Radisson Blu Edwardian Heathrow: the Bath Road hotel with a spa

The Radisson Blu Edwardian stands at 140 Bath Road at UB3 5AW, on the A4 strip of larger hotels immediately north of the airport, minutes from the central terminals by road. It is the upscale flagship of the Radisson family at Heathrow, and like the rest of the Bath Road it is not a walkway hotel, so you ride to check-in rather than walk. The Hotel Hoppa runs from the hotel to the terminals at £7.00 single and £13.00 return, and the local Transport for London buses 105 and 111 cover the same road into the central bus station for £1.75 a journey.

Radisson runs more than one hotel around the airport, which is worth knowing when the Blu Edwardian is full or above your budget. The family also includes the design-led Radisson RED London Heathrow, the Radisson Blu London Heathrow, and the Radisson Hotel and Conference Centre, which reopened under that name in 2020 after years as the Park Inn. They sit at different price points around the perimeter, so a Radisson booking at Heathrow can mean any of several hotels; this page is about the Blu Edwardian, the upscale one on the Bath Road. Being on the Bath Road puts it closest to Terminal 2 and Terminal 3; confirm which terminal your airline uses before booking.

Two things set the Radisson apart from the plainer hotels on the strip: the spa and the dining. The Pegasus Health Spa has a sauna, a steam room, a plunge pool and a relaxation area, with a complimentary gym alongside, which gives a traveller with hours to fill before a flight somewhere better to spend them than a bedroom. It is a spa circuit rather than a swimming pool, so it is built for unwinding rather than lengths; if you want a proper swim, the Marriott and Sheraton nearby have pools.

The dining is the other draw. Annayu serves traditional Indian food, and the Steak & Lobster restaurant does what its name says, with the Bijou Lounge Bar for a drink alongside. Two proper restaurants is more than most airport hotels muster, and it makes the Radisson a place you can have a real dinner the night before a flight rather than settle for whatever the single hotel kitchen offers. The usual airport-hotel caveat on price applies, but the quality and the choice are a genuine step up from the budget end of the Bath Road.

The Radisson runs 464 rooms and suites over the upscale Radisson Blu grades, from standard doubles up through superior rooms and suites, with single, triple and family options and accessible rooms across the range. They are soundproofed against the Bath Road and the aprons, air-conditioned, and finished as a proper four-star rather than a budget box, with the space and the fit that the nightly rate implies.

For most guests the room is a comfortable place to sleep before a flight, and the reasons to choose the Radisson over a cheaper bed sit downstairs in the spa and the restaurants rather than in the room itself. On a plain one-night stop a standard room is enough; the higher grades earn their place on a longer or more leisurely stay, or when the club-level extras are worth the difference to you.

The Radisson has its own private car park of around 400 spaces, with overnight parking at around £16, and it sells park-and-fly packages that bundle a night with a stretch of parking, which is a large part of its Bath Road business: leave the car, sleep, and ride the Hoppa to the terminal in the morning. As a park-and-fly base it is well set up, with the parking on site rather than a separate arrangement.

Price the trip as a whole, though. For a night plus a week or two away, a park-and-fly bundle or a room plus separately booked airport long-stay parking both beat paying the nightly rate to leave the car for a fortnight. The package comparison sets the Radisson bundle against the alternatives so you can see which wins for your dates.

Book the Radisson Blu Edwardian when you want an upscale Bath Road hotel with a spa and a proper dinner: a traveller who will use the sauna and steam room before a long flight, anyone who would rather eat at Annayu or the Steak & Lobster than a single hotel kitchen, or a park-and-fly with somewhere comfortable to sleep. Among the Bath Road hotels it is the one with the strongest spa-and-dining combination, which for a longer or more leisurely stay is worth the premium over a plain hotel.

Look elsewhere when the fit is not right. If you want a swimming pool rather than a spa, the Marriott and Sheraton nearby have one; for a walk-to-the-gate stay, a walkway hotel like the Hilton Garden Inn at Terminals 2 and 3 puts you minutes from check-in on foot; and for the lowest rate, a Premier Inn on the same road undercuts it. Set the options side by side on the Heathrow hotel guide and let the facility you want and the budget decide.