enter the postcode there is a likelihood of you being directed to incorrect locations which are nowhere near the car park.

Arrival procedure

Please check your booking confirmation for details.

When you arrive at the car park, a member of the Purple Parking team will direct you to the arrivals area to drop off your car. Then take the free transfer bus to the terminal, which runs regularly and takes about 15 minutes.

Departure procedure

Please check your booking confirmation for details.

You'll be given full details of what to do on return when you arrive at the car park. For the shuttle bus, please go to bus stop 30.

Security

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

Disabled facilities

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

Additional information

This car park serves Terminal 5 only.

Transfer buses run from 03:45 until midnight. Staff are at the car park 24/7, so if you arrive between 01:00 and 03:45 your car can be released.

There is a height restriction at this car park of 2.15 m (7ft.) which include roof racks and roof boxes.

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.

Purple Parking Park and Ride Plus T5

Purple Parking Park and Ride Plus T5 (formerly Business Plus / Quality Premium): If you choose this option, you will be met with your car at the airport on your return.

When you return, please head outside where a member of the Purple Parking team will be waiting with your car. Customers will be given full details of what to do when they land when they arrive.

(In some circumstances it is possible that if this Bath Road car park becomes fully booked your car may be moved to the secured Purple Parking site (Brent Road) and then returned to the airport for your return).

Price excludes £3.50 Airport Access Fee.

Purple Parking Park and Ride T5 Saver

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

Previously known as

Heathrow Q-Park Flyaway
Heathrow Quality Airport Parking
Heathrow Purple Parking Business

How can I spot a Purple Parking attendant?

All our staff are uniformed at all times; during warm weather polo shirts with Purple Parking logo are worn, otherwise white shirts and smart trousers.
All Handover Captains wear suits and black coats during the winter time

How can I be sure my vehicle won't be used for unauthorised purposes?

Purple Parking uses scanning technology to track the time when car left the airport and should enter the compound. If cars don’t arrive within a given period, an automated alarm is triggered and the relevant driver is contacted to check his location.